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by myhf 8y ago
And now that the field has come to grips with the infinite complexity of language, when should we expect the field to act on that understanding instead of attempting to bypass it? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/
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by myhf 8y ago
That used to be possible [1], but it looks like redirection to a data url is blocked on current versions of Chrome and Firefox. [1] http://indirection.modusponens.org/data:text/html,Hello,%20w... !
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by myhf 9y ago
Those are all features of the client, not features of the service. You can use a different client if you like.
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by myhf 9y ago
Plus it's the right size for one cryptocat gene per character.
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by myhf 9y ago
Ideally you would be able to use combining characters to join the intended number of hearts (or birds, flowers, poos, etc) to the intended facial expression.
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by myhf 9y ago
All of these issues could’ve been avoided if we didn’t use imperative programming. I think functional languages are better because things like memory leaks and algorithmic errors are easy to conceptualize in the first place, hence less chan
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by myhf 9y ago
That's not how I would describe the situation. In America you can buy topical antibiotics at convenience stores, but you get a lecture if you ask for something stronger. Painkillers are prescription only and there's very little st
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by myhf 9y ago
I liked how it drilled deep into themes that were important to the cultures in the story, which were very human cultures but not any specific Earth cultures. It was a glimpse into a small part of a large, coherent world. But you have to lik
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by myhf 9y ago
Dichronauts by Greg Egan (adventures in non-Euclidean space) Provenance by Ann Leckie (space opera) The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland (similar themes to Anathem)
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by myhf 9y ago
Demonstrating that the system is broken is not an effective strategy. It is impossible to get someone to understand a fact when their salary depends on not understanding it.
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by myhf 9y ago
It's unusual to use topical anti-inflammatories in the US, but in other countries they are common and available with non-hemorrhoid branding.
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by myhf 9y ago
> the misapplication of occupational licensing for doctors are $100BN of that or 1/16th If you accept the premise that doctors are overpaid by 25%, then that represents $20BN of systematic inefficiency, or 1/80th.
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by myhf 9y ago
Yeah, you have to use the function modifier for those. Function + up-arrow = page-up is easy to learn. Chords can remain easily learnable down to about 65 keys, but on a smaller layout (~40 keys), you have to memorize multiple layers for do
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by myhf 9y ago
What keys do you need that aren't on a 78-key layout?
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by myhf 9y ago
You don't have to cancel the fetch request, you just have to cancel its callback.
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by myhf 9y ago
So it looks like this is a case of "operator error."
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by myhf 9y ago
Why would you need to upgrade a hard disk or memory?
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by myhf 9y ago
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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by myhf 9y ago
Bus deaths per year: 30
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by myhf 9y ago
Motor vehicle deaths per year: 30,000 Train deaths per year: 300
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by myhf 9y ago
There is some discussion about the motivation here: http://www.backalleycoder.com/2012/04/25/i-want-a-damnodeins...
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by myhf 9y ago
If you have nothing to hide from Facebook, you have nothing to fear from Facebook.
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by myhf 9y ago
"Build the project locally" implies some kind of pipeline system, even if it's not "deployment" or "delivery". Triggering that pipeline from a commit trigger instead of manually just means copying the buil
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by myhf 9y ago
> 4. Use frameworks and customise them – only refactor/build your own when absolutely neccessary. > 5. Build your project first – then worry about continuous delivery. These contradict each other. Building your own deployment sys
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by myhf 9y ago
How can you consider a framework "proven" when frameworks add new bugs as fast as they fix old ones? It's the API that's proven.
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by myhf 9y ago
Why on Earth would you need to eat 3 avocados a month?
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by myhf 9y ago
Java -> Kotlin is still pretty low. It would be interesting to revisit this in a year.
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by myhf 9y ago
Some history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit
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by myhf 9y ago
It helps to visualize the machine activity if you use conditional formatting to show the cursor location: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZJECuw6GXA_wEMnfe2Oj...
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by myhf 9y ago
I see. Apparently those are in zsh-users, not oh-my-zsh. https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

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