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by raegis 5y ago
> I dont understand people who work on a tiny 15” screen when they can have multiple large monitors. You can have it either way. When I'm away from my desktop, I attach a portable external monitor to the laptop via USB-C. It has a
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by raegis 5y ago
Actually I believe it is better to say randomness is a property of a sequence of numbers. So a "random sequence" has members chosen independently of each other, but all from the same probability distribution. And random number
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by raegis 5y ago
I've been using Debian stable on the desktop exclusively since Etch (around 2007). I strongly recommend it for someone who is always busy and doesn't have time to fiddle around. I run Sid in a schroot for the one package I need
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by raegis 5y ago
Wow. I'm looking at only one of my servers and there is a root login attempt every second. I feel a little embarrassed I am surprised by this.
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by raegis 5y ago
I used to think the same. When I was in my 20s, I could type super-fast with 4-6 fingers. But then old age hit. My hand-eye coordination and reflexes slowed down, along with typing speed. I'm slowly learning to touch type, and it h
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by raegis 5y ago
It one of the most impactful studies on how lead affects intellectual development, the researcher (who is white) restricted the study to white people only because he assumed (correctly) his results would be ignored if he included African Am
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by raegis 5y ago
Do you have any screenshots with emacs or vim on Linux, and maybe a terminal?
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by raegis 5y ago
The Paris hotel in Las Vegas has had this for at least 20 years. When you're inside at 3am it feels like daytime. I think the idea is to keep you awake and gambling at all times.
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by raegis 5y ago
I can't find any of mine. I always did traffic school, so I suppose that's why.
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by raegis 5y ago
If property values skyrocket the landlord can (will) sell the building and kick you out.
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by raegis 5y ago
> I'd like to augment request one step further: Is there anything that kinda goes through the fundamentals all over again, but is programming aware? This is the second time today I'm recommending Knuth's "The Art of C
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by raegis 5y ago
> Given my situation, how would you try to convince me that I should learn math and how would I teach myself the actually interesting parts without getting bogged down by doing lengthy calculations that a computer could do. I don't
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by raegis 5y ago
> "factoring a quadratic equation" This is hard to understand because it doesn't make sense. Quadratic polynomials (or more generally, algebraic expressions) are factored. Equations are not factored.
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by raegis 5y ago
> That is entirely the point. The number line is awkward for multiplication. Strong disagree. The number line is one of the best tools for understanding multiplication of numbers (not just whole numbers, but any decimal). The problem i
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by raegis 5y ago
But if you are poor, you either don't have a computer, or you bought a $150 new laptop at Staples which you thought was a great deal, but is ridiculously slow, has a 5 minute battery, and gets destroyed by a 10 year old Thinkpad X230.
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by raegis 5y ago
If there is a plea bargain (which happens most of the time) there is no need for testimony. When my checks were stolen from the mail (1990's, Los Angeles area) an officer just called me to see if I was aware of the suspect. I heard n
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by raegis 5y ago
Reducing or eliminating fructose is a better answer, I think. Anti-fat messaging (in food) has resulted in food producers reducing fat but increasing fructose content for decades, with an associated rise in obesity, heart disease, and diab
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by raegis 5y ago
I don't have any of these on a mail server I've run for 20+ years. Mail still works reliably (both send and receive), but all the naysayers are beginning to make me think about converting to GSuite or similar.
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by raegis 5y ago
The light has traveled for 120 million years, but the galaxy today is further away because the universe has been expanding the entire time. So the distance between the position of the object 120 million years ago, and Earth today, is 120 m
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by raegis 5y ago
You can do OK with a blade grinder. I used to have one from Target, and I would grind in two or three stages, stirring the grounds with my finger (!) in between to get more consistent grinds.
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by raegis 5y ago
I disagree. The most common recommendation is the $150 Baratza Encore, which is about correct for price/performance on the low end. The manufacturer sells cheap replacement parts for it, which is a massive convenience. They also sel
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by raegis 5y ago
I bought a programming magazine in the 1980s and copied a game to my Commodore 128. It didn't work, and I failed to debug it, so I set the magazine aside and starting writing my own games. In retrospect I think it was a great educati
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by raegis 5y ago
By the "documentation style of math" I assume you mean the emphasis on giving precise definitions and providing elegant and crystal-clear explanations. :)
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by raegis 5y ago
The book Cadillac Desert and the documentary of the same name (narrated by Alfre Woodard) woke me up to this problem. (I live in CA but grew up back east). It's astonishing that we use so much imported water on our lawns (including du
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by raegis 5y ago
Do you shut it down when on vacation? Or hire someone to babysit your machines when you're away?
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by raegis 5y ago
I just installed a Thunderbolt 4 card in a new motherboard, so I'm being a little more optimistic, but I will take advantage of the free return policies over the holidays if necessary. The only problem I have is devices from my connec
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by raegis 5y ago
Same here. Btrfs send/receive made me forget about backup programs. I trigger periodic snapshots with Anacron and never worry about corruption. I do miss Obnam, nevertheless. The interface was the best.
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by raegis 5y ago
> Credit is useful for the single use case of buying a house. If you can exercise self-control with spending, you can use a credit card for almost everything. I think Dave Ramsey advises you're less likely to spend money if you use
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by raegis 5y ago
It's a little complicated. My credit score has been consistently higher than my wife's score, and but she has never carried a credit card balance in her life. You get high credit score marks for making banks money, but not borro
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by raegis 5y ago
It is interesting to see this up close, from a human perspective. I was on a boat to Long Beach from Catalina last month, and the container ships are just everywhere. I counted 25 in view from the just right side of the boat. Very spooky

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