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by revx 5y ago
https://archive.md/QXUFv
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by revx 6y ago
The virus attacks the support cells for your olfactory system, but not the system itself. Once the disease is gone, those cells slowly replenish and you regain your sense of smell. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-covid
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by revx 6y ago
The more I hear about Gore-Tex, (and PTFE and PFOA, the chemicals Gore-tex and other Teflon stuff is created from) the more I think this is one of those chemicals that we'll look back on in 50 years like we now look at leaded gasoline.
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by revx 6y ago
For an anniversary I built a (password-protected) site which showed a search box. When my wife searched for terms related to her, it would bring up pictures, stories, poems, etc. I'd had a bunch of friends secretly submit their own med
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by revx 6y ago
Suspicious though, that the profile photo is a freely available stock image: https://pixabay.com/photos/fashion-afro-american-black-peopl...
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by revx 6y ago
"Herd immunity is the natural immunity that builds up in a population when people (often younger and healthier members) are exposed to the virus, get ill, and then recover in large enough numbers" ... or die in large enough number
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by revx 6y ago
yes, we limited the number of people in the discord so we could make sure that we could keep up with moderation and tshirts and stuff. But the livestream was available online for free :)
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by revx 6y ago
Yes, sorry! We sold tickets to that earlier this year. If you're interested in attending future !!Cons, sign up for our mailing list (on our website) and we'll let you know when tickets go on sale.
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by revx 6y ago
Thanks! If I may link my own blog, we have a writeup of our selection process here: https://organicdonut.com/2018/03/the-con-talk-anonymization-...
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by revx 6y ago
Yes! :) They're on the Confreaks youtube channel, and we'll release individual talk videos a few weeks from now.
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by revx 6y ago
Thanks! We've had Allison Parrish on a few times, here's her talk from last year on spelling words using NNs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bykvo3Ww_1k
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by revx 6y ago
!!Con (pronounced “bang bang con”) 2020 is two days of ten-minute talks (with lots of breaks, of course!) to celebrate the joyous, exciting, and surprising moments in computing. This is our 7th year and our first time running it virtually.
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!!Con 2020 Livestream [video](bangbangcon.com)
138 points by revx 6y ago|16 comments
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by revx 6y ago
I got mine by typing my address in all lowercase, so ymmv :)
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by revx 6y ago
I'd like to plug the Recurse Center (recurse.com) - it's a "writer's retreat for programmers" and helped me find a community of people who really enjoy programming. I attended 7 years ago and it's still a part
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by revx 7y ago
Very sad story. As a new parent, I'm devastated every time I read about the loss of a child. We did a homebirth (with a registered midwife) and it was an amazing experience. We found a midwife who listened to us, went to eight weeks of
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by revx 7y ago
So true. I think the idea that a newborn should be left on its own is pretty terrible. No 1-month-old is going to be able to logically determine that you're not going to show up for them. All they know is that something is wrong. Rock
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by revx 7y ago
I apologize for my snark! You're right, and thank you for releasing this open source :) To attempt to excuse myself, it's not obvious on mobile that the book is included in the repo. Cheers, then, I'll open a PR.
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by revx 7y ago
Sorry, but since the book itself isn't open source, I'm not going to do your editing for free. There's plenty of paid editor sites out there. If you give me co-author credit and a slice of sales, though...
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by revx 7y ago
I bought the book, and so far it's a good overview of big-O notation. However, I'm halfway through the first chapter and I've already found a handful of typos. I commend OP for taking the risk and self-publishing but please h
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by revx 7y ago
Great article, thank you. I still don't understand who buys and sells stocks. Is there just that much volume that if I decide to sell at a certain market price, there's guaranteed to be a buyer? Or could I decide to sell at market
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by revx 7y ago
Hi! Lots of quesitons here, some of them I answered in my other [0] post. Sorry for the small novel :) I haven't really written about this stuff at length on the internet before so it's all just kinda coming out. > What is it l
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by revx 7y ago
Hey! So services vary widely from place to place (since congregations run democratically). The form is based on a traditional protestant service, but with modern adaptations. We sing a lot of songs - I've heard everything from christia
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by revx 7y ago
We met before starting to attend UU services, and initially I was very anti-church and refused to go. But finally I was convinced to attend a few services and found them very in line with what I wanted, so I started going more often. Eventu
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by revx 7y ago
As I mentioned on another comment: I am a Unitarian Universalist and an athiest, married to a seminarian in the religion. Happy to answer questions about UU and what it's like. It has definitely made me far less lonely to belong to the
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by revx 7y ago
I am a Unitarian Universalist and an athiest, married to a seminarian in the religion. Happy to answer questions about UU and what it's like. It has definitely made me far less lonely to belong to the UU community, and I don't fee
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by revx 7y ago
Yeah, it's weird. Seems like there's definitely a specific viewpoint being pushed in the comments here.
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by revx 8y ago
No problem. Thanks for the apology.
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by revx 8y ago
Oh, that's super cool. I write my newsletter emails in markdown, change them to HTML, and then publish them on mailchimp (which is a bit overkill for my 45 subscribers). Definitely going to check this out!
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by revx 8y ago
I made a choice early on in my newsletter that I don't publish them anywhere. If you weren't subscribed when I sent it out, you miss it. I think that's a cool piece of email newsletters - there's not necessarily an endle

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