earnestinger

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by earnestinger 2y ago
> if the manual of a library you're using is 700 pages, you're probably using the wrong library. Statement bordering on papyrophobia. (Seems that is a real phobia)
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by earnestinger 2y ago
I think we have a bit different interpretations here. > read everything in depth Is not necessarily > first read the entire manual of the library I'm using, all 700 pages If I have problem with “git bisect”. I can go only to stac
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Where is the “r”?
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> is normally solved by … It is normally pretended to be solved. Which is good enough.
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Yup. If simplicity syntax is the only goal, we can take one step further. I present you with, EP - easy properties: Any UTF8 encoded file is valid configuration file. You’re the boss, not the language. You can concatenate two files, you can
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by earnestinger 2y ago
I think article addresses > if it's a problem, it's a problem of discipline. With this > Also note: the title is “be aware,” not “beware.” The Makefile effect is not inherently bad!
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by earnestinger 2y ago
What is slurm?
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by earnestinger 2y ago
One more shower thought. Those inherited makefiles are a solution in a search for a standard.
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> However, the occurrence of the Makefile effect in a simple application suggests that the tool is too complicated for that application. I interpret it in a bit of different way. Makefile is relatively simple and unopinionated like a bri
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> There's always a slight chance of arsonists. Actually, that was my first natural reaction. (Though I do live in the neighborhood of Russia, here probability of foul play is much higher up the list) > Sometimes they're fire
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Maximum being 1 or 100?
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by earnestinger 2y ago
I see there are three separate fires several km apart. How do they start so synchronously?
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by earnestinger 2y ago
What is burning? Mostly bushes or mostly homes?
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Thus, the advice to not run the red light..
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Youtuber’s Denys Davydov (ex pilot of same plane), pet theory: bird got into the engine, pilot by mistake shut off wrong engine, due to no engine - hydraulic pump was non-functional, which resulted in landing gear problems. (also something
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> could not calculate an arbitrarily deep zoom that required 10^81 bits of precision. Right? I’m here to nitpick. Number of bits is not strictly 1:1 to number of particles. I would propose to use distances between particles to encode inf
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Let’s just make a list without asterisk.
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> DSLs that solve a specific problem with a page or two of documentation overhead are great. Do you have any example? I’ve heard lots of good things of dsl, but never had the luck to witness it’s full glory. (except for regex, which I lo
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by earnestinger 2y ago
https://senseis.xmp.net/?Ladder (Kind of like wikipedia for go players)
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by earnestinger 2y ago
People like to cheat. See the VW case. Company is big and established and still cheated. It depends a lot on individuals making up the companies command chain and their values.
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by earnestinger 2y ago
I’ve heard from medical student, that at later age cancer is less risky due to slower overall metabolism. Not a fertile environment for cancer to grow.
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by earnestinger 2y ago
Legalisation/decriminalisation was only one part of the strategy. Real problem they had was heroin. So they made heroin(or some replacement) free, pushing out drug dealers from the market. Importantly: providing other help to addicts,
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> we literally don't have the language to figure out how other people perceive things. you are right, talking about mental processes is difficult. Nobody knows how exactly other person perceive things, there is no objective way to m
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by earnestinger 2y ago
> Even if the symbol fails to materialise you can still identify what the symbol refers to via context-clues (analysis) That is what my partner in the conversation is doing. I am not doing that. When I think of a plan what’s needed to be
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by earnestinger 2y ago
What is happening to you when you think? Are there words in your head? What verb would you use for your interaction with those words? In other topic, I would consider this as minor evidence of possibility of nonverbal thought “could you pas