jimmux

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by jimmux 6y ago
If you're managing people with a similar tolerance level then it's an asset.
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by jimmux 7y ago
We had to change the old default because of TypeScript complaining if the param has a type annotation and no parens. So it's more consistent with TypeScript now as well. I had to argue for this exception to be added to our config, so i
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by jimmux 7y ago
It can absolutely hurt. I have a relative who uses this particular snake-oil despite everyone pleading for him to stop. Now he's using the pandemic to push it on the rest of us again. Prepare to be horrified: https://jimhumb
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by jimmux 7y ago
You make a very convincing case, but would most of the same apply to Earth's moon? I don't know how available water compares, but tilt seems to be the most important factor.
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by jimmux 7y ago
I rent out my small city car, and I'm considering getting a ute to rent out as well because the margins are better. I was shocked to find that the basic ute style that was so common when I used to live on farms is almost gone. I need t
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by jimmux 7y ago
From the dog's perspective, would a cat then be something like a goblin?
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by jimmux 7y ago
That sounds like what I had during the southern hemisphere's flu season last year. It started in late March, before the shot was ready, and just kept coming back over a number of months.
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by jimmux 7y ago
ANU in maybe 2003, we had a single tutorial in Miranda to demonstrate the functional paradigm. It wasn't enough to appreciate the value of functional programming, but I guess they still had licenses and wanted to use them for something
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by jimmux 7y ago
I don't even have the option to avoid them since dozens of apartments in my building are Airbnb. There's a constant stream of international guests coming through our front doors. I actually have a respiratory virus right now, and
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by jimmux 7y ago
I wouldn't normally use it as a source, but Urban Dictionary shows that colloquially plenty of people consider autopilot to be complete automatic control (worryingly, even to the point of blackout drunkenness). https://www.u
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by jimmux 7y ago
We should have sent the emus.
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by jimmux 7y ago
It seems to be resolved now, but for many years the instant I crossed into a national park the maps would be about 2 metres off from the location reported by GPS. It was just enough to trigger frequent rerouting, which would fail due to no
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by jimmux 7y ago
As someone who was messing around with computers back then, I'm jealous of kids who are getting serious about this stuff now. I was lucky to have a computer at all to learn on. If I did anything remotely hacky, I would be warned about
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by jimmux 7y ago
If it does ever clog, you can be 90% sure it's an issue downstream, like tree roots getting into the pipes. It's also common to have a toilet separate to the bath/shower, and we have the dual flush options. I never really app
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by jimmux 7y ago
I made that choice, too. Crash tests don't give the full picture. Since "downgrading" to a smaller vehicle I've found it much easier to avoid incidents completely. It seems like the right trade off for the kind of drivin
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by jimmux 7y ago
My 500 has been great, but I always hear horror stories about the 500 in the US. I believe they have assembly in Mexico, which I assume is for the North American market. They are also built in Poland(?) if memory serves, so it may be that I
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by jimmux 7y ago
It's pretty good on crumpets.
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by jimmux 7y ago
It was pretty normal for me in NSW. I used to add sliced banana sometimes as well.
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by jimmux 7y ago
Aren't these all the same definitions, merely indicating an approximation? "I'm about to arrive" -> "I'm close to arrival but not here right now". "This book is about..." -> "This book
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by jimmux 7y ago
"Perfect is the enemy of good"
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by jimmux 7y ago
I gave Shutterstock and Getty a go some years ago to see what would happen. From about a dozen photos, none of them make any money except one. It's a bit annoying because that one photo is a generic image of a cargo ship. The rest are
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by jimmux 7y ago
It's a fun thought exercise. I often wonder why Americans seem so set on having 50 states, so this was a useful basis to mock up a what-if scenario of fewer states. E.g. if there were 10: https://imgur.com/a/gNvP9m
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by jimmux 7y ago
That can still get you booked in NSW, if police decide that it's contributing to dangerous driving. Based on things I've seen during a morning commute, I hope it can detect bowls of cereal, electric shavers, and open makeup cases
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by jimmux 7y ago
I have wondered the same thing. It also seems (from my anecdotal experience) that some people are more predisposed to high-carb diets, and others to low-carb. Genetic diversity as an adaptation to different climates would be consistent with
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by jimmux 7y ago
I was going to say it might depend whether the angle is measured along the middle of a face or along an edge, but with a face angle of 51.5 degrees I calculate an edge angle of 41.6 degrees. That's assuming I still know how to trig, an
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by jimmux 7y ago
The other side of the coin that this book helped me to see is that I am not my symptoms. There were parts of my behaviour that held me back, but I thought were crucial to my identity so I was reluctant to let them go. After I realised that
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by jimmux 7y ago
I was tempted to go with a single name when I was forced to legally change my full name to meet ID requirements for a driver's license. My birth certificate name is patterned like Andrew Bruce-Carlos Denis-Edward Fatherson. After my pa
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by jimmux 7y ago
Courtesy makes all the difference, but it's not easy sometimes. Too many drivers are happy to take advantage of 2-second gaps, or use an early indication of lane change as a sign to beat you to a gap. I always wonder how people like th
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by jimmux 7y ago
I got my license in Canberra, where I had the option to skip the driving test by doing enough hours with a qualified driving instructor. It was a big contrast to my previous struggles to get supervised drives with friends and family. I had
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by jimmux 7y ago
Yep, it's a bit frustrating. I often talk to people in careers I know nothing about, so I ask questions. Then you have a conversation going. Sometimes it feels like people are afraid to be curious about software engineering, lest they

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