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by cgrealy 7y ago
I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be able to work from home. I imagine most people on HN are in a similar position. There are plenty of people that successfully wfh every day, but it's not for me. I like being able to go tap so
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by cgrealy 7y ago
All of Terry Pratchett's books, but especially "Reaper Man". Read it at a young age, and it has informed my general life philosophy ever since.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
>> Who has time for books nowadays? Leaving aside the fact that right now , a lot of people have a lot more time to read... my answer is: Everyone. Just depends on what your priorities are.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
The code smell here is the use of shared_ptr. Yes, there are times when it's the least bad option, but using a shared_ptr is the C++ equivalent of throwing your hands up and going "screw it, I have no idea who's supposed to o
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Honest question: Do you actually use scroll bars much? I can't remember the last time I actually clicked on one with a mouse. If I'm on a desktop, then I use the mousewheel for incremental scrolling and home/end/page&#x2
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I'm not sure there's a "what if" at all, more like a "when will". At some point, a UBI will become a necessity. The most likely other options are a dystopian nightmare or a complete overhaul of our basic econom
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by cgrealy 7y ago
You could probably rephrase that into the 'stream of people that are interested in ideas and make new stuff and then actually do something about it ' is thin.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
God, I hope so.... that would be hilarious.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Whether or not you liked the story is utterly irrelevant to the article.
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I'd say it wouldn't help much. You're building one small scene that's designed to be viewed from a relatively small area or path. I highly doubt they're building anything that doesn't appear on screen. If you w
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I think .5 micrograms falls under "pretty much" :D But that was interesting to read... thanks!
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Simple answer: I wasn't aware of synthetic jet fuel! If it can solve the problem, I'm keen to learn more.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Did you watch the video I posted? It specifically talks about converting a small aircraft and says you could get "about 20 minutes". Building an actually useful commercial plane (i.e. something along the lines of 737 or A320) is a
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by cgrealy 7y ago
The big win would obviously be electric aircraft, but I doubt we'll see that in my lifetime (barring a massive breakthrough in battery technology). The problem is even the best batteries have a much lower energy density compared with t
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by cgrealy 7y ago
And if you're at all serious about gaming, you're not going to run linux. I mean, you could, but you'd miss out on heaps of games.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
It's interesting to consider the kind of user who's still running Windows 7 in 2020. There are a couple of options, but I'm guessing the majority are non-technically savvy people who bought a PC (probably a laptop) years ago
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by cgrealy 7y ago
And of course, it's region-locked.... proving, once again, that media companies do not understand the internet. FWIW, I quite enjoyed the first episode and am looking forward to watching the rest of the series.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
>> Computer power users like composability, interoperability, "unix philosophy" / "do one thing well" -- whatever you want to call it -- because it's a powerful tool. Which equates to a fraction of comput
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I feel sorry for her. It seems pretty clear she's dealing with some mental health issues.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I fail to see at all how that relates to the question. If I order a pizza, I’m using a communication channel (phone, internet) to place an order; one tool. I deeply hope the pizza place is using chefs and an oven to make the pizza; complete
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by cgrealy 7y ago
> When do they occur? When the code is run, not when it’s written. > I'd argue that it is a good way, based on my experience of both methods. And with similar experience, I’d disagree. Paired programmers are focused on writing
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by cgrealy 7y ago
> Software mistakes can be pretty dire Absolutely, but again, they don't happen as you're coding, unlike aviation or surgery. > if you want to ensure quality, in practice, you will want different eyes to look at the code Tot
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I find PP useful for complex tasks where two devs can bounce ideas off each other (preferably in a breakout room with a whiteboard). For the majority of time, it's just not necessary. If the domain is well understood, the code base is
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Fundamentally different to software development on both counts. Aviation and surgery are basically real-time activities. If you make a mistake in either, the consequences are dire. Also, in aviation, it's about redundancy... if there&#
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Couldn't disagree more. Unless your job is unbelievably trivial, you should use a range of tools and use the best one available for the task at hand.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
>I need to move this odd shaped or heavy or inconvenient equipment now. Not in 5 minutes. Not in 15. No, you don't. You want to move it now, but in general, you don't need to move it now. > I won't tolerate your rul
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Every time I read a story about medical care in the US I am reminded why I decided to live somewhere else.
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by cgrealy 7y ago
> a lot of people seem to really like the object.method() look. There’s a pretty simple reason for that: autocomplete. In most halfway decent dev environments, typing “object.” will present you with a list of possible operations on that
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by cgrealy 7y ago
I'm all for opt-out for a very simple reason.... doctors don't have to bother families in the midst of grief. If you don't believe the state should be the defacto owner of your organs (I'd argue it's the recipient t
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by cgrealy 7y ago
Basic cyber security. Good password practice, be wary of unknown links, use 2fa where you can, etc. Hopefully, that will also encourage a skeptical mindset which helps in other areas of life (religion, politics, pseudoscience, “alternative

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