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by rippeltippel 4y ago
> A 300W-solar power farm would require 1.5 million solar panels and cost approximately $300 million, provided the 1,500- to-1,800 acres of land. I assume 300W is actually 300MW. If that's correct, solar panels are still much more c
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by rippeltippel 4y ago
Just use Clojure?
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by rippeltippel 4y ago
My 2 cents about how Clojure appears in StackOverflow surveys: https://piero.github.io/stories/2022/06/23/the-clojure-parad... Key points: - Most respondents are junior-mid developers. - Clojure was writ
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by rippeltippel 4y ago
The precursors of Adafruit
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by rippeltippel 4y ago
Thank you for mentioning Shinzen Young, I didn't know about him and just checked his website. It looks like there's some crossover with Sam Harris' "Waking Up" [1], do you happen to know how they compare? [1] https
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by rippeltippel 5y ago
Interesting concept, but... Moving past their website's tropical-like CG renderings, does anyone know how they plan to deal with rough oceanic weather?
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by rippeltippel 5y ago
> This engine first determines the alphabet of the input text and searches for characters which are unique in one or more languages. If exactly one language can be reliably chosen this way, the statistical model is not necessary anymore.
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by rippeltippel 6y ago
...Google's FLoP
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by rippeltippel 6y ago
I noticed, that's why I wrote "I didn't even realise that something like that existed already" :) And I'm grateful to the OP who brought this tool to HN's attention.
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by rippeltippel 6y ago
I started a very similar side project (in Rust) at the beginning of lockdown, but didn't manage to keep up as I had to spend most of my "free" time parenting. Although the self-proud part of me feels a bit disappointed that s
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Source code of the official Italian Covid-19 tracking app and backend(github.com)
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NASA to change 'harmful and insensitive' planet and galaxy nicknames(theguardian.com)
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Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots(theguardian.com)
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UK Google users could lose EU GDPR data protections(theguardian.com)
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Neolithic chewing gum helps recreate image of ancient Dane(theguardian.com)
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How big tech is dragging us towards the next financial crash(theguardian.com)
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Our brains shield us from mortal truth(theguardian.com)
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Tool helps avoid airlines that use facial recognition technology(theguardian.com)
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
Can you elaborate more on how it can be caught and make users more trackable? Even if there are more "signals", individual advertisers won't necessarily be able to know that the same user clicked on all other advertisers&#x27
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
<quote>Precisely because everyone knows about Photoshop.</quote> Everyone?! All the non-digital-aware people on this planet, which I assume is the majority, may have never heard about Photoshop, or know what can be done wit
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
> If Google is known for ads personalization... If you ask 100 random people what is Google for, how many people do you think will answer "ads personalization"? My prediction is "close to 0%". Google's "Abou
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
Why don't you learn to cook? I've heard of a nice cooking enthusiasts group on FB... oh, wait...
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
<quote> There is an important gap in Computer Science education and professional collaboration that can be filled by an nonprofit online reputable, referenceable Encyclopedia... </quote> The author spends a lot of words en
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by rippeltippel 8y ago
TL;DL: 1) Revenues are inversely proportional to number of active users, hinting at cultural differences (e.g. US users may be more exposed to ads than EU users) 2) Overall income has fallen, but so have taxes and operating margin, leading
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by rippeltippel 9y ago
> When I meditate I need to turn my thoughts off Good luck with that! From my experience and the teachings I received, meditation is not about turning thoughts off (which is practically impossible) but becoming aware of them in a way tha
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by rippeltippel 9y ago
s/nouns/objects/g (then the analogy works for me)