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   by pgt 6y ago

   +1 on escaping measurement names. Quoting from their source code: def get_escaped_measurement_name(user_name): # ... comment omitted return '"\\"{}\\""'.format(user_name.replace('\\', &#
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   by pgt 6y ago

   I stopped reading when a giant modal newsletter popup filled the screen and there was no way to close it. So much for exponential growth.
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   by pgt 6y ago

   The article gets it right, but "man muss immer umkehren," is better translated as "man must always turn upside down", "inside out," "turn back" or "reverse" depending on the context. In Afri
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   “The Universe Is a Glitch” – Poem by GPT-3(gwern.net)

   2 points by pgt 6y ago|0 comments
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   by pgt 6y ago

   Looks like it is now being hugged to death. Here are the last two I could get out. On Music: “To understand more about what music can tell us about life, Thompson says to think of music as a natural resource – think of the raw materia
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   by pgt 6y ago

   Startups: “It takes less time to do a project right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.” – https://thoughts.sushant-kumar.com/startups Also, “In a startup, there is just one thing to do — find ways to
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   by pgt 6y ago

   Ehahaha, thank you!
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   by pgt 6y ago

   Is there a term for the casual dismissal of breakthrough technologies and ever-moving goalposts for what is considered impressive?
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   by pgt 6y ago

   Elo ratings for dueling AIs are a good idea! I wonder if it follows from having limited memory that some AIs will be superior at detecting AIs but struggle to pass the tests themselves.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    (IANAD) I wonder if any of the neurological symptoms like depression and memory-loss are caused by chronic inflammation following infection. Virus reservoirs are mentioned in the article. Could it be that there are bits of broken up, deacti
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Ask yourself: what is the difference between a database and a programming language? The question is worth exploring.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    This is cool. Living in South Africa where the crime rate is ultra-high, the first thing that occurred to me was that this pocket design looks like it might be easier to pick-pocket while standing?
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Something the Stretch bot gets right is that it doesn't trigger uncanny valley revulsion like the torso-shaped PR2 does with its Terminator eyes. They managed to make this bot feel like an appliance or a mobile coat hanger - almost lik
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    by pgt 6y ago

    I suspect the cost of the (presumably) Lithium-Ion battery is a significant chunk of change. Also, economies of scale in this form factor.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Part of me is fine with convincing art forgeries. It's like calling a PDF copy of a book a "forgery". Well, you got the same information out of it, didn't you? If the forgery imparted the same emotion and it's gonna
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    by pgt 6y ago

    This was...painful to read, but hilarious.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    For those worried about caffeine withdrawal, I find that going for a run staves off the headache caused by adenosine rebound.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Location: Cape Town, South Africa Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Clojure, ClojureScript, Rust, Datomic. Résumé/CV: http://petrustheron.com/cv/ Email: hn@petrus.co.za
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Link to 3Blue1Brown video on Divergence and Curl: https://youtu.be/rB83DpBJQsE
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    by pgt 6y ago

    It seems to me that the way to solve the encryption ransomware problem is to impose an immutable file system at the OS level + undo for X time and to ask for permission to write files outside a regular folder, just like microphone or screen
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    by pgt 6y ago

    To me every JavaScript framework feels to me like it wants to reason about components as data, ala Hiccup: https://reagent-project.github.io/
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    by pgt 6y ago

    You just made me realize that it would be cheaper for an advanced civilization to send a message light years away by altering the medium through which the signal passes than to control the source directly, e.g. a neutron star.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    Would be cool to have a standard for measuring the difficulty of repairing software.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    That sounds rough, man. Your post resonates with me because I struggle to work for Big Tech too and I find that smaller customers get stuck on my hourly rate without considering the productivity gains. Recently heard a quote about depressio
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    by pgt 6y ago

    One of the best things I did right before lockdown was to buy an Olympic Bar and learn how to slow-cook cheap cuts of meat. Despite being mostly sedentary (and broke), I'm in the best shape of my life simply from eating once or twice a
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    by pgt 6y ago

    This would be great for cooking shows, fine repair work or surgical training to see "behind objects".
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    by pgt 6y ago

    I'd love to watch a "Disaster Class" instead of a "Master Class" on a variety of topics. The learnings about what went wrong are often more valuable than about what went right.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    This is what I love about the Internet. "Feed the Canopener" links to his Patreon. Hahahaha.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    If Mozilla launched Momail or Firemail, I'd pay for it before paying for HEY or Fastmail.
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    by pgt 6y ago

    The ink cartridge is a good, persuasive analogy.