disparate_dan

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by disparate_dan 9mo ago
I'm fairly sure there is a book about that exact thing, but I can't remember how it ends...
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by disparate_dan 1y ago
But more water, in a desert region?
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by disparate_dan 2y ago
I agree. I think there is a third thing: processed foods are more likely to contain additives like colorants, emulsifiers, preservatives and stabilisers that humans have been eating for decades rather than centuries so we don’t have the sam
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by disparate_dan 2y ago
It’s not just age. Martin Scorsese is still making exceptional films. So is Clint Eastwood.
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by disparate_dan 2y ago
I wonder if there are lessons to be drawn from other marine mammals which can diver way deeper and longer than assisted humans, although they all also metabolise oxygen. How for example do cetaceans deal with the nitrogen in their bloodstre
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by disparate_dan 2y ago
I’m a veteran SF reader but I only read The Culture books for the first time recently, and I agree with you, albeit you have to acknowledge their massive influence on contemporary SF. The Three Body Problem, though, I struggled to finish th
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
How does Step Functions avoid the cold start problem? Isn’t it just executing on Lambda?
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I think this is a different phenomenon - I forget the name, but basically, your brain produces more of the behaviour that you rehearse with it. In my youth I played a lot of Tetris, to the point where I would ‘see’ (almost hallucinate, real
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
In fact, I discovered Wilkie Collins through (and thoroughly enjoyed) Drood ; but now I find my Dickens is lacking and I need to explore beyond A Christmas Carol . But reading Dan Simmons is a delight, whether it’s Hyperion , or his Step
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I’d been off Windows since the early XP days, first Mac then Gentoo then running a hackintosh for several years, and got fed up with the maintenance. Since in the end I was mostly using it for gaming I just thought, WTH, I’ll use Windows 10
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
There’s probably no provider, paid or otherwise that you can be guaranteed to be safe with because they all rely on automated systems that can make mistakes. I would say you have more chance for active support if you go with a paid service
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I loved this idea too, but I think we’ve come to realise it in a different way, more or less, purely by syncing everything to the cloud. I feel that the transition between my phone, iPad and PC is pretty seamless with continuity of all the
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
Is is using Mastodon?
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
Frankly, it’s a miracle how many of the original actors were able to reprise their roles given the unfortunate ratio of deaths in the cast after the show wrapped. I hope it’s great, but I can’t help but worry that JMS has returned to plunde
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
TIL a new law.
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
Java’s strength IMO is that the JVM is pretty reliable and performant even under heavy loads, and can be predictably tuned and optimised where that’s needed. That’s pretty compelling along with an OK language that works well at scale (lots
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I posted this already on a similar thread. I’m very aware during deliberately not visiting Reddit these last two days, that I’m missing the ‘dopamine hits’ from the controversial posts and outrage bait more than the loss of information and
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I’m sure I read something recently about there being a limited future for viewing the wreck of the Titanic before it degrades, and that’s under pretty deep water, over 2km down.
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by disparate_dan 3y ago
I switched to Reeder after Feedly started showing me ads. So far, so good.
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by disparate_dan 4y ago
> The health care system is more capable than ever before Not to take issue with your main point, but, I’d say that _medicine_ is more capable than ever before, but health care systems are struggling to deliver the benefits to growing po
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by disparate_dan 4y ago
While I never used HyperCard, the ‘low floors and high ceilings’ makes me think of spreadsheets. Given that I code all day professionally, I have quite a high bar for using code to solve personal needs, but I love to use spreadsheets - ther
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by disparate_dan 4y ago
Do you tolerate a lot of grounds in your coffee, or use a really course grind? I like the result of a French press except for all the grounds.
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by disparate_dan 4y ago
I guess it depends on how you define competitors. I think they protected themselves from people playing against their strengths (ie photographic film), but failed to prepare against disruption from left field.
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by disparate_dan 5y ago
I have three personal strategies: 1. Make a deal with myself to do some of the boring task (say an hours worth) before switching to something rewarding 2. Procrastinate until the consequences of not finishing the boring work are technica
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by disparate_dan 5y ago
If you can excuse the overt sexuality of his work, Piers Anthony depicted an interesting alien race of beings with a biological ball-bearing method of propulsion in one of the Cluster series books - I forget the title.
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by disparate_dan 5y ago
I’m surprised to hear this. I thought that Amazon had moved to offer all mp3 music as DRM-free. I’ve bought a lot of music from them and never been unable to download anything so far.
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by disparate_dan 5y ago
I know it’s way more than most people have, but $1.2M is not really FU money, at least in the US. It’s probably enough to take a gamble on, but it’s still not enough that you cannot be wiped out by bad luck or a significant health event whi
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
I tell new engineers that the only wasted questions are the ones they don’t ask. I always try to make it clear from the outset that not knowing something is not a defect...
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
You shall not pash!
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
VH1 was the first rock album I ever bought, back in 1979, and I’ve spend 41 years loving it. I know the band has had their ups and downs but I think that Eddie’s playing on their last album was just as fresh, vibrant and exciting as it ever

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