Dan42

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by Dan42 3y ago
The "chocolate covered bananas and European currency systems problem" is certainly more accurate, but in terms of naming things, it's automatically disqualified because it's way too long to be usable in any context. So t
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by Dan42 3y ago
Thank you, thank you so much for sharing that. It's been a while since the last time my mind was blown away that much.
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by Dan42 4y ago
I think I found what I was looking for: https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
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Ask HN: Whats the best way to access files on a Vagrant VM?
1 points by Dan42 4y ago|1 comments
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by Dan42 4y ago
> Worlds of scarcity are made out of things. Worlds of abundance are made out of dependencies. I'm adding this one to my quotes.txt
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by Dan42 4y ago
I'm glad there's plenty of people here mentioning the Condorcet Winner. Because that's the one and only voting property that I can't compromise on. If there is a Condorcet Winner, a voting system that doesn't choose
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by Dan42 4y ago
> and the derivative of sin(x) is ... ? I believe it's cos(x). And I fail to see how that would change regardless of what unit x is expressed in. Sorry, my trig is veeery rusty.
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by Dan42 4y ago
That's an interesting video, but it focuses on entirely enclosed "interior cities". But the lack of sunlight and connection to the outside has been a known weakness of those places for decades. This "LINE" design at
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by Dan42 4y ago
Hmm, I guess this argument makes sense for the more hippie-oriented types, but as an urbanite the idea of having the convenience of a big city without the overcrowded downsides has me downright drooling. I go camping once a year to connec
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by Dan42 4y ago
I doubt it will get built, but they really have people who understand the fundamental concepts behind Arcology. Honestly I'm surprised at how many parts of the design are well thought-out and well adapted to the desert environment. Sun
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by Dan42 4y ago
Ok, the first thing I looked at is "long content" https://defensivecss.dev/tip/long-content/ and here they recommend to just clip it. Because who cares about content right? Who cares if the partial conte
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New research shows what it takes to make society change for the better(phys.org)
3 points by Dan42 4y ago|1 comments
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by Dan42 5y ago
How well does this handle several freeze-thaw cycles per year? The carbon aspect is great, but I love how this attempts to address the unstable ground problem. Here in Quebec due to cheaply made road foundation and harsh freeze-thaw cycles,
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by Dan42 5y ago
This was an incredibly enriching read. It's too sad that such an article results in much fewer comments on HN than less insightful but more provocative ones. My main question is, since this was published in 2009, has anyone tried to ap
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by Dan42 6y ago
Actually there is a shortage of glass-grade silica. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is...
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by Dan42 6y ago
> If Montreal weren’t in Quebec, it would be an unstoppable startup scene. I'm really puzzled by that statement. I don't see Quebec as having anything particularly different from other provinces that is harmful to startups. Fre
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by Dan42 7y ago
This is the most perfectly condensed and accurate description I ever read of the fundamental sickness that is afflicting the current internet age.