LittlePeter

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by LittlePeter 5y ago
One commenter in that Twitter thread mentions that the Unix epoch embedded in the URL represents the time of the download, not the time of the test.
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
In PostgreSQL you can use file_fdw extension: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/file-fdw.html
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Since you typed it twice, I don't think it's a typo. It's parentheses not parantheses.
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
I completed Andrew Ng's Coursera course and one thing it did not do is make me understand neural nets from scratch. Probably, you and I have different interpretation of "from scratch".
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Then who are the Dutch?
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
that's 21 years in JavaScript land
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
arxiv link: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0001042
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Those screaming at you to get jabbed and wear a mask are not Karens. Karens are anti-vax and anti-mask, according to my extensive research of memes.
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
CI/CD runs from a virtual environment. I guess I have to install pre-commit framework into same virtual environment. Granted, I haven't really looked into it too deeply, so I am a bit embarrassed with my low-effort comment above :
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Whatever test runs during pre-commit must also run during normal CI/CD run. In case of Python: black formatter. It must run during normal CI/CD because pre-commit hooks can be skipped. So now I have two different black calls: in t
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Market making on crypto exchanges is difficult because of high fees, small tick sizes, and minuscule spreads. Of course you can get volume discounts, but still. On which exchanges do you trade and do you rely on volume discounts to make pro
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Online bullshit detector: http://www.blablameter.com/ When ran on the abstract of this article: Bullshit Index :0.7 This reeks. I bet you're a PR-Expert, Politician, Consultant or Scientist. If there is a message, it&#
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Who is "they"? Why would they be scared of it? Did you buy more Ethereum after seeing this article? And if you did not see this article you would be still be buying Ethereum, but "less" right?
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Relevant xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/1168/
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
I have mostly questions... Are we at the theoretical limit of energy density in current batteries? How much more progress can we make, in theory? Could it be that in 20 years we find drastically better materials for batteries? Materials whi
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Thank you for all this info! If you had a paid blog, I'd subscribe :-).
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
It is a terrible name... It takes several scans of a sentence to determine if you refers to me or the search engine...
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Then maybe it should have been named "How to work more efficiently" instead of click-baity "The 4-Hour Workweek"?
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
I am really tired of Bitcoin articles with pictures of physical Bitcoin. It is silly. Let go of the past. Show instead a mining farm or something. It also confuses older people who may read the article then ask their children to buy them on
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
$1 million is not that much, just for the sheer publicity Hindenburg gets. They're going to be quoted in WSJ, Economist, ... This brings new clients...
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
In the real-world world between almost always implies open boundary. Ask a hundred people to draw a point between two lines. I think none will draw a point on the line. When I enter the programming world, I carry over real-world concepts wi
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
In my opinion BETWEEN should not be used because it is not clear whether the boundaries are open or closed. See also https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don%27t_Do_This#Don.27t_use...
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
> The engineering is top notch. Do you still think so after reading this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
What does GP stand for?
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
The aircraft was not "completely uncontrollable".
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
> Here is an example: 4f67bfc603106cb2. These 16 characters represent 128 bits. These look like hex digits. 16 hex digits is 8 bytes which is 64 bits. What am I missing?
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How to Teach Math?(rjlipton.wpcomstaging.com)
115 points by LittlePeter 5y ago|166 comments
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
why would you abbreviate 500000 as 5e5 and not say 500K or 500,000?
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by LittlePeter 5y ago
Reminds me of the infamous dropbox comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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by LittlePeter 6y ago
I did not like this article. "Thank you for your understanding" before the person has shown their understanding is manipulative. So is "thank you in advance". Also I could not care less that you hope I find someone else

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