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by prmph 2y ago
So let's take out the "unexpected strange behavior", that's what all I'm saying
872.
by prmph 2y ago
As a front-end interface, JS is pretty good. - It has simple, straightforward, and pleasant syntax/semantics. Except for a few tweaks here and there, there is no need to re-invent the wheel here. - It is pretty functional, all that&#x2
873.
by prmph 2y ago
Why not?
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by prmph 2y ago
What's actually needed is to start with JS, and: - Strip out the bad parts. - Add types, more functional features, a proper standard lib, and a standardized module system. - Allow compilation directly to performant machine or byte code
875.
by prmph 2y ago
Exactly. I used C# for a long time, and when I started using JS, I marveled at the directness of its expressiveness, its lack of ceremony. What's actually needed is a language as direct as JS, with the bad parts stripped out, types and
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Performative and unapologetically un-European: New Nigerian museum like no other(theguardian.com)
2 points by prmph 2y ago|0 comments
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by prmph 2y ago
> why would anyone use that instead of dozens of easier and more common methods? So that you will think it is not suspicious
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by prmph 2y ago
Really interesting article. Fascinating: > Spirituality is the tie that binds many centenarians and super-centenarians. National Geographic and the Blue Zones organization interviewed 263 people aged 100 or older, and all but five belong
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'The science isn't there': do dating apps help us find our soulmate?(theguardian.com)
7 points by prmph 2y ago|2 comments
880.
Longevity revolution: How those over 100 are making the most of their lives(theguardian.com)
1 points by prmph 2y ago|1 comments
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by prmph 3y ago
If so, then it is also determined whether I believe in free will or not. That is, I don't have the free will to believe in free will or not.
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by prmph 3y ago
Exactly. Talk about something as simple as code folding. VsCode does the best job of it I know, and yet the other day it simply stopped working properly for pure JS code, not sure if that's because Microsoft prefers we use Typescript i
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The Gambler's Fallacy Is Not a Fallacy(kevindorst.com)
13 points by prmph 3y ago|21 comments
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by prmph 3y ago
> Yes, they get to know about it. I’m curious. How do they get to know about it? Maybe the process differs between countries. I’m from Ghana, by the way. > All your GP can do for an ECG finding of LVH is advise blood pressure control,
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Long survival sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(neurology.org)
2 points by prmph 3y ago|0 comments
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by prmph 3y ago
But here's the things I'm not clear about: Surgeon get immediate feedback if they make mistakes because their patient might die or get severely disabled, but is there any feedback to GPs about the effectiveness of their work? Let&
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by prmph 3y ago
But those areas probably don't have the energy of a large metropolis, do they? Sounds like the artist wanted an affordable place to live that _also_ has the feel of a large city. For creative work, that could be important.
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Artist evicted by London landlord cuts rent by commuting from Argentina(theguardian.com)
31 points by prmph 3y ago|21 comments
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by prmph 3y ago
Cool. And yet all humans alive, if packed like sardines, will fit in a 1 mile cube, with room to spare. Physical dimensions can be an amazing un-intuitive thing.
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Low-carb diets work. Why does the American Diabetes Assoc push insulin instead?(theguardian.com)
14 points by prmph 3y ago|13 comments
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Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds(theguardian.com)
63 points by prmph 3y ago|30 comments
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by prmph 3y ago
Yeah, I remember one day just after I got home in my manual VW rabbit, with the the engine still running, the gear in neutral, and my foot on the brake, suddenly the engine revved hard by itself. I put off the engine, and it has never occur
893.
by prmph 3y ago
What's even more amazing to me is that: - we can send a beam of EM radiation, of little power (like a cellular signal), - to communicate with an object billions of miles away, - through the vastness of space, - and the destination obje
894.
by prmph 3y ago
So has there never been an instance where sudden unintended acceleration was proven to be from an electrical/electronic system malfunction? Reading the title, I thought that at long last electrical SUA had been demonstrated.
895.
by prmph 3y ago
Then how can you have confidence that it actually fixes the bug? It means you still need a human to review the fix, no?
896.
by prmph 3y ago
Sorry, you are correct. But the situation is shocking either way.
897.
by prmph 3y ago
The woman who posted the review faces jail; she is not actually jailed yet. Not sure why HN changed the original title, which in my view is more accurate.
898.
by prmph 3y ago
The current shortages are driven by lower production in West Africa [1] (which accounts for two-thirds of the global crop), not by speculation. The reasons for the lower production include drier weather due in part to climate change, a resu
899.
by prmph 3y ago
The current shortages seem to be driven by lower production in West Africa [1] (which accounts for two-thirds of the global crop), not by speculation. The reasons for the lower production include drier weather due in part to climate change,
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Entrepreneur jailed for posting a negative review of tomato puree(cnn.com)
19 points by prmph 3y ago|6 comments

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