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by euske 5y ago
Here's a half serious answer: do not design it as a static object that can withstand the erosion. Design it as a dynamic process that can change itself and adapt to the environment. Establish some kind of religion or cult or fraternity
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by euske 5y ago
I actually think that defining the metrics is half of the game for productivity. Once you define the metrics, it's relatively easy to game it. That said, I think software development is a relatively well defined task. There's typi
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by euske 5y ago
Probably it is overblown, but I wouldn't be surprised if this actually happened somewhere (certainly not regular though). That said, I'll say that bullying in Japan is different in that it is orchestrated . Peer pressure is enorm
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by euske 5y ago
Saw this guy at this YouTube video. It's a wholesome story. "Building a Prosthetic Arm With Lego" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFymKqUwodY
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by euske 5y ago
I'd say that with a sufficient number of users, software development becomes pretty much politics; No matter how you change the status quo, some people will complain. You can't make everyone happy.
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by euske 5y ago
I think this applies to not just software, but engineering in general. See, science is mostly about observing the natural phenomena. On the other hand, there are jobs that are mostly about taking care of people's needs. Engineering sit
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by euske 5y ago
I once got a copyright claim for a classic song (copyright expired) that I played with Timidity++ (both software and voice is free). YouTube is somehow good at detecting a similar-sounding tune that isn't the exact copy of the original
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by euske 5y ago
Now I expect someone to develop an AI-based translation system to convert legalese into layperson's expressions. It could be easier than translating two natural languages.
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by euske 5y ago
Slightly off-topic question: how would you call these playable things embedded in HTML these days? I would like to use the word "applet" but it can be still confusing to those who remember Java Applets. Any idea?
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by euske 5y ago
Re: ">file 2>&1" vs. "2>&1 >file" I tend to think "a>&b" as an assignment to a stream: stream[a]=stream[b]. This way it's easier to understand why the ordering matters: &gt
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by euske 5y ago
This could be true, but I personally found negative reviews valuable. While I'm not familiar with Yelp, I tend to read negative/mixed reviews on Amazon products much more carefully than positive reviews, or constructive criticisms
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by euske 5y ago
Here's my attempt to explain the whole thing: Almost all modern AI is a search problem; We're just trying to find a clever way to search the problem space. Most supervised learning methods are a search problem for best programs (m
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by euske 5y ago
Just very minor nitpick: their first link to Codespaces is https, while the second one is http for the same page. (Was wondering why FF shows the first and second url differently.) Hope there be an automated checker to catch these things.
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by euske 5y ago
I think they quit the anime jobs entirely and move to more marketable jobs like graphics design. This 90% claim is more or less anecdotal, as I read that the industry veterans say that they saw only 1 out of 10 young people survived in this
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by euske 5y ago
Personally, that's the biggest lesson that I got from traveling in India. There's no question that people's living standard needs to be improved there, but I saw something that's lacking in a developed country (especiall
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by euske 5y ago
This is just a hindsight, but I'd make two kinds of time period: "exact" period and "flexible" period. Define these as two different types, which can be converted to each other but only explicitly. Functions like pl
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by euske 5y ago
This is probably just me, but I always tend to write a bigger number in the right, so that I can picture a number line in my head. (Which means I rarely use > and >= operators. It's always < or <=.) Now, come to think about
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by euske 5y ago
I think I'm late for the discussion, but as a person who grew up in Japan and lived both in the US and Japan, so many things people mentioned here ring true. The thing is that, there are many, many people who want to change, but they&#
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by euske 5y ago
I always wondered how our brain is pre-wired to recognize 3D objects right after a birth, but this article is saying that eyes are giving fake image-like input to our brain so that it can perform "pre-training"? Does this imply th
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by euske 5y ago
The OP missed another translation included in GEB by Naoki Yanase (a guy who translated Finnegans Wake into Japanese, which tells something).
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by euske 5y ago
It's unfortunate that people tend to think that smartness is just one-dimensional thing, i.e. a person can be either smart or not smart. To me, it seems that there are at least two major components: breadth and depth. "Depth"
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by euske 5y ago
> So, the justice system in Japan enforces additional restrictions after a person is out on bail ? Only when there's a risk of the suspect colluding with others and concealing the evidence. IANAL, but I read that there were good rea
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by euske 5y ago
What kind of apps that a typical Linux programmer would need to run these days? For me, they are - terminal (shell, editor) - web browser (email client, file viewer, etc.) - clock With these, I only need a bare minimum window manager (fvwm2
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by euske 5y ago
There are tiny Japanese fonts that support all Chinese characters. This means they have 7000+ characters with 8x8 (or even 6x8) grid, most of which are pretty legible IMO. It's amazing. Misaki (8x8 pixels): https://littlelim
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by euske 5y ago
Modern Japanese are still written that way. There are several apps/editors that support that writing mode because it's one of the requirements in the publishing industry in Japan. More precisely, newspapers, most books (except tec
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by euske 5y ago
> robotically woke I like this phrase a lot. Woke or not, we all agree that we hate the roboticality. It's just a cheap/shallow conviction, lack of depth and thoughtfulness, etc. is what I consider actually harmful.
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by euske 5y ago
Actually this is kinda standard in Japanese ryokans. Many places offer umbrella/rain boots for rent, and hotel staffs marking pathways on their giveaway map is common. Now, it's possible that they might have went an extra mile for
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by euske 5y ago
I really wish that you explained how to stop the execution. especially when you mentioned the "20 goto 10" example. Also, if possible, please support Ctrl+C to break too (maybe this isn't a good idea because it's used fo
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by euske 5y ago
I think that almost every culture has this kind of food that is supposed to be super good to those who acquired taste but looks totally gross to outsiders. Japan has this half-rotten sushi and fermented soybeans, and then there's maggo
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by euske 5y ago
I just fancy this: is it possible to build a space elevator if we gathered all the concrete that is made so far?

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