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811.
by jrumbut 5y ago
You're very rich now, somehow.
812.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Also there is more to air than it's temperature. I like a cool breeze even if the ambient temperature isn't overly warm. It helps you stay focused, when it's too warm or the air is stale people get sleepy. I posted this elsew
813.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Just to give you more anecdata, I have had both auto and manual AC and I fuss and fidget with both obsessively. Part of it is that I often want a cool breeze regardless of the ambient temperature. I feel somehow more focused and relaxed wit
814.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I was thinking the same thing, although in reverse: Imagine putting a few of these in as a joke and then you take it out and your parallelized code doesn't work anymore. Not sure how all that's handled on Haiku specifically.
815.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I think you're exactly right, another poster raised the interesting point of whether where those lines are drawn is inevitable based on the circumstances or if we have a lot of collective control. I'd be curious to hear your thoug
816.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I'm restating the article in response to a comment that I thought misunderstood the article at a fundamental level. It's idle speculation but sometimes idle speculation is interesting. Should everyone wait until they have conclusi
817.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I don't know either.
818.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Historically, the police department in San Francisco enforced very different norms from the police in Amarillo. Now with increased mobility and the distance-collapsing features of the Internet, there is a felt need for norm enforcement at t
819.
by jrumbut 5y ago
It depends what kind of individual freedoms you care about. I've seen surveillance capitalism expressed as the freedom of people to enter into agreements where they get free cell phone games in exchange for a trove of personal data. Li
820.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I thought it was pretty well established. The author wasn't saying that people who value individualism don't value privacy, rather that the pursuit of individual over community values caused an erosion of privacy (regardless of an
821.
by jrumbut 5y ago
This was right before/overlapping with the beginning of UI SIDES (now there's a term I haven't thought of in a while)! For some forms the system actually put all the information from various sources on a digital recreation of
822.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I ran into this with a web app to automate unenployment insurance claim processing. It sounds so boring but it turns out that every state has their own process (that they change without notifying you) and they use different pieces of data t
823.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I was trying very hard to remember what the other two "classic fun-for-kids crystal growing" chemicals were and it was eating me alive. Thank you for the answer, I still remember my alum crystals for the grade school science fair.
824.
by jrumbut 5y ago
And of course, this is the median salary. 50% of people make less.
825.
by jrumbut 5y ago
That leaves 0 margin for error. If your kid breaks a bone and you have to pay for $X000 ambulance ride to an out of network hospital you're screwed for years.
826.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Like you, I had a similar realization but I think it was a pretty good idea. It was some instructions for a nice way to enjoy life. Fine art, classical music and dance, etc. are all relatively wholesome things that you can absorb as much in
827.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I very much agree with you that knowing a lot of facts is very helpful for developing arguments. But I do wonder what students should be expected to produce on an exam. Perhaps it's about the type of question asked. Knowing the Sicilia
828.
by jrumbut 5y ago
That's very true, and those central distribution channels are a mixed blessing. The Docker containers are beneficial though! At least now I have an example of a system where the software works to dissect and if my use case is a one-off
829.
by jrumbut 5y ago
People bemoan the quality of software (and certainly all the complaints are true, we have a long way to go as an industry quality wise), but 10-15 years ago I remember it wasn't uncommon to buy a piece of shrink wrapped software that s
830.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I didn't think the author was saying you should always implement a .each method. I thought the implementations were for demonstration purposes, that .each is a method like any other that can be overridden.
831.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I've seen similarly titled articles and they are usually full of the features that aren't used for a reason (MONEY column type, etc). It's nice to see one that's full of good advice.
832.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Edit: when I said "did things besides work" I meant "did things outside of work" not "goof off at work"
833.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Vim is at its best reading text files,perhaps moreso than for editing them. I have to use an IDE or notebook environment a lot now, but when I'm trying to make sense of a folder full of source files I always break out vim. This is wher
834.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I worked in an open office for years and never understood how people did things besides work. I tried 100% remote but that got lonely. Now that I have an office, it's like I'm living a completely different life where there's
835.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Thanks for that! Sounds a little like a cantor, actually.
836.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I've always wondered, how certain is our understanding of Akkadian? Could the dirge singer have been a tap dancer? My very small awareness of the history made it sound fairly speculative.
837.
by jrumbut 5y ago
Wow I thought my employer (Massachusetts) had been generous just allowing it and paying for it, but time to write your thesis? That's a great opportunity and I hope someone goes for it.
838.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I'm (counts on fingers) 33 now and am a few years into doing exactly what you're thinking of. I'm working full time and am probably going to finish within the next year and a half. My advice is to look at advisors who have a
839.
by jrumbut 5y ago
I want this post on a throw pillow, it's so good. I would add another criterion for picking when you want the stability of an expert over the upside/cheapness of a talented amateur: do you choose your problems or do your problem c
840.
by jrumbut 5y ago
He won't stay 27 forever.

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