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by b0rsuk 7y ago
This is very useful checklist for someone like me, with an alcoholic father and a pretty awful family. I know I have holes in my social skills, but don't know where exactly. Asking about these things is deeply awkward, and therapy is
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Another activity not given enough attention is fishing. Remnants of fish, as well as fishing tools are perishable, but they played an important role before the neolithic revolution. The name seems to be misleading. https://www.sc
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I starting dreaming again after years since I stopped watching porn. Took me a bout a week of abstinence. There seems to be some merit to nofap. Might be placebo, but so far I'm not complaining.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Where is a hexagonal keyboard when you need it? Hexes are sweet for strategy and puzzle games, but could also be sweet for roguelikes if input devices were better. A smaller keyboard barely solves any problem, especially if you have palms a
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Pre-WW2 Poland also had a great math achievements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_School_of_Mathematic... The city Lwów, or Lviv as Ukrainians now call it, had a great school and the city changed hands during
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I heard it's preference for non-physical work (lawyers, doctors, bankers, artists, writers...). Also, an old Polish novel "Lalka" by Bolesław Prus says Jews have an admiration for intellect and charades is one of their favori
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
In Go's case, it's too early to tell how it scales. It has the opposite approach to readability as Perl. I wonder if Go ends up sharing Perl's fate. Two languages that make people feel very productive, but don't seem to
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
If scientists can't be bothered to read the legend first, who can?
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
The only way to stop a bad guy with an AI is a good guy with an AI...
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
And I read that Quake 3 AI operates on a fairly simple stack of objectives. Like, bot goes to pick up yellow armor. Bot sees enemy and starts shooting him. Bot takes damage and starts to retreat. Retreat is now the objective at the top of t
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
And I think I'm amused by the trick. I admire its simplicity and far-sightedness, that's all. I mean, people have been adding their cats as co-authors just because a paper couldn't have a single author.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Arguably Python got pretty far, being refined in the process, before the floodgates broke. I mean look at Javascript, C, C++. No contest.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
You would still have a Linux distribution (or five) for nerds and techies. I don't see why it distributions would cease to be if Linux became more popular.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I don't remember the exact quote, but simple people can understand when taught, smarter can learn on their own, smarter still can teach, and a genius can simplify. Simple things are often hard to make and come from deep understanding o
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
Sure it's a fraud, but like something from a comedy movie. Most of the time frauds are incredibly boring and time-consuming to explain. Especially financial frauds are often hidden behind layers upon layers of obfuscation. Now THAT&#x2
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
At the same time, a dirty trick and pure genius!
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
How about destroying a whole table and rebuilding it each time a checkbox loses focus? I've spent nearly a month debugging that one. Also, why create one table when you can create two overlapping ones? (it was a jQuery plugin, and a ve
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
> People are smart. Fakes will be detectable through entropy measures, corroboration, common sense, etc. Yes, in the same way that people can detect and filter email spam. Either by a time-consuming manual effort, or complicated systems
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
FYI, it's called Bottom Line Up First (BLUF), and comes from military.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I broadly agree, but with one exception: I think it should be allowed to volunteer for alternate weekend days. Working on Sunday and Saturday should be totally fine for someone who is neither Catholic nor Jewish. My country is in the proces
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On the upside, it gave you motivation to double down on Python to make up for the lost time.
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Sounds like mathematics.
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This might be the reason behind the disappearance of professional physical comedy. I mean, practical (special) effects have largely disappeared too because computer (special) effects are usually cheaper. Slapstick requires not just a sens
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
In a way, physical comedy still exists, but it's not official. The popularity of "instant karma" gifs or subreddit, youtube pranks, freak accidents. I think the last great slapstick actor was Jackie Chan though. I mean the ne
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think you're confusing game design with learning curve. Computer games have evolved towards minimal learning curve, because it sells more games. Back when computers were mostly used by nerds, those people weren't bothered by hav
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
On the other hand, you really start appreciating 'D'rink, 'W'ear, 'E'at once you make it a bit further (progress in a dungeon) and get some experience with the game. It just saves time. With a system based on &
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
In Poland, there's no abuse whatsover, since they're requesting a scan of ID to let you delete your account, and that's illegal. It used to be a can of worms and people had loans taken in their name without permission.
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think they're betting that 13-17 year olds don't care about politics, and there will be plently of Blizzard apologists among older gamers. Western democracies are not very principled these days and people are easily bought. Eith
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by b0rsuk 7y ago
I think it's not excellence, but perfectionism. And different nations, broadly speaking, have different notion of "perfect". I read it in an article somewhere and can't remember the source, but: For Americans, something
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It could also be easier to mass produce.

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