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by bradford 3y ago
NYT daily had a relevant podcast episode on this ( https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/podcasts/the-daily/water-... ?). Discussion centered around using the water for Arizona, not California. (I&#x27
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Ask HN: Looking for a diagram that shows various data engineering solutions
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by bradford 3y ago
As someone who picked up C++ in the late 90s, the discussion on the language resonates with me: "Other books can tell you how using any of dozens of object-oriented languages can make programmers more productive, make code more robust,
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by bradford 3y ago
That might be true but the study offered no conclusive statement: "A limitation of the study is that it relied on data that did not specify whether the marijuana was inhaled or eaten. According to researchers, how marijuana is ingested
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by bradford 3y ago
I've witnessed a general convergence towards monetization of user data over time. I'm bothered that the technical talent of our time is increasingly focused on this. No one seems to like it or want it, but every company engages i
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by bradford 3y ago
It took years for the silt/sediment to settle during the Elwha dam removal! Now that it's complete, there's an entirely new shoreline. It's been great to see.
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by bradford 3y ago
> The main reason to buy a ~$500 bike vs. a $100-$200 Huffy at Walmart is that you can't get parts for the Huffy, My (cheap department store) bicycle had a sudden critical failure that caused my front wheel to lock, throwing me over
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by bradford 3y ago
Maybe this is a pet peeve of mine, but I'm annoyed with the use of the term 'wet bulb event' here and elsewhere. Wouldn't it put less burden on the reader to just say "wet bulb 35C"? (That is the temperature t
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by bradford 3y ago
As a US citizen, I found this page (from the same site) more interesting: https://www.madisontrust.com/information-center/who-owns-mos... (It's the same presentation, scoped to the US)
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by bradford 3y ago
> one gives you the positive reinforcement of playing a game. Another gives you the positive reinforcement of money. I'll assert that dopamine is the actual reinforcement in both cases.
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by bradford 3y ago
A proposal that I haven't seen discussed in other responses: COVID lockdowns saw a rise in home delivery services. The drivers in this gig economy are financially incentivized to go fast. Lockdowns initially enabled them to go fast,
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by bradford 4y ago
"We've decided it's ok to have a dependency on a software component that's no longer supported. We believe security bugs won't be an issue because of [XYZ]" I would not want to be the engineer that has to expla
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by bradford 4y ago
Highly addictive to my kids for reasons that I can't grok. Unfettered social interaction with other participants in an unmonitored environment that superficially 'looks' like a video game. This social interaction leads to bu
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by bradford 4y ago
> Microsoft was also a long time anti-commandline and against scripting, they tried to made everything clickable, with wizards and s*, I'd categorize this as incompetence, not malice towards developers. Specifically: Microsoft thoug
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by bradford 4y ago
> I was surprised that [Eastlake and Montlake] just didn't have any grocery stores ... Given the amount of investment the city/state is making to improve the WA-520 corridor Montlake had a small grocery store that was torn dow
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by bradford 4y ago
ExOfficio men's underwear is my go-to brand.
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by bradford 4y ago
There's a massive difference between Steam DF and the previous DF that I played (granted, that was probably in 2019). It's a totally new UI between the two versions: it's much friendlier to a broad population while still reta
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by bradford 4y ago
> people are syncing their personal and work devices No, that's not what was said and I'm not sure how you interpreted that. I have a work device at home and in-office. My work devices use different user accounts from my perso
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by bradford 4y ago
Disclaimer, MS employee here, but I've got to say that the cloud sign-in is one of my favorite features. The amount of time I spend worrying about and preparing for a hard drive failure has significantly gone down. I'm able to hav
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by bradford 4y ago
Does anyone know of similar libraries for other programming languages? (in particular, python, c#). I realize c++ is a good choice for performance reasons, but the hobbyist in me is already committed to Unity/Godot. (regardless, I real
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by bradford 4y ago
Might I recommend the book "Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth" by Elizabeth Williamson. It goes into great detail the impact that Jones' slander had on the Sandy Hook families.
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by bradford 4y ago
Trigraphs make this obfuscated C submission possible: ( https://gist.github.com/Property404/e31b99deb3527159e183 ) I've pasted it here for convenience (formatting fixed, thanks child comment!): // Ar
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by bradford 4y ago
(disclaimer: Microsoft Employee, this is my opinion). I've been using KQL for a long time, it really is a nice language both for querying and maintaining the data. But, aside from fixing some serious language issues with SQL, I really
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by bradford 4y ago
This excerpt is sure to provoke some opinions: > Worst: Government intervention. They ruined the railroads and the phone companies, and now they're after the Internet. It works like this: Something is good, and private companies are
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by bradford 4y ago
> There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. This is the only real answer, sounds like you have a good understanding of the situation. Everyth
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by bradford 4y ago
On practical how to: 1. Keep two water reservoirs for cleaning your brushes. One for warm colors and one for cool. (This prevents muddiness in your palette). 2. Knowing when to let the layers on your paper dry before further progress is v
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by bradford 4y ago
Regarding where: beyond Ukraine, I'm imagining Moldova and Georgia. (Regarding how, I have no useful input. )
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by bradford 4y ago
Nice work! Are you familiar with the procedurally generated worlds in Dwarf Fortress (they have some similarity to your project)?
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by bradford 5y ago
I'd take white noise over distracting background noises (i.e., roommates, coffee shops) in a heartbeat. The point isn't to enjoy the sound per se, it's to block distractions. But yes, I do prefer brown noise over white noise
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by bradford 5y ago
A lot of it isn't transferable. (specifically, things that are tied to the engine in use). But, it's odd, the author says in the same article: "you have to know about art, music, AI, level design, dialogue, story, just to me

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