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by perrygeo 3y ago
I wanted to love this book. I understood the concepts and found them legitimately thought provoking - I just disliked the writing style. He uses elaborate metaphors, strained socratic dialogue, peppered with cultural references and visual c
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by perrygeo 3y ago
> I managed to get to bet on something that had already happened But you're not. You're betting on whether the contract will settle and when. That's quite distinct from betting on the event itself.
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by perrygeo 3y ago
A contrary opinion in the same journal from different authors is just as intriguing, if not more so. It clearly indicates that the topic is still up for vigorous debate - in stark contrast to the OP's all-encompassing and easily-falsif
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by perrygeo 3y ago
You posted an article from 2021. Here's one from the same publisher in 2023 saying the opposite - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09500170231175771 > Contrary to previous studies, it thus finds ro
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Thermodynamics predicts that chemical compounds can self-organize into complex structures in order to dissipate a source of energy. Nature doesn't let freely available energy just sit around - time's arrow demands entropy! These d
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by perrygeo 3y ago
First, they were not predictions, they were comparative scenario runs. Second, empirical data has tracked the business-as-usual scenarios for decades and has been independently verified multiple times by peer review. Third, they study a dyn
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by perrygeo 3y ago
My observation: Most medical professionals were trained in the "exercise is a unequivocal good" mentality - If you can't do it, just work harder and the work will eventually pay off. The problem with CFS/ME/LongCovi
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Depends. I don't work much on data analytics these days so only a few of the systems I've put in place (using SQLite + bash scripts on a workstation) are still in use. Most have been shut down for organizational/business reas
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Yes! Pauses allow you to reflect on your expectations of what you're actually compiling. As you sit in anticipation, you reflect on how your recent changes will manifest and how you might QA test it. You design new edge cases to add to
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by perrygeo 3y ago
You've discovered a little secret of the industry - most ultra-scalable big data solutions are complete overkill for many scenarios. I've used a technique similar to yours for 20 years and it's only fallen out of fashion in t
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by perrygeo 3y ago
True. But financial markets produce a strong incentive to consume that last 3% as fast as possible, and that's exactly the problem. It has nothing to do with individual farmers, it's a systematic problem.
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Thanks David. I'm just a few miles downhill (Masonville) and I agree that it's a complex issue. The intentional introduction of any species raises many ethical questions. Humans have completely altered the ecosystem by removing wo
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And for that definition to be stable over time. Things change. When it's a greenfield project, the quality focus is on developer experience and getting that MVP out the door. Once it's an established project, the quality focus is
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Strange, I was just reflecting this morning how grateful I am that FK constraints are respected. I got a FK constraint violation and without it I would have introduced a bug in my app. Specifically deleting X was doing to delete many child
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Has anyone looked at the correlation between HN top posts and Lobsters? I would occasionally lurk on Lobsters until I realized that the majority of content on L had already been posted on HN first. Private community that's basically an
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Fantastic project! If you're looking to embed a DSL/full programming language into your application, this seems right on point. Rhai and RustPython are two other options if you don't dig parentheses.
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Big fan of tusker ( https://github.com/bikeshedder/tusker ) for PostgreSQL migrations. Tusker takes a SQL-first approach; You write your schema in declarative DDL (I have my entire project in one schema.sql file) and whe
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by perrygeo 3y ago
The site is solar powered by 2 PV panels and runs on a tiny single-board computer [1]. So probably not 100% uptime or capable of handling HN-level traffic spikes? Seems to be doing great though. [1] https://solar.lowtechmagazine.
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Not really. Bonobos share roughly the same amount of DNA with humans as do Chimps. And Bonobo societies are matriarchal and mostly lack the group warfare dynamic. It seems that cooperative altruism and out-group violence are both innate to
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by perrygeo 3y ago
I appreciate the author's nuanced approach here: not just types but each entire ecosystem has tradeoffs. Different tools for different jobs; that shouldn't be controversial. As a disgruntled Python developer, my take is that every
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It's unfortunate that TDD is always framed in terms of adding fully-automated unit tests to the test suite. That's a big commitment! The core proposition of TDD is that you should explicitly state what you're trying to accomp
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Postgres is one of those technologies that comes with enough power to shoot yourself in the foot. Having a set of heuristics and usage patterns is almost necessary - unless you want to relearn these hard lessons. Thanks! Re: 1) The default
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by perrygeo 3y ago
Google started with a simple assumption and built routing software on that assumption. Then they found a special case. They talk to people and realize that, for many humans, directions rely on their relationship to landmarks and streets don
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Lofi Girl - mellow instrumentals with a strong beat
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I wouldn't say creating value is the smaller goal. It's THE goal. From a business perspective or an engineering perspective, everyone (aside from pure sociopaths who use unethical means) can agree that creating something of value
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by perrygeo 3y ago
I'll add to the chorus. Disc brakes are vastly superior in terms of ride quality. I won't rehash all those points. If you want to stop fast, use disc brakes. But rim brakes don't just suck to use. They're also a fundamen
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by perrygeo 3y ago
There's a fundamental error in this article. Gasoline != Oil. Beware shady accounting. So Norway reduced gasoline demand. Cool. It also increased diesel demand by roughly the same amount over the chart's timeframe. Oh and those EV
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by perrygeo 3y ago
R and CRAN really get package management right. Even as a very infrequent R user, there are no surprises, it "just works". Compare that to my daily Python usage where I am continually flummoxed by dependency issues.
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And conveniently, the lunatic, despite appearing to be radically different on the surface, holds similar policy positions when it comes time to vote. Either way, the ruling class gets their legislation - further incentive to keep the politi
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You're under-emphasizing the "and so many others" part. The causes of ocean circulation change are well known. This paper didn't even address the causality part and only focused on confirming the change. But the causalit

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