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by jmcphers 3y ago
I've seen this so many times in my career. It happens because interviews (especially at the junior level) focus almost exclusively on line-by-line programming acumen. People who excel at those interviews don't always make great so
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by jmcphers 3y ago
It's happening already. See the popular podcast "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" in which they read Harry Potter as some people read the Bible. https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/
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by jmcphers 3y ago
Yesterday I had lunch at a Shake Shack. Humans don't take orders there any more; you place your order at a self-serve touchscreen kiosk. As I finished placing my order, I was prompted to leave a tip; 10% was the default and you had to
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I first saw an Omnichord in Phox's amazing "Slow Motion". I had to look it up immediately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUn3rZ2g5pA (It comes in at around 3:21 if you're impatient.)
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Family, community, and the rural social mobility advantage(sciencedirect.com)
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by jmcphers 3y ago
LCDs are very inexpensive commodities; the Playdate has a Memory-in-Pixel display that I would guess costs a little more than an equivalently sized LCD. So I think it's partly the battery life thing, and partly an intentional aesthetic
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I have a Playdate and I think they did about as well as they could to try to keep it from becoming disposable: - the device doesn't require any network connection or service and works great offline - games are generally offline only -
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by jmcphers 3y ago
This is Panic's first foray into hardware and it really shows; while the device itself is very handsome and feels great, they really underestimated demand and have had a tough time getting the supply logistics under control. I ordered
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by jmcphers 3y ago
If you're on macOS, a similar program named Klack[1] was featured on HN recently, too[2]. It's very polished and has a variety of different keyboard sounds among which to choose. [1] https://tryklack.com/ [2] htt
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by jmcphers 3y ago
Prediction based on the history of these two luminaries of the industry: a beautiful, featureless orb that uses AI to autonomously scan your eyeballs and enroll you in crypto scams[1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology&
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I like pass, the "Unix standard password manager": https://www.passwordstore.org/ It is very barebones -- basically a collection of GPG encrypted text files stored in Git. For that reason it's trivial to make
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by jmcphers 3y ago
A lot of the reason that time seems to pass more quickly as we age is that we have fewer and fewer novel experiences; when each day resembles the one before it, whole months can disappear in lived monotony. I like to think of memory as usin
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by jmcphers 3y ago
Not OP, but I like hexcurse[1]. https://github.com/LonnyGomes/hexcurse
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by jmcphers 3y ago
If this line of thinking is new to you, I recommend David Foster Wallace's excellent (if somewhat long) essay, "Consider the Lobster". http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
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by jmcphers 3y ago
For me, deciding factors: - Cockpit -- EV6 has a panoramic (horizontal) display, plentiful buttons, and a heads-up display. I found this much more ergonomic for my eyes and hands than Tesla's all-in-one center-mounted display. - Availa
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I lived in Richland (near Hanford) and worked near the facility in an IT contractor position. The mess there is truly awful; they were in such a hurry when they were building the bombs that they basically just threw anything contaminated in
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I was in the EV market recently and managed to test drive an Audi E-Tron. I'll probably never forget how casually the salesman told me that they were marking them up $5K over MRSP and still had a 10 month waitlist. I walked out of ther
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I test drove a Tesla and an EV6 and wound up with the EV6. Tesla's got a lot going for them but their lead is quickly evaporating.
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by jmcphers 3y ago
The best keyboard controllers are made by companies that also make pianos. What I'd recommend is searching for the term "stage piano" -- these are compact instruments that are designed to be a piano first but can also be used
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by jmcphers 3y ago
This used to be true, but I don't think it is any more. The Kawai VPC1, for example, contains an incredibly nice action, costs $2,500, and is a pure MIDI controller. https://kawaius.com/product/vpc1/
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by jmcphers 3y ago
FWIW, I recently replaced "Pianoteq license and a good controller" with a Nord. I've found that the friction involved in getting the laptop warm and Pianoteq started/running, while relatively low, is still enough that I
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by jmcphers 3y ago
Seconded. I love my Nord Grand. I still use a laptop sometimes but not having to get the laptop warm/unlocked/software started in order to play is amazing. I can just sit down, flip a switch, and practice. > I really would lov
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by jmcphers 3y ago
The cookie popup that comes up and obscures the article before you can finish reading the title is deliciously ironic.
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I don't think this is true because of network effects. I tend to prefer the office, but my company has a remote work option. The result is that most people work remotely and eventually I had to close down the office -- no one besides m
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by jmcphers 3y ago
Check out the GAB2100 line. They have full-size analog dials that cover the whole face of the watch, with digital insets for the other features.
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by jmcphers 3y ago
I'll second this. I use Obsidian and don't find the Canvas useful at all, but would love a structured way to query data from my vault.
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by jmcphers 3y ago
> I think the main value of Bitcoin in the long run will be as a store of value, comparable to precious metals but easier to move around. I disagree with this. Bitcoin makes a terrible store of value because of the constant energy cost t
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by jmcphers 4y ago
I also tried Teslas and ultimately wound up with an EV6, which I love. It is missing some features that Teslas have, but also has some features Teslas don't, such as plentiful buttons in the cabin and the ability to charge other EVs (o
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by jmcphers 4y ago
I very nearly bought a heat pump for my house to replace (or augment) my natural gas furnace, but was dissuaded by the salesperson. He who pointed out that, while heat pumps are miracles of efficiency, the electricity in my area is primaril
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by jmcphers 4y ago
YMMV but I've been a happy Flickr customer for over a decade. They haven't modernized much so the site looks and feels old, but their pricing is very fair and there are still a lot of folks on it. I have considered selfhosting mys

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