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by jb_s 6y ago
http://arkadia.xyz/zoom.js?v=19
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by jb_s 6y ago
In my undergrad at UNSW I did a "baby's first interpreter" project on a language with a similar concept - function evaluation is defined in terms of unbounded-length arrays, being able to cache function evaluation for perform
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by jb_s 6y ago
I'm eternally grateful that there's a website that's similar to early Reddit (what I remember about it at least). Although with an older demographic on average - I guess whoever was on early Reddit is older as well now. Of co
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by jb_s 6y ago
It's tough with ADHD - like another layer to the feedback loop. Not only does ADHD substantially increase workplace stress, but stress and overwork also substantially exacerbate ADHD symptoms.
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by jb_s 6y ago
If depression really is a "software" rather than a "hardware" issue that makes it much harder to solve right? You can't just toggle some biochemical switches and restore normal function. But if you can rewire the so
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by jb_s 6y ago
isnt it ultimately just a series of API calls to solve the captchas? whats to stop someone hooking the javascript, solving the images and then raising the right event ?
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by jb_s 6y ago
How can you even do that? SVG is insane edit: like this: <title>Comparison of several satellite navigation system orbits</title> <switch> <desc systemLanguage="es">Comparación de las órbitas g
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by jb_s 6y ago
Lurpak is pretty good for supermarket butter. But at least in Aus you can easily get more artisanal butter at the local deli or whatever. Pepe Saya is popular.
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by jb_s 7y ago
What we do to prevent old people dying - fathers, mothers, grandparents - will have a huge economic impact.
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by jb_s 7y ago
It's not wrong for an individual to choose an investment vehicle that aligns to their overall strategy. However in an overall social sense, I do think that residential property investment in itself is wrong because I view housing as a
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by jb_s 7y ago
I didn't even know they had a mobile site. Every time I view a link I apparently get the desktop site, which is the worst thing I've ever tried to use on my phone in my life (text in readmes cuts off and doesnt wrap etc)
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by jb_s 7y ago
is there a HN discord or something?
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by jb_s 7y ago
It's just a flex. Same reason why people get loans to buy nice cars.
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by jb_s 7y ago
UX doesn't usually factor into purchasing decisions at bigcorps anyway. It's usually a matrix with products on rows and desired features in columns. The chosen product is the one that ticks all the boxes. Engineers who bring actua
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by jb_s 7y ago
getting an SSL cert error here..
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by jb_s 7y ago
that's cool but 1610 doesn't link up to the other numerology, so the first statement is equivalent to "shakespeare was 46 at one point"
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by jb_s 7y ago
Sydney is in the middle of a multi-year project to install LR, at staggering expense. It's still not clear to me what this achieves, as opposed to creating a dedicated bus lane where the tram line is going and paying for a few hundred
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by jb_s 7y ago
If I'm doing steak with butter I start with avocado oil for a maximum temp initial sear, turn the heat off, and then add butter garlic and aromatics. With enough butter (always a good thing) the pan is cooled enough by the melting butt
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by jb_s 7y ago
Prices are not high due to renewables. You'll have to show that this is the case to make that argument. AFAIK it's a combination of massively overbuilding the networks (due to privatisation and crappy/most likely corrupt ener
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by jb_s 7y ago
This is energy industry FUD In Australia the complete opposite happens. Extremely hot days cause coal and gas plants to fail https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/31/what-h... Whereas renewa