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by hvs 6y ago
You could always self-publish if you don't think publishers provide any value.
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by hvs 6y ago
This seems accurate to me. I was never particularly good at math and I was talking to a friend of mine with a PhD in number theory when I mentioned that I thought it would help to show new students to math more of what math research was rea
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by hvs 6y ago
Much more interesting is his work on debunking spiritualists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini#Debunking_spirit...
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by hvs 6y ago
In my 40's and been coding since I was 6. Still love it. I even stepped down from management roles to go back to development (but switching industries to one that I'm passionate about) and it's made all the difference. There&
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by hvs 6y ago
Previous discussion (last week): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25185842
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by hvs 6y ago
I bet this is pretty common among parents during the pandemic. Between homeschooling/work, the only time a lot of have is late at night.
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by hvs 6y ago
As expected, most of the features were rare on home computers at the time, but have become ubiquitous (or unnecessary) on modern computers. HOWEVER, the `Datatypes` feature is really cool and would actually be a nice feature that still does
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by hvs 6y ago
Lots of have these what-if computers/operating systems of the past (Xenix, OS/2, AmigaOS, etc.). It's mostly just harmless nostalgia.
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by hvs 6y ago
I got a significant number of my morality lessons from Saved By The Bell and Blossom.
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by hvs 6y ago
If you are a little unfamiliar with the UK computing scene (as I was) I highly recommend the (somewhat campy) "Micro Men" which ran on the BBC in 2009. It covers the competition between Sinclair and Acorn. https://en.wi
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by hvs 6y ago
A lot of people are pointing out that you are only including gas costs, but they are also ignoring the fact that cars get you precisely where you want to go. Trains only get you into the city you are going.
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by hvs 6y ago
The author doesn't have a strong grasp of what software takes to create nor the regulatory hurdles that are put in place to get software into the healthcare industry, but there's a kernel of truth here. Software developers (and so
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by hvs 6y ago
A little background on Massimo Fioranelli and Alireza Sepehri: https://twitter.com/microbiomdigest/status/12886848640702504... https://scienceintegritydigest.com/2019/06/01/an-astrop
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by hvs 6y ago
Waxed canvas is used a lot for woodworking aprons. I'd look for a waxed canvas rain coat.
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They're cheap and easy to use. https://www.digikey.com/catalog/en/partgroup/z80/15507
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by hvs 6y ago
They also knew there would be a global pandemic that would require them to both educate their children full-time and work full-time.
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Judge Sets Internet Archive Tentative Trial Date for November 2021(blog.archive.org)
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by hvs 6y ago
Obligatory XKCD 1217: https://xkcd.com/1217/
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by hvs 6y ago
Strikes me more as pedantry.
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by hvs 6y ago
As an American, the Nintendo callcenter and Gay Blade parts were new to me as well, and I lived through most of the time period of the series. I think Doom made sense to end on. It was really the first modern 3D FPS. Plus, in the mid-90&#x2
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by hvs 6y ago
I'm not familiar with Elixir, so I can't speak to that. But I would say that once you are familiar with functional programming, the choice of language comes down to what stack your company already uses, library support, and proble
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by hvs 6y ago
I would look at what libraries you need. If you're a Microsoft house, I would go with F#. If performance is the highest priority, I would go with OCaml.
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by hvs 6y ago
I think Jane Street is single-handedly keeping OCaml a production-level language (which is a good thing, because it's a great mix of functional programming with a practical/pragmatic approach). If you haven't tried OCaml (or
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by hvs 6y ago
I prefer "unsatisfactoriness" rather than "suffering". "The word is commonly explained as a derivation from Aryan terminology for an axle hole, referring to an axle hole which is not in the center and leads to a bum
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by hvs 6y ago
I think he's saying that research is far behind on fission because it hasn't been supported, and since it takes so long (and so much money) to spin up new plants, that it's better to invest that money into renewables. That&#x
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by hvs 6y ago
Maybe they should switch to Github. https://github.com/features/packages
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by hvs 6y ago
What a blast from the past. I had completely forgot about RIPscrip after I got internet access in 1994, but I remember how awesome it was after years of text-based BBS's. Some example RIP files: http://www.kwasstuff.altervis
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by hvs 6y ago
1 year ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19521872 4 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12350890 many more: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Why+GNU+grep+is+fast
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by hvs 6y ago
Possibly a case of a Hacker News Hug of Death.
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by hvs 6y ago
Authoring books: https://twitter.com/lzsthw

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