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by Lxr 10y ago
The difference in tech skill between me and my 80 year old Grandma is mostly my ability to Google.
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by Lxr 10y ago
I imagine clearing memory on free is more relevant than MALLOC_PERTURB_?
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by Lxr 10y ago
Hmm, I used the back button on my phone after submitting a comment and it must have resubmitted the form, and now I can't delete the dupe.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Great idea, I was just thinking yesterday that something like this should exist. Matplotlob seems to like automatically switching windows every time you plot something, so annoying!
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by Lxr 10y ago
Would you mind sharing what some of these little programs do?
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by Lxr 10y ago
I think the Django docs are pretty comprehensive in the scheme of things. Maybe not perfect but better than average in this space.
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by Lxr 10y ago
I haven't tried it, but it's not native and that is quite important to me. Maybe if their JavaScript was absolutely on point it would be bearable but I have a bad feeling. Imagine writing C++ or Python for 8 hours a day with nothi
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by Lxr 10y ago
We need more sites like this! Absolutely no bloat, so nice to use.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Why do you think there is a small overlap? The first group is very large (almost all academics in CS/math/physics departments around the world) and is generally affiliated with universities that pay for software.
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by Lxr 10y ago
A good native LaTeX editor, with quality on par with modern IDEs (deep understanding of syntax and semantics, intellisense, etc).
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by Lxr 10y ago
This works fine if your configuration contains nothing too custom. Typically after copying my dotfiles I have to edit them quite substantially to make them actually work - mainly because they rely on outside sources (in .tmux.conf, stuff li
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by Lxr 10y ago
Wait, what? Isn't storing JSON data as text in a relational DB against all kinds of normalisation rules? Under what circumstances should one do this?
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by Lxr 10y ago
The article does not mention if they actually showed causality. What if there is a third variable (coffee, acquired virus, anxiety, lack of exercise) that simultaneously causes lack of sleep and a depressed immune system? The cause could ev
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by Lxr 10y ago
> It might be better if the FDA and its counterparts instead regulated for drug _safety_ in humans and let the academic and clinical communities evolve their professional consensuses. The problem is that safety is not binary - it's
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by Lxr 10y ago
This was my initial thought too, and I haven't read the full text, but from the abstract it seems they demonstrate causality in the other direction.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Fair point. But as a thought experiment, why can't I go down to the supermarket and pick up free packets of rice by the same logic? I'm engaged when I'm walking around the shop and as I'm reading the packet; there's
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by Lxr 10y ago
This has probably been said before, but I feel the decline of quality reporting and rise of clickbait is largely due to the SV business model of "make everything free and support it via advertising". The only thing that matters in
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by Lxr 10y ago
This. So many studies fail to even mention this now. Next time you see a study on the health benefits of some new type of exercise for example, it's worth checking that the results aren't explained by the healthy group simply bein
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by Lxr 10y ago
In my area there are enough polling places that if you go to your local one you usually see several people you know. And it's not uncommon to have a social gathering (BBQ etc) at someone's house on that day since everyone has to g
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by Lxr 10y ago
Then again, election day can be a great social experience in my country where voting is mandatory. Always meet random old friends in the queue etc.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Yep, like mining anything asking how much is down there without reference to the cost of extraction is useless. Gold mines exist all over the world with large known deposits but feasibility comes down to whether it's worth it to extrac
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by Lxr 10y ago
Can anyone actually start a fire that easily without chemicals?
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by Lxr 10y ago
I love how simple and clean your site is, I would use it just because of that. Nice work!
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by Lxr 10y ago
That golf game has a lot of potential even as a native app, nice!
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by Lxr 10y ago
I'm curious, what is your definition of AI?
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by Lxr 10y ago
Agree it's a signal for low-quality bordering-on-clickbait content, so subconsciously also find myself avoiding them. Unrelated: formatting lists like in your comment makes them really hard to read on mobile.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Is there a tool like this for Android?
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by Lxr 10y ago
Interesting, thanks for the clarification!
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by Lxr 10y ago
"Handphone" is common in SE Asia, from the literal translation of the Chinese word.
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by Lxr 10y ago
Looks interesting; your intro video doesn't work for me on mobile though - overflows and cannot zoom out.

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