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by moeris 5y ago
I think their point was that J and SQL target different domains, and each will be stronger in its respective domain. If I want to join two tables, filtering on some value, sorting, and viewing the first ten results, SQL will likely be the
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by moeris 5y ago
Yes. The bar for sentience is quite low. It only means that one is capable of feeling sensations. (For example, Wikipedia gives the definition, "Sentience is the capacity to experience feelings and sensations.")
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by moeris 5y ago
That's not how copyright works. Simply rewording each question will still violate copyright when you're copying all of the questions. I couldn't just reword Harry Potter and republish all of the novels. Likewise, copying so
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by moeris 5y ago
> Seller warrants that to the best of their knowledge, no existing claims or liens exist on the transferred Soul and agrees that any prior commitments that are in their power to dissolve are formally dissolved by the formation and signin
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by moeris 5y ago
J has no operator precedence, and evaluates from right to left. Pretty easy to get used to.
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by moeris 5y ago
> You may not care, but using code blocks that offer a note compact and clear expression is certainly more courteous. I disagree, and so it's not likely "certain". I do think that nitpicking over formatting is rather unpro
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by moeris 5y ago
> Markdown doesn't sorry ``` fenced code blocks There isn't a single markdown. There are many different flavors, and all of them are markdown. Many include ``` (GitHub, Kdoc, pandoc, reddit, commonmark), especially as it allo
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by moeris 5y ago
I appreciate the hint about code blocks. However, the point of markdown is to be readable without special rendering, so I really don't care that much. I also disagree about not using ```. It's useful when writing markdown in an
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by moeris 5y ago
You can write APL or J in a way that is readable. Part of the problem is that most people's exposure to array languages is in the context of code golf or leetcode-style problems. In some areas, if you're familiar with the languag
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by moeris 5y ago
As someone who built a forge and a good deal of blacksmithing equipment in order to make tools for woodworking... This analogy is supposed to make the situation sound ridiculous, but it really isn't. If customizable physical tools wer
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by moeris 5y ago
It's definitely different depending on the state. In part because some states issue more teaching certificates per year. Michigan is one of those. At the time I was teaching, in around 2017, I had a friend get a job in Novi (Metro De
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by moeris 5y ago
I was a teacher in the Midwest before moving into programming. My salary was $28k. I worked in a larger city for a couple years and was making $35k for a while. In order to afford student loan payments and rent, I worked three jobs. Still
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by moeris 5y ago
Am I supposed to come away thinking they're both reasonable interpretations which accurately critique the main argument in this article? Because that's what I came away with. (At the moment, the other to comment is about how foc
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by moeris 5y ago
The renderings are almost entirely of white people. Are they not aiming for diversity, or is Arizona just very white?
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by moeris 5y ago
> See Air Force pilots and Anthrax vaccine history. Rare but devastating consequences. Do you have a source? Paul Offit, at least had said that we don't see vaccines causing long-term harm which aren't apparent within the firs
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by moeris 5y ago
> it may be anti-competitive Unless contributions to add other search engines have been denied by the developers, it's not a strong argument.
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by moeris 5y ago
Probably something in your system or network. The page loads fine in Firefox mobile, at least.
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by moeris 5y ago
There's also the major system, which is probably better suited to English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic_major_system?wprov=sf...
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by moeris 5y ago
> yes, trees/plants probably also feel some kind of pain Are you kidding? How do you suppose one can feel pain without a nervous system? Magic?
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by moeris 5y ago
That's more of an argument for them being overused, not for them being useless.
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by moeris 5y ago
I disagree. I like to learn about the history and motivations behind a technology. It gives me context and helps me to remember facts that would otherwise be hard to remember, besides being enjoyable.
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by moeris 6y ago
You mean former?
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by moeris 6y ago
If you want the ability to pipe commands more natively, Kakoune does that. It also improves on vi's commands syntax, and allows multiple selections. I switched to Kakoune after trying to find something more Acme-like for the terminal.
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by moeris 6y ago
> I think one of the advantages of a large/durable ecosystem is that it lets me worry less about problems I don't yet have. That's true. If you're finding numerous workflow problems with neovim, it'll probably b
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by moeris 6y ago
> I'm not sure I can say the same about Kakoune, for example, which is a certainly a promising project but hasn't yet convinced me to jump the fence. I've made that jump a couple of months ago, and so far I love it. There
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by moeris 6y ago
You can't run it in crostini?
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by moeris 6y ago
> I bet the engineers of MCAS didn't even have a view on the overall system By system so your mean the MCAS, the airplane, it Boeing. I don't think you're correct if your mean the MCAS or how it integrated with the airpla
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by moeris 6y ago
> there are (in the US) government employees making sure they are safe. The workers are well represented by a strong union, have good healthcare and reasonable wages. What country do you live in? Most teachers are employees of the local