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by macintux 6mo ago
Adding ACID to Cassandra sounds very interesting, will be curious to read more about that.
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by macintux 6mo ago
On a Mac, at least, the "correct combination of buttons" is trivial and easy to remember, even for someone like me who rarely uses em-dash. (But, I want to start using it more because I'm sick to death of people treating it a
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by macintux 6mo ago
> allow Bluetooth I'd have a hard time getting over my aversion to this. I automatically reject any app's attempt to find local devices, etc.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Is there a reason to believe he’s stopped? The articles are clearly very labor/time-intensive, so the current lag isn’t all that unusual.
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by macintux 6mo ago
From another comment here: "you need to be able to keep the water below 24 Deg C, this means spending some money on chillers even in sub-tropical countries" I think people anticipate needing heaters for certain types of fish, but
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by macintux 6mo ago
I hope this assertion ages well.
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by macintux 6mo ago
“Everyone is special” is a snarky, derogatory comment we don’t need here.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Technically Apple was never bankrupt. It certainly came within a few months, but never reached that point.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Some similarly-titled (but less tidily-presented) posts that have appeared on HN in the past, none of which generated any discussion: * https://martynassubonis.substack.com/p/5-empirical-laws-of-s... * https:/&#x
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by macintux 6mo ago
Labeling someone a "troll" for that level of evil feels enabling to me.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Let me get this straight: he accused grieving families of lying about their children's deaths, and put a target on their backs, to sell stuff...and he didn't believe his own bullshit?
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by macintux 6mo ago
> he was a performative comedian who complained about big government projects That rather downplays the destructive impact he had on the families of Sandy Hook victims.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Exactly. If nothing else, writing a solver in Python or Java might take dozens or hundreds of lines more code than Prolog, so simply knowing what tools are best for what jobs helps you be a better developer, whether you're using a comp
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by macintux 6mo ago
Reminds me a bit of Bruce Tate’s approach in 7 languages in 7 weeks, which is where I first encountered Erlang. I think from a historical perspective, describing COBOL and Fortran as part of the ALGOL family is a stretch, but I suppose it’s
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by macintux 6mo ago
I'd rather ban comments complaining about it. Judge the content by its merits.
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by macintux 6mo ago
When I worked for Basho, aphyr was highly respected by some of the smartest people I’d ever worked with. Definitely no slouch.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Previous discussions from earlier posts on the topic: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703528 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730981
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by macintux 6mo ago
"just move" is not always a simple act for the most vulnerable in society.
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by macintux 6mo ago
I bought one for my father years ago as a gift, and was able to ride along. A great day.
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by macintux 6mo ago
> Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Good point! I guess my principles only extend so far.
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by macintux 6mo ago
I refuse out of principle, but agree, that works. I just use "Howdy".
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by macintux 6mo ago
> If I ask "how y'all doing?" I want to know how you and yours are doing. I just want people to stop asking me how I'm doing if they don't care. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that "How
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by macintux 6mo ago
Another resource I found in HN discussions: https://latypoff.com/tree-calculus-visualized/
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by macintux 6mo ago
Extensive discussion (202 comments) about 15 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42373437
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by macintux 6mo ago
Mainly I was pushing back on: the code is the "truth" I don't feel that is an accurate statement for any complex system.
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by macintux 6mo ago
None of that sounds as straightforward as a dragnet would be. Most require a target to be identified.
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by macintux 6mo ago
The code can only convey what is being done (and then, in some cases, only superficially). It can't convey what decisions were made, what alternatives were discarded, what business motivations may have led to that code. And for old eno
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by macintux 6mo ago
Unless something has changed (or I'm simply clueless), it's not quite so trivial to ask where my phone was on January 30th. Camera surveillance is not time-limited.
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by macintux 6mo ago
Crime would go down if everyone was executed. Your question is not the only one that matters.

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