jononomo

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by jononomo 4y ago
I feel sorry for people who play chess -- especially those who devote their lives to it.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Art, music, and history have some relevance to life, but chess does not.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Chess is an absolute waste of time. There is just nothing there of any interest whatsoever.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I think chess is an absolute waste of time. It is like spending your time doing long division for no reason. You learn nothing at all that is applicable to any domain outside of chess. You could spend your time reading a good book instea
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by jononomo 4y ago
What about McDonald's? They sell a chicken sandwich for about $5, and I'm sure there is a McDonald's in every city you've been in.
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by jononomo 4y ago
On my last trip, I noticed that a cup of coffee in an airport is now $4. And that's just for a paper cup with black coffee in it -- not any kind of special latte, etc.
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by jononomo 4y ago
genuine LOL
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by jononomo 4y ago
The fact that Linus created both Linux and Git will never cease to impress me. I might even suggest that Linus is a "ten x programmer".
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by jononomo 4y ago
Funny how AI risk is seen as this big threat, but self-driving cars apparently can't avoid crashing.
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by jononomo 4y ago
It was merely lukewarm coffee
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by jononomo 4y ago
If you want to use an async framework without sacrificing simplicity, look into Elixir/Erlang and the BEAM.
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by jononomo 4y ago
It seems that everyone is learning from Erlang and the BEAM!
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by jononomo 4y ago
Perhaps they will have improved the product in a few months. I'm sure they're collecting a lot of feedback.
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by jononomo 4y ago
What if Substack just eats Twitter's lunch? Would you see the point then?
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by jononomo 4y ago
I just switched to Bing about three months ago -- I haven't noticed any difference, to be honest.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I got banned from Twitter for tweeting that I would commit suicide if I were still programming in Java after the age of 50. I appealed, and I got rejected by a bot (I know because my appeal was rejected instantaneously). So I think Twitte
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by jononomo 4y ago
I think it would be fantastic if Substack Notes were to become dominant and replace Twitter.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I was just about to highlight this exact same line.
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by jononomo 4y ago
Oh, it's adjustable!? In that case, who cares?
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by jononomo 4y ago
How many seconds of time accuracy have you found that this watch loses over the course of its 7-year-long battery life? I think I can handle it losing 30 seconds of accuracy per year.
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by jononomo 4y ago
No plans to get married and have children?
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by jononomo 4y ago
I guess I enjoyed this ad and felt a little inspired.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I really like the fact that JSON has been "frozen" for over a decade now.
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by jononomo 4y ago
What does GSD mean, please?
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by jononomo 4y ago
One of the things that makes Erlang so practical is that it is not an academic language.
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by jononomo 4y ago
If Matt Yglesias leaves Twitter for Substack notes, then I expect that move alone would reduce Twitter's traffic by 2-3 percent. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1644499243867029504?... Matt is one of
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by jononomo 4y ago
Yes -- check out this announcement: https://on.substack.com/p/introducing-notes
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by jononomo 4y ago
Yes -- randomness is a real thing in the universe. Elon reminds me of a "loose aggressive" poker player. They bet and raise and bluff a lot, and they can acquire massive chip stacks if they get lucky.
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by jononomo 4y ago
I wish cars would emphasize physical knobs and switches and buttons more. I absolutely hate controlling my AC in a car via a touch screen. Soon you'll have to open a menu and select "brake" and then move a slider if you want
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by jononomo 4y ago
So Tesla is just making cheaper cars now? I thought that their reputation for quality was already on thin ice.

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