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by bmacho 1y ago
Linear algebra has motivations and applications everywhere , since its main defining concepts, 'addition' and 'transformation that keeps sums' are everywhere. So a linear algebra curse is a huge pile of disjointed facts
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by bmacho 1y ago
There is no such thing as affine algebra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affine_algebra
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by bmacho 1y ago
Use udm=14 for simple searches, that is, set the search URL to https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s
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by bmacho 1y ago
Basic things that browsers lack: - hooks between network steps - hooks between steps while rendering/interacting with a website Things that I want to do but I can't: - catch a request and modify it, e.g. when a webpag
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by bmacho 1y ago
And even your use case will benefit from any change, since you'll just move to /tmp2 instead of /tmp, which will actually behave you want it to. So 99.9% of the users + you benefit from the change. I'm sure there are peo
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by bmacho 1y ago
So the ideal behaviour would be: - for most processes no SWAP - for tmpfs, use RAM until a quota - for tmpfs, start using a swapfile above that quota ChatGPT doesn't think it is achievable, though it thinks cgroup2 can achie
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by bmacho 1y ago
Ctrl+s > ctrl+d. No link rot + it's available without internet.
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by bmacho 1y ago
All dynamically typed Ruby competitors like Python, Javascript (via Typscript), PHP, Elixir have embraced Gradual Typing/Type Inference. You use typed variables/typed function signatures when it's convenient, they giv
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by bmacho 1y ago
It's supposed to be 'contextualize': putting it in context, ~explain.
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Netflix shows movie posters and Reddit has recommendation threads.
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by bmacho 1y ago
It would be the job of the operating system to give or take away the ability of your browser to access your local network. But you can run your browser in a container/vm and disable localhost. (And use a separate browser for localhost
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by bmacho 1y ago
HN redates comments/submissions to boost engagement. Original post date is still available by hovering the date, in the alt text.
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by bmacho 1y ago
You can read more about it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free
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by bmacho 1y ago
If you are similarly annoyed with the random "it's only part of the quote" spam, you can use my text above and link it as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944055
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by bmacho 1y ago
It's not a quote, but a statement. And even if it were a quote, random other quotes from the same person are not relevant. "This is just a part of the quote" people are so annoying. Like guess why it is "only a part of a
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by bmacho 1y ago
I was annoyed too when they started to close off HTML as a local platform. But! it is still very open (you complain about audio and javascript but they both work) also I've figured that it isn't really much of a problem to start a
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by bmacho 1y ago
Can't you just right click an icon, set it to whatever you want (including the original one), and then lock it so subsequent theme changes won't change it? DE people are moving in all the wrong directions :/ The submission ti
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by bmacho 1y ago
> a typical spell checker feature is to provide alternative, correct, spellings, rather than just telling you whether a word is correctly spelled. I personally don't use that one, for me the red underline is enough.
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by bmacho 1y ago
Am I the only one that gets incredibly angry when I read things like this? This is unacceptable on every level.
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by bmacho 1y ago
Why can't businesses be owned by people that: - enjoy owning and managing a business - do think that owning and managing a business should come with the same compensation as any other dayjob (hairdresser or whatever) While man
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by bmacho 1y ago
> Typically, when people talk about "long" and "short" vowels they are referring to a combination of duration and pronunciation (e.g. English "bat" vs. "bate"), and that appears to be the case here
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by bmacho 1y ago
No, not in the sense we are talking about it.
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a-á and e-é are not short-long pairs. a is /ɒ/, á is /aː/, e is /ɛ/, é is /eː/. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_phonology#Vowel_exam...
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by bmacho 1y ago
I think GP has the following in mind: - user has an account on GOOD.COM - user has saved her password in her browser - user navigates to BAD.COM In this case autofilled passwords are safe and convenient since they alarm the user
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by bmacho 1y ago
No, it doesn't have strong if err != nil { return err; } vibes. Pattern matching on Ok/Error is one of the best known error handling, while go error handling is one of the worst. They are about as far from each other as possible.
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by bmacho 1y ago
> If you stop using your phone for anything other than communicating (yes, not just the loose "stop doomscrolling" advice) a lot of these will come naturally. People before 2007 slept, exercised, ate well, socialized, reduced s
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Example?
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And they are getting better. I don't remember when was the last time a cookie dialogue forced me to uncheck 10+ switches, and making me angry that they give my browsing history to 1000+ random ad companies--I unironically miss that dai
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> Oh man, I had no idea that the decision of whether to rent or buy skis required calculus to solve. The best decision is literally a bunch of equations that you want to solve / optimize. It is sometimes school level math, but t

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