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by benrutter 6mo ago
> Is thinking about music as applied mathematics a good way to create good music? As an instruction, I think clearly not, the fact that lots of musicians aren't mathematical at all but create great music seems to prove it to me. But
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by benrutter 6mo ago
The latest shift to lock down Google's android pushed me recently to install /e/OS. On paper it makes those kind of projects a lot harder, but its prompted me to be a bit more considered about what software projects I want to
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by benrutter 6mo ago
Always interesting when a project stays 0 ver for so long- anyone close to the project know what would be considered significant enough for a "v1" release?
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by benrutter 6mo ago
France has an amazingly developed grid, with a lot of nuclear. But I think there's a risk of seeing grid make ups as "one size fits all". Norway and Sweden do well with huge amounts of hydro storage, but few countries have th
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by benrutter 6mo ago
This is of course linked to the UKs renewable rollout (and to do with detaips around the UKs energy markets leading to gas dictating the price for noe), but completely misses the fact that the UKs spending isn't just spending but inv
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by benrutter 6mo ago
I think someone else has already pointed out that the author is writing from a non US perspective. But at the risk of being patronising, I wanted to say that we should all try to resist the " the author lost me when " reaction. I
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I really wish this take was more prominent. I really don't buy that mass-surveillance should be required for age verification. There are plenty of very smart people who have created much more complicated things than a digital age ver
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I think this is what makes traitors such a popular series - absolutely everyone things they can tell when someone is lying, but the truth is it's really difficult. Especially if someone is a stranger, it's next to impossible to se
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Pretty sure the answer will definitely be "not at all". For Rye and Python Standalone Builds, I know those where both projects that had a lot of use but where the maintainers didn't want it to become an all consuming workload
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I'd second this, especially if its just for personal use! The data world owes a lot to pandas, but it has plenty of sharp edges and using it can sometimes involve pretty close knowledge of how things like indexing/slicing/etc
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Yes! (The article says the project started a while back but the writer/interviewer only just discovered it)
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I was trying to figure out the change as well - I've only used Tumbleweed through WSL before. Does it provide a desktop environment preinstalled or is it a 'bring-your-own' deal? (if not, that seems to be the big thing that K
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I like that saying but those are all entrepreneurs right? Where are all the philosopher wannabe billionares? From my experience they seem pretty happy in relatively low paying professor jobs.
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I was holding these up as proof that Linux could be made into a supported commercial offering, not suggesting Steam Decks are gonna replace Windows, which would be kinda crazy.
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by benrutter 7mo ago
A lot of comments saying that Windows is indestructable because it has no competition for a portion of the market due to: - MacOS is too expensive - Linux requires configuration and expertise I'm not doubting those too, but like the ar
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by benrutter 7mo ago
This is a great point. Maybe we can start now? Apparently is is called web feed, although I never have heard this until I searched off the back of your comment[0]. Apparently, web feed also encompasses Atom and JSON feed as well as RSS, w
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I love the idea of emailing people with appreciation for things they've created. I've considered doing this a few times, but have to admit I've never actually got round to sending people appreciative emails, maybe this blog p
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by benrutter 7mo ago
> I find it crazy how Python managed to get so popular when even variable name typos are a runtime error Tangential point, but I think this might be one of the reasons python did catch on. Compile checks etc are great for production sy
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Fair enough - although I'd add in my defense that my take wasn't "Paul Graham is wrong", in fact I really liked the essay and agreed with a lot of it. It was more that I think there's a lot more going on with brands
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I suppose we're just disagreeing on definition here - but I'd at least try to make the case that if people having a single thing they think of when they hear the word Nike, is necessary for a company to be able to structure itse
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Intel is definitely the exception. For most companies, like Nike or Apple to take two, they in-house design work, but then contract out manufacturing to external companies, who often themselves subcontract out work further. I'm specula
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I liked reading this essay, but, I get the same vibe as a lot of PG essays. Which is, great writing and really intelligent thinking on an interesting subject, but without really being aware of ther stuff people have previously said/tho
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I think the tricky bit is less proving you bought something, and more proving that the thing you bought cost more than it otherwise would . As I understand it (which isn't a lot), if you paid a tariff on an overseas order you're
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Lots of comments along the lines that tarrifs were mostly passed down indirectly to consumers, who aren't entitled to refunds. I definitely agree on principle, it sounds pretty tricky to see how proving "I paid $x more for groceri
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Stop using pickle already. Seriously, stop it(mina86.com)
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by benrutter 7mo ago
> When was the last time you tried? Pretty recently (a couple weeks ago). I give agentic workflows a go every couple of weeks or so. I should say, I don't find them abysmal , but I tend to work in codebases where I understand them,
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by benrutter 7mo ago
I use AI in my workflow mostly for simple boilerplate, or to troubleshoot issues/docs. I've dipped into agentic work now and again, but never been very impressed with the output (well, that there is any functioning output is insan
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by benrutter 7mo ago
> Unlimited split views. Ok, well now I have to find out what hapoens if I get enough splits to make the width of each less than a pixel.
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Certainly a lot less per day, but regardless, the two wars have very different aggressors. If the US has an argument that Iran was a real threat, it certainly hasn't tried to make it yet. Conversely, Ukraine had no choice about whether
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by benrutter 7mo ago
Possibly dumb question, but does that still hold inside p5js?

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