eruci

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1. 61.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   Diversity of viewpoints is good, even if they are all "wrong" with various amounts of "nuggets" of truth. The futile exercise of preventing someone from hurting someone else's feelings, is the main casualty, and tha
2. 62.▲
   Fewer U.S. universities rank in the top than ever(wsj.com)

   2 points by eruci 4y ago|0 comments
3. 63.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   I've been using zoho mail for a while now. Recently it stopped working on my Google pixel phone, throwing out an error about an invalid ssl cert. The cert seems valid though, maybe google noticed them just now.
4. 64.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   Same for me. Got an NSFW warning for "A ten year old boy daydreaming"
5. 65.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   I threw in the towel a few years ago, after 15 years running my own server on top of dan bernstein's qmail.
6. 66.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   As I was saying a few days ago: https://twitter.com/geolytica/status/1550787103268769792 Google maps is going the way if google search. I looked up directions from orikum to rinas and i first get a full page ads
7. 67.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   No. It wasn't like that. I built software that would generate unique completely random test questions. The software would eval() the students response and would give 100% if correct, 0 if not.
8. 68.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   OK. This is a long slog, but I skimmed and got the gist. There must be a technical solution to the cheating problem. Many years ago I taught an intro to programming course. For the grading I built a randomized online test - students would h
9. 69.▲
   by eruci 4y ago

   That's why intuition and prejudices are such a time saver.
10. 70.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Score back to 1 for merit based admissions, 0 for politics of the day.
11. 71.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Yes, I'll join too. They froze one of my accounts with a cryptic message of "You can no longer do business with paypal" and included another "In six months we'll contact you to let you know how you can withdraw your
12. 72.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Wordle 208 4/6 ⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ ⬜⬜ Awesome game! Got it on the fourth try. Maybe the guy can put a donation box somewhere. I'd buy him a coffee.
13. 73.▲
    After major data leak Albania hires US company to boost cybersecurity(theintelligencer.com)

    1 points by eruci 5y ago|0 comments
14. 74.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    We've fattened the curve.
15. 75.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    I get a portion of the server fee on either AWS or GCP.
16. 76.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Interesting how Turkey and Azerbaijan have the same brown color, while Georgia and Armenia which are in the same geographical location, have a very different deep green color.
17. 77.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Yes, of course you can use it. The API is free, does not require an api key. The only issue is when many use it and the server crashes. It runs on a t2.micro free tier EC2 instance.
18. 78.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    I built a free reverse geocoding api about 4 years ago ( https://api.3geonames.org ) Usage grew steadily sometimes crashing the server. So I loaded the software on GCP and AWS Marketplaces. Those needing a dedicated api launched
19. 79.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Is it BS if everyone with skill and imagination aspires to reach the highest level in a given field and is rewarded for their effort? Would you rather have such a doctor treat you if you were to say, go to a hospital, or would you rather pu
20. 80.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Yes! Everybody scrapes everybody. The difference lies on what they do with the data afterwards.
21. 81.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    No. Meritocracy is not a word that was coined. Such a concept is.
22. 82.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Who cares. Universities are becoming irrelevant anyways.
23. 83.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    This is disagreeable to me because it is a blow against meritocracy.
24. 84.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    btw, I'm not a billionaire yet :) I contacted GCP support and they are looking into this bug.
25. 85.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    I sell this software on the GCP platform: https://3geonames.org/api
26. 86.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Can't withdraw it.
27. 87.▲
    Has anyone else gotten a billion dollar payment from Google Cloud today?(imgur.com)

    49 points by eruci 5y ago|9 comments
28. 88.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    Alternative theories make more sense in religion rather than science. For eg, It makes more sense to say that "God created the World in 6 days and on the 7th HE died", vs say, the Earth is flat.
29. 89.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    No. It is still down.
30. 90.▲
    by eruci 5y ago

    So says a website, that immediately asks for my email with the intent of sending me even more news: "Weekly Wisdom You Can Use In 5 minutes. For Free. Enter your email here... Enter your email here... SUBSCRIBE No Spam. Only Timeless I