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by kortex 2y ago
0 as a default for "no int" is tolerable, 0.0 as a default for "no float" is an absolute nightmare in any domain remotely related to math, machine learning, or data science. We dealt with a bug that for weeks was silentl
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by kortex 2y ago
We also used to lock away basically any form of ASD or neurodivergence too far outside the norm (either directly via mental institutions, or indirectly via other harmful programs, mistreatment, or junk science). We also used to consider hom
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by kortex 2y ago
> This view of the world must be stamped out. It is a totally absurd viewpoint and I'm really tired of pretending it's not. This is very argumentative and shuts down the discourse before it even begins. It's not very in th
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by kortex 2y ago
Regardless of your stance on nuclear energy, can we all agree that articles of the form of "Person X of Authority Y dismisses Z as unviable" is a non-headline? It's basically "Person of vaguely adjacent qualification has
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by kortex 2y ago
Looking forward toward somebody hooking together Python in APE [0], something like pex [1]/shiv[2]/pyinstaller[3], and the pants build system [4] to have a toolchain which spits out single-file python executables with baked-in ve
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by kortex 2y ago
A sufficiently clever convention is indistinguishable from magic.
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by kortex 2y ago
Is this just a form of continuation passing style? I get that it's a bit functional-y, and more complex that typical go code (admittedly a very low bar), but I don't think it's too bad. It's no worse than async generator
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by kortex 2y ago
> largely importing foreign weapon system designs for local manufacturing. I'm pretty sure they legally can't "largely import foreign weapon designs". The Berry and Kissel amendments, not to mention ITAR and a few oth
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by kortex 2y ago
Seconded, though I've found the HF Hercules wired line pretty comparable to Dewalt. But there's a fair amount of inter-model variety within those four/five brands. My 12v Dewalt impact punches above its weight/price and
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by kortex 2y ago
Sounds like GP is suggesting digitally encoding/modulating the audio bitstream, like using the speaker as a modem. Which would be far less lossy than trying to record the analog signal.
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by kortex 2y ago
> Most languages (including Python, AFAIK) unwind the stack when an exception is thrown, all the way up to the nearest catch. You might have to use a few tricks/hacks, but I'm pretty sure you can set up python in a way to break
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by kortex 2y ago
It's not every day you come across Gnostic stuff on HN, but those links are super fascinating, I can't wait to check them out! Zoroastrianism is such a fascinating topic.
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by kortex 2y ago
This might have been true a few years ago, but these are all solved problems in 2024. > Python is not easy to build into portable binaries https://pex.readthedocs.io/en/v2.1.40/buildingpex.html - The package ec
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by kortex 2y ago
Microsoft actually funds a lot of cpython work and 3rd party libs, IIRC they have played a big hand in the recent speed improvements, JIT work, the pyright type checker, and a bunch in the AI/GPGPU space like ONNX. Dropbox has histori
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by kortex 2y ago
A) Csv isn't actually a standard, so there's no one universal way of dealing with it (we can get really close). B) the keys and values are disjointed in csv as separate rows/columns, vs key:value C) yes flat is better but whe
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by kortex 2y ago
A hypercardioid and any manner of soft surface behind the speaker - even pillows or curtains - will get you >90% of the way there for most podcast purposes. Really, after just fitting out a (very shoestring budget) recording studio, the
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by kortex 2y ago
Why won't it help if there is no delay? What system truly has no time delay and no inertia? PID systems are basically a differential equation and optimal coefficients are just solutions to that system which maximize responsiveness and
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by kortex 2y ago
There's a big difference in scale between "burning hydrocarbons to heat and power much of the world" (which includes leakage from fossil fuel drilling) and "we make some methane to be almost completely consumed and there
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by kortex 2y ago
There's a lot of interest in cracking methane to ethylene and hydrogen, both which are super useful in their own right. There's also the Fischer-Tropsch process which synthesises arbitrary linear alkane hydrocarbons. That requires
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by kortex 2y ago
It's a plot point which drives the entire narrative. If we took out ever sci-fi element that was scientifically implausible, you'd take out a hefty chunk of sci-fi.
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by kortex 3y ago
Discord loaded from scratch for me, but it took a much longer time than I usually remember for the feed to come up.
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by kortex 3y ago
Messenger is often used to coordinate logistics among friends. I would not be surprised if a Meta disruption lead to at least momentary confusion if someone was planning on carpooling. Not to mention it messes with "get out the vote&qu
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by kortex 3y ago
Same same. I went through the password reset flow (I was overdue anyways), it never sent anything to my SMS, so I did it again with email, reset the password and went to log in with the new password, "Incorrect password" error. Ol
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by kortex 3y ago
A) hygiene hypothesis, people ate way more dirt and straight up almost everyone had worms B) the people with really bad food allergies like Coeliac just died young. We have severe amnesia when it comes to just how rough the state of health
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by kortex 3y ago
Yep, you got the gist in the ninja edit. The IgE-parasite connection is actually a bit part of the hygiene hypothesis, and I have personal experience with helminth therapy. It put a serious permanent dent in my animal and pollen allergies,
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by kortex 3y ago
IIRC, MABs aren't really a thing, because unlike small molecules, part of the approval is for the whole biological pipeline to produce the antibodies, from cell line to chromatography to formulation. When a small molecule goes off pate
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by kortex 3y ago
I'm a developer, and while I don't love it, I certainly don't hate it, and I don't see it worse than any other task-tracking tool. I haven't used trello or asana in a hot minute, but they were way worse in terms of
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by kortex 3y ago
There is ambiguity in the physical world. Some audio equipment have what's called a ground lift. It physically disconnects the ground conductor between two devices, and it's usually a single push-toggle in/out button. I'
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by kortex 3y ago
I think part of this confusion stems from the "default mic on" mindset, where "mic active" is assumed to be the default, and mute is a deviation from that state. We can trace this pattern back to the UI of phone conferen
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by kortex 3y ago
There has definitely been a virtuous cycle between GP-GPU processing capability, algorithms, libraries and software that use that hardware, and researchers working with those tools.

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