WalterGR

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by WalterGR 1y ago
This is post about a post. The original post was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44566996
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by WalterGR 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44581249
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Where did the term “system card” originate? All I can find via google is that the term is used in Bridge (the card game) to coordinate play between partners.
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Okay. I rephrased my comment.
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by WalterGR 1y ago
239 comments on this post from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44585543
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by WalterGR 1y ago
141 comments on post from ~8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44591689 And 87 on this post, also from ~8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44591785
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Mercury documents may consist of the following octets: * 0x0a (newline) * 0x0d (carriage return) * 0x20-0x7e 0x20 - 0x7e is the range of so-called printable characters in 7-bit ASCII. [a-z][A-Z][0-9], space, and some punctua
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by WalterGR 1y ago
141 comments on post from 8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44591689 And 87 on this post, also from 8 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44591785
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by WalterGR 1y ago
According to the BLS’s CPI inflation calculator that’s $2,087 in today’s dollars. https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Also see 591 comments on a similar story from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44580682
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44591689
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by WalterGR 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572954
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by WalterGR 1y ago
260 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44558034
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by WalterGR 1y ago
In this context, the course catalog is simply the list of courses the university offers along with a description of each. The link in my comment is to a listing in a course catalog.
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by WalterGR 1y ago
One way to do this is in a systematic fashion is to look at the course catalog for a university well-known in the field and check the prerequisites of the things you’d like to study. For example: > To learn discrete math, I need theory o
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by WalterGR 1y ago
440 comments so far on this post from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44560662
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Also see this post from 10 years ago of an article from The Atlantic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10749870
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by WalterGR 1y ago
> …a Chrome extension that caught my eye… After using it for a day, I think… What I really like is… I didn’t realize how often I was stopping what I was doing… Well, you published the extension, right? The author’s email for this one
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Bad link.
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by WalterGR 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44269192
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by WalterGR 1y ago
It’s PDT not PST. Pacific Time Zone: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone Yes, colloquially, people use “PST” when they mean “PT” - but if we can’t split hairs here, then where?? :)
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by WalterGR 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44457446
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by WalterGR 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44300641
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Really? As a layperson, that surprises me. It seems like a perfect opportunity for citizen scientists and kids who can make discoveries right in their back yards! Where might I learn more?
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by WalterGR 1y ago
It’s convenient that it has a reasonable pronunciation (in leetspeak): Allplez. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet The Ars article is lighter on details but doesn’t have huge intermodal ads and wonky navigation on mo
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Every 4.75 days, by my reckoning. This is the first post to get substantial conversation, though. The impression I get is that on-topic reposts are fine until such time as they get traction - provided that they a. aren’t self-promotion and
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by WalterGR 1y ago
Here’s University of Arizona’s announcement / article: https://news.arizona.edu/news/earliest-evidence-humans-ameri...
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by WalterGR 1y ago
My question exactly. :)
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by WalterGR 1y ago
> Too many niche references that only an educated early 20th century Irish citizen would understand. Presumably there are dozens of companion references to explain those. Can anyone recommend some?
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by WalterGR 1y ago
As an American, I did the same. Step 1: Go to a public university where you can pay in-state tuition.

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