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by hjek 8y ago
Confusing pie chart indeed.
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by hjek 8y ago
Came here to say the same thing. It's also rather hypocritical to display the trailer as a Youtube embed rather than a <video> tag. Google Analytics on the website as well? Of course there is! I did upvote this at first but qui
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by hjek 8y ago
> like YouTube for videos on your computer Instead of saying "It's just like going online to watch videos, except you are not actually going online", you might as well say "Watch videos".
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by hjek 8y ago
Seems a bit pointless to me. But then again, we are in a world where we have the exercise bike – like a bicycle but without going anywhere.
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by hjek 8y ago
It's advertised as working in IE6 ... and Netscape Navigator?! Looks like it could greatly simplify distribution of Prolog scripts. I've found the SWI Prolog web docs a bit difficult to wrap my head around. Thanks for posting th
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Cambridge Analytica – The Power of Big Data and Psychographics [video](youtube.com)
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by hjek 8y ago
> Think databases and message queues, not end user apps. That distinction is not always clear though. For example: spreadsheets.
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by hjek 8y ago
One that I use a lot and I haven't seen mentioned here is `dict` which is fine for looking up word definitions and acronyms if a bit limited for translations.
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by hjek 8y ago
> 2. Goober had the idea of storing pictures in said MySQL database. 70 GB of pics... Is that really a bad idea? The pics would not be any smaller outside the database.
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by hjek 8y ago
> In addition, the same name would refer to different things, eg. `abc` and `Abc` and `a_bc` would mean totally different things. That's not too unusual. In Java `Camel` would usually be a class and `camel` an object, and in Prolog
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by hjek 8y ago
Don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. Flashback of Windows 95-era viruses but created in a modern web browser. The GNU LibreJS project should link to this video. It shows clearly, perhaps too clearly, what is wrong with running u
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by hjek 8y ago
Studies have shown that most people consider arguments based solely on weasel words completely meaningless.
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by hjek 8y ago
> Life is too short to run proprietary software. Agreed, but Datomic uses Datalog as query language: > In practice, a Datomic Database Value is not implemented as a basic list; it's a sophisticated data structures comprising mult
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by hjek 8y ago
Interesting. Does your ranking algorithm work like Reddit[0] or HN[1] or is it something different? [0]: https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-reddit-ranking-algo... [1]: https://medium.com/hacking-a
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by hjek 8y ago
I think it's a bit manupulative to use the verb make here, as in "How to make your own pizza without a kitchen? Just go to Dominos". But nice HN theme they have on their forum-as-a-service.
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Reddit’s new comment sorting system (2009)(redditblog.com)
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by hjek 8y ago
> for most web applications, most performance issues are not the result of the implementation language but of the chosen architecture. I don't think that's true (but I also don't understand what is meant by architecture
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by hjek 8y ago
... which is why Racket-on-Chez[0] is a really exciting development. [0]: https://blog.racket-lang.org/2018/01/racket-on-chez-status.h...
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by hjek 8y ago
Indeed, and Arc has some brilliant ideas, but if you ever tried to hack in it, you'd experience how dog slow it really is. But Arc's web framework is implemented in somewhat low level MzScheme and is entirely different (and much s
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by hjek 8y ago
You can write Haskell in the Racket environment[0]. Racket has a lot of well-designed and well-documented libraries that are a joy to work with. In his Racket manifesto Mathias Felleisen (author of The Little Schemer) describes how Racket i
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Language Panel (Gerald Sussman, Rich Hickey, et al)(infoq.com)
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Datalog: Deductive Database Programming(docs.racket-lang.org)
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Racklog: Prolog-Style Logic Programming in Racket(docs.racket-lang.org)
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by hjek 8y ago
You can get bacon made without killing high IQ animals already[0]. It's not very pricy. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian_bacon
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by hjek 8y ago
Yes, the good old "If I don't do it, someone else will". I could go and rob the local supermarket with that excuse.
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by hjek 8y ago
Exactly. No problem whatsoever selling something made using Qt[0]. But there is a "problem" using Qt to release proprietary software, of course, because Qt is free, and perhaps parent isn't aware of the distinction between
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by hjek 8y ago
Here's an example (that you can add to your own Wordpress, too!): https://www.brontobytes.com/blog/exit-popup-free-wordpress-p... For more real-life examples, just try searching for some cake recipes. Cooking web
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by hjek 8y ago
I was kind of disappointed that it didn't ask me to share my location. And no like buttons, retweet , etc? Also, you can actually select the text on the site. Would be much better clicking the mouse linked somewhere or triggered an
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by hjek 8y ago
Depends where in the UK you are. I guess fish patties prevalent, but in East Yorkshire potato patties with sage are also common. They're really delicious! You're probably right that cows are not killed mainly for their tallow. Y
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It is a reason to be fan if you are concerned about animal rights and the environmental impact of animal husbandry. But, yes, in terms of personal health vegetable oil might not be better in any way. I know very little about that, and I h

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