jrkatz

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by jrkatz 9y ago
I tend to like ternary operators and similar operations but the way python handles it really bothers me, I think because it essentially overloads the `if` keyword, and totally violates the if-then-else norm of conditional statements (terna
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by jrkatz 9y ago
That chart is written in the common English format: `.` is the decimal separator, not the thousands separator, so in fact Bitcoin has fewer than 10tps
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by jrkatz 9y ago
There is. https://www.edutopia.org/male-teacher-shortage Presumably equality there isn't as exciting to people because teacher pay is garbage for everybody, whereas in tech it looks like women are being locked out of o
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by jrkatz 9y ago
Over there, "public school" means what "private school" means in the States. It's confusing.
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by jrkatz 9y ago
OP's language wasn't clear but I expect they mean additional tariffs on US goods.
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by jrkatz 9y ago
A lot of people underestimate the speed of marathon running, probably because the distance alone is so intimidating. However, winning times hover around 5 minutes per mile, a speed I'd wager most able-bodied people cannot hit at all, l
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by jrkatz 10y ago
It depends on what you want the machine to do. If you are making a gambling machine that looks at pairs of names and makes bets as to which name belongs to a doctor, you want it to learn that. If the machine looks at names and decides who t
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Project: a lightweight budget app for my android device. I couldn't find anything that didn't want to sync with my bank account, and I'm sure not going to do that. Ideally, I open the app, it opens quickly, I punch in a $#, a
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by jrkatz 10y ago
You know what, dog, you caught the car. I'll never be mad about racists again, or else the racists win.
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by jrkatz 10y ago
I've already made it quite clear that I think not all the minds in question are reasonable, but you keep asking this question, like you really want to get something in it out there. Since it's not likely, then, that you are engagi
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by jrkatz 10y ago
To be clear, you are laying out the premise that by reacting to racism at all, I am revealing I secretly believe it is more right than anti-racism. Does that sound about right? Why are you so eager to police anti-racism, then? By the same l
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Given that racist adults exist it is quite clear that the scenario is possible, and I think it is reasonable to assume that is a process that begins in childhood, when their minds are malleable, until finally they are old enough they cannot
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by jrkatz 10y ago
This assumes the 'outrage community' is a thing that exists and is a bunch of angry people, frothing at the mouth, waiting to attack anyone who isn't toeing their line. Maybe they even have meetings. If they do I haven't
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by jrkatz 10y ago
I'm worried because my children will have the same Jewish heritage I have, and while it is not likely reason will lose the day, it is possible. Even a slim chance is worth taking very seriously. It's like giant, apocalyptic astero
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by jrkatz 10y ago
You are also very comfortable making assumptions about my motivations.
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by jrkatz 10y ago
> He did. See the other people on fiverr he got to do other, stupid things. You did actually watch the video, right? He did all those other things and he still did 'death to all jews'. I'm saying he didn't need to do
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by jrkatz 10y ago
If you're really rockin on your cynicism right now, how is that any better?
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by jrkatz 10y ago
For an extreme example, suppose stormfront camps outside your child's school passing out leaflets and having fun, racist singalongs. How can it be your responsibility when they're in an area that is effectively outside your contro
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by jrkatz 10y ago
If 'Death to all jews' -- let's not talk around it, that's what was written on the sign -- wasn't the crux of the joke, why didn't he go with something equally likely to be rejected by people who understand Eng
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by jrkatz 10y ago
'outrage crowd'. Huh. right now, the big blowup is over some guy ('jontron') spouting racist BS. This is bad enough in front of an adult audience, but in fact he is performing this for children. Shouldn't we be mad?
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Elaborating, my understanding is that the 'accept interference' bit is more about placing such devices low on the legal totem pole: The TV owner or manufacturer doesn't have a legal right to _not_ be interfered with; it _must
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Not all terminals in the States support chip functionality, so for the time being chip & pin cards here still have normal mag strips and can be run as older, regular cards - the mag strips can still be read/stolen & used.
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Electric instruments fare very well in this world, thanks to constantly improving micro amplifiers and amps for headphones. Also, in dense areas, practice spaces are common and affordable because there is enough demand for them. There are
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by jrkatz 10y ago
It does if you make a keyboard that registers as a hub with both a keyboard and network adapter installed
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Advertisers still pay for CPM ads based on what they're worth to the advertiser -- adding a million worthless eyeballs to the ad will work once, but the advertisers will note conversions fell and pay less for the slot in the future, fo
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Safe space for women: a train car or taxi where for once, she doesn't have to feel the threat of sexual assault, molestation, groping, what-have you. (Problem men in these environments won't usually have cause to fear.) Safe space
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by jrkatz 10y ago
I see a lot of geocoding at work and one of the real mysteries is that null island is a fair few miles around. 0,0 isn't good enough for some people; 0.00001,0.00002, etc always have to get involved. Reliably catching that variant of t
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Over the past ten years I've spent a lot of time volunteering in poor urban middle schools, mostly in math tutoring/teaching roles. Sure enough, one of the big hangups kids have is algebra. The article is right that it's one
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by jrkatz 10y ago
Well, the straw libertarian might be richer than god and the only person with access to enough capital to buy all the water rights at once. He's a straw person, he can be a lot of things. I'm aware it's not the most plausible
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by jrkatz 10y ago
I don't know, your group of people seems very specifically selected by comparison, which would imply it's at most a subgroup.

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