jdmichal

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by jdmichal 8y ago
Actually, yes. The most high-efficiency central AC systems on the market use variable flow for exactly this reason. Below that are two-stage systems (low and high flow), then single-stage systems. Reliability and cost does play a part in al
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by jdmichal 8y ago
The only reason behind that difference is because it's not generating heat, but moving heat. The difference to users is unimportant. As long as BTUs are pumped into / out of their closed environment, their needs are being met.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Based on other comments that it's this font: https://www.opendyslexic.org/ It looks like they recognize that they are not solving for all forms of dyslexia, but rather a few specific symptoms.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
That is strong grounds for saying that `i` is likely to be well understood. Which is why I would not even bring it up in a code review. (Unless there is nested looping with multiple indexes, in which case I very much want better names to he
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by jdmichal 8y ago
When I said type, I meant type. Your example of "userIdentifiers" instead of "integers" is covered by my statement: "Your list (probably) holds a set of things that has a name. So name your list that."
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by jdmichal 8y ago
You keep saying if it's obvious in context, but context is a name for "one more damn thing I have to keep track of." Which is why I call it inconsiderate; you are forcing other developers to constantly have to build and maint
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Well, if you combine the two together... List<Foo> foos; for (fooIndex = 0; fooIndex < foos.length; ++fooIndex) { Foo foo = foos[fooIndex]; List<Bar> bars = foo.bars; for (barIndex = 0; barIn
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by jdmichal 8y ago
`i` vs `index` is whatever. `index` is better, but it's not like I'd bash someone for using `i`. Using `list` is just bad. Your list (probably) holds a set of things that has a name. So name your list that. At the very least, name
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by jdmichal 8y ago
As kaspy points out in his, this is just more software engineering hubris playing out. I took architectural drafting classes in high school, and there are tons of technical differences and considerations that go into building design. And I
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Every structure and bridge and road and tunnel project is obviously unique also. Unique terrain, unique architecture, unique engineering. If the idea is to look to other engineering to improve this, again, it's not like software is som
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Another tenet is that work is work. You attempt to break the work into chunks that are close enough to previous work efforts to use your model. If you can't do that, then you don't actually have any idea of what you're doing
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by jdmichal 8y ago
This is generally part of the "No Estimates" movement. I learned about it from an internal talk, but I will ask the speaker if he has any resources I can point you to. We are not there yet, but are moving in that direction. We wer
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by jdmichal 8y ago
You will never know what you don't know. That doesn't change. The question is, what do you do about it? That tunneling project probably did account encountering different materials, but maybe not for unobtainium. If the area is kn
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by jdmichal 8y ago
It also does not help at all that software "estimates" are typically just sticking a finger in the air and seeing how hard the wind is blowing at the moment. How many engineers are doing things like using real numbers from previou
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I actually just replaced a 20-year-old AC system that had a link to the hot water system. Installers just removed the water heater link entirely. Said that the extra resistance and energy involved in the exchange cost more than just venting
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by jdmichal 8y ago
We have awning windows at my house, and I try to open them when it's raining to get some fresh air flowing through the house without completely killing the AC system. Luckily summer is the wet season here so it works out.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I believe you mean, "There's no finite level of kinetic energy at which the speed of an object equals c." Exceeding c is, of course, not known to be possible at all, even with infinite energy.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
You said, "Nevertheless, they are not synonyms, and the existence of these two different words suggests that there is a useful distinction, even if it is not sharp, and even if it is not always applied consistently." That is what
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by jdmichal 8y ago
The difference is social, not linguistic. I assume you're making your judgement about "clearly English" based on mutual intelligibility. That is, you expect that someone with strong skills in "English" but not &quot
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by jdmichal 8y ago
There is no clear distinction between a dialect and a language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a... For instance, having taken German in school, I could generally read Yiddish as long as it
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I think you're interpretation is pretty accurate. There's an old joke that a language is a dialect with an army and a navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_a... The basic premise is
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by jdmichal 8y ago
There are several types of sheepdog, and some do nip at livestock to keep them motivated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herding_dog#Herding_behavior
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by jdmichal 8y ago
"At the beginning of 2010, it was discovered Goldman Sachs and other banks helped the Greek government to hide its debts." [0] Yes, it seems that Goldman Sachs was involved in helping cook the books.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Is your argument that everything everywhere was completely 100% good except for the bad US mortgage packaging and other similar products? Because I don't remember hearing many good things about, say, Greece and Spain for example, dur
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I found this Wired article [0] to be a good start behind what actually happened in the math. The problem was not that subprime loans were being made. The problem was that bundles of those subprime loans were being tranched and sold as hig
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by jdmichal 8y ago
Follow the money. In this case, the money is in the bus system. You only need one set of buses and drivers if you stagger school starts. Overlapping school starts means overlapping demand for buses.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
This is such a privileged view point... And I don't even like that word. But really, the idea that someone shouldn't have kids unless they have their entire life planned? Unless they have a stable (jobs | spouses | families | frie
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I haven't seen anyone say anything about not being responsible. I have seen people say something about not being wholly responsible.
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by jdmichal 8y ago
The movie Prometheus was also somewhat famous in linguistics circles for attempting to use either reconstructed PIE directly or potentially a modified proto-Sanskrit for the Engineer. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll&#x2
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by jdmichal 8y ago
I'll just refer you to the relevant /r/conlangs discussion on this, rather than repeat the same arguments back to you: https://reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/8wjs73/is_there_a_cit...

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