icelandicmoss

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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
> What is the music history version of HN In the 11 hours since you commented, the answer appears to be... HN :)
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
> The national security unit had earlier requested that the Hong Kong Alliance hand over information, reportedly including personal details of all members since the group's founding and financial records. > On Tuesday, the deadli
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
Came across this column/essay a while back on the theme of making life decisions based on what your future self would regret not doing, and it's stuck with me: https://therumpus.net/2011/04/dear-sugar-the
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
Similar situation for York -- tourist hotspot, a large chunk of the local jobs in tourism/customer service, retail, food service etc. Article in the local press in the last year (which I obviously can't find now) found that someth
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
It's fun to see someone else that does this! I also write code with pen and paper. Mainly for work, but I have good memories of a holiday with a notepad and The Little Schemer (with a long till receipt to cover up the answers column).
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
I got the impression it was just another dose of the same vaccine(s) already available rather than a new thing. I heard something about tests on vaccine combinations (i.e. different types of vaccine for your 1st & 2nd dose) a while back
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
I got a linux laptop from Tuxedo ( https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en ) and I think the keyboard is the most comfortable and satisfying I've used. (And I have RSI so I'm fairly sensitive to keyboards.)
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
I really clicked with this part of your article, for the first part of my undergrad maths modules I had been automatically trying to connect these symbols with some global definition and getting in a muddle. I still remember the combination
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
Perhaps 'unintuitive' is a better word to convey what I mean -- as in, there isn't an easily understandable (non-technical) narrative chain of events, there's just 'opaque box malfunctioned'. The cruise-control
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
I feel like part of the problem with the kind of autopilot crashes you describe here is how inexplicable they are to humans. Whilst humans can be dangerous drivers, the incidents they cause generally have a narrative sequence of events th
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
Agree. I recently read Pain is Really Strange (Steve Haines) and it was such a perspective shift on my understanding of how different the two are. (The illustrations are fantastic as well.) https://uk.singingdragon.com/produ
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by icelandicmoss 5y ago
My Nokia 6500 is starting to get a bit flaky, but it's done a good 12 years or so... (It's hard to find a better phone with the same form factor.) I get very attached to my devices, not sure I could deal with a 2-3 year turnover.