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by npsomaratna 1mo ago
That is quite interesting. Until now, I thought that private prosecutions are a feature in most jurisdictions (even if their scope / applicability is restricted). I'd value the right to present a case to a judge, even if the polic
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World-first: therapy to make cells young again given to a person(nature.com)
5 points by npsomaratna 4mo ago|0 comments
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by npsomaratna 6mo ago
Somehow made me think of Warhammer 40k (maybe pre men of iron?)
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by npsomaratna 8mo ago
I owned a C64. Remember how buttery smooth the interfaces of those '80s computers were?
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by npsomaratna 8mo ago
Didn't they remake Quest for Glory II and a couple of the Kings Quest games in this? Fun times.
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by npsomaratna 8mo ago
On a tangent: I remember reading John Carmak saying that as game engines became more complex, he had to relinquish the idea of writing all the (engine) code himself, and start to rely on other folks contributions as well (this was in an int
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by npsomaratna 9mo ago
Why is there a significant time lag? Is it because monitoring is done via cultures?
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by npsomaratna 10mo ago
That makes a lot of sense. After 30+ years of programming, I still have to do a search (or use an LLM) to do anything useful with sed, xargs, etc. Perl never really clicked with me either. On the other hand, I was able to easily pick up jus
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by npsomaratna 11mo ago
I remember playing Ultima VII back in '94 (or was it '95?). When the game started up, I could only feel wonder. It was so far ahead of the competition at the time. The only other instance where I got the same "this game is wa
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by npsomaratna 11mo ago
Same here. Had a 7 for years. Upgraded to a 13. So far not felt the need to upgrade. I compare this to when I had an 3G and the 4 came out. The gap between the two was so huge that I upgraded quickly. Reminded me of how quickly PCs evolved
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by npsomaratna 11mo ago
I have no understanding of the physics involved, but could the broadcast location be reverse engineered? (With triangulation and clever math?)
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
On the topic of professions: Joseph Lister was a surgeon. Modern surgery (which I define as surgery aided by anesthesia) is a relatively recent discipline dating to the early 19th century. The introduction of anesthesia made lengthy and int
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Programmer from DOS times here. I've ingrained pressing CTRL + S every few seconds as a reflex. That has saved my bacon more than a few times.
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Out of curiosity, are there any algorithms faster than BLAST? (For DNA search).
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Anecdotally, what I've seen is that folks who learned typing in the 80s and earlier use two dashes '--' instead of the em-dash (although modern word processors seem to replace this combination with the em-dash). Something els
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Are you the CEO of Cerebras? (Guessing from the handle)
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Wasn't this for one of the questions on the second day? Where you had to submit a series of outputs, but these were trivial to generate once you cracked the problem. I remember getting an "aha" moment, writing a program, and
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
That's my impression as well. I think it's because access to knowledge has become a lot easier, so contestants know more; plus, the competitions themselves have become more organized. For example, last I checked, the IOI had a syl
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Nice! I guess you must know Bruce Merry. Once, when practicing, I kept on hitting my head on a problem. On the spur of the moment, I decided to fire off an email to Bruce (given his track record, I was like "if anyone can figure this o
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
No, sorry. I vaguely remember compile time limits, but they were high enough (30 seconds, I think?) that I didn't bother worrying about them (at least, that's my memory).
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Sri Lankan here. I used to compete in the IOI (International Olympiad in Informatics), back in the '90s. I aced the competition in Sri Lanka, but I failed to win a medal the first time I competed internationally. I solved several probl
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Em-dash fan here as well. I've been watering down my use of the em-dash, because I don't want folk to think that my (always self-written) business emails, etc are a chatGPT job.
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Not the developer, but here is his repo: https://github.com/sohzm/cheating-daddy
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Khosla Ventures experimenting with AI-infused roll-ups of mature companies(techcrunch.com)
2 points by npsomaratna 1y ago|1 comments
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Fields medal winner. Arguably the greatest living mathematician.
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Your cogitators possess value, Citizen. Do not waste them on unsanctioned thought-paths. The Emperor Protects!
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by npsomaratna 1y ago
Doctor here (non-USA). This is standard procedure and has been standard ever since I was a medical student, almost 20 years ago. The "running nurse" is in charge of maintaining a count and making sure that nothing is left inside t
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by npsomaratna 2y ago
Anyone here remember the LOADALL instruction? Fun times.
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by npsomaratna 2y ago
Back in the '90s, I read a book called the "Zen of Windows 95 Programming." The author started off with (paraphrased) "If you're reading this 25 years in the future, and are having a laugh, here's the state of
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by npsomaratna 2y ago
Correct punctuation marks, you mean? Humans use them too, you know. I've used the em dash (—) and opening/closing single quote characters (‘’) ever since I read Butterick's Practical Typography.

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