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by j_m_b 6y ago
> is a solved problem This expression is idly thrown about nowadays. It implies that a solution exists and can't be further improved upon. Just because a solution exists, or is the current fashion, doesn't mean it's a &#x2
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by j_m_b 6y ago
>There's a kind of arrogance that we fall into making decisions for others when we design APIs, library interfaces, etc where we know what we're exposing and users don't know what's good for them This pops up a lot wh
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by j_m_b 6y ago
Billy Mitchell has been streaming DK on Twitch. I saw him host Walter Day on his stream a couple of months ago. Can't be too much bad blood between them.
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by j_m_b 6y ago
What are some projects that people are using that use Lua? Why use it over something like python for scripting?
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by j_m_b 6y ago
> Filter #1: Are they free to speak their minds? I have a personal bullshit filter: Are the authors open to criticism and allow others to speak their minds? If an article does not have a comments section, I am very skeptical of it. I fin
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by j_m_b 6y ago
Not sure how truly effective the Porsche solution really is. I have a hard time believing that computer controlled sensors can effectively direct beams of light. What about conditions which scatter light? None of the interesting problems ar
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by j_m_b 6y ago
How much would you attribute that to the fact that you rewrote the code? I know my second pass is always better.
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by j_m_b 6y ago
Living in the Chicago area suburbs (think John Hughes), I developed a fondness for the Frank Lloyd Wright prairie style homes. Is it possible to get blueprints for actual FLW homes that you could give to a builder... even perhaps yourself?
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by j_m_b 6y ago
Is Erlang about to be the next big thing due to companies unable to use Huawei and instead going with Ericsson for 5G deployment?
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by j_m_b 6y ago
Would $USL be a better investment? I've noticed it tracks with the price of oil much more closely and only has to renew 1/12 of its contracts every month. I thought it would better bet for something to hold onto for a year or two
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Relevant https://xkcd.com/927/
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by j_m_b 7y ago
What's the story with paying people through Stripe? PayPal is dead easy, give me an email address and I can pay them. I would really like to replace our PayPal system with a product from Stripe, but it's not straight forward how y
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by j_m_b 7y ago
>The money that comes from this tax needs to be funneled back into healthcare or even better go straight to the ones who are paying for the particular medicine that the patent protects. Tax money is allocated for one thing is often used
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by j_m_b 7y ago
One thing I like about Eater is that he keeps mistakes that he's made in the content. He's not some rockstar, just a curious guy whose made a lot of very interesting videos.
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by j_m_b 7y ago
So a type system using macros, I assume this would enforce types at compile time and not runtime? I don't really see the value of type checking at runtime; I won't catch type errors until after the system is deployed! Would like t
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by j_m_b 7y ago
So `let` is being used to define a var that is lexically scoped to... the global environment?! I've noticed you can do this in Javascript as well. As a Lisp programmer, its very jarring and seems like a bad practice. Is there a reason
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by j_m_b 7y ago
The theory of this article is that we are not just in a gulf of space but also a gulf of time. We are after all on the relative outskirts of our galaxy, vastly isolated from other civilizations. Perhaps one day we'll be the ones knocki
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by j_m_b 7y ago
So secret courts free from alternative adversarial opinions are abused? Shocking!
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by j_m_b 7y ago
It's funny you reference the 'neoliberal age' because in the 'pre-neoliberal age' totalitarian regimes were nationalistic and far right e.g. Nazi Germany. However, in this 'neoliberal age' the most totalit
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Even before the lobbying step, regulations are barriers to entry. Established companies can afford them whereas small companies can not.
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Are we ready to admit that government-backed, non-defaultable student loans are a bad idea?
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by j_m_b 7y ago
One of the advantages of lisp is REPL-driven development. I imagine you can't just edit a fn, eval it and then see the changes immediately. What is the workflow like when creating a NES game using co2?
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Will a UBI be indexed to inflation? Wouldn't that lead to a vicious cycle of hyperinflation?
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by j_m_b 7y ago
>but probably still less efficient than trucking water in from somewhere a few hundred miles away where it's plentiful I think the convenience and self-sufficiency factor might outweigh the raw efficiency considerations. Petrol and
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Not very feasible in our debt-driven, paycheck-to-paycheck country with gig workers and contractors scraping by. Many of the startups and companies that frequent hacker news not only rely on this kind of labor, but are actively creating app
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by j_m_b 7y ago
I like it, simple and fun! Going to try this with my niece tonight.
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by j_m_b 7y ago
This sounds like such a rational comment, but it is based on the naive idea that ads can be effectively targeted simply based on content. You're never going to have ads that people are willing to pay for (i.e. a certain threshold click
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by j_m_b 7y ago
>I don't think we should have no recourse against a tyrannical government, but I just don't see how anyone is going to realistically go up against the US military and make even a tiny dent. See Vietnam
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by j_m_b 7y ago
I wonder how well this will go over with the local municipalities and homeowner's associations. They are the biggest barriers to converting lawns into useful land, not the cost.
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by j_m_b 7y ago
>Oh please vote... just remember that we can make your congressional distracts meaningless by overloading it with one side Perhaps candidates should start appealing to more people and winning elections instead of pandering to particular

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