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by ropable 1y ago
I'd phrase this quite differently: realise that buying a house might not be the optimal investment strategy, depending on life circumstances, goals and economic conditions. Boiling it down to "not a good investment" is over
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by ropable 1y ago
Compounding interest is a powerful force.
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by ropable 1y ago
It's been touched on in many other comments, but I think that one of the key things that affects reading proficiency is practice time. This definitely includes being read to ; parents spending time reading to their kids is often a lar
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by ropable 1y ago
> his hobby is learning things. I've rarely felt so seen .
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by ropable 1y ago
"Fast" is just another optimisation goal in a spectrum. First make it correct, then make it good, then make it fast (is a reasonable rubric).
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by ropable 1y ago
I've fond memories of (badly) assembling a few Tamiya models as a young lad, and (badly) painting them with dad's old enamel and spray paints. Their stuff is still the benchmark for IRL scale kits. Much respect.
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by ropable 1y ago
I recently watched a YouTube video that described how American fire trucks have gotten progressively larger over time, which may help explain some of the cost increase: https://youtu.be/j2dHFC31VtQ?si=6yTFjZQwlJz5OZkp
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by ropable 1y ago
A self-contained Bash script and short enough to evaluate thoroughly in an hour or two. Bravo, OP.
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by ropable 1y ago
Good article, but I found it a little too abstract to derive much actionable information. IMO the most useful point is this quote: So when you encounter someone whose worldview seems impenetrable, remember: you’re not just arguing with
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by ropable 1y ago
This looks like quite an interesting service. Second the request for an RSS feed.
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by ropable 1y ago
This is a crude strawman argument at best. I don't disagree that compliance/regulation requirements can be overdone, but unfettered progress-at-any-cost has its own downside. History is overloaded with technological innovations fo
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by ropable 1y ago
There's a segment of the population who are vehemently against the idea of undeserving/lazy/the wrong people receiving any kind of welfare benefit, and the concept of UBI really, really triggers that segment. To the point w
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by ropable 1y ago
I bet you wouldn't, at least not until your 70s. Here's my anecdote-based argument to the contrary: every single recent retiree I know (having $basicIncome as a pension) has taken 6-12 months off work and then started working agai
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by ropable 1y ago
I'd bet that their stickiest problem will be restoring and replacing all the weird IT-OT interface parts (e.g. some random Windows 98 box which is the only thing can run the CNC). No one ever thinks to document or back up those things.
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by ropable 1y ago
As the father of a daughter: this is horrifying, and my heart goes out to you. I hope that you and your family all get through this. Godspeed.
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by ropable 1y ago
I came to this comment thread expecting developer bikeshedding and I was not disappointed. More seriously: it's fascinating and interesting to see how closely this article mirrors my own Python project layout. The tools and practices h
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by ropable 1y ago
100% relate (I was never overweight but gave myself knee tendonitis through overdoing distance running). It's my own (unscientific) opinion that cycling or rowing are superior options for untrained people to get more conditioning work
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by ropable 1y ago
Yep, I don't disagree with your point here at all. I'm a former distance runner who gave himself knee tendonitis by overdoing it, so I definitely accept the risk of overtraining. I guess that I was trying to make the point that a
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by ropable 1y ago
I owe the current (probably final) phase of my professional IT career to Django, now having used it in production of ~15 years. I got in around the 1.0.* release mark so I missed any possible early instability, and have found it an absolute
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by ropable 1y ago
I'm inspired. I need to start trying for this sort of consistency with resistance training. While I'd never advocate for "no days off", a lifetime of progress is built on a lifetime of participation.
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by ropable 1y ago
While I don't disagree that "team no days off" is probably not the ideal way to promote long-term health, I'd assert that most of the adult population in first-world countries are far more at risk from a lack of sufficie
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by ropable 1y ago
As someone working in infosec for a largish 2000 seat organisation - it's honestly not inaccurate. No matter how much accessible information security training we try to provide and the EDR controls we implement, >95% of our incident
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by ropable 1y ago
Lovely. People should likewise check out The Endless Acid Banger for ambient beats: https://www.vitling.xyz/toys/acid-banger/
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Hackers breach Norwegian dam, open valve at full capacity(energiteknikk.net)
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by ropable 1y ago
The article alludes to the fact of few games covering strategic, operational and tactical play. I recently got into (and heartily recommend) a grand strategy game called Terra Invicta, where you play as a global Illuminati-style faction try
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by ropable 1y ago
Relying on market forces to mitigate/address the impact of climate change will require us to collectively impose actual market pressure (i.e. regulation, constraints) to do so. Not seeing much sign of that among the major contributors
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by ropable 1y ago
I watched this film last night, and it was stunning and horrifying all at once. It really brings home the impact of industrial-scale trawling on the marine environment. It's literally like bulldozing a garden to harvest the fruit.
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by ropable 1y ago
I'd upvote this twice if I could. Love to see efforts to /recycle/repurpose otherwise-useful hardware that has been abandoned by the manufacturer. I understand the commercial imperative to discontinue support for older hardwa
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by ropable 1y ago
Rule 0: Don't be a d#ck.
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by ropable 1y ago
Agreed; it's completely impractical for someone to "hold" a proper non-modern war bow at full draw. Every single instance I've seen of reenactment archery using an authentic bow has the archer smoothly nock, draw and rel

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