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by elwell 3y ago
This will just accelerate the realization in people that this earth can't give you true meaning. That comes from 'above'.
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by elwell 3y ago
And for that added flair, don't forget: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RainbowDelimiters .
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by elwell 3y ago
I bet it saves them some server $. Probably keep more data client-side and batching to server.
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by elwell 3y ago
Maybe, but that's also the mindset of serious innovation. The question is whether or not the idea is a good one or not.
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by elwell 3y ago
The meta takeaway is that you shouldn't be afraid to resist trends (in either direction: monolith or microservices). If you're 'wrong' today, you may be 'right' in 5 years.
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by elwell 3y ago
Here is my very basic collision detection in ClojureScript: https://github.com/celwell/wordsmith/blob/master/src/cljs/wo...
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by elwell 3y ago
It's the same fundamental thing. Apple stock is worth more because future people believe it to be worth more. The 'why' behind that is also the same: people believe that the product has value. Even deeper, people believe that
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by elwell 3y ago
What is your plan for monetization? Places an ad in every fourth emoji slot?
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by elwell 3y ago
Contentment.
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by elwell 3y ago
To clarify, I was quoting from the first line of the repo README. I think it's a turn-off if that's the first thing you read about the project.
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by elwell 3y ago
Drop the "is an attempt to learn". It's more trustworthy.
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by elwell 3y ago
> anyone investing in crypto FTFY: anyone investing
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by elwell 3y ago
Love the technical detail of this post
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by elwell 3y ago
Should last as long as Mac's Touchbar
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by elwell 3y ago
Is it bad that I favorite'd this post so I can read it later?
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by elwell 3y ago
I like ClojureScript.
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by elwell 3y ago
It's an iteration on Conway's "Game of Life".
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by elwell 3y ago
That's all well and good until the motivation/resources to make a great car goes from $100M to being merely a project for hobbyists.
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by elwell 3y ago
This is a great idea! Intuitively, I think it might make the program 3x size though?: first `if` for ==, then an `else if` for <, then `else` for >.
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by elwell 3y ago
Imagine a YouTuber who spends 100 hours creating a fantastic video. Shortly after uploading it, an automated scraper program downloads it and re-uploads it. This program has been running a while, and since (in this imaginary society) there
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by elwell 3y ago
How can you devalue that which is invaluable?
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by elwell 3y ago
I already own a car, one which I paid an unfair amount for, and I will very well take this new car I see on the dealership lot that someone seems to have left keys on the seat. Yes, and it is 9pm, the dealership is closed and won't tak
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by elwell 3y ago
If I were to make additional prints of some artist's work, it would devalue their limited printing. Unfair devaluing is theft.
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by elwell 3y ago
> violating copyright (which has nothing to do with theft) Violating copyright is a form of theft. I don't understand how you can say otherwise.
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by elwell 3y ago
But they may indeed pass along royalties to the creators. You're just trying to justify your wrongdoing.
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by elwell 3y ago
> So is Hollywood Accounting, with the added benefit of stealing tax from the public as well. "So is" implies that you agree it is stealing. Two wrongs don't make a right.
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by elwell 3y ago
What if the large circle rotates at the same rate that the small circle 'orbits' it?
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by elwell 3y ago
Meta: This old forum design makes me nostalgic.
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by elwell 3y ago
Maybe the silver lining will be in how it accelerates one's discovery that fulfillment can't be found in the things of this world.
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by elwell 3y ago
Are synth sounds that emulate strings dehumanizing because they don't take years to master? Is the electric guitar fake? Is the arrangement of a six string guitar's strings in standard tuning 'yuck' because it impresses

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