em-bee

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871.
by em-bee 8mo ago
can it reload code at runtime? can i change the definition of a function or class while the program is running?
872.
by em-bee 8mo ago
i don't think typing was the issue. at the time there didn't exist any typed languages that were as easy to use as python or ruby. (ok, not true, there did exist at least one: pike (and LPC which it is based on). pike failed for o
873.
by em-bee 8mo ago
please refrain from personal attacks, it makes the discussion unpleasant to read.
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by em-bee 8mo ago
the amount of extra effort required to constantly be observing the baby [...] makes [...] caring for a baby just more difficult you learn a lot more about your baby than just elimination cues by observing it. i'd argue that that effo
875.
by em-bee 8mo ago
that's pretty much the chinese way of doing it. i don't know about the schedule or starting time though, actually i think they start almost right after birth. since traditionally the grandparents help with taking care of children
876.
by em-bee 8mo ago
is there a shorter overview? that video is a 1.5 hour talk followed by a few more hours of discussion.
877.
by em-bee 8mo ago
more discussion even earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241536
878.
by em-bee 8mo ago
you can find multiple cases that are comparable. one case study is an anecdote. multiple studies for the same kind of case...
879.
by em-bee 8mo ago
when i signed up for mobile service or for internet service in china (i don't remember the specifics), i was given half a dozen sim cards for use in my family. so they were all tied to my or my wife's name, but used by anyone who
880.
by em-bee 8mo ago
you can encrypt the content but not the metadata, not even the subject unless you use a customized client that encodes it (like deltachat which doesn't use a subject at all), but then you still have your email address exposed. for all
881.
by em-bee 8mo ago
there is a python based squeak? i can only find a completely unrelated python library. (btw, i also learned ed on a MudOS based mud :-)
882.
by em-bee 8mo ago
the ministry of silly walks? ;-)
883.
by em-bee 8mo ago
sure, with institutions you want a good relationship, especially between employees and employers or clients and providers. but the relationship itself is not the primary goal. i had very good relationships with almost all my employers and c
884.
by em-bee 8mo ago
heh, i never made the connection. it's spelled muraena but that's as close as eelo is to eel. curiously i always thought morays look cute.
885.
by em-bee 8mo ago
the problem in my case is that the authentication for the banks website requires an app, and that app doesn't work. i am locked out of online banking for that bank because of it. (they also have a windows app that i could not yet get t
886.
by em-bee 8mo ago
a hardware manufacturer that is forced to comply with both the American Security Chip Act and the American Cloud Act are google's pixel phones not subject to that?
887.
by em-bee 8mo ago
what's the story here? got a link?
888.
by em-bee 8mo ago
tell them how? the clerk in my local branch won't be able to do anything with that information.
889.
by em-bee 8mo ago
so it's the play services. /e/OS has none of these problems except for apps that require original play services. so yeah, those don't work. interesting tidbit: my bank offers their app from google and from huawei store.
890.
by em-bee 8mo ago
it was supposed to be a temporary name, that i believe was intentionally chosen to be bad to make it easier to replace later. they were under pressure because the original name eelo had a trademark issue. when they eventually found a new na
891.
by em-bee 8mo ago
same here, except for banking apps. the one i am supposed to use now doesn't work.
892.
by em-bee 8mo ago
the biggest threat to long term usage of a phone to me are physical damage or loss. buying a cheaper phone reduces that risk. if a phone lasts more than two years i count my blessings.
893.
by em-bee 8mo ago
actually, i am not fine with ghostwriters. i am fine with speechwriters, because public speeches are a shared product, so is music. performing someone else's music is normal and probably has been done ever since music existed. in that
894.
by em-bee 8mo ago
i ban the use of AI generated code in my projects. at least one of my projects uses libxml and someone could propose to switch to an alternative. a label would make it easier to avoid this library.
895.
by em-bee 8mo ago
the finite resource here is the unpaid developer time. everyone takes advantage of it until the developer burns out.
896.
by em-bee 8mo ago
isn't that fraud?
897.
by em-bee 8mo ago
or the parents really just don't get along. seriously, i'd rather give up my kids than deal with a horrible partner. if i could deal with her, why even get a divorce (unless the partner pushes for it)? i am glad that my parents di
898.
by em-bee 8mo ago
the front page does not feature the organizers, it features links to a video and a seminar, and the seminar and the video happen to feature the speakers. featuring speakers of a seminar is what i expect, because i want to know who is talkin
899.
by em-bee 8mo ago
on my thinkpad with fedora hibernate works fine. i use it frequently. i even use it when for an unknown reason my usb-c headphones stop working. i don't know why. but after hibernate they work again. somehow waking up from hibernation
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by em-bee 8mo ago
steve blank is comparing relationships with institutions to relationships with people and he is suggesting that this also applies to romantic relationships. i'd like to argue that this is not so. especially not for romantic relationshi

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