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by frutiger 1y ago
> solutions to isomorphic problems “Isomorphic” is a word that describes a mapping (or a transformation) that preserves some properties that we believe to be important. The word you’re looking for is probably “similar” not “isomorphic”.
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by frutiger 1y ago
> That's like reviewing thai food when you've only had Chinese food. What's the implication here? That Thai food was invented 1 year after Chinese food?
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by frutiger 1y ago
All the heavier elements were created in a former star that went supernova. The solar system formed from the gas/dust after that. The heavier elements being formed in our sun now are going to stay there until something can tear it apar
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by frutiger 1y ago
Heh, very strange to see someone mention this online. (I grew up in the non-Brutalist but nearby Aberfeldy Estate, and now live a few thousand miles away).
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by frutiger 1y ago
> These encounters feel worlds away from anything I've experienced in Western countries. I recall one time offering to buy kumis (a traditional fermented mare's milk drink) from a nomad, and he genuinely refused to take any mon
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by frutiger 1y ago
> without taking interest rates into account I’m sure you know — but you mean inflation.
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by frutiger 1y ago
> It's August 2, 216 BCE Did August exist before Augustus?
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by frutiger 1y ago
Isn't the halting problem about knowing all future states and not a future state?
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by frutiger 1y ago
Wow. Both of these things happen to me all the time, and somehow exactly as you’ve described. It won’t be just one space that’s been replaced with “.”s but several in a row. The trailing “m” is something I often hit as I do the double “ “ t
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The cryptoint library (DJB) [pdf](cr.yp.to)
4 points by frutiger 1y ago|0 comments
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by frutiger 1y ago
> if you work in tech, you must know how to fix printers, right? You kid, but it turns out the assumption was correct in this case. I suppose the truth is that by working in tech, you are likely very methodical and rely on deduction, whi
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Tesla odometer uses "predictive algorithms" to void warranty, lawsuit claims(arstechnica.com)
11 points by frutiger 1y ago|0 comments
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by frutiger 1y ago
> how many drunken ragers can a 1 bedroom apartment really handle? Depends on how they were built. For some college halls in the UK, maybe a few hundred years worth?
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by frutiger 2y ago
A hash is not globally unique. I'm not sure what more explanation is needed.
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by frutiger 2y ago
GUID and UUID are different.
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by frutiger 2y ago
> The GUID can certainly be a hash. It can’t be, because a GUID is supposed to be a globally unique. The point is, it needs to instead be the hash of the content. This can’t be an afterthought.
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by frutiger 2y ago
Your description (including the detailed description in the reply) seems to be missing the crucial difference that git uses - the hash code of the object is not some GUID, it is literally the hash of the content of the object. This makes a
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by frutiger 2y ago
Obligatory: https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/docs/NYC_full_track... Detailed track/junction map. (Not my own content).
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Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing(bloomberg.com)
56 points by frutiger 2y ago|84 comments
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by frutiger 2y ago
Read the commit sha prefixes as English
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by frutiger 2y ago
Yes, and in particular that it's in all the "ordinary stuff" around you - wood, air, glass, sand. Reality is truly extraordinary upon any closer examination.
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by frutiger 2y ago
Did someone actually do this experiment? Maybe there’s some data from the London Blitz?
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by frutiger 2y ago
I used to feel the same way but watching a flock of birds spend 30 minutes picking at every wriggling thing they see crawling in the dirt changed my perspective.
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by frutiger 2y ago
This is also a `bash` (or rather any `readline` app) builtin. $ cat .inputrc set editing-mode vi set keymap vi-command k: history-search-backward j: history-search-forward Type any prefix, press `<esc>k` (or `
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by frutiger 2y ago
In keeping with the theme - on horse or foot.
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The Statute of Kalisz(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by frutiger 2y ago|0 comments
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by frutiger 2y ago
> I feel strongly that any future digital travel credentials that are offered by governments should be able to operate entirely offline How offline is the current system today, where officers swipe/scan our paper passports into a ma
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by frutiger 2y ago
Isn’t it actually a Standard ML and C/C++ hybrid? The window dressing is C/C++ sure, but the lack of statements, semicolons, the presence of enums, etc are quite reminiscent of SML.
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by frutiger 2y ago
> pointers are just indexes into the big array which is system memory... I’m sure you are aware but for anyone else reading who might not be, pointers actually index into your very own private array. On most architectures, the MMU is res
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by frutiger 2y ago
I mean sure, since we don't know what GR + QFT could look like, the result could be just about anything and somehow give us nice closed solutions to QCD problems. But I don't feel like that line of reasoning is particularly useful

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