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by laurentl 8y ago
We just started using AWS workdocs, which has clients for Mac and Windows (plus iOS and Android iirc). You can either use it as a network drive (Windows only and not fully baked yet) or as a synched folder. There’s also a web interface wher
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I have fond recollections of learning to program in Caml (this was in 1997). Without ever being “indoctrinated” to FP (I only recently made the connection to FP), we learned recursion, list manipulation, pattern-matching and currying before
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Okay, looking at it as the computer helping you stay in the flow is certainly a different perspective.
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Yes, that’s exactly it. In hindsight, “sod” wasn’t the right term to use (that’s what you get for posting at midnight) but the point I wanted to make was the removal of meaning, autonomy and human interaction when not only are you doing a r
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On the other hand when reading the article I kept thinking of the poor sod who has to cook a new batch of waffle fries because “The Edge” told him to.
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https://github.com/MostlyAdequate/mostly-adequate-guide is also didactic but goes into more details, and is not Haskell-specific (IIRC functors, map and so forth are all defined in JavaScript)
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If you’re set on the (data science, I presume) PhD, I would suggest a SE internship. The rationale is that you’re going to be deep in DS for a few years so this is a good opportunity to explore another field. And what you learn during the i
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Makes The City and the City ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City ) suddenly more realistic!
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> If you want to have some fun, you can smoke pot while standing on the border and holding it in your left, Dutch hand. Hence the song “Pass the Dutchie on the left-hand side” :D
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I second getting your vision checked, you wouldn’t believe the mechanical strain you can unconsciously put on your body to correct bad eyesight.
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(Repost from the first version of the question) bit OT but regular swimming has done wonders for my back pains. It developed my abs / lumbar belt as well as back and shoulder muscles. The swimming movements (crawl / backstroke) al
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A bit OT but regular swimming has done wonders for my back pains. It developed my abs / lumbar belt as well as back and shoulder muscles. The swimming movements (crawl / backstroke) also tend to stretch and generally unkink muscle
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This comic: https://xkcd.com/353/ The alt-text of the comic hints at project Euler, which is another extraordinary rabbit-hole xkcd got me into.
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Well, it’s well-known [citation needed] that to be taken seriously, any vague business idea proposal must exhibit Proof of Buzzword. Just like in the Bitcoin protocol, when a Buzzword has successfully been mined enough times its reward valu
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I’m well aware of what produce is grown locally; I live in France and try to purchase local, seasonal fruits and vegetables as far as possible. But that’s just my point: we’ve grown used to this type of behavior, to the point that it’s bec
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What’s most striking in this article is the disconnect between the gravity of the situation and the ecological impact of “economically efficient” local solutions such as flying in workers from Thailand and lettuce from L.A. Seriously, flyin
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If a cycle is wasted, Knuth gets quite irate Tangentially, I believe the topic of generating random points inside the unit ball is covered in vol 2 of TAOCP, with all the math you could wish for to justify the different methods.
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Given that world + dog has the entire Yahoo DB by now, I wonder if a list of yahoo username + password still has any value on the market... Well, I can only hope so, or else the scammer will just drop all the yahoo addresses from his take r
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There’s a good write-up on this guy (IIRC this is how I discovered priceonomics): https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-got-no-whammies/
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Which is a right pain, as excel formulas written in say the French version of excel can’t be interpreted by the English version
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I’ve had 2 great managers, 2 average to bad ones, and the rest falls in the average to ok category. I’m a manager myself and I think I fall on the good side of the fence (actually I’m pretty sure of it but it’s always difficult to judge one
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With the hindsight of these 2 years, do you believe that this was a good thing? (Genuine question. I’m European so from my perspective those were two terrible election results, and events since then have amply confirmed this fact, but I’m w
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Whereas in the US, the result of an election is decided by informed voters who don’t have to take into account what the majority of electors voted for. Much more efficient :D
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From what I understand of the parent post, the goal is to draw 4% a year in interests and never touch the principal. Agree that 4% is a bit aggressive (depends if you’re talking real or nominal, i.e. do you allow for inflation as well) but
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I’ll give my perspective (CTO at a small start-up), and I’ll start by saying that I fully agree with the GP. Technical debt for us manifests as new cards in the backlog (and/or TODO comments in the code), because when we cut corners we
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Well, if you want stand-alone + sci-fi, try "the Dark Side of the Sun". Otherwise, you can pick up any first book from one of the Discworld story arks. Personally, I'd go with "Wyrd Sisters" (witches story ark) and
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Fun, light-hearted and enjoyable === Terry Pratchett. Strata and the Dark Side of the Sun if you’re looking specifically for Sci-fi. But if you haven’t read the Diskworld series, I envy you! I’d give anything to re-live the sheer ecstasy of
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And yet you can afford to wait 6 months to find someone who doesn’t have these holes? I’d wager actively recruiting for 6 months takes a lot more effort than training someone for one day, for that matter. As a manager, I find it more intere
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The quote from Saint-Exupery also applies to good code I think :D
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My English teacher used to say “when you have to write an essay, write a first version. Then throw away everything but your conclusion and use that as the introduction of your real essay” In other words, start writing and don’t be afraid to

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