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by bolangi 10mo ago
Kurt Vonnegut wrote that an aspiring writer should take any writing job he or she can get. A hack job will at least keep the creative wheels turning. I think the same applies to software development jobs. Take one where you can learn someth
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by bolangi 11mo ago
Reacting to the headline, I understand the basic concept of medicine is you treat a patient who presents with a condition, not a condition in isolation like some kind of abstract math problem. I think it's a mistake when doctors say to
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by bolangi 11mo ago
> Its inner diameter is 20 micrometers, which is about 100% finer than the best commercially available tips. "100% finer", who uses language like this? I don't even know what it means. How about "half the diameter&quo
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by bolangi 11mo ago
I don't know what TLA+ is, but thanks for an entertaining rant, and the excerpt from Heller's timeless book.
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by bolangi 11mo ago
I've been there since the DOS days when it was all dark mode, green phosphor characters on a black CRT. I was there when amber monitors were the new thing. (I still love sunglasses with brown lenses.) And I watched the early Apple comp
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by bolangi 11mo ago
Not sure how well this dovetails with the research presented in the article, but Grinder and Bandler's work -- which they named Neuro Linguistic Programing (derived I understand from analyzing the brief therapy and hypnotherapy techniq
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by bolangi 11mo ago
Unicomp took over the IBM buckling keyboard manufacturing. I like their clicky keys, but now their Model M costs US $189, a bit high.
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by bolangi 11mo ago
The article is missing links to one of the first fingerprint diagnostic tools, https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ , formerly called something like panopticon.net.
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by bolangi 11mo ago
For a short while, I ran the Eumel operating system and wrote an application in Elan. Among other interesting properties, files weren't saved, but were checkpointed by the OS. I enjoyed this exercise, although Eumel remained a very sma
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by bolangi 11mo ago
Britney Spears did it in the music video for Toxic.
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by bolangi 11mo ago
Here's a demonstration of a 1958 relay computer. https://youtu.be/_j544ELauus?t=373
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by bolangi 11mo ago
I use one called 48sx, however, I've only ever used +-*/. Clicky physical buttons are much better of course. An accountant I worked with years ago had one with a printer, which meant she had a paper record and could verify that th
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by bolangi 1y ago
Hello hath no fury like a lithium ion battery fire.
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by bolangi 1y ago
So does that make the developer a sarcasmaholic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcOfFeKXcd4
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by bolangi 1y ago
The commenter was right that the correct unit is Wh, then slipped up. Does gasoline contain power? Do "high-power" Li-ion batteries? In common parlance, power and energy are used interchangeably. I believe people writing about sci
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by bolangi 1y ago
Because American literacy in math and hard sciences has only declined over the decades since the post-Sputnik spurt that benefited my generation. Journalism as practiced today doesn't require scientific literacy or rigor, or at least,
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by bolangi 1y ago
Without actually reading the book, it appears the author asserts that a large component of human intelligence can be reproduced by AI, and perhaps the chaotic interactions that underpin human intelligence, also allow nonliving systems such
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by bolangi 1y ago
Great idea. I'd love to hear something realistic like, "Practically everyone who uses a phone or computer is under surveillance. While this project may seem late relative to the damage done thru unlawful surveillance over previous
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by bolangi 1y ago
Gradual typing seems to be alive in the Raku language. I can't comment on soundness guarantees.
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by bolangi 1y ago
Don't forget other alternatives. On the pre-unicode side, we have lout http://jeffreykingston.id.au/lout/ . On the postmodern side, we have rakudoc https://raku.github.io/rakudoc .
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by bolangi 1y ago
For comparison, I asked about async in the raku programming language ( https://rakulang.org ). While I don't know details, raku's design avoids function coloring ( https://www.reddit.com/r/rakulang&#
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by bolangi 1y ago
So, that explains the benefits of chewing on one's own locks.
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by bolangi 1y ago
SpaceX does well on this front. There are four teams of workers at Boca Chica, working around the clock on 8-hour shifts that overlap. This helps continuity as well as sharing of knowhow.
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by bolangi 1y ago
Aside from the choice of language, I will be interested in what window managers are similar, or an inspiration for plwm.
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by bolangi 2y ago
> It [Raku] was a flop. From what I read, it's a living, breathing language with innovative features, core developers, regular releases and a healthy community of users. What more do you want?
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by bolangi 2y ago
Porges started with studying the difference in the length of successive heartbeats, and the nerve systems that control this variability. He accumulated lots of data, and published his findings. He looks at the function of the different bran
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by bolangi 2y ago
I have an in-law from a family of temple carpenters in Nara. They're not finding people who want go through the rigorous training and the work load demanded of an apprentice.
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by bolangi 2y ago
Sugary drinks aren't very healthy anyway. Time to change offerings?
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by bolangi 3y ago
Let's not forget Mose Allison's classic Parchman Farm.
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by bolangi 3y ago
Article says it's the first case of opsins found in the skin of a vertebrate.

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