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IPython + qtconsole ( https://qtconsole.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ ), with a config file that autoruns 'from math import *' on init.
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That's amazing. I Googled you and was very happy to see that you are still creating new things, after all these years. I aspire to that!
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I run a simple service that syncs a private YouTube playlist and publishes it as an audio-only podcast feed. When I come across talks that I find interesting, I save them to the playlist, so I can listen to them while walking, exercising, e
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6y ago
I suspect there may be significant overlap between the DejaNews archive and https://archive.org/details/usenethistorical
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There is some RIME and FidoNet stuff on textfiles.org
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Envy-Free Cake-Cutting
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Computer Networks, the Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972)
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Probably you're right! A webpagetest from Sydney shows pretty dismal performance: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/200801_FJ_dd5f2a76d77bcaa... ~2 seconds for first contentful paint. That's pretty dismal,
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At first I was surprised that they don't use edge caching: it seems that all requests get proxied to a backend server, which use just two redis servers as a shared cache. A global internet site can't get good performance this way:
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Me too. It seriously lowers my quality of life. Have you found any other hacks that make things better?
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The GitHub link to Generic Colouriser points to an outdated and unofficial fork. The canonical one is at https://github.com/garabik/grc .
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The volume of machine-generated spam — microtargeted clickbait, specifically — on the internet could grow by an order of magnitude or more, making authentic human text a minority. That will hasten the demise of the internet as a democratic
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It means whole towns with no children, and older people wasting away in agony because there is no one left around to care for them.
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This isn't going to be a popular sentiment here, but I think Ibrahim's experiences shows why diversity training is important. It's 2020; there is no reason for things like this happen: > I've been to job interviews wh
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I must be tone-deaf, because I picked up none of the sinister overtones that other commenters on this thread are detecting. The text I read was amusing and delightful, and I associate it with a genre of writing that takes a bit of common wi
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Engram
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[[citation needed]]. "Everyone knows" that type systems reduce bugs, but actual evidence for that is pretty weak. https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/
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gorrosion!
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What does it do?
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Bardiya
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Exactly how charge is separated in a cloud to cause lightning.
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Naomi Klein: How big tech plans to profit from the pandemic
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I understand why it costs this much. I don't understand why we think it is worth doing. Rather than fabricate a flying White House, why not deputize the vice president to carry out presidential duties while the president is in the air?
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DARPA funding opportunity: Sea Train [pdf]
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How are they generating the 3D models of various landmark buildings? It's hard to believe that they were generated from photos, since the lines look so clean. But there are too many of them to do by hand, no?
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That's very interesting. Could you elaborate?
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The vast majority of users have never known other platforms.
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You had to register your wallet to receive gifts after September. I'm assuming many people just didn't know. I hadn't used Keybase in a while and I just found out about the XLM giveaway.
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https://dpaste.de/nUKs
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Sending you a virtual hug. Hang in there.
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