andrewl

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by andrewl 2y ago
Although there is probably support for immigrants besides welfare, I believe that welfare itself is reserved for citizens. And this is not a statement for or against immigration, but in response to what some people have said (not PKop, to w
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Outgoing NASA Administrator Urges Incoming Leaders to Stick with Artemis Plan(arstechnica.com)
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by andrewl 2y ago
I’m always glad to see new work on tools, and amplifications to our capabilities of any sort. I played with Smalltalk, and later Pharo, a bit, but it was years ago. As I recall the editor was always aware of the state of the system. And I
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Would You Risk a Breakdown to Cure Baldness?(economist.com)
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Rare 'Alice in Wonderland Syndrome' Warps Reality(scientificamerican.com)
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Investigation Launched into Queensland Virus Lab Breach(abc.net.au)
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Long Fatigue: The Exhaustion That Lingers After an Infection(bbc.com)
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by andrewl 2y ago
I believe it is for Thomas Kurtz, one of the two people who created the BASIC language. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42141761
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Seventy Years On, Why Godzilla Is the Darkest Monster Movie of Them All(bbc.com)
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by andrewl 2y ago
Well, the mother who was arrested doesn't agree with the policy. I wouldn't be surprised if she is saying it's insane, and it should be stopped. She got a lawyer to help push back against the charges. This was voted in, in t
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by andrewl 2y ago
I don't know if you can can say the entire USA has an "obsession" with preventing children from being autonomous based on this one incident. That's too much of a generalization. There are obviously people who do think th
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We Shall Fight in the Buttery – Oxford's War 1939–1945(literaryreview.co.uk)
55 points by andrewl 2y ago|11 comments
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by andrewl 2y ago
Roberta Lincoln! Great episode.
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by andrewl 2y ago
Also discussed on Slashdot at: https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/10/28/2027229/a-million-...
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'I can't run a business like this': Why the WordPress Row Matters(bbc.com)
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The Mad Files(tabletmag.com)
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5D 'Eternity Crystal' Stores 360 TB of Data for Billions of Years(newatlas.com)
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by andrewl 2y ago
“Look, what I’ve seen since coming back to the State Department three and a half years ago is that everything happening in the technological world and in cyberspace is increasingly central to our foreign policy.”
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Antony Blinken Dragged US Diplomacy into the 21st Century(wired.com)
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Burning Man: Why the US Festival Could Be in Trouble(bbc.com)
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by andrewl 2y ago
Their audio version of the article is free at: https://www.economist.com/media-assets/audio/062%20Business%...
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IRS Has Loads of Legacy IT, Still Has No Firm Plans to Replace It(theregister.com)
3 points by andrewl 2y ago|4 comments
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by andrewl 2y ago
I took a course with Randy Kaplan. I thought he was an excellent lecturer, and a very kind person. We had some interesting talks after class.
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What One Man Learned Living Alone in the Wilderness for 40 Years(washingtonpost.com)
19 points by andrewl 2y ago|5 comments
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by andrewl 2y ago
I thought it was a good interview. And I will certainly be interested to try Workbook, although I am not clear on what it would do for us that a wiki would not. But I could easily be missing something. Workbook will be free, so it won’t be
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What Are the Biggest Misconceptions About Biosecurity and Pandemic Risk?(80000hours.org)
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by andrewl 3y ago
I’m glad to see he plans to discuss Fossil in a followup post.
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by andrewl 3y ago
This seems very clever. I’ve enjoyed abusing SQL, too. And note that abuse is the developer’s term for how what he’s doing in sqlite-schema-diagram.sql. I’m not trying to be insulting. I actually do like it.
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by andrewl 3y ago
I’m looking at this on my phone, and not in a position to try it at the moment. But it seems very clever. I’ve enjoyed abusing SQL, too. If nothing else, it’s an engaging exercise. (Note that abuse is the author’s term for how he’s using
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by andrewl 3y ago
Tests are valuable, but of course they’re never perfect. Certain kinds of programs require them more than others. And no development approach, method, or tool is the best in all cases. The program with the most tests that I’m aware of is SQ

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