WkndTriathlete

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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   New construction (at least in the north central US) is minimum 2"x6" studs in the exterior walls filled with fiberglass insulation and pretty significant blown fiberglass insulation in the roof. Most of the noise going between in
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   I think that part of the problem - with the article, and with the perception by most of society in general - is that the words "liberal" and "conservative" are now heavily overloaded and may have either positive or negat
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   That attitude is also why we have nice things like Linux and AWS.
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   Maybe not, but buy-and-hold of low-cost index funds and dollar-cost averaging investing has historically resulted in above-average investment returns and easy paths to retirement. If your goal is to get rich or a significant share of the ma
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   You mention the inaccurate exercise calorie burn calculators, but then state that jogging one mile burns 100 kcal. For most people, jogging one mile does not burn anywhere close to 100 kcal. Calorie burn rates for untrained to semi-trained
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   A few weeks ago I wrote the same application four times in four different JVM languages: Java, Groovy, Scala, and Kotlin, with a particular focus on the application using functional techniques and types as well as being reactive. I also in
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   I'm skeptical of licensing as a means of determining ability. No other engineering discipline uses licensing (with the exception of PE roles, for obvious reasons) to determine ability. Think about how mechanical engineers get hired, f
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   Flattening a list of lists is a problem that occurs quite frequently in functional programming. OTOH, in functional programming languages and frameworks, there is no need to actually write a method that does that since it is usually a libra
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   by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

   Based on the number of insignificant papers I have had to crawl through in various ACM publications, I am inclined to agree. Having said that, I don't think the rankings are that out of line. I do wish that CS (and science, in general
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    by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

    Agreed, but they also complained about map() and flatMap(). I have to think that eventually every developer can understand the more straightforward monads, functors, and Either - which, along with type aliases, IMO, can make code a lot mor
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    by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

    I think it's a rare person that can effectively teach themselves anything requiring precise motor control without a coach to watch and give feedback. Doable? Maybe. Effective for the general population? Unlikely.
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    by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

    I think a better design would be to construct a reinforced holding tank underground (either underneath the basement or adjacent to the house) that would hold the NaOH solution, then lay piping and use a pump to circulate small amounts of it
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    by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

    MnDoT also added it to I-35E northbound out of St. Paul. There's talk about adding it to I-35W northbound out of Minneapolis, too. I think MNPass entirely managed by the state of Minnesota, though, which may help keep the prices down
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    by WkndTriathlete 10y ago

    FiveThirtyEight had a nice piece on exactly this recently. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fancy-dorms-arent-the-ma...