AriaMinaei

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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
This is great! Also check out LanguageLearningWithNetflix [0] which lets you watch videos with two subs in different languages, displays the subs as HTML so select/copy/define will work (and it has a built-in dictionary too). It a
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Sorry for the traumatic experience. In case you can get in touch with the operators of the website, it could be helpful to let them know that it's common in Germany (and likely elsewhere) for people to avoid entering their credit card
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Data is actually transferred locally through Bluetooth, but the initial handshake appears to happen through the point cloud.
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Slightly OT, but when migrating data between iPhones, the old iPhone displays an animated point cloud that appears to function like a QR code. You scan it with the new phone, and your data starts to migrate locally through Bluetooth. Other
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
The learning curve would certainly be a disadvantage. But just like learning to play an instrument, the payoff could be worth it.
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
> like maybe I'm not just being inefficient, but leaving room to overengage with my own distraction I feel that way when I'm writing text and code. But when doing visual design, or playing with a demoscene setup, I tend to fee
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
How about a high-bandwidth vocal signal language in place of natural language? Here is an example: https://youtu.be/sG3PWet8fDk?t=4545
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
I think you are jumping to the "What do you propose?" question before understanding the pain point first. You are asking for a solution before agreeing that there exists a problem. This is the "I'll listen to your proble
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
> ... cloud apps depend on the service continuing to be available: if the service is unavailable, you cannot use the software, and you can no longer access your data created with that software. This means you are betting that the creator
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Alan Kay's answer to “why do good ideas often not scale?”(quora.com)
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Nuclear-Powered Cardiac Pacemakers(osrp.lanl.gov)
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In complex systems, the tail wags the dog(reddit.com)
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Semilattice(semilattice.xyz)
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Saying yes slowly is what’s hampering progress today(spectator.co.uk)
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Telegram is not just “less secure”. It’s not secure, period. Messages are stored on the server in plaintext. That’s what makes it orders of magnitude easier for them to implement all those features (large groups, channels, bots, etc).
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Distributed Systems and the End of the API (2014)(writings.quilt.org)
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory(en.wikipedia.org)
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Excited to try it! Thanks!
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
It is! I'm having a blast with the optics simulation: https://cindyjs.org/gallery/main/Optics/
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Notation(github.com)
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
Some bits that stood out to me, though the whole piece is full of interesting points: > I believe, the community has been self-selected to consist of those who are not bothered by Smalltalk's initial limitations, and so are unmotiva
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Bits of History, Words of Advice (On Smalltalk)(gbracha.blogspot.com)
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by AriaMinaei 6y ago
> ... wrote a persuasive piece on how companies should people based on what value they add, not pay them differently based on where they want to live. I learned the concept of "golden handcuff" the hard way. We paid a remote wo
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Chatting with Glue: Cognitive Tools for Augmented Conversation(a9.io)
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by AriaMinaei 7y ago
Thank you for this. Been using Alfred for years and didn't know text selection could be fed to workflows.
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by AriaMinaei 7y ago
> I think knowing the history of how we got to where we are helps to understand ot more. This is a great attitude, especially in our largely ahistoric industry. I wish I thought this way when I started programming. The book "The Dre
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by AriaMinaei 7y ago
Alan Kay: It was kind of like what we have today, but better. It was a completely integrated system that was not made up of applications, but "objects'' that you could mix and match anywhere. You've got a work area and y
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by AriaMinaei 7y ago
Exactly. This is the furthest thing from a black swan. A global pandemic was always a matter of when, not if (still is). That, by definition, is not a black swan. Plus, we in EU/NA had plenty of notice since January to prepare, and we
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China’s Three-Body Problem(bostonglobe.com)
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Why any Fundamental Improvement in Software has to be a Generalisation(blog.metaobject.com)
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