kyle4211

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by kyle4211 10y ago
A possible solution: a) Allow multiple registrations with the same email until a confirmation click happens and b) require a browser session or password to confirm. Doesn't this solve the issue presented?
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by kyle4211 10y ago
But effectively all modern products have their prices inflated by hype (i.e. marketing) and many by artificial scarcity. Not many people think about this for any product, why should we expect them to think about it for diamonds?
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by kyle4211 11y ago
It took me a bit, and I believe no one has summarized this very well yet. FBI: "You've built a device that makes it nation-state-difficult to install custom software without DRM keys. We'd like you to assist us in deploying s
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by kyle4211 11y ago
But that's not necessarily a bad thing! I took a language design class in collage, and Scala was a great learning language in that application.
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by kyle4211 11y ago
I often just use `rebase -i` as a way to squash + fixup commit messages.
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by kyle4211 11y ago
It doesn't sound like Noah's reading too much into crossed wires. He's just expressing how it's hard on him when people do get their wires crossed.
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by kyle4211 11y ago
> I had everything set up in such a way that my family could cut ties with me and condemn me if things went poorly. And I was okay with that; I was prepared to accept that. Snowden was acutely aware of the consequences his actions could
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by kyle4211 13y ago
Eh. 1) We're social creatures -- we will inherently derive feelings of success from certain comparisons with others. Why should I forcefully negate this natural channel for happiness? 2) Only surround yourself with brilliant people. Ne
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by kyle4211 13y ago
1) I take it you're choosing: no university -- that's a big decision. If you're good, having no degree is a non-issue (it wasn't for me), but there IS huge value in the academic/social environment of a good universi
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by kyle4211 13y ago
It is possible, absolutely. However, in effectively all my personal relationships, success correlates strongly with magnitude of desire.
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by kyle4211 13y ago
That was a loaded statement followed by a visceral suggestion. Take years off for introspection? I'd find that quite insulting if suggested to me in person -- I hope you realize that's the opposite of constructive advice.
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by kyle4211 14y ago
I think the question implies the other way around?
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by kyle4211 14y ago
I can't find anything which solidly points to this challenge being 'likely' impossible. This all is not so simple as pointing at Kolmogorov complexity. Randomness is not so much inherent as relative to the machine on which you're running yo
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by kyle4211 14y ago
Get any job?