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by PLenz 2y ago
In a similar vein I recommend Empire of the Sum by Keith Houston, an excellent history of calculators that also spends a lot of time on how we humans calculated before we had them
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The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand(msn.com)
42 points by PLenz 2y ago|3 comments
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by PLenz 2y ago
I honestly use tac more then cat
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Only 2.5% of Cybertruck Reservation Holders Decided to Buy the Truck(torquenews.com)
13 points by PLenz 2y ago|1 comments
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Quantum Annealing Public Key Cryptographic Attack Algorithm [pdf](cjc.ict.ac.cn)
2 points by PLenz 2y ago|0 comments
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Space X has successfully caught the Super Heavy booster(youtube.com)
20 points by PLenz 2y ago|2 comments
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by PLenz 2y ago
But was that code placed there by IA or by the malicious party?
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by PLenz 2y ago
It's a cycle. The internet started with usenet and specific interest newsgroups and niche forums a la phpbb. Then the wide open of social media. Now back to specific again. A generation from now it will shift again.
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by PLenz 2y ago
I think most of these would be better off as files
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by PLenz 2y ago
Most significant for being the home of Dr. McNinja
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by PLenz 2y ago
Solving the wrong problem. The big LLM builders need to switch to opt-in (paid licensing deals) instead of opt-out (lawsuits). Exclusive deals if possible for the moat building.
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by PLenz 2y ago
I definately talk to think. Even in my head I'm talking to myself.
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by PLenz 2y ago
Title IX includes a "state interest" clause which the courts have interpreted to mean that state can stick it's nose into any local issue it wants to.
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by PLenz 2y ago
A distinction without a difference. Corporations and authorities owned but the state are state agencies, the confusion on this point is a feature by their investor, Robert Moses, to give himself maximum power and minimum oversight. As to st
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by PLenz 2y ago
1)The MTA is a state agency under the governor and not the mayor 2) The state has had special powers over the budget of the city since the state bailed out the city financially during the 70s
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by PLenz 2y ago
This library is my python productivity secret weapon. So many things I've needed to impliment in the past is now just chaining functions in itertools, functions, and this
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by PLenz 2y ago
Maps are models. All models are wrong. Some are useful.
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by PLenz 2y ago
This is the same argument that mainframe companies made in the 80s. Mass commodity systems will eventually kill the big gpu except for legacy and niche workloads. It's the tech infra circle of life.
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by PLenz 3y ago
Everything reads it, everything writes it. CSV is the one true data format to which everything else will eventually be converted to by users.
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The Fish Doorbell(visdeurbel.nl)
2 points by PLenz 3y ago|0 comments
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by PLenz 3y ago
Yes, draining that lake to build the modern city is one of the upstream causes of this crisis
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Waymo robotaxi goes up in flames in Chinatown after crowd attacks vehicle(sfstandard.com)
3 points by PLenz 3y ago|2 comments
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by PLenz 3y ago
If it's Boeing, I ain't going
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by PLenz 3y ago
Model railroading is D&D for non-fantasy folks. And I say this as a model railroader
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by PLenz 3y ago
How does a 1998 essay referrence a 2007 movie?
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by PLenz 3y ago
On site daycare is just about the ONLY perk I care about
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by PLenz 3y ago
Tone deaf reply
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by PLenz 3y ago
This is less the difference between fortran and python and more the difference between run once for an experiment culture and run as part of a pipeline culture. Languages are mostly funglible, coding culutre is not.
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History-making SpaceX booster mostly destroyed in post-flight topple(collectspace.com)
89 points by PLenz 3y ago|84 comments
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by PLenz 3y ago
"Good faith" is a difficult to grasp concept when concerning people who are holding your data for ransom

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