guntherhermann

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by guntherhermann 3y ago
In my country, 3 minutes is not enough difference to miss a train (it's probably been cancelled already ;)), if you live in Japan, I can understand. Comparing your watch to another timepiece is a fairly common occurence imo.
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
What are your opinions on pylons? https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/images/f/f7/Pylons-50...
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
> Yes, they can tell the time but there are better ways of knowing the time nowadays. Especially if you care about accuracy, a smartwatch connected to a smartphone connected to an atomic clock is more accurate than your Rolex. I agree th
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Neither will my cheapo casio watch :)
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
> The “Public IPFS DHT” is henceforth going to be called “Amino”. This follows along with the trend from 2022 in the IPFS ecosystem to use more precise language to create space for alternative options I'd argue that "Public IPF
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I come from a working class background so I'm very aware of all of this. However my family (extended+) have all had poorly paying jobs, coal miners, nurses, pallet makers, warehouse, electricians, labourers, bakers. I'm the first
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
By the definition you give then people who claim benefits and do not work are not "working class". It is delusional to think our jobs are on the same level as someone who grafts all day with their hands and does back breaking work
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I don't consider 'tech workers', working class. We're higher paid, our jobs do not destroy our bodies, in my mind it's a purely middle class career. I agree with your actual point though, we are pampered.
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I work with someone who is blind, and our diagrams are written in something similar to this (can't remember the name, but confluence either supports it out of the box or there's a plugin for it). And personally, if you're goi
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
It's very interesting though isn't it! These people were obviously skilled enough to make a clean environment for pickle to... pickle, but were seen as untouchable. I would have thought that the juxtaposition was so obvious that t
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I understand the WHO is a large organisation with many moving parts, but the WHO also say that "traditional chinese medicine" is effective. Personally, if you tell me nonsense about one thing, it's hard to know if you're
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
> This is not “lol Paris” (or “lol AirBnB” like some say in other posts), this is a Europe-wide public health problem in the making. > AFAICT the number of infestations grew 65% in a year in the UK. A couple of years at that rate and
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Hey mate, you're tilting at windmills. Chill with the hyperbole, it'll be ok.
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I live in the UK (north), and I've never in my life heard of anyone dealing with bedbugs here, and can corroborate with the sibling that the only time I've ever heard about them is through US popular culture shows (I thought they
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
English isn't your first language, so I understand your confusion throughout this thread. It's not a problem, don't worry about it you will get there. Enjoy your day!
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Nobody explicitly said it wasn't functional, but the original question was "why would you do b (the 'V' shit), instead of a?" ('is this a joke?'), and the response was "well if you care about function
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
My go to is the 'midshipmans hitch' with an extra half-turn at the end, dead easy and secure whenever I've used it https://www.animatedknots.com/midshipmans-hitch-knot
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Ok, you aren't arguing for 'pure' functional programming, but I think you have sidestepped my question, then: The pipe operator is just one part of functional programming, composing and applying functions `f(g(x))` is still f
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I don't think the first example is less pure than the second, what makes you think it is?
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Not sure if other people have mentioned this, but Ramda's `pipe` operator is left-to-right function composition which has a similar effect to this. I use it regularly, I find it very useful. https://ramdajs.com/docs&#x2
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Deus Ex for me is the greatest game of all time. I played it when I was around 12 years old, it had just come out. The graphics already looked 'old' in 2000, but it didn't matter. The sequels are actually pretty good too, IMO
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
But these people all existed 10, 20, 30 years ago, they have existed and will continue to exist throughout humanity. You cannot fix stupid. What is the solution, to control 'The Message'? I agree with the parent. I grew up on the
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Sorry, I can see how my last sentence may have come across as accusative; I meant it as "What does one do?" -- Short of a grassroots level / peasants revolt I don't know what we can do (and realistically, I'm too la
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I still get their updates and saw that email, too -- but I get the idea that their main focus seems to be on immigration law (e.g. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/fines-hiked-for-firms-e... , https://www
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I'm not apathetic, I write to my MP, and I tell my non-techie friends about the implications. I donate to the EFF (used to donate to ORG until they decided other issues are more important than this one...). Still, nothing is done, and
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
Yeah, this'll be the UK. We use a mix of imperial and metric, so you'll see "300m to next service station" and also "30 mph" speed limits :). People typically weigh themselves in stone and lbs, yet the food we
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I think it's popular because it's easy / free to set up and the friction is very low for new user, not because it's actually any good. I think it's actually horrendous for things you want to use forums for. I don&#x
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I don't believe in a "creator/higher being" if that's what you're getting at, with that in mind - as I said above - the other people I'm grateful for are my family and my friends. Thinking about it more, I
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
For being able to see For having all of my digits Clean drinking water Effectively infinite light at my fingertips (most of humanity couldn't do much when it got dark). The world's knowledge. So much food that I have to monitor ho
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by guntherhermann 3y ago
I have always been a fairly direct person, possibly to the detriment of my career :)

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