MikeSchurman

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by MikeSchurman 5y ago
They also have view cones, which are: "a policy enforced by the City of Vancouver that limits the heights of the buildings to protect sight lines of the North Shore mountains from a number of arbitrary perspectives" Interestingly
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by MikeSchurman 5y ago
I don't know what the answer is, but we're currently going through this with our kids, but the opposite. There is now a push to not memorize the multiplication table, but treat multiplication as repeated addition. So to get 6 * 7
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by MikeSchurman 5y ago
Although I have no evidence to back this up, I believe many try to imitate film (or expect something) in their romantic life, which ends up with them having bad expectations and disappointment.
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by MikeSchurman 5y ago
menzoic did not come across (to me) as condoning the behaviour. They were describing the current state of things.
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
Thanks for the detailed response. I too generally feel bad using most social media (doomscrolling, etc..), but there's probably a lot of other things I do on the computer that make me feel bad, I just have not noticed. I've writte
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
This is a very interesting way to use a computer. I'm currently exploring other sorts of novel(?) ways of using computers, so this intrigues me. What tools do you use for sentiment analysis?
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
I second this recommendation. It's the perfect space to play around with things and see instant results, which is very important for learning (quick feedback). I recommend 'the art of code' on youtube: https://www.
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
We're talking about graphics though, and those games are nothing special graphics wise. They look like something released 5-10 years ago, definitely not top end. This is not to slight the developers, they look good! It's always ea
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
There are many ambitious and accomplished stoics. Seneca and Marcus Aurelius spring to mind, but there would be more.
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
Do we need to use visible light? Often when speaking of light people mean the entire electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays can be 10 picometers, but would that be too much energy?
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by MikeSchurman 6y ago
I'm a bit late to the party here, but I need to say that posts like this are why I keep coming back to hacker news. Automatic visualization of data is such a powerful and underutilized tool in many disciplines, especially ours. A pictu
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
By the same argument I'll never know if other humans are conscious.
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
I tried my email but it didn't work. I suspect I typed it wrong as another try worked. Thanks
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
The account creation doesn't ask for a user name. But the log in does? I created an account but I don't know my user name.
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
30 times more potent for a similar mass. But we emit far far more CO2 than methane. To know if it's important you'd need to know by how much.
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
If anyone is interested its episode 163: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2019/10/08/yanss-163-why-pursui...
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
Every time something like this comes up, I'm reminded of something Alan Kay mentioned, which I can't find but I'll try and remember: "I realized at an early age that to prevent needing to read a book more than once, I sh
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
parent means if code starts using C99 features that won't work in C89, then the person with a C89 compiler needs to upgrade their compiler.
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by MikeSchurman 7y ago
Although an interesting read, I have a problem with one of it's central premises, that security is not a good measure of happiness, and that the UN World Happiness Report has security as a contributor to the score. It uses statements l
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by MikeSchurman 8y ago
As a father of an 8 year old girl, I'll be getting this book, thanks for the recommendation. What's disheartening though, is all the "Sponsored products related to this item" at the link are all weight loss books. All th
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by MikeSchurman 8y ago
If anyone is interested in this, Debt: The First 5, 000 Years by David Graeber is fascinating.
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by MikeSchurman 8y ago
Are there any studies done that show these effects? I'm interested in basic income.
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by MikeSchurman 9y ago
I'd equate it to the difference between restoring an old film, vs re-filming it with new actors/director etc...