iammiles

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   by iammiles 8y ago

   I don't think there's much reason to upgrade these days. Years ago I would instantly notice the crisper screen resolution, the nicer photos, and overall snappiness of a new phone. Granted my current phone (Pixel 2) is only a year
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   That's the one! Really great spot despite my annoyance with its cash-only nature.
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   I was at a bar last week in Santa Barbara that was cash only. I couldn't help but feel it was a ploy to extract more money out of their customers with their well-advertised ATM.
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   My thoughts exactly. I'm curious what compelled the author to choose Haskell over F#.
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   For anyone interested, Great Basin National Park in Eastern Nevada is a fantastic place to visit for dark skies at night and wonderful trails during the day. They have an annual astronomy festival [1] and on weekends with new moons there ar
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   > And when everyone else was letting you select any music you wanted in playlist, they insisted on staying radio style only. This is really the nail in the coffin. After a couple days on a Spotify trial, I converted to a paid Spotify acc
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   Although the article references Carmel and its relationship to Indianapolis, I can't help myself from thinking everything written is analogous to Summerlin and Las Vegas, the city where I currently reside. It's scary to think how
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   Endurance by Alfred Lansing - It's a well-written book about the incredible story of Earnest Shackleton's attempt to be the first team to cross Antarctica by land.
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   by iammiles 8y ago

   I wonder if that's the reason why a few of my favorite local Thai restaurants all have the same or similar Thai tourism posters displayed throughout. Regardless I think this is a brilliant idea by the Thai government. I'd love to
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Aside from the accessibility issues pointed out by another comment, this was mostly an annoyance upon our users that the higher-ups decided converted well. FWIW we did try to argue against it but profits dictate behavior in a large corporat
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Circumvented browser features to force autoplay on videos with high volume on our websites. While not a morally bankrupt thing to do especially compared to some of the other examples, we all felt dirty doing it.
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    I believe parent's intention was to say that Express is like Sinatra and Sails is like Rails. To which I agree with the Express / Sinatra similarity.
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    CRISPR plants now subject to tough GM laws in European Union(nature.com)

    3 points by iammiles 8y ago|0 comments
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Tip for your next visit: The monorail runs on the east side of the the strip and stops off every few buildings or so. There's also a separate free tram that runs between Bellagio, Vdara, and Aria.
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    I read A Brief History of Time after the death of Stephen Hawking and recently wrapped up the Three Body Problem. I think they make an excellent combo for anyone interested in Physics, Sci-Fi, and Computer Science
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    I'm actually going to be in the market for a new television later this year. My only use is to watch Netflix, some Blu-rays, and dock my Nintendo Switch to it. Are there any recommended high definition (4k+) televisions that aren&#x2
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    I'm by no means an expert in either language, but for two years I learned / tinkered with Clojure as my main language for personal use. In 2015 I started a new job which required me to learn Kotlin. I've found that Kotlin has
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Having recently read the old Wired article about him, and watched Gringo on Netflix, I would not at all be surprised if he had done this to himself.
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    After building two large applications using React, Redux, Redux Sagas, and Typescript, I feel burnt out. I'm honestly surprised Elm or ReasonML aren't more popular as they seem to provide all those aforementioned libraries in one
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    This is correct. VS Code is based off their Monaco Editor [0] 0 - https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Thank you. I always appreciate reading the tales of those who are so deeply passionate about an extremely niche hobby.
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    I'll second LoFi. My other go-to is Yann Tiersen.
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    by iammiles 8y ago

    Thanks for reminding me about my ~/projects folder.
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    All the free editors (e.g. VS Code, Emacs, Vim) and especially their respective plugins. I'm always amazed at the breadth and quality among them.
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    Let me know when F# becomes flavor of the month. I'll gladly hop on that bandwagon.
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    I'll echo having a standing desk and alternating between sitting and standing. Also about every hour I'll try to remember to have a 5 minute walk.
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    Meditations. Its passages have become a sort of canon for my life.
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    I'm on Android 8.0.0 and find it infuriating that auto-correct always assumes "its" should be spelt "it's", even in sentences where context should make it clear what is meant. e.g. The dog and its...
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    Several months ago I gave notice to my startup employer that I had accepted an offer at another company. I was asked if there was anything they could do to keep me. I said unless they doubled my (low) salary I wouldn't have much of an
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    by iammiles 9y ago

    I might be alone on this one, but I enjoyed Amazon's Man In The High Castle more than Philip Dick's novel version.