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by garyrob 4y ago
I didn't read it twice, but I loved it enough to recommend it to my wife, who also loved it, and then we recommended it to our college age kids, one of whom now loves it and one of whom is still reading it, having started very recently
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by garyrob 4y ago
"Everyone who has ever been born is dangerously aging as far as I can make out." Except for those who have already dangerously aged a bit too far.
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WaPo: “Nuclear fusion power inches closer to reality”(washingtonpost.com)
5 points by garyrob 4y ago|1 comments
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by garyrob 4y ago
I had a Godbout machine! Fond memories. I ran CP/M and MP/M on it. I didn't know he died in the Camp Fire. Awful.
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by garyrob 4y ago
I'm going to think about this more. Ironically, I'm in a situation for a few days where I can't really focus on technology. It sounds like switch and/or restore are probably stable enough that they could be used instead
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I agree with you. What I do is use the snippets from the blog post without particularly thinking about them!
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by garyrob 4y ago
Hmm, maybe I should leave as-is, for the time being, anyway! Thank you! Update: based on other comments, I WILL seriously look into replacing the use of checkout. It sounds like these newer features are probably stable enough for the simple
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by garyrob 4y ago
I'll look into that, thanks!
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by garyrob 4y ago
I hope it does!
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Git In Two Minutes (updated after 8 years)(garyrobinson.net)
351 points by garyrob 4y ago|122 comments
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by garyrob 4y ago
About 8 years ago, I blogged a very brief guide to using git for a solo developer. A lot of people seemed to like it. A couple times since then, I've noticed there was something I was using that wasn't in it, but that could be add
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by garyrob 4y ago
I agree, but I disagree about one aspect. For the most part, humans don't use reason all that much or all that deeply. We usually use intuitive thinking, and there is research showing that immediate intuitive responses are often better
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by garyrob 4y ago
The wonderful book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki contains a page which is blank except for a drawing of a fly in one corner. Nowhere else in the book is it mentioned or any explanation provided. Having practiced Zen for 1
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by garyrob 4y ago
Like most other new technologies, crypto is going through a hype-and-bust cycle, but greatly exaggerated because of the possibility of crazy ponzi-like speculation, and for people who know nothing about what it really is to get highly invol
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by garyrob 4y ago
I remember that article, including the cover! I was 24 in 1980.
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by garyrob 4y ago
Yes, expect to have major insights on only a small proportion of walks or rides! :) But that's fine! Just make the conscious effort to solve problems, usually using pieces you already know about! For me, it's fun. There have bee
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by garyrob 4y ago
"Go out alone if it suits you, don’t expect profound thoughts" Often, I consciously decide to use time along to think. I don't think anything would happen without that conscious decision. But I've gotten some good result
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Use a VPN While Traveling?
8 points by garyrob 4y ago|5 comments
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by garyrob 4y ago
I'm not associated with the nuitka folks, but I want to mention that I've successfully used it to make self-contained executables for python projects. I haven't used it for anything huge, but so far it's worked flawlessl
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Claim: Solid state batteries, far superior to LI, to be commercial in 2024(medium.com)
1 points by garyrob 4y ago|0 comments
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by garyrob 4y ago
> I don't mean to offend any VSC fans out there but the Jetbrains IDEs are simply better and more mature in every single way. I must admit that I used PyCharm for a few years but ended up liking VSC more, and now that's my IDE.
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by garyrob 4y ago
I had a Gifford S-100 machine. I bought a 40MB hard drive for it for $4K! (Closer to $12K if you count inflation.) All the software I was developing "sat in a little corner" of it, as I put it at the time; I was so happy about how
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by garyrob 4y ago
This reminds me of PyWren.[1] Not sure if that's still operational though. The latest update on their site was from 2017. [1] http://pywren.io
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I like it too. I definitely hear you. For instance, Gilbert and Sullivan... neither of them could have done it alone. Sullivan, in particular, tried, and didn't succeed. But, I think Seth may be pushing too hard to make his point. I th
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by garyrob 4y ago
I'm not at all sure the evidence support's Seth's claim that Paul and John were not geniuses, at least at that point in their careers. The music for most recorded song of all-time, Yesterday, came to him in a dream; he went t
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by garyrob 4y ago
Thanks for this feedback.
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by garyrob 4y ago
Just watched that video. Thanks! Excellent resource. Moving on to your other links.
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by garyrob 4y ago
I'm a newbie with respect to JS and especially promises and async/await, but I need to learn. If you could point me to some resource that does a really good job of explaining all this, I'd appreciate it very much. I expect th
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by garyrob 4y ago
As someone who does an hour of meditation a day, I don't think you need an app. I used to use one of the main ones but no longer do. You just need some kind of timer. What works best for me is actually the timer app on my Apple Watch,
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by garyrob 5y ago
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunru Suzuki. I first encountered it when I was around 19, and came back to it at various points. At around age 55 I finally started a serious Zen practice which involves an hour a day of meditation, worki

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