andrewl

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   by andrewl 4y ago

   This is interesting. I wonder if he’s actually working on it: Q: If you magically had enough extra time to do one additional thing at work that you’re not doing now, what would it be? A: Oh, I’ve got a long list. But my #1 thing right now I
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   by andrewl 4y ago

   I've learned useful things from all of these: The Stack Overflow Podcast, Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman, Software Engineering Radio, and Coding Blocks.
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   by andrewl 4y ago

   There are quite a lot of links to Wikipedia posted for discussion (often rather interesting discussion). Here are more: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=wikipedia.org
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   First Leader of High-Risk Medical Research Agency Discusses Startup(science.org)

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   We have to build differently with concrete(noemamag.com)

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   by andrewl 4y ago

   I’m really getting out of my area of expertise on this, but could the fact that whales live immersed in a heat sink be a factor? They’re the most massive animal that’s ever lived (as far as is known). Maybe an animal that size can only be
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   by andrewl 4y ago

   I agree on the privacy policy. (I also agree that this looks good, and I want to sign up.)
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   Is Moore’s Law Really Dead?(wired.com)

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   Should All Genetics Research on Intelligence Be Off Limits?(chronicle.com)

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    Leprosy: Ancient Disease Able to Regenerate Organs(bbc.com)

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    A Biography That May Change Your Mind About J. Edgar Hoover(washingtonpost.com)

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    Cyborg Cockroaches Are Coming, and They Just Want to Help(washingtonpost.com)

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    by andrewl 4y ago

    I thought this story in “comic book” form of end of life in a hospital was very powerful: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/G14-0009
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    The Plain View – Deepcake(link.wired.com)

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    Ex-eBay Execs Heading to Prison for Harassing Couple Behind Newsletter(reuters.com)

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    Tim Cook: “No Good Excuse” for Lack of Women in Tech(bbc.com)

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    Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year(scientificamerican.com)

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    An Influential Academic Safeguard Is Distorted by Status Bias(economist.com)

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    by andrewl 4y ago

    I use both because of different companies we work with. FogBugz is much friendlier, but Jira does more. And Jira also has a massive number of free and commercial integrations available. When DevFactory purchased FogBugz from Fog Creek they
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    I started the article and came right back to post this: “Nothing can be more counterproductive than any certainty regarding complex affairs.”
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    It has served me well for years. Their home page is: https://sqlitebrowser.org/
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    Yes, Yukihiro Matsumoto, who created Ruby, took inspiration from Smalltalk and Perl, among other languages.
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    Here’s an article about a different approach, where the house is built completely off site and just unfolded and set up in a day: https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/29/these-foldable-houses-...
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    And a brief discussion of the article on CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/25/world/alcohol-plants-drou...
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    Ethanol-Mediated Novel Survival Strategy Against Drought Stress in Plants(academic.oup.com)

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    A Solution for the Elgin Marbles: Robot-Carved Replicas?(washingtonpost.com)

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    A Neurologist’s Tips for Fighting Memory Loss and Alzheimer’s(theguardian.com)

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    Search Warrants for Abortion Data Leave Tech Companies Few Options(washingtonpost.com)

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    by andrewl 4y ago

    He posted a 35-minute followup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07jEAaAj1VA
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    by andrewl 4y ago

    Did the Smalltalk balloon originate with the Byte cover, or did the Smalltalkers at PARC come up with it first?