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by Dowwie 7y ago
"Art is long, life is short, judgment difficult, opportunities fleeting. Action is easy, thinking is hard: acting after thinking, uncomfortable. Every beginning is joyous, every threshold a point of expectation. The boy stares in wonde
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Worth repeating from the bottom of the article: "Climate scientists estimate that at least half of the acreage now producing coffee—and an even greater proportion in Latin America—will be unable to support the plant by 2050, making cof
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Thanks for replying! You gave money back to investors and open sourced your work. That's commendable behavior! I never forgot that story. As usual, the solution seems straightforward from 30,000 feet but once we go into the details
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Any thoughts about the scheduling projects open sourced by staffjoy a few years ago, regarding the relevant schedule optimizers chosen? https://github.com/Staffjoy
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Dan Ariely made extensive use of humor in his lectures and it made a great difference
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Dan Ariely's MOOC on Irrational Behavior (coursera) remains my favorite online course and one of the best overall. The content was engaging. It included guest talks. The course didn't shy from hard work, including dozens of requi
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by Dowwie 7y ago
I alternate the load from hip to shoulder when climbing elevation. I'll try not to this time..
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by Dowwie 7y ago
The tradeoffs are substantial. I've come across a lot of through hikers over the years. The featherweight packers are usually the ones who are mentally broken, as if enduring solitary confinement in a cell that has a serious water le
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by Dowwie 7y ago
I'm backpacking 8 days into the backcountry this Summer. I was fitted for my pack in 2009 and used it on a few trips, carrying up to 75 pounds for several days. Even with a fitted pack, my shoulders took a beating. I don't know
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Risk is managed differently in places that have experienced actual loss. No need to try to educate me about weighted decision making.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Focus on the stress tests and worst case scenarios, Netflix.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Get yourself a huge sketchbook for less than $20 and a box of uni-ball ONYX Rollerball Pens. Combine words with pictures and doodles. It's a liberating feeling not having lines or grids to conform to. Use stick figures and basic dia
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by Dowwie 7y ago
My first attempts with anything in Rust are also challenging. Second attempts, though, are straightforward as long as I have an example to work from and haven't forgotten about it. It would take me a lot longer to build your router ex
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Yes, indeed, but calling it dead and accusing the OP of acting irresponsible requires attention. What happened to Nikolay could happen to anyone who stands up for one's craftsmanship and refuses to change out of principle. You, or any
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by Dowwie 7y ago
It's the only web framework in Rust that has thus far reached maintenance mode because it became feature complete, was heavily vetted by many teams, and is architecturally mature. It's not just really fast but has all of the bell
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A lot of food comes from China
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Sign up for the American Red Cross, disaster response. ARC is as organized as a volunteer-driven humanitarian organization can be. Once your family is secure, you can help others. Do not expect government to take care of basic needs. Fed
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Rust has grown tremendously in the last few years. People are using it as a general purpose language, from Unix command line utilities to industrial IoT services. Greenfield projects are using Rust as are next generation refactoring proje
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Some people won't get past the initial learning curve. It's unfortunate because Rust is a joy to work with.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Concerns include record retention policy and terms of use governing redistribution of the content
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Confronting Indifference Toward Truth – Dealing with Workplace Bullshit(sciencedirect.com)
9 points by Dowwie 7y ago|2 comments
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Everything You Don’t Know About Chocolate(nytimes.com)
1 points by Dowwie 7y ago|0 comments
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by Dowwie 7y ago
There are puppeteer clones for many languages now. It's impressive how successful the devtools protocol has been.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Your description is accurate and fair
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Async-await is a game changer for all async rust development. Futures combinators became a sunk cost. Good riddance.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
You seem to have a superficial level understanding about the Rust ecosystem for web development and for the actix ecosystem. Yet, this hasn't stopped others from trusting your opinion or agreeing with your comment, unfortunately. This
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by Dowwie 7y ago
People have moved on to headless Chrome
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by Dowwie 7y ago
That's the point of testing. The test identifies a break. A person investigates and either updates the test or fixes a problem.
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Hobby project at best-- doing it because one can rather than because one should. That in itself is worthwhile to those involved, yet it doesn't mean it will disrupt Python. You ask me as if I don't know what I'm talking abou
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by Dowwie 7y ago
Back in Summer of 2009, I planned a camping trip for Yosemite. I flew into San Francisco, bought supplies at Costco, and drove east until Yosemite. I won't forget the SF Costco. Adults were riding the back of their carts as children

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