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by mportela 3y ago
can you elaborate on this?
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by mportela 3y ago
This movie is the reason why I became a programmer. I watched it when I was starting in high school and got inspired by it. Then, I literally googled "How to become a hacker" and found this incredible page by Eric Raymond [0], whi
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by mportela 3y ago
Fair enough. We would need to wait and see the actual piece of legislation and I assume they wouldn't single out these institutions otherwise it would be too easy to contest at the state supreme court. Here's the text to the amend
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by mportela 3y ago
That's not true (paragraph 12): "The legislation would only apply to Columbia and N.Y.U. and not other large private universities that own significant land, such as Cornell University in Ithaca. Lawmakers said that other universit
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by mportela 3y ago
An H-1B person, after having extended the visa once, will need to go through the lottery again next time, right? If they have done a Master's degree in the US, will this second H-1B application go to the Master's cap quota like th
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by mportela 3y ago
As most things in life, it is more complicated than that. While the environment plays a major role in people's moral codes, there seems to be at least some innate development happening too. I'm not a trained psychologist but I&#x2
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by mportela 3y ago
> Companies can’t point guns at me and put me in a cage. But they used to, once upon a time, until they were limited from doing so. > And if I don’t want to deal with a company, I can simply stop interacting with them. Except when you
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by mportela 3y ago
There it goes: https://pastes.io/scz4fssmyk
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by mportela 3y ago
I have trust in their ability to find loopholes in the act.
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by mportela 3y ago
Which cost a lot, so they need to get the product for a lower price before reselling. Also, because they are buying wholesale, they usually have the upper hand in the negotiations. It's quite common for their contracts to be contingent
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by mportela 3y ago
That's a necessary but insufficient condition for something to be considered scientific.
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by mportela 3y ago
Then I highly recommend the book "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" [1]. It describes the hacker culture and the hackers behind a lot of things we use to this day, from the early 50s to the mid 80s. [1] https:/&#x2
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by mportela 3y ago
Your are extremely optimistic to think the US will make immigration easier anytime soon.
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by mportela 3y ago
Thanks for the tip! After running `brew install git-lfs && git lfs install` on my Macbook, I was able to run the model.
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by mportela 4y ago
Great story and write ups. Thanks for sharing it!
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by mportela 4y ago
42 is even better
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by mportela 4y ago
Definitely true. The Vancouver offices exist basically for that. But then, a lot of people give up on coming to the US and stay in Canada permanently.
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by mportela 4y ago
bootstrapping their own companies and projects
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by mportela 4y ago
> It’s sleep or rust-free decks, take your pick I guess. Apparently, they are doing neither
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by mportela 5y ago
That's exactly what I was thinking! He couldn't make it viable as a business but it could still be remodeled as a non-profit and make the difference in the world.
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by mportela 5y ago
> I work in scientific software I envy you!
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by mportela 5y ago
I really appreciate your writing this reply (esp. the links). Thanks a lot, mate!
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by mportela 5y ago
This post would benefit from further expanding some of these statements. > UNIX isn’t good enough anymore and it’s getting worse Why exactly? > A new operating system means we can explore new ideas in new ways. LISP machines were not
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by mportela 5y ago
For a somewhat complete history of LISP machines, I recommend reading "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution" [1]. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8260364-hackers
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by mportela 5y ago
Driving is a privilege in the sense that is isn't a right and can be suspended [1]. Also, NYC public system will take you almost everywhere. [1] https://dmv.ny.gov/tickets/suspensions-and-revocations
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by mportela 5y ago
AFAIK it's usually to keep the git history clean but doing it manually is so painful. In my company, we enabled GitHub's "Squash and Merge" option (1) so we have the best of both worlds: a clean history and an 1-click sq
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by mportela 5y ago
For me, it's the exact opposite: my ears are too small, so ear caps give me bruises and make the earphones fall all the time. It fascinates me to see how people can have completely different experiences for a product as basic as an ear
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by mportela 5y ago
I've never seen a squirrel in Brazil
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by mportela 6y ago
Usenet archives ftw!
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by mportela 6y ago
Brazil

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