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by j_french 3y ago
That's it! Seems my pal may have been passing Sturgeon's law off as his own invention. Definitely agree that it holds true on an individual basis. I've made some music. Most of it's crap. Some of it's alright. Defin
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by j_french 3y ago
Many years ago a friend of mine proposed a theory of his (I use the word "theory" in the loosest possible sense here, more student dorm than lab) that sounded a lot like this. In his version, most of everything is shit. Most music
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by j_french 3y ago
Here's a recent example. I've seen other examples too, it's not at all uncommon. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35867043
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by j_french 3y ago
Another daily Harmonic user of a few years standing here. I tried a good few HN clients until I clicked with Harmonic and never looked back. I find it to be one of those rare apps that works so well and unobtrusively that you hardly notice
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by j_french 3y ago
I thought all cookbooks were just recipe collections until I picked up Darina Allen's 'Ballymaloe Cookery Course', a 'proper' cookbook that you could use for life by Ireland's Delia Smith (I guess? not too fam
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by j_french 3y ago
So you're saying the World Economic Forum has pressured Ireland to pass this law? Can you provide a reliable source for this claim?
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by j_french 3y ago
Please be specific. Which parts of the claim "The Irish government is proceeding with legislation to outlaw so-called “hate speech” – even after the vast majority of respondents to their public consultation expressed opposition to the
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by j_french 3y ago
This. I actually don't have a strong position on the topic of the thread (the Irish law in question), other than personal experience of living in the country and not remotely finding it to be the oppressive thought-policing regime the
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by j_french 3y ago
I'm not trolling, I'm pointing out that ascribing societal trends (which may or may not exist) to some hidden guiding hand through phrases like "falling into line" is suggestive of a conspiracy, i.e. a conspiracy theory.
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by j_french 4y ago
Solid advice, apart from the chiropractor. By all means engage a physiotherapist / physical therapist, but not a chiropractor. In my experience it's all spine spine spine with those people.
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by j_french 4y ago
See the link I posted above for lecture videos based on the Kurose & Ross book
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by j_french 4y ago
Jim Kurose and his co-author made a lot of material related to their book available online during the pandemic, including video lectures and some interactive problems ( https://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/lectures.php
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by j_french 4y ago
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Origins of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey Smith discusses the unusual sensory/brain organisation of the Octopus in interesting and readable detail
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by j_french 4y ago
The reality in my experience (as a university lecturer) is that the burden of proof very much falls on the accuser rather than the accused.
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by j_french 4y ago
The UK flag can be a somewhat loaded symbol for native English speakers from England's former colonies (like Ireland, where I'm from). I'd rather not have to use it to select my language preference, but I'm not going to
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by j_french 4y ago
I'm currently looking into this area (for similar reasons as you :)), these weren't on my radar at all. I'm EU based and flexible in what I'm looking for so they sound appealing. I'm curious what the "several o
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by j_french 4y ago
I've drifted in and out of academia since my undergrad (in physics). Started out at hardware design in industry, went back to do PhD in space science, later on ended up working as software engineer in industry, now teach software deve
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by j_french 5y ago
what are people's main gripes with the cloud native landscape?