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   by Pamar 4y ago

   - Tests run for long enough to get distracted: 1% interest rate on the production code per second of test runtime. If this calculation could be worked out to anywhere near ballpark accuracy it would be a huge benefit to knowing which langu
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   A Kaleidoscopic Overview of Graphic Design from the Arab World(artjournal.collegeart.org)

   1 points by Pamar 4y ago|0 comments
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   by Pamar 4y ago

   I am not affiliated with them: I am considering getting one for an elder person (it also provides video surveillance which could be handy) so I'd like to see it "dissected" here on HN.
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   Loona Petbot(yourloona.com)

   3 points by Pamar 4y ago|1 comments
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   by Pamar 4y ago

   Hi! Can we see the upcycled machine at work? (Maybe there was already a link to more photos/videos and I just missed it?).
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   Director John Carpenter is still scary(newyorker.com)

   4 points by Pamar 4y ago|0 comments
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   Technical Watchmaking: Central Impulse Chronometer(hodinkee.com)

   2 points by Pamar 4y ago|0 comments
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   by Pamar 4y ago

   I am a bit late at the game but let me contribute this: Programming Pearls - by Jon L. Bentley (1986) ISBN:9780201103311 It's an amazing collection of... small stories (the chapters were originally published as ACM articles I believe)
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   by Pamar 4y ago

   Did you know anything about role preferences (if any)? I mean: would children prefer to be Allies (because they won) or Germans (because, well, they were Germans)...
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    I have to disagree. I used XML-RPC exactly twice, but it proved to be a quick solution to nasty integration problems and we were very happy with it. Case #1 - we had to implement an interface to book flights on Amadeus ( https://a
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    You also have to understand one thing (source: me, a sw developer since late 80s in Europe) - there was no internet, and most of the people working in the field had no CS degree. This meant that neat new tricks (and stupid old mistakes) wer
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    This was posted twice already here, the oldest copy is from 2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19765193 - wasn't able to find a date for the podcast itself but maybe it would be better to put [201?] in the titl
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    I mentioned the 2019 posting precisely because it had lots of comments.
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    This was already posted twice. Here is the link to the most successful submission (2019, I think): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110922
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Has anyone mentioned TRIZ yet? --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    One question (please take in account that I am no more than a dabbler in this field) - you conclude your piece with ... the nature of the problem slowly changes over time and prediction quality deteriorates. Isn't this a problem anyw
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    Russia’s botched invasion proves the diminishing power of heavy/expensive armies(theatlantic.com)

    4 points by Pamar 4y ago|0 comments
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Not only that but... how many of us have brothers and sisters... but are not friends with them?
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Thanks!
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    I didn't, but I am here to learn things: can someone please explain the reference? TIA.
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    France's Mustard Shortage(bbc.com)

    11 points by Pamar 4y ago|1 comments
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Yeah, I can testify that cell coverage is pretty bad, at least in the northern parts. ICE usually offer free wifi and the signal is a bit better, but still not really comparable with what I get in the North of Italy, for example.
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Framed like this it is surely a much better argument. But just applying a flat 1-hour "penalty" to train transit is a bit of a strawman: railway companies do their best to give you sane options, so that if you are, for example, a
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    So now you switched from "the guy who (used to) take your ID on a cross-border night train might have been an imposter" to "when I am on a train I am not constantly under survellaince by a controller". Your fantasy scena
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    While if you use a car you are at the mercy of "baustelle" (roadworks) and constantly risk to have slowdowns (e.g entering a major city at critical times). Until we have Star Trek teleports no single method of travel is "abso
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Have you ever been on an European train? Especially one crossing borders?
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    You know, they have: A uniform Special tools to check the tickets and operate locks An ID I don't know where you live but the idea that people would impersonate a conductor(1) to get your passports is something out of a James Bond movi
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    I, too, have some questions about your 1:00 waiting due to "no better train being available" I am familiar only with Italian and German trains (i.e. use these regularly, but occasionally I also used trains in/to Austria, Lu
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    Far from an expert but I found it really forced in trying to create parallels between Middle-Age Chivalry in Europe and Bushido in Japan.
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    by Pamar 4y ago

    I am glad for you that you can afford this, but I still think it is really too expensive/complicated for the benefits you are supposed to get from it.