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by fierro 4y ago
humor does sometimes get upvoted for sure. But most people just don't come to HN for humor. For me and many others it serves a way to keep a pulse on tech and tech sentiment.
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by fierro 4y ago
I don't think you're wrong that you can learn this stuff on the job, but a "primer" kind of class like this which surveys several useful tools helps new engineers develop pattern matching skills around how to continue se
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by fierro 4y ago
what games have you developed? Can I play one?
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by fierro 4y ago
the wilderness was truly thrilling, PKing eventually became the main draw of the game to me. I will never, ever forget waking up one day to learn that Jagex had essentially removed the wilderness and PvP mechanics to combat Real World Tradi
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by fierro 4y ago
haha I will 100% read this. I am endlessly fascinated by Runescape and the reasons it held such a grip on so many people. In my opinion, a far different appeal than a more mature game like World of Warcraft. There was something to endear
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by fierro 4y ago
this is so sick. Runescape was such an amazing game. I loved how high stakes it was. If you died, you lost your shit permanently. When I was 12 my mom didn't want me to play and wouldn't allow me to use her credit card to buy a
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by fierro 4y ago
2lb/month of weight gain, including muscle, fat, and water, is very doable for a beginner lifter. 2lb/month of true lean tissue mass is indeed "impossible" without exogenous hormones.
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by fierro 4y ago
staying in shape primarily hinges on maintaining habits. I always tell people to start with taking two 10-minute walks per day. Once you can regularly do that, it's a natural next step to start doing weightlifting workouts, etc. If
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by fierro 4y ago
i wonder how hard it would be to make this work for Counter Strike: Source
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by fierro 4y ago
i totally agree. same reason most people pop on Netflix at night instead of read a book
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by fierro 4y ago
would love a blog post / tutorial for this set up including the expensive sensors. I think a lot of us who care about air quality don't mind spending a few hundred dollar for cool new data
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by fierro 4y ago
won't long running write transactions block eachother? Not all apps can avoid the need for these kinds of transactions.
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by fierro 4y ago
yes this is true, I was imprecise
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by fierro 4y ago
could you not brute force them?
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by fierro 4y ago
the fact that SQLite is a library (embedded DB) means only one node can access the DB at a time. This would not be appropriate for many apps that require HA.
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by fierro 4y ago
imo a good balance is having the ability to float in between those two worlds. Frequent trips into nature and time amongst modern comforts to recharge and rest.
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by fierro 4y ago
totally agree. Also, when developing in complex codebases, being able to shorten the time distance between thinking an action needs to be done and actually doing it means you can keep more ideas in your head rather than spend your CPU cycl
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by fierro 4y ago
if you think this isn't fake news, what else are you out there reading and believing
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by fierro 4y ago
I see, thx for clarifying
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by fierro 4y ago
Fair points. I think the term "processed" does have colloquial value and doesn't usually refer to things like yogurt/cheese/canned beans/etc.
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by fierro 4y ago
I agree that there is not consensus in the scientific/medical community about this. You can find MDs who will advise avoiding linoleic acid as a top health prioty (i.e Paul Saladino) and other scientists who do not agree there is suff
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by fierro 4y ago
they are cheap due to the scalable industrial processes than enable seed oils to be extracted from comparatively cheap raws (seeds vs. olives/avos) and it's this process that contributes to the negative health outcomes associated
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by fierro 4y ago
sure if that's a technicality you want to call out. What I meant is -- go down the grocery store snack aisles. Look at the chips, popcorns, cookies, etc. Anything in a brightly colored box in those snack aisles. 100% of the things
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by fierro 4y ago
seed oils do often require chemical extraction and the method of extraction does matter because it may have effects on the chemical structure of the oil in question. For example, to make canola oil, the seeds are ground at high temperature
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by fierro 4y ago
Where do you commonly find seed oils? - fast food - nearly all processed snacks (chips, cookies, etc) Cutting out seed oils is a good heuristic even if only to serve as a compass for avoiding foods that are widely accepted to be unhealthy
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by fierro 4y ago
it's really not. It's a useful grouping because the methods of extraction differ along these lines. Vegetable oils generally require a chemical intensive process to acquire involving solvents and cleaners. These oils tend to ha
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by fierro 4y ago
shoot you're right. Now I need a divorce :(
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by fierro 4y ago
I am currently 35% the way through of all my Hinge matches, planning on proposing to the next girl I grab drinks with.
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by fierro 4y ago
exactly. The optimal stopping solution maximizes the probability you find the best candidate. That probability ends up being quite low, unfortunately.
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by fierro 4y ago
revenue outside USA will be taking a hit due to current forex trends

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