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by bch 3y ago
> world class research arm Honest question: does Wall Street care? In my experience, this is the kind of thing that’s (rightly or wrongly) considered a “cost center”, not a “profit center”.
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> […]thanks to the early lead the company has taken in generative artificial intelligence through an investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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by bch 3y ago
Thanks ants. Thants.
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Yes… Mike Mills was a legit rockstar in this era. https://m1.paperblog.com/i/73/734550/mike-mills-L-82LOCy.jpe... https://youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg
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I’ve used ed scripting in serious production work across thousands of hosts. It was nice to have that programmability but be able to “reason” with the entire file.
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> Faema E-61 Legend I worked a bar with a 3-group. What a joy to work with.
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I haven’t personally used a Niche, but have studied them a bit and think they might be a high water mark in the performance/$. A busy cafe I frequent uses them commercially (modified, for extra cooling) with success.
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> Do you use a manual grinder as well? I have, in my life - I associate them with pour-overs (V60, Chemex) for myself. In my espresso setup, I have an electric variable-speed single-dose conical burr unit. It’s naturally fairly quiet, an
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> My next machine is going to be a lever machine for sure! Nice - I've been a Cremina operator for the last few years, thoroughly enjoy it. > Spring levers give you a ton of control with more precision [...] At the expense of fee
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That's great - you're correct in realizing some of these things aren't really suitable for a "production" env, versus (e.g.) a home enthusiast, which might essentially be a lab environment. There's space for bo
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> With a fancy machine you can do these very long, lower pressure extractions with higher brew ratios to extract a finicky light roast which would otherwise require[…] Or a simple machine, like a (direct-)lever[0], which is an operator c
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by bch 3y ago
What constitutes “modern” here? ~15 years ago I was bitten by the CMake bug and enjoyed it for years until I got frustrated by it getting 90% of the job done and having to fight it for the last 10%. These days I have “reverted” back to BSD
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> It has a historically cavalier attitude to enforcing them (which I believe it inherited from TCL) Richard Hipp (inventor, principal dev of SQLite) called it “manifest typing”[0], indeed likely inspired by Tcl[1], of which he is a Core
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I love that a ripgrep article has such a deeply nerdy coffee thread… > Add one or a few drops of water to your roasted coffee beans Ah, RDT (Ross Droplet Technique)[0]. A little atomizer (“spritz” bottle) of plain water serves well here.
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> one of the fastest shells out there will probably get even faster […] my terminal productivity has gone up a lot. Surely you’re not typing and managing jobs at a pace where C vs C++ vs Rust vs $lang matters… or I’m missing something ab
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> Unless my brain has a bobbin in it This is your brain on dance music
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by bch 3y ago
Well, it’s sort of neat to me. I’ll probably build some bindings too. Know any good scripting languages?
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Ffs… I thought you were just joking around until I scrolled down into piles of dead threads.
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> Bicycles don't have the minimum size problem GGP is talking about Good point. > Titanium is pretty much the perfect frame material[…] Anecdotally - I understand it’s tougher to work with at about every single step. I’ve seen to
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The family of materials we call steel is so fantastic, it almost a shame it’s so ubiquitous that we take it for granted. If it were invented today the front page of HN would be loaded with stories of this miracle material.
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What is the response to stress by this build method? Will it fail gracefully over a lifetime of stresses? Any single big stress-event? In terms of (rigid, diamond-frame) bicycles, this is why I’m still firmly in the steel camp. No aluminium
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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. - H.L. Mencken
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Nice try, AI
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Parents> “Have you brushed your teeth?” 8yo> “Yes” (last week)
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Is that 15 minutes for a first-timer, including time spent sourcing the upgraded display?
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Caffeine Edit: and every herb we’ve ever enjoyed
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Ironic how, in a way, light keeps us from being illuminated.
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Or patch a roof, or shovel a drive, or paint the (outside of the) house, …
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Lead and asbestos beg to differ. I mean, your admonition works when it works, but…
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> BSD Now, being produced by actual developers, bridges the two solitudes . This[0], however, is uniquely Canadian… [0] https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/two-solitu...

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