dhanvanthri

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by dhanvanthri 5y ago
Parachutes have not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomized controlled trials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC300808/ :D
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by dhanvanthri 5y ago
I mean it's literally the same idea as in set theory. phi is an empty set, (phi) is a set containing an empty set ((phi)) is a set containing a set containing an empty set Furthermore, it's one of the only syntax rules; if it&#x
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
My daily driver is a thinkpad X200 that I librebooted myself. I kid you not when I say that I derive immense pleasure from using it. Apart from a few (equally freedom respecting) devices I find, I literally never feel like I'm wanting
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
A distant friend in college was completely blind; an exceptional student that you'd catch studying with his screenreader. I asked him about his experience of it; he was using a mac, and they apparently have some pretty good integrated
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
Cataclysm DDA is probably my favourite, but I don't like playing more than a single character at a time, and when I get too far into the endgame, I get bored with it, I usually just kill my character in some ludicrous/stupid way.
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Deep Adaptation – A Map for Navigating ClimateTragedy [pdf](lifeworth.com)
2 points by dhanvanthri 6y ago|1 comments
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
I read this paper in 2017, I thought it might serve as an interesting starting point for discussion. I'm young, and living in a place where being a software engineer pays only marginally better than other professions. I haven't ma
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
For the last couple of days, I've been trying to get a static website up using hugo (emacs + ox-hugo), and I've been using tramp to ssh into the machine and do my work. Tramp is literally magic. It just puts the right text into yo
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
51NB has actually been fragmented, and various members of the original project are selling their own modded equipment. Thank you though, I'll make sure to check r/thinkpads!
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Ask HN: Fitting a Rockchip RK3399 into an X201?
2 points by dhanvanthri 6y ago|2 comments
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by dhanvanthri 6y ago
Yo I didn't know about this feature, tyvm.
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Ask HN: Want to Acquire Thinkpad T400s
2 points by dhanvanthri 6y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Reference for preindustrial chemical syntheses and their uses?
1 points by dhanvanthri 7y ago|0 comments
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
> You might be ascribing quite a bit more leverage to System76... This may be true, but I think that selling corebooted computers is literally just a marketing gimmick. If a computer ('s motherboard) is corebootable, I can coreboot
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
I just meant in terms of aligning with their profit motive; i guess the correct word is incentive, rather than responsibility. I see your point
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
I'm not able to update my post, so I'll leave my edit here: EDIT: If I wanted an ALMOST foss laptop, I would buy a laptop and coreboot it myself. The reason that it's exciting for a company to be doing something like this is
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
These computers runs blobs in the firmware and are not fully open source. I understand that modern users want modern performance, and that there is only a niche market for a librebooted computer (mostly due to performance), and as a company
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
I'm in the US :'(
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by dhanvanthri 7y ago
Thank you, I'll be sure to use it before deleting.
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Ask HN: Way to delete fb and minimize leftover info
3 points by dhanvanthri 7y ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Anyone here trying to acquire an OLPC XO4 touch laptop?
9 points by dhanvanthri 7y ago|1 comments
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I'm trying to buy an OLPC XO4, and need 4 comrades to enable me
1 points by dhanvanthri 7y ago|0 comments