jholman

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by jholman 3y ago
Obviously not. Obviously the first thing for someone who wants to learn graphics programming is to learn Rust. I'm surprised you asked.
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by jholman 3y ago
Since this is a thread about pedantry (rocketry pedantry), I'll allow myself to be pedantic about words. "A wiki" is a type of software. But when you use "Wiki" as a proper noun, referring to one specific instance,
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by jholman 3y ago
It's not the "online" that's the issue exactly , I think Jerrrry didn't describe it exactly right, but it's still correct. I, too, personally, thought it was very clear that the "John, " was ... I d
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by jholman 3y ago
This would be a cool thing to publish your work, because I too think it's pretty hilarious.
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by jholman 3y ago
No, that sort of thing isn't that weird, in relatively young companies. Think of when Eric Schmidt was CEO of Google. Larry Page and Sergei Brin reported to him as employees of Google, and he (as CEO of Google) reported to himself-an
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by jholman 3y ago
I mean, I guarantee you can do better than that . The condos you describe certainly exist, but there are other options. Maybe 2 bedrooms for $3k isn't enough of a difference for you to care about, though. And you don't need a
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by jholman 3y ago
> Toronto sits at the same latitude as northern California This is (a) just actually not literally true (41N at the border vs 43N), (b) particularly off-base when you consider that "northern California" is typically a reference
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by jholman 3y ago
> 20% down. Agree 10% down is not plan A. Right, okay. And, to be clear, back in my day 5% down (FIVE) was totally plan A, so that has gotten harder for the next generation. Thanks, fedgov! > difficult to work with Heh, notwithstand
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by jholman 3y ago
Generally I approve of this type of thinking, it's how I got my start, too. So I'm only quibbling to improve the fidelity of the model for those who are like us. 1) My impression is that it's prettttty tough to get those 10%
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by jholman 3y ago
Of course it's a variation on that. Quite explicitly. The interesting part is that it's allegedly a trick to get people to stop conflating the two, or cheating.
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by jholman 3y ago
I did a Windows reinstall on a Surface in the Spring, it installed with no MS Account.
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by jholman 3y ago
Well, maybe I'm wrong about that. It's a standard build of Home, with an hour or two invested in config maybe a decade ago when I installed it (back when it was 7, or something, before 10 existed). I spent a little time on Wires
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by jholman 3y ago
That list mostly seems a bit odd. This Windows computer doesn't force reboots (though it does nag me), it hasn't tried to trick me to upgrade to 11, it isn't sending telemetry to MS, it has never forced me to sign up for a no
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by jholman 3y ago
That's how I feel about UUIDs themselves, and the people who advocate in favour of them. Interesting duality.
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by jholman 3y ago
Threewave CTF for Quake 1. I can still remember Marek Dubcek (I'm probably spelling his name wrong) bragging about his performance at Duke3d or Q1, and thinking "fuck him, he's too good-looking to be better than me at a video
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by jholman 3y ago
We had a friend like that too, actually. We all made some mumbling explanation about "electrostatic discharge" so that we felt less uncomfortable being so superstitious, but yeah people would leap in front of him to avoid him tou
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by jholman 3y ago
> It was great when LCDs came about. Once upon a time, I owned a 19" CRT that weighed less than a typical 17" CRT. Such good fortune. Still, I never did have the courage to carry my tower on one hip and my monitor on the othe
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by jholman 3y ago
I'd think that a $250k deduction (per person) every two years is pretty often, no? I feel like if my entire income stream was buying, renovating to improve value, and selling, and my spouse and I had a family income of $300k per year,
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by jholman 3y ago
I feel like your comment is implying that it's common for renovations in the US to increase the value of the property by over $500,000 (or over $250,000 for the sort of home that an unmarried person would flip). If that's not wha
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by jholman 3y ago
It's worth noting that they were speaking about their personal experience in that paragraph. So probably for them, the "how do you get to that conclusion" is "trial and error". But I've noticed that many many
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by jholman 3y ago
Oh, that one's easy. You are entitled to no adaptation from others. Your reactions to their "errors" are your problem, and your responsibility, although of course you can choose to start a fight over whatever you want. On th
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by jholman 3y ago
You might also be thinking about Planescape Torment, which was developed by BlackIsle with licensed BioWare technology (the Baldur's Gate engine). As far as I'm aware, Planescape Torment is the closest BioWare has ever gotten to
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by jholman 3y ago
Yeah, I agree (with you) that your top-level comment is very very correct, and contributes a fantastic point. And I agree (with some commenters) that the "Uh" makes it look way worse than it would otherwise. :) I learned someth
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by jholman 3y ago
Delivery is Amazon's core competency, IMO. By which I mean, their superior quality of delivery is the reason I buy stuff from them. The worst Amazon driver is better in every way than the best Fedex or UPS, and I'm loathe to dig
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by jholman 3y ago
According to Matt Levine (in his Jan 31st column), this is an incorrect summary of the J&J case (though a correct summary of Texas Two-step in general), because according to J&J's proposal, LTL could draw on up to $61.5 BILLION
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by jholman 3y ago
And (approximately) no one ever cared.
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by jholman 3y ago
Physically removing F5? Like going around to individual computers and modifying the keyboards?
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by jholman 3y ago
Also not a pilot, but I did a little googling. Here are a few key selections from https://pilotinstitute.com/forward-slip-vs-sideslip/ > Both forward and sideslips involve opposite aileron and rudder input. In a for
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by jholman 3y ago
> Java was created from the beginning for embedded devices This is technically not true, as far as I know. That whole idea of Java ME, different "profiles", all that stuff happens in roughly 1998, which is definitely not &quot
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by jholman 3y ago
Coulda named it after a skin disease!

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