mahathu

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by mahathu 4y ago
As a total layman when it comes to storage: Don't they use forward correcting codes to make sure a single bad bit can reliably be detected and flipped without affecting the data at all? Or are these used only for data transmission?
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by mahathu 4y ago
"Instead most people must have a car, have everything too far away from where they live (or just drive a few blocks instead of walking)." I think this is a very US-centric view! I walk everywhere and take the metro to university&#
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by mahathu 4y ago
Fair enough! In this case, the OS analogy sort of makes sense.
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by mahathu 4y ago
Sure! How can I contact you? My twitter handle is my HN username with an underscore in the end.
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Patagonia’s Philosopher-King (2016)(newyorker.com)
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by mahathu 4y ago
What VPS are you using and can you recommend it?
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by mahathu 4y ago
How about browsing the new posts of a tag you're interested in on stackoverflow? If I remember correctly they don't have a rule against "complete solutions", but one against asking such questions. For example: https:&#x
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Why Some People Find It Harder to Be Happy(neurosciencenews.com)
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by mahathu 4y ago
Fascinating story. Pat Martino is another (jazz) guitarist who relearned to play after a brain injury
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Ask HN: Possible to work in “managerial” roles part time?
2 points by mahathu 4y ago|1 comments
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by mahathu 4y ago
I love Python and use it pretty much anywhere I can, especially as it's ubiquitous in scientific computing. Is there a good reason to switch to Ruby except to try something new?
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by mahathu 4y ago
> just settling for one that's relaxing and good enough for now. There's nothing wrong with that! I think it's okay to enjoy life for a few years without looking for anything "better" (whether that is in terms of
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Rethinking our default profile photo (2017)(blog.twitter.com)
2 points by mahathu 4y ago|0 comments
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by mahathu 4y ago
Sounds amazing, but when do you have time for that once you're working full time? Do employers usually offer unpaid time off?
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by mahathu 4y ago
i like hanging out and talking to my coworkers, it's fun:)
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I finished my PhD and I am so defeated(old.reddit.com)
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by mahathu 4y ago
UC Santa Cruz for example
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Stigler's Law of Eponymy(en.wikipedia.org)
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by mahathu 4y ago
if the Asian couple was always happy in their house why did they move out?
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by mahathu 4y ago
I'm kind of doing "one meal per day" right now, not because I'm fasting on purpose but just because I don't enjoy eating (or cooking) more than once in a day. I mean I like to cook but doing it for over an hour ever
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by mahathu 4y ago
Because the next person enjoys eating more than us?
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by mahathu 4y ago
Is there any reason to use Obsidian (i.e. another standalone app) instead of this?Looks great
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by mahathu 4y ago
Oooh, I think this is why I always move my full screen browser window down by a few pixels by accident.
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Emoji.com(emoji.com)
3 points by mahathu 4y ago|0 comments
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by mahathu 4y ago
What does a data engineer do?
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by mahathu 4y ago
I guess I'm also sort of a niche developer specialising in web scraping/data extraction. I've been getting some gigs on upwork but been meaning to get off that platform. Does anyone in a similar position have advice on findin
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What Regret Tells Us(nautil.us)
1 points by mahathu 4y ago|0 comments
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by mahathu 5y ago
you mean range and checkbox inputs? (they both exist)
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by mahathu 5y ago
whats your email?
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by mahathu 5y ago
adam, I loved this and also shared it in my family WhatsApp group. we all had a lot of fun playing it, thanks for the great idea and execution! one minor suggestion: consider adding a cross or some other indicator at the circle of the scree

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