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by raddan 2y ago
I had a similar experience, except at the time I was an avid distance runner. I had run a number of ultras and was training for a marathon. After a single 15 minute run in a pair of Nike Free shoes, I was unable to run for two weeks. It fel
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I agree. It is very noticeable. I commute on foot to work several times a week and having a laptop that I barely noticed was a delight. When I am at my desk, my laptop is docked, so the screen size is not an issue. And I’m willing to accept
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The mental trick I have always used, and the rationale I have employed to make myself feel better, is that a good job matters more than a bad job. This is not always true. But it is often true. And in my life it has been true often enough t
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Yes. Of course, I have new ones now. I’m still working on those.
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> There's this strange myth that white collar workers try and find meaning or reward in their work. It’s not entirely a myth. I am one of those people. But I do think that most people kind of just go through the motions. It’s possib
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I think it’s always important to have ambitious life goals. Goals can be career-related. But at least a few should be about your personal life. So, for me, it has always been easy to decide when to go. Is work helping me reach my goals or s
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That’ll teach them to use Oxford commas.
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I have not driven the Mercedes but I have driven the Ioniq. It was a very nice vehicle. The showstopper for me was that it had no rear wiper. This seems like a minor thing, but I live in a part of New England where half of the roads are unp
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There is one very practical use of the lambda calculus (and related calculi), which is to check whether your language implements the logic of functions correctly. For example, does your language support a polymorphic identity function, and
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First— NTP does not use HTTPS. It uses UDP as a transport since on-time delivery matters more than missed deliveries. Second— inaccurate time really is only a “problem” if it is not accurate enough. For the purposes of TLS, the current typi
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I’m sorry to hear that. And you’re right, the likelihood approaches 1 as we get older. And that’s if we’re lucky! Don’t be too hard on yourself. Those who have experienced loss understand that sometimes we have to step back from things, lif
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That may be true, but you don’t have to rely on biking for “everything.” Some biking is better than no biking. I live in a small college town a couple of miles from the college. I walk, run, or bike to work nearly every day. But I am not a
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An EV is objectively not worse for the environment. And virtually all vehicles contain large amounts of plastic (eg PVC). I recently heard model year 2024 vehicles are ~30% plastic by weight. I’d wait until somebody can clearly state what t
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> However I'm not sure it matters that much until a mechanism of actual damage is established. This is the thing about all the microplastics articles I see popping up: they rarely include any description of harm. If they even mentio
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The appearance of chatbots in social media is annoying (but also totally predictable). What I find disappointing is the persistent practice of journalists to interview said chatbots as if those interviews mean something. They do not. These
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“No lives matter” was also a tongue-in-cheek slogan for the “Cthulhu for President” campaign [1], which riffed on the absurdity of Trump running for president in 2016. Maybe it has morphed into something else since then. [1] https:/&#
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Twenty-plus years ago I hiked the Appalachian Trail. Back then, it was common practice to hitch a ride into town for resupply. One time when my partner and I were hiking in Virginia, we got picked up by a state department of conservation em
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lol!
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I assume this is why this was posted on HN. My first thought when I heard the drone stories was “you’re just noticing them now?” Anyone who has ever spent any time watching the skies knows that there is an amazing variety of things in the s
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In what way did they "mix up how arp works"? They say > That’s where our solution comes in — a solution designed specifically for internal networks, one that doesn’t just defend but creates chaos for attackers.
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CS professor here. Don’t quit. CS has been one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. I have made many friends along the way, been able to participate in inspiring projects, and felt like I worked in a vibrant field that gave me a
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People have been saying this forever.
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For me, it’s less about the food (but to be clear, still about the food) and more about the cultural experience. Going someplace different, seeing how other people live, and eating with them can be a real joy. Your mileage may vary, of cour
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My family moved nearly every year (and sometimes twice a year) until I was in high school. I loved the changes. I liked that when I went someplace new, the only thing my peers knew about me was what I told them. I made many friends over the
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I’m not sure the emphasis is quixotic. I would prefer to say myopic, but the myopia is understandable: human intelligence is the only intelligence we have any firsthand experience with. One of the things I love about computer science is tha
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Is choice a fact? The point of the quote is that we do not know. It SEEMS like we have free will but this could be an illusion. Where do our desires and motivations come from? I have always had a strong desire to build things, either physic
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Is it actually integral? I’m not sure. Try asking a person whether some arbitrary scenario is right or wrong and why. A good null hypothesis is that, for people with no training in morality or ethics, responses will be uniformly distributed
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Ooh! Thanks!!
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Thanks for the recommendation!
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The issue with nearly all Raspberry Pi clones is documentation. Boards tend to be undocumented, sparsely documented, or documented with errors. It makes for a frustrating experience when you run into problems, especially when those problems

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