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by cdumler 7y ago
> while they shun modern tech This is a common foible of "educated public," and a lot of people misunderstand the Amish: they don't shun modern tech. The have cars and phones, computers and websites, and such. It's
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by cdumler 7y ago
My goal wasn't to explain a "correct" view quantum physics, only to demonstrate at a cursory level that a binary computer's bits differs from a quantum computer's qbits. Quantum physics is not intuitive and attemp
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by cdumler 7y ago
In classical computing, a bit is a binary state. The implementation isn't important. What is important is there are only two positions: true/false, on/off, electricity flowing/no electricity flowing, a wooden stick poi
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by cdumler 7y ago
Yes, a Code of Conduct can be a good thing. A good CoC is about the outcome, not the action. For instance, a good CoC in software development has things like: * Write your code for other people who may be up at 3am trying to figure out wha
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by cdumler 7y ago
TL;DR: A quantum computer is a device that uses the measurement of quantum properties to do computation. There are many ways to implement one depending on the type of entangled particles being used, from crystals to make entangled photons
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by cdumler 7y ago
If you are comfortable with React, look at GatsbyJS. It is pretty amazing what you can build into a static site.
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by cdumler 7y ago
I do. When you say this is an "unidentified aerial phenomena" or an "unidentified flying objects," that means it's unidentified. As in: we do not know what we are looking at. You don't get to say, "well
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by cdumler 7y ago
Can someone validate my thinking here, please? I’ve been watching this saga for a while and there is something that doesn’t seem to be said that really bothers me about this whole situation: the failure mode is negative, not neutral. Here
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by cdumler 7y ago
Sensational. Should be *safest car in a collision.” Given so few collisions, they are unwilling to make an evaluation.
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by cdumler 7y ago
No, it's just: if you can't provide a solution, there is a lot of money to be made in prolonging the problem. The climate in the U.S. is xenophobic, so there will be dollars to be spent (wasted) on companies who sell technobabble
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by cdumler 7y ago
Please do not allow people to call SMS 2FA. For it to be 2FA, it must be: something I know alone, something I possess alone, something I am alone. Otherwise, it's just another account identifier (and likely spoof-able). SMS and phone
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by cdumler 7y ago
We don't have an independent and fair system. It's been highly political and corrupt for a long time, it's just now more blatantly obvious. Partly, this is because of the internet making it easier to make things public and
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by cdumler 7y ago
What makes you think the managers are being renegades? They know the company details that you don't know: we have too many women claiming maternity benefits, we have too many people with skill X and not enough Y, etc. Again, HR'
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by cdumler 7y ago
From first-hand experience, I cannot stress this enough: HR's job is to protect management. Period. Full stop. Having going through this type of situation (high-performer until on the wrong side of someone in management), I really di
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by cdumler 7y ago
Why? They're sovereign. They want a leg up in their economy. They're doing the same thing the U.S. did to England to get ahead [1]. [1] https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/30/ip
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by cdumler 7y ago
The catch about developing things back then is that you were working with duct tape and chicken wire. The 6502 CPU was developed literally by creating a hand drawn design. Each transistor laid out created additional complexity that humans
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by cdumler 7y ago
That is possible, but in theory there has been due diligence to verify the company as an on-going concern. Normally the goal of going public is to let those who took the risk in the beginning to get a payout, given that they have had their
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by cdumler 7y ago
Don't worry about it. It's undoubtedly an aquihire. If there is one thing that Google demonstrates consistently is a complete disregard for relationships with external parties. This product will die once Google stops communicat
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by cdumler 7y ago
> I feel like HN comments are often sanctimonious to the point of ignorance. A solo dev, scrambling to get his project to the point where there is even the tiniest chance it will succeed, is likely to have a complex network of hardcoded
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by cdumler 7y ago
Pretty much the standard "the cloud is just someone else's computer" issue: if you don't have the ability to reproduce your work somewhere else and your provider decides to go away, you're going to have a Bad Time(T
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by cdumler 7y ago
As a fellow vegetarian, I agree with not liking non-meat meat products that are too close. But, my transition was a long one. My family was very much carnosaur. I was told that I need to "expand my horizons," which meant eating
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by cdumler 7y ago
Mind maps are useful when you don't know what the structure is before hand. For instance, when I start a new job, I tend to mind map everything. I really have no idea how to organize concepts, names, computers/servers, etc. But
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by cdumler 8y ago
I can tell you any more choice in the US would be a good thing. Our infrastructure is pretty much bottom rung unless you are one of the very few who can get access to fiber. I have literally a Google fiber drop installed in my front yard,
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by cdumler 8y ago
I think the problem is that they believe they "squandered" supplying the iPhone CPU. They stated that mobile CPUs would never sell in quantity, so they weren't interested. Missing that boat, they've believed the need t
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by cdumler 8y ago
> It is difficult to be sure precisely how much DHA we need, as DHA conversion rates and availability can vary significantly depending on age, gender, genetics, and dietary composition Vegetarianism/veganism has the same problems wi
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by cdumler 8y ago
The reason why Backblaze and Crashplan have various restrictions is due to being all-you-can-eat. At some point, they have to create an arbitrary cap. So, the snapshot is a curious feature, but seems to be implemented poorly. It doesn&#x2
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by cdumler 8y ago
I've been using restic for a long time now. It's flexibility is amazing: * Fully open-source, command line implementation. Script as needed. * Supports ton of backends, including directories, SFTP, and many cloud services. * Sup
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by cdumler 8y ago
The purpose of insurance is such that individuals share the burden to cover random, life-impacting events. From the consumer side, insurance is the purchase of a service to cover any a future debt falling under the category of the service,
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by cdumler 8y ago
I want to say first that I applaud you for the time and effort to build something. Getting of your duff and building something is awesome. That said, this product is a man-in-the-middle attack on SSH. You're a prime target for hacker
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by cdumler 8y ago
Please stop and think before you write. Of course you do want the state to dictate sources. I suspect you want want your food to be regulated, your buildings to be engineered, your planes to be certified. Society places all kinds of rest

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