ElfinTrousers

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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
I have back problems. For me, perching on a barstool for an extended time is much more comfortable than sitting in a chair.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Modules: one of the great programming innovations of the 1960s, first available in JS just fifty years later.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
As soon as possible.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
He'll die soon enough, and probably get a big state funeral, with gushing media coverage, after lying in state in the Capitol. Most likely the President of that time will give a eulogy. Makes me sick.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
If I'd known I would have gotten him something, like a plane ticket to the Hague.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
But what's a Hrung and why would it choose to collapse on Betelgeuse?
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
"AI works like our brains" is indeed generally not so, but CNNs do work like the visual cortex, somewhat--it's where they got the idea for them in the first place.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Well, I'm convinced. On June 1, I'll be paying my rent in the form of $2,500 worth of raw fish left on my landlord's doorstep.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
I got a postcard from the tardigrades the other day. They're fine and they say hi.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Which is how he was able to write two students a "modest" check for $100,000.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Well they haven't said no yet and it's only been...[checks watch]...14 months.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
I turned down an otherwise-attractive offer last year because they wouldn't budge on five days a week in the office. My door-to-door commute there would have amounted to just about 8 hours per week (assuming the subway is running prope
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Similarly, totally useless if you happen to find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
> why are you looking for money from us and not someone else? But again, in most cases, the answer is "because your company seems tolerable to work for and you advertised an opening and I need work". So you're back to perf
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Ironically Abel himself died at age 26. Even Amy Winehouse lived longer.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
I suspect that if some accidents of history hadn't left JS as the only language you can use to script a Web browser, it would have died off long ago.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
That would be a polite way to put it yes.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
How's that work out for him?
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
That's good. In case of home intruders you'll have a heavy, sturdy bludgeon at hand.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
> India Basin has been renamed Hunters Point Think you got this backwards.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
None of your colleagues have kids? None are sober alcoholics?
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
> No, the battle must rage on long after it's won. For the love of all that is holy, learn to take the win! It's not people who like to work remotely who are keeping this fight going. It's management claiming that Serendip
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Hi just chiming in from lovely Boston Massachusetts to let you know you're wrong. Source: my own two eyes.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Not sure I've ever heard of a payment processor that isn't.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
"Python but with better performance" is a faster horse, not a car.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Watch for my upcoming story, "Is the answer to this headline 'no'?"
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
"Small startup" and "IBM stack" are not things you hear of in combination that often and I guess this is one reason why.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
My first guess was, if they'd decided on a hiring freeze a year ago instead of now, they would have said it was because of NFTs.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
Cool. You do it your way and I'll do it my way and we'll see who gets results.
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by ElfinTrousers 3y ago
For people who have already trained to an elite level with regular weights.

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