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by j_m_b 7y ago
It's interesting that this society is matriarchal and non-monogamous. Bonobos, our closest animal relatives, are also matriarchal and non-monogamous. Chimps, on the other hand, are patriarchal and live in what are essentially harems. I
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by j_m_b 7y ago
What's the encryption story with Pixel 3a? I know when I lock my old iPhone 6 that not even the Federal Government can get into it. Can the same be said for the Pixel?
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Singapore passes new law to police fake news despite concerns(aljazeera.com)
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by j_m_b 7y ago
Ahh yes the classic "muh roads" comment.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
Are you planning on including some of your other content besides the Deep Learning sections? I personally would like to see the 'Linear Algebra Refresher' posts included.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
Now I just wish I could have the EyeSight on my Subaru Forrester hacked so that the adaptive cruise control doesn't go off after three seconds of being at a full stop.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
I can tell you've worked for at least one startup. Par for the course.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
The problem for me in regards to OOP is the complexity related to the management of state. OOP encourages mutability and understanding the state of an object as its methods are called can be confusing when additional internal (and often tim
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by j_m_b 8y ago
Interesting there is no mention of the new Arena MTG game and the fact that you draft against bots as opposed to humans like on Magic the Gathering Online. With each new set that has come out, they have had to adjust the bots because they w
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by j_m_b 8y ago
"The map is not the territory" is an idea originating from Alfred Korzybski. He isn't even mentioned in this article.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
As an alternative to a tiling window manager, I've found phoenix ( https://github.com/kasper/phoenix ) to be a great window manager. It allows you write custom keybinding in javascript to move windows around.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
>making things because we can, not because we should or they're good "Macros are catnip to a certain type of developer" This is the trap of macros and LOP approaches. This development approach often leads to code that make
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by j_m_b 8y ago
I worked on this as well, mainly on the dashboard-* and portal-* repos. I actually found this position on the Who's Hiring thread here on HN. Happy to answer any questions!
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by j_m_b 8y ago
What no Clojure? I find that hard to believe.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
IANAL... but banks use dye packs. This seems very close to that.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
“There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money
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by j_m_b 8y ago
Now just do Magic: The Gathering!
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by j_m_b 8y ago
The Probation / Parole system, and the "correctional" institution in the US is a national disaster. The idea to prevent an adult, an elderly adult at that, from engaging in lawful activities like drinking alcohol as terms of
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by j_m_b 8y ago
It's almost as if good intentions can have unintended consequences.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
One thing that seems to be very common in startups is nepotism. People often start companies with their friends and family. This leads to the company having a built-in clique. If you are an "off-the-street" hire, meaning someone w
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by j_m_b 8y ago
It's a code smell when what is obviously and intuitively stated, is in fact, incorrect.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
>The best way >The Right way You presented a solution, not the solution.
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by j_m_b 8y ago
This is just another "this is how we setup the hoops people need to jump through to get hired at our company!" article. I don't particularly think making it more difficult to fill out an application is the kind of filter you&
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by j_m_b 9y ago
It's really nice to see Clojure syntax being adopted in newer lisps.
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by j_m_b 9y ago
'No. Wrong.' Such binary thinking. Reminds me of the quote "Google uses Bayesian filtering the way Microsoft uses the if statement" which points out how unsophisticated purely binary statements are. The Jain's captu
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by j_m_b 9y ago
>Why not simply Because people are too busy demonstrating how smart and talented they are. Simple, clean code is too dumb.
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by j_m_b 9y ago
Welcome to the world of science.... where the data is scant but the results are impressive! Seriously though, publish your data in the supplementary materials. Quit being afraid of failure or someone catching your mistakes. This is science,
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by j_m_b 9y ago
Someone wrote an article demonstrating that Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete: https://www.toothycat.net/~hologram/Turing/HowItWorks.html
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by j_m_b 9y ago
Equity in a startup for an employee is worthless. The only kind of equity that's worth anything are stock options for companies that are actually being traded on the stock market. However, those companies don't actually need to gi
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by j_m_b 9y ago
People value confidence over competency. If you always question things because you known enough to know that you don't know enough, people aren't going to take you very seriously. Better for yourself if you fake it till you make i

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