mkoubaa

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931.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
I completely agree with you. I just think the norms around what makes someone a jerk aren't universal.
932.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
We're not talking about people who disrespect waitresses. fierce =/= jerk. There are many well intentioned nerds who try their best to be considerate and kind that can't help but be impatient in technical discussions. Some
933.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
Does this mean you can absorb electrolytes from swimming in the ocean?
934.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
Asserting that UBI == pity says more about your own biases then the actual policy itself
935.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
The needless bloat of pickups is what got me more interested in minivans
936.
by mkoubaa 5y ago
Agree with the general sentiment about wordiness and I hope the author can condense his thoughts in future iterations of this. One quote I want to point out: "concretely stating "I think doing this will work" opens you up to
937.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Really great to see how fast this thing took flight!
938.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Butter and guns my friend
939.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
And now there are some CFD solvers that can use the GPU effectively
940.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Exactly CFD time does not necessarily correlate to effectiveness. The saying "all models are wrong but some models are useful" definitely applies and if you make incorrect assumptions your CFD will not be that usefel
941.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Given that fact I'm wondering if google ever researched custom chips or instruction sets for marshalling pbs, like the TPUs they worked on for ML.
942.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
The actual choice is between sheds and the sidewalk so I disagree with you.
943.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Homeless shelters are awful places. Not only because of the conditions there but also sometimes the conditions for being there. I know someone who was kicked out of one once for not participating in a Christian prayer (he is Muslim). I ca
944.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
I didn't look but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a consulting company offering the last service
945.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Serious question if you aren't a security pro what do you have to do to make sure your software is secure? Just follow best practices and contract a pen tester?
946.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
All the money is in substack these days. Maybe there could be a startup that anthologizes substacks into print books with low margins but high volume
947.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
For some of them it's motivated by a hope for a path to citizenship
948.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Yeah why not cauliflower
949.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
It's good to remember that the only native Austinites are the Tonkawa and the Apache
950.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
We have a saying about Houston here in Austin "Life's too short to live in Houston"
951.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
It's hard to believe we are successfully giving Boeings to France when the only major competitor to Boeing is a French company (Airbus). If we actually are I am curious about the story behind it
952.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
This post is about flights, not fuel taxes
953.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
There is at least one valid point here. Neoliberal economics led to a lot of wealth creation and economic growth, which increases CO2 emissions. But it also helped prevent large scale wars which may have emitted loads of CO2.
954.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Ok the builder side, I think there's merit to doing CLI first, then GUI. Or API then GUI, depending on the shape of the tool or app.
955.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
ABI makes this hard for c++
956.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
+1 We have to keep in mind that not all software systems are designed by savants, and even ones that are might be constrained by business needs from rearchitecting them when they need it
957.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
Sometimes it's for stupid reasons too. I was trained as a mechanical engineer before getting into software and I thought data structures wouldnt be interesting because data didn't seem interesting. Boy was I wrong.
958.
Create your minimum viable product using simulation(ansys.com)
2 points by mkoubaa 6y ago|0 comments
959.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
It's not quite as binary as that. Milk tolerance ranges from poison to healthy and everything in between.
960.
by mkoubaa 6y ago
I don't dispute this, but until its saturated it has to be counted as an alternative.

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