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by fn-mote 1y ago
One of the lessons I took from the formatters (Python, Go, Rust) is that enforcing the same style ends all of the drama - indeed, all of the thinking - about how to format code. I like that. I run my formatters manually, so I can’t comment
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> I kind of assumed based on the audience that most people here would be domain experts. No take on the rest of your comment, but it’s the nature of software engineering that we work on a breadth of problems. Nobody can be a domain exper
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Keep in mind the fabulous mathematical research of people like Perelman [1], and one might even count Grothendieck [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman [2] https://www.ams.org/notices
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I would be much happer if you explained your _reasons_ for disagreeing or your _reasons_ for agreeing. I don't think publishing a PGP key with your work does anything. There's no problem identifying the author of the work. The pro
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by fn-mote 1y ago
LLM's exist now. Google could do this years ago. It might be a problem that you have to search for the solution to every time you have it, but you'll find the solution quickly because many other people also experience the problem.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I would not give anybody good odds of booting from a snapshot on Ubuntu/ZFS. I would expect that booting from an older kernel would work, possibly in recovery mode.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The post should lead with the proposed conclusion (revert and require explicit grouping) so that the reader can think about the arguments knowing the conclusion.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Edit: there are other clarifications, eg authors on X, so this comment is irrelevant. The birthday paradox relies on there being a small number of possible birthdays (365-366). There are not a small number of dimensions being used in the LL
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Nahhh… hiding the identities of public officials isn’t ok in my book. It’s not an “ok for me if it’s ok for you” situation.
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> it's not worth it having appliances that last 20 years Think John Deere tractors as well as adware refrigerators.
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Parent was funny but almost a non-sequitor. I appreciated the kernel of truth: industrial fridges will not come with adware in the foreseeable future. Buy industrial.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> almost nobody actually pays those mind-blowing $60K/year tuition prices This is not true at all.( ) You quote tuition at the school with the highest endowment in the country. The college cost situation is absolutely still high at
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I agree that European schools are heavily tracked, but I’m not seeing the connection between that and the tuition costs. It seems like these are unrelated issues. Does the wider freedom of choice in US education somehow cause college to cos
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Misunderstanding the GP. Possibly deliberately? In the parent’s view, the top N% is fixed. In the GP’s view, it’s the top N% of the applicant pool, so a more diverse applicant pool leads to more diverse talks. Talk selection is blind (per G
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The GP's point is that it puts recipients in the position of having to argue that something they agreed to is invalid. This presumably places a higher burden of proof on the company. In the absence of such a statement, the first claim
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by fn-mote 1y ago
The date is at the top of the letter and in the url... September 2025.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Clearly they are not reading HN enough. It hasn’t even been two weeks since this issue last hit the front page. I wish this comment were top ranked so it would be clear immediately from the comments what the root issue was.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
This doesn’t make sense… of course it will help. It gives you a clean slate, not compromised when you pick it up.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Both this advice and whatever the OP recommends are both subject to the “replication crisis” critique. At least until you dig in and become confident in the reliability of the research backing the claims. No research is cited in this articl
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by fn-mote 1y ago
There’s a whole science of learning, and this barely scratches the surface. Spaces repetition for memory work. Problem solving skills just be strengthened somehow.
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I consider the value in math lectures to come from the speaker’s explanation of why to expect certain things. Is this an obvious fact in another context, rewritten for this application? Is this a surprise? What reasons besides the rigorous
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> misanthropes You're underestimating the impact, in my opinion. Almost EVERYONE puts their devices over relationships. Not as bad, but even when the relationship gets priority, it can be mediated by the device. E.g., texting close
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by fn-mote 1y ago
How do we think this compares to scientific journals not issuing retractions to articles? Only the absolute most bald-faced misconduct will get a retraction issued... For scientific publishing, the damage continues and a retraction is a muc
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by fn-mote 1y ago
Are you sure? So getting rid of 20% of the workforce and selecting “the bottom 20%” is not a layoff?
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> The flat tax would not make tax preparation any bit easier. This is absolutely not true in the USA. Income from different sources is taxed differently. Example: The forms distinguish between short term capital gains, long term capital
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> Yes, but tax filers have potential civil and criminal liability risk if they make a mistake. How is this an issue? Why would it be different under another system? I see you posting a lot of what I think are pro-tax-prep messages but th
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by fn-mote 1y ago
I don't understand how these could be issues. They aren't in my country. You're still responsible. Tell each company how much to withhold. If they take too much, you get it back when you file taxes. If they don't take en
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> In exchange I’ll give you some unspecified amount of pizza You mean, in exchange we will have genuine social interactions that you will value much more highly than the electricity bill or the pizza. Plus you will be able to tease me ab
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by fn-mote 1y ago
> screwing around with functions and macros doesn't hold a candle to what you learn from the Dragon Book This depends a lot on what you mean. My first take is that the more you know about macros the more you realize what they can do
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by fn-mote 1y ago
If I were asked a direct question, especially in a job interview, I would be truthful. That answer stops any sniping about using AI and lets me focus on my skills.

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