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by bambataa 6y ago
Consider Phlebas was one of the few books I’ve given up on. Everything was just so damn corny. I had been lookig forward to it for a while so it was very disappointing. Thanks for the other recommendations. My only gripe with The Three Body
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by bambataa 6y ago
Does avoiding memory accesses for short strings really provide much performance improvement? Surely the adjacent characters, which need to be read at least once anyway, will be in cache. I can see the benefit when the searched-for string is
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by bambataa 6y ago
I think the point people are making is that much of the news you read will be a summary of what happened on Today that morning. That’s where a lot of political interviews happen, for example. Lots of political live blogs etc just repeat it.
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by bambataa 6y ago
Careful though, they might stumble on The Archers or one of those terribly over acted radio plays that are on in the afternoon.
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by bambataa 6y ago
What’s the basis for saying that’s “significant”? (Genuine question — I’m not familiar with the metric and the differences seem small)
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by bambataa 6y ago
> Libertarians are only slightly more rational than liberals. Both are significantly more rational and less emotional than conservatives. What is your basis for that claim? Go on r/conservative and you’ll see plenty claiming the opp
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by bambataa 6y ago
Doesnt that just mean you are going to have two or three unhealthy meals instead of one?
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by bambataa 6y ago
Sure, but multiplication tables are fundamental and are useful lifelong. Coins are still a very common feature of life and also useful for teaching addition, also very useful for life. I appreciate we have to move with the times (I’m not pu
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by bambataa 6y ago
There seems to be an idea, which I find deeply odd, that kids don’t need to be taught something once an alternative appears: arithmetic —> calculators coins -> contactless cursive -> typing I just find it bizarre how quickly people
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by bambataa 6y ago
If I may hijack the Clojure reference, how does Clojure’s core/logic compare to Prolog? Do they broadly fit in the same problem space?
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by bambataa 6y ago
They don’t write “this nuclear power station powers X homes, apart from the 20% of the time when it’s tripped off”, so at least they’re consistent.
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by bambataa 6y ago
I always wonder how people evolve from fiddling with package configurations to using emacs at this level. My stunbling block is not so much knowing Elisp (I’m sure I can stumble through that) but just knowing the internal architecture and h
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by bambataa 6y ago
Could you describe the overall process you have seen people go down?
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by bambataa 6y ago
What makes you confident that is the reason? Are all people equipped to work out what is obviously false? It is one thing to be distrustful of official sources and another to believe that Bill Gates is injecting nano particles into vegetabl
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by bambataa 6y ago
After a quick look, I was going to comment that "how it works" doesn't really explain what's special about it and then I noticed the bit about scouring other platforms. Maybe you could go heavy on that and present it as
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Ask HN: How to develop accurate self-understanding?
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by bambataa 6y ago
Thank you for putting this together. I am reading it with interest. I spotted one small typo and thought you would like to know: “like transferring information form your software into an email or an SMS on the cellphone network.”
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by bambataa 6y ago
Second is preferred. When you say “need the features”, that immediately makes me think “which features?” because it reads as if you are referring to some previously mentioned features.
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by bambataa 6y ago
Why, how many Americans have the figure of Tom Brady? Is that number big enough to have a meaningful impact on average BMIs? I don’t understand why everyone is so quite to dismiss BMI based on edge cases, especially when the finding is back
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by bambataa 6y ago
I enjoyed your introduction to TLA+, so looking forward to this. Thank you.
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by bambataa 6y ago
bbatsov’s contributions to vim and emacs packages are huge. I must use over a dozen of his packages regularly. To say nothing of Ruby tooling etc... If you are reading, thank you so much!
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by bambataa 6y ago
I agree! I’m learning Clojure at the minute and it’s just confirming how important static typing is to me now after TS. I’m using and I get that it’s powerful but TS just hits that sweet spot of being immensely useful with out getting too m
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by bambataa 6y ago
Do the LMBFQQUBDSBDSAH people in your country care?
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by bambataa 6y ago
How is it not Microsoft's fault if they don't provide the user with any information to decide whether the MFA request is legit?
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by bambataa 6y ago
What kind of time commitment do you have? Do you study in addition to working full time?
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by bambataa 6y ago
I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who has studied at FernUni. I have been toying with the idea of doing some kind of maths or comp sci degree for a while now. It would have to be part time / remote because I'm not wi
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by bambataa 6y ago
I suppose the argument would be that only developers with a modicum of interest in their craft will gravitate towards niche languages such as Clojure. But you are correct that doing so doesn't necessarily mean they are good. However, I
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by bambataa 6y ago
Maybe he was working cash in hand while in the UK.
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by bambataa 6y ago
They seem to be going for pure volume of engagement. Left to its own devices, it would send you notifications for anything. The last few times I’ve looked for a job, I’ve started on LinkedIn but always ended up speaking to recruiters about
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by bambataa 6y ago
It’s a very English trait to think of itself as a self-deprecating, gentle and peace-loving nation while also being inordinately proud of the Empire and its conquests.

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