cosmojg

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by cosmojg 5y ago
When there's a gold rush, sell picks and shovels.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Ha! That last sentence slaps.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
> Note: I’m a hobbyist, and not a paleobotanist. Additions and edits are welcome, if I misclassified or missed anything. When does one cross the threshold from hobbyist to paleobotanist? Or from hobbyist to [insert research title]?
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Depending on what state you live in, voting for a Democratic or Republican candidate may be more of a waste of your vote than voting for third-party presidential candidates. Given that nearly all states (excluding Maine and Nebraska) use a
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by cosmojg 5y ago
I would love if Netflix picked up Utopia[1], and given current events, now would be a very interesting time to do so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(British_TV_series)
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by cosmojg 5y ago
That link is broken.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Oh man, the music's playing in my head now. That's some real nostalgia right there.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Yes, absolutely, and don't worry about how the code looks. So long as someone else can download your code and run it without issue, you're good to go. I've worked on multiple computational neuroscience papers and pushed to ha
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Yes. Not only does it run better, but it's also a better managed project.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
...until you've done it a million times. Don't forget that we're talking about emotions here; they needn't be rational.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Well, there's this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29816098
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by cosmojg 5y ago
In short, it's kinda like Rust but for C instead of C++.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
https://scribe.rip/@tkdynation/will-citroen-manage-to-reinve...
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by cosmojg 5y ago
There's another option with better CSS up on the front page right now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29733648 Direct link: https://github.com/cmod/websters-1913
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Make a habit of drawing connections between disparate concepts, but be careful not to go too crazy with it.
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Webster's 1913 – a dictionary for writers and wordsmiths(websters1913.com)
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Using the wrong dictionary (2014)(jsomers.net)
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by cosmojg 5y ago
For those who want to know why this is important, check out this blog post: https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary For those who want to give it a try on other operating systems, check out this website: https:/&#x2F
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Same thing here in the Greater Boston Area.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
What browser extensions do you have installed?
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by cosmojg 5y ago
How does this compare to Syncthing or rsync?
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by cosmojg 5y ago
We definitely need a bit more than a night-watchman state. I should mention that I believe in the continued existence of public institutions, I just don't believe in their exclusivity. For example, I think the FDA should continue to ex
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by cosmojg 5y ago
I wouldn't mind if the government was slimmed down to being little more than the IRS, military, and a few regulatory bodies with either the current progressive tax system (better yet, that of the 70s) or a land value tax (at least 85%)
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Thank you for sharing your experience; you're shedding more light on the situation than anyone else is right now. Out of curiosity, would you be willing to copy and paste the email contents here? Edit: Ah, I found your blog post[1]. [1
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Maybe "inelastic resource tax" or "squatting tax"?
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Of course it's legal! Shortselling exists to incentivize this sort of creative destruction.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
The market is all about marketing!
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by cosmojg 5y ago
The opposite is true in my circles. Cash is always appreciated while gift cards will earn you dirty looks from bystanders and an awkward, "Erm, uh, thanks!" from the recipient.
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by cosmojg 5y ago
This is a huge problem, and something really ought to be done about it. I'm not sure what that would look like from a top-down, structural or regulatory perspective (loosen regulations and make it easier to become a doctor so that we h
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by cosmojg 5y ago
Ah, that makes sense. I take it that its name is a play on "DoubleClick"?

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