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by dgritsko 6y ago
Yeah, I should've made it more clear - if they aren't "effective" then it would be pointless to normalize them. Based on stuff like this[1] I happen to think that they are, although exactly how effective seems highly d
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by dgritsko 6y ago
I think one benefit of homemade mask usage is simply that it helps to normalize masks in general. Seeing others wear masks in various contexts can help reduce the stigma of embarrassment that one might feel, or serve as a helpful reminder t
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Drive to Survive was my gateway drug as well. Since then, I've watched every race, and qualifying if I can help it (which can sometimes be even more exciting). I'd suggest watching current races - you'll know most of the peop
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Klutz books were a huge part of my childhood. I remember the Koosh book fondly (came with an eponymous Koosh ball, of course), as well as the Bubble book (came with a device you could use to make absolutely enormous bubbles). Recently got t
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by dgritsko 6y ago
NoClip is fantastic; I also really enjoyed the Rocket League[1] and Half-Life[2] documentaries. Danny just seems like a genuinely nice guy who just loves to tell the stories behind these games, it's awesome to see the success he's
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by dgritsko 6y ago
> Astronauts do not need a screen reader or other accessibility features In space, no one can hear your screen? Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Awesome, thanks!
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Do you have a link to said "daily diaries?" They sound fascinating, but this is the first I've heard of them.
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by dgritsko 6y ago
It's not an exact science, so I'd try to provide an honest self-assessment while ultimately not worrying too much about it. The CV should really be a conversation starter more than anything - you can provide more clarity in the in
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by dgritsko 6y ago
I've tried to distinguish levels of proficiency with a language in my CV. For example, "expert/highly proficient", "proficient", or "familiar". There's only one or two that I'd consider myse
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by dgritsko 6y ago
The Steam reviews are... pretty harsh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1057240/Crucible/
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Would testing be performed upon arrival, or would people be able to somehow bring proof of their negative test results? If the latter, then how would you verify the validity? What happens if you don't have proof, or if you test positiv
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by dgritsko 6y ago
The interior design of the capsule looks so futuristic and cool - closer to Star Trek than Soyuz.
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by dgritsko 6y ago
I'm just a fan of SpaceX and have no skin in the game whatsoever, and I get butterflies whenever I think about this launch. I still remember the sinking feeling I had watching the CRS-7 livestream like it was yesterday, but having huma
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Amdahl's Law does a nice job of expressing this idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law
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by dgritsko 6y ago
It's been a few years since I used it, but I used EasyNetQ for a while when I was working with RabbitMQ and it was great. A quick peek at GitHub shows that it still seems to be actively maintained. Maybe it's what you're look
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Isn't a big distinction of structs the fact that they are value types (and thus allocated on the stack) rather than reference types allocated on the heap?
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Twelve candidates in clinical trials according to the table. That sounds like a lot, but I have no idea how that number compares to other vaccines. Is this a typical number, or is it high/low?
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by dgritsko 6y ago
He's basically retired at this point and working on things he finds interesting (which was AGI as of a few months ago; there was a blog post where he went into more detail).
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by dgritsko 6y ago
It is hilarious to me that this comment is at the top, the rest of the thread is rife with comments from GitLab staff.
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by dgritsko 6y ago
It is pretty cool that the actual interface is similar to this simulation (at least trivially so). Guess I'm qualified to be an astronaut now?
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by dgritsko 6y ago
What exactly is a "mobile health unit"?
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by dgritsko 6y ago
I feel very badly for the strain anyone in a position of leadership must be under right now, regardless of whether I agree with their politics. Many of their constituents are being devastated by the economic impacts of the virus while exper
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by dgritsko 6y ago
3Blue1Brown's video "Understanding e to the i pi in 3.14 minutes" is a nice compliment to this post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0YEaeIClKY
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by dgritsko 6y ago
> Are there any resources available for people who are NOT seasoned software developers to learn Git? Is Google broken or something? There's literally thousands of resources out there, you just have to look for them. This list took
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Here is an interesting article from 2015 discussing the issue: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/11/california-b... It seems especially dumb given that (as the article points out) that accent
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by dgritsko 6y ago
"It is always better to not have a problem than to mitigate it", from this article that John Carmack wrote several years back[1]. In the context of the article it feels almost like a throwaway line, but I've found it to be de
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Whenever someone says they "aren't good at something" I'm fond of reminding them (and myself) that "you don't get better at something by _not doing it_".
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by dgritsko 6y ago
The officer thought the same thing apparently. "At first, he thought the boy appeared to be 8 or 9 years old."
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by dgritsko 6y ago
Given the correlation between cases and deaths, isn't one of the big arguments against the early community spread theory that we would have seen death rates increase earlier on than they actually did?

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