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by philbarr 8y ago
The absolute worst is when you do point something out, and people laugh and say, "haha! yeah it's always been like that! ha!" Like - so we should do something about it, right? This thing that would dramatically improve our li
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Does anyone else get that feeling like, "am I the only one who sees what a load of shit this is?" I don't think it's imposter syndrome per se, but it's related. It's like, "I'm the only one who can se
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I recently fixed my sleep problems by getting some earplugs and learning how to use them properly (there's a technique). I couldn't believe the difference it made.
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I've made some enquiries and am attempting to keep my options open
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You're right and I don't want to get too far down the road of defending blockchain (as I seem to have unwittingly done). The marketing most certainly is over the top.
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> some combination of Merkle trees and HMACs? ...and then you could group the ledger entries into "blocks" of merkle trees and signing using HMACs, you mean? You've basically reinvented the "blockchain". The comm
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> but they [sic] are way more simple, efficient and straightforward technologies can you give examples? where all stakeholders have the same immutable "ledger"?
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> If you trace physical goods you need to trust people not to lie about their nature, if you have trust then you don't need a blockchain and can use something a lot cheaper and more efficient I think the point is, though, that you c
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by philbarr 9y ago
Give a machine learning algorithm some flour, water, yeast, sugar and salt. See how long it takes to make "perfect" pizza based on customer feedback.
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My dev team are all forced to use the same bottle to save time. The one who tops it off and has to go off to empty it is docked pay.
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A lot of it is going to China [0] for them to get rid of. Or at least it was [1] [0] http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42456584 [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-42512361/why-china-do
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> Train drivers are the closest thing and they have a lot of equipment that forces them to stay alert. Except they sometimes fall asleep: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-39457148
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It's not a baby, it's an embryo. Lots of embryos don't survive for lots of reasons.
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helping people be able to see again? sounds like a definition of "job satisfaction"
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Full Stack DevOps Blockchain-enabled Machine Learning Data Scientist Engineer
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Classic Basil Fawlty scene when his car breaks down (needs sound, includes swearing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE Imagine the car is your build tool...
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by philbarr 9y ago
This looks great! Here's my link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/philbarr I've suffered with eczema all my life and am working on a webapp to help people monitor their eczema, since constant monitoring of what you e
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what kinds of things do you sell? how do you advertise? do you have a marketing campaign? how do you know people will want to buy what you have?
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> I would just sit at the piano and play the keys I liked, find the keys that corresponded with the sounds in my head and just letting go and having my hands move in the directions they wanted to this should not be underestimated. I&#x27
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My favourite quote from, "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers: "They're writing legacy code, man!"
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> (eg cosmic rays). YouTube copyright violations? The chance of getting a response from Google support?
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It might be nice if Apple did something more to convince us they care though. Make a strong statement? A commitment to quality?
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by philbarr 9y ago
> Oh, and the fact that people use downvoting to "win" these petty fights. I didn't downvote you - and in general I don't downvote. You stated a factually incorrect statement originally and I corrected you. Maybe you
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by philbarr 9y ago
What? You said: > Divers' suits are not dry Wetsuits are wet. Drysuits are dry. Sometimes divers wear wetsuits, and some of the more experienced ones wear drysuits.
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"Hewitt was an experienced navy diving instructor with 20 years in the service, and he told his dive buddy that he would swim back to shore himself" Very surprised that such an experienced diver would make such an incredibly dange
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No that's wetsuits. Dry suits don't let water in.
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https://imgur.com/a/OnJKA
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Absolutely - some people hear, "people before process", think it sounds great, then immediately go looking for a process to implement it and find Scrum.
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> Starting at zero helps the uniformed, but would obscure the bonce back above 10,000 Starting at zero helps the well dressed, but would obscure the person's head back above 10,000?
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For the dog optimising when to jump in the water, I think it's fairly easy to see how it does it. It's constantly optimising as it runs. It doesn't "choose" the path and then run it. It's just repeating the sam

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