ps101

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by ps101 7y ago
> i worry that medication harbors a reliance on drugs It can also get you out of bed when nothing else does. Or prevent you from killing yourself when you otherwise would have. Or give you a push to take small steps to get your life toge
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by ps101 7y ago
The reason for the tracking is to better target the ads, you can't separate the two in Google's model.
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by ps101 7y ago
Thank you, I really don't think that questions like "Why do we do X?" lead anywhere, because they have the built-in assumption that everyone does X and that everyone does it for the same reason.
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by ps101 7y ago
No. If a multi-billion dollar company completely overturned its revenue model, it wouldn't be the same company anymore. And the billions of people who have used their services for years wouldn't be happy with suddenly having to pa
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by ps101 7y ago
> quickly become an expert on a topic you know nothing about right when you need to be This simply doesn't happen for anyone.
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by ps101 7y ago
But the first 10-100 hours of learning and using a new language feel so good.
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by ps101 7y ago
1. Not really, the richest x% own and run the companies, and can spend more, but the mass of consumers of the products are spread across the wealth spectrum. 2. The idea to reduce the population based on some metric is a dangerous road to g
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by ps101 7y ago
> Go is in the same category. People are inventing better versions of C++ when I want them to invent better versions of Python. :) In terms of use cases Go is much closer to Python than to Rust and C++.
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by ps101 7y ago
Which idioms in Python are you referring to?
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by ps101 7y ago
What's the more general pitch for learning a functional language in the first place?
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by ps101 7y ago
Do tell more, what high level stuff do people want to use Rust for?
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by ps101 7y ago
Isn't it also kind of dying out in terms of popularity? (I really don't know)
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Ask HN: Which popular programming languages are you NOT interested in and why?
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by ps101 7y ago
Genuinely asking, since I have little to no concept of this space - how does the prevalence of either Intel or AMD affect developers?
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by ps101 7y ago
- clean up the taskbar by removing the default icon shortcuts and the giant search bar - disable all desktop notifications - install Chrome - install Git Bash
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by ps101 7y ago
I think he was answering your question rather than emphasizing anything.
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by ps101 7y ago
This problem is inherently American - it's not that other countries have access to some secret tech that's keeping them gun-violence-free. Saying "let's not make this political" about an entirely political issue is
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by ps101 7y ago
Here's what you've done in this thread so far: "These are facts: ..." (baseless claims with no justification) "I hope I don't need to explain why they're are true" (no justification or actual argument
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by ps101 7y ago
Where and how do "non-central" banks print money?
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by ps101 7y ago
And the overall economic situation - I'm too young to have experience of the job market during the last recession but I can't imagine that switching jobs or starting a career was a great experience at the time.
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by ps101 7y ago
I'd like to reiterate the first point because it's important - in a thorough interview process you will be asked about your bachelor's degree anyway. You're much better off including it here and being prepared to address
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by ps101 7y ago
Regardless of your personal list, Java is still one of the most popular languages today and nowhere near being "dead" in the slightest. No one's individual list of used/unused languages is relevant in this case - the que
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by ps101 7y ago
I would have definitely dropped my details into a "Who wants to be hired to save the planet" thread.
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by ps101 7y ago
This is straight out of a Black Mirror episode.
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by ps101 7y ago
While I do prefer Python over R, the idea that R will just "die" simply because it isn't as popular as Python is ridiculous. There is a very large user base, good ecosystem of tools, many talented people actively developing i
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by ps101 7y ago
I really can't figure out who the target audience for this book is, if it has a target audience at all.
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by ps101 7y ago
Why is this book considered to be so good? I started it because it's been recommended on HN so much and I gave it up rather quickly because it was really dry and not all that focused on practical applications. Should I give it another
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by ps101 7y ago
Without giving specific advice, here are some things to keep in mind: - the same principles apply regardless of the market, you can just pick European equity or bond funds and add them to your portfolio (as long as they're available on
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by ps101 7y ago
I don't think that this is the problem that your solution is looking for.
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by ps101 7y ago
The Nash-Equilibrium solution to RPS is playing each option a third of the time. Simplified, this means that if you're playing this strategy, your opponent's best strategy is to do the same and there is nothing either of you can d

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