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by nerdponx 2y ago
I just realized that this actually would/should have solved OP's problem on MinGW, because zparseopts doesn't require calling out to a subshell. That's kind of ironic: they didn't realize that their solved problem w
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by nerdponx 2y ago
For anyone wondering what the solution is to this "solved problem": zparseopts, which ships with Zsh. Manual: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Zsh-Modules.html#inde... As usual with Zsh, it can tak
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Can you draw the graph and actually arrange the nodes on a timeline?
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by nerdponx 2y ago
I assume by "in industry" they meant in jobs where you are doing data analysis to support decisions that your employer is making. This would be any typical "data scientist" job nowadays. There the consequences of BSing a
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by nerdponx 2y ago
So what "is" summation in your opinion? How does the 1500-14 trick relate to it?
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Yeah but what's to lampoon For the student who doesn't understand, one rote algorithm is as boring and stupid as any other. That student is plugging and chugging all the same, whether or not they have heard of a "tens place&q
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by nerdponx 2y ago
> 25137+1486 problem off by adding six and seven to get three and carry the one… are missing out on a deeper intuition about numbers, because they only think of those numbers as sequences of digits. This is precisely the dichotomy that i
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by nerdponx 2y ago
It's easy to boil the frog if the frog doesn't have anywhere to jump away to.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
> In some ways similar to analysts/data folks using SQL to communicate with databases. But SQL has the exact same problem. Except for very trivial scenarios, you can't just be an expert and plop your expertise into a SQL query.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
I haven't read this whole article yet (PDF here https://math.berkeley.edu/~wu/wu1999.pdf ), but this idea is my #1 problem with Tom Lehrer's "New Math" song. His big complaint at the beginning is tha
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Can't speak for my own kids (yet), but personally I was able to hold my interest in math through my teens for 2 reasons: 1. I had some good teachers who showed (glimpses) of the how and why, not just the "what", so it helped
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by nerdponx 2y ago
I used to ride Empire service all the time. Very comfortable ride, especially after about half of the train got out at Albany and I could get some quiet time in the dining car, along with one of those disgusting hotdogs or meatball subs or
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Right, but I was specifically asking about the practice of slaughtering/enslaving or otherwise depopulating an area specifically for the purpose of creating an economically/politically undesirable buffer zone against invaders.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
What are some other examples? That's such a fascinating practice. Was it done in the ancient world as well? What about in other places (Asia, Americas)?
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by nerdponx 2y ago
You joke, but Spongebob wouldn't be nearly as funny if Bikini Bottom weren't both highly absurd and highly recognizable to American audiences.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Sure, why not? American kids cartoons have a lot to say about American culture. Just to rattle off whatever was popular when I was a kid: The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, Fairly Oddparents, Family Guy, South Park, Courage the Cowardly
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by nerdponx 2y ago
> Energy will get so inexpensive in a few years (10?) from now that power consumption by AI will not be a problem. By what mechanism? Wishful thinking?
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Sort of. Compare doing laundry at the laundromat to doing laundry in your basement.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
No, what a ridiculous thing to say. Storytelling in the present tense is not new.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
This idea has been pursued several times in the past, and it always ends up producing lots of interesting academic results and no practical conclusions. It's certainly an interesting perspective on the development of complex systems. T
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Hopefully Macports will decide to offer it.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
One thing to consider about veal is that it's an unavoidable byproduct of the dairy industry. Veal calves do not need to be mistreated to become veal, but the plain fact is that they are also not going to be kept alive either. A male c
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Did people do illegal online sports gambling before it was legal? Did it do as much harm as it does now?
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Ideally you would make it extremely expensive to get started, but inexpensive if you're already addicted and beyond the point of thinking rationally about money.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
New federal law: all gambling bets must be placed by fax or mail accompanied by a legible signature, with results to be released no less than 24 hours after betting closes.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
It's just a tax avoidance scheme.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Consider the intelligence of pigs as well. Even if cows, sheep, deer, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, et al. all sit below the "I don't want to eat you" cutoff point, pigs should probably be above it.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
It is in fact "viri".
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by nerdponx 2y ago
And it did so specifically because of the hard work of professional high-caliber research backed by huge amounts of industry funding. Munroe knew exactly what he was talking about.
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by nerdponx 2y ago
Unfortunately FYI now the ARM64 app is now rejected by MacOS Sonoma on my M1, saying it's "damaged" and can't be opened. However the x86 version seems to work, presumably under Rosetta.

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