jonasmerlin

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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
Hah, learned about the existence of this documentary just 3 days ago while researching how .zips work[0]. The last episode is supposedly about Phil Katz, co-inventor of the format and kind of a tragic figure. Fun fact: Due to their structur
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
Hey! First of all: don't worry, it didn't make me feel bad–don't know about others though, of course. And I really meant what I said: I think you knew your (originally) intended audience, and there, the percentage of people i
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
"I think it's quite well known that on a 64-bit system, the maximum bit-width of a virtual address is somewhat lower (commonly 48-bits)." might actually be a perfect example of the Average Framiliarity xkcd[0]. It's perf
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
Haha, thanks for your reply and for understanding where I'm coming from. And while your original comment might not be a _direct_ reply to OPs question, I would've hoped for it to be far more upvoted as well, as it's easily on
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
Actually, I think we're doing a huge disservice to our profession as programmers when we call stuff like this "an insane number of gotchas". This is no critique of you or your post specifically, mind you, and I know where you
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
It‘s an interesting observation and article, so thanks to the author and thanks for sharing it. But I simply have to ask: was this written—at least in large parts—by ChatGPT?
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
That's really not what I'm doing, at all. My point is that recommendations that are based on social networks become less and less useful as that network grows. And LT seems to have hit the perfect size for its recommendations to b
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by jonasmerlin 3y ago
Psss. Please don't ruin Librarything by getting more people on there. Its recommendation algorithm is pure perfection—basically magic—and I fear it's mostly because it's only used by a very particular group of people.
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by jonasmerlin 4y ago
I actually wondered about this on Twitter recently[1]. Do you remember caring about/recognizing the aesthetics of some of these ads at the time, or is that more of a modern perspective? [1]: https://twitter.com/jonasmer
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It's Time to End the War on Salt (2011)(scientificamerican.com)
3 points by jonasmerlin 5y ago|0 comments
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by jonasmerlin 5y ago
Relevant Scientific American article about the dubious scientific foundation the general vilification of salt is based on: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-t...
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by jonasmerlin 6y ago
Some time ago I stumbled upon this article about using a smart bulb to keep a healthy breathing rhythm: https://asim.ihsan.io/healthy-breathing-with-a-smart-bulb/ But I needed something simpler that I could throw on a
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Show HN: Simple Tool That Helps You Keep a Healthy Rhythm While Breathing(breather.school)
2 points by jonasmerlin 6y ago|1 comments
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by jonasmerlin 6y ago
Basically, I had a huge list of books I haven't gotten around to reading about technology, its history and its relationship to society. So I thought: why not make a book club out of it? Getting people to sign up for a community that re
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Show HN: A Book Club About the Social, Ethical, Historical Aspects of Technology(launchpass.com)
8 points by jonasmerlin 6y ago|1 comments