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by rtourn 3y ago
I think Altered Carbon brought up the most chilling view of a world without death. In that exploration only the rich are immortal, because the poor can’t afford immortality. Someone being rich for hundreds of years will only cement their th
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by rtourn 4y ago
I expected this to be some dude’s project that got blown out of proportion.
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by rtourn 4y ago
With much of the world we interact with being digital, or at least digitally connected, the ability to interact with that world is like unlocking a magical power. Invoke regex to search through or fix thousands of pages of documents. Instan
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by rtourn 4y ago
Same. It’s weird that my misunderstanding of someone’s idea often better than the idea they were actually proposing.
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by rtourn 5y ago
A good text editor will have regex ability, and once you learn it, it’s super convenient to have it handy. Writing macros to do stuff is more of a hassle. RegEx is most useful for me as a super quick and easy way to solve a one off problem
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by rtourn 5y ago
Funny student projects should have a different headline style or wording.
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by rtourn 5y ago
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, fiction, how the “crazy” actions of people in relationships makes sense in the context of their individual history. There’s one chapter about misunderstood words. The word “mother” was highly regarded by
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by rtourn 5y ago
They still can. A government doesn't have the need for first mover advantage because they have the power to make the official version. Also, the technology is very mature and best practices are better known. The userbase has been train
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by rtourn 5y ago
These insurance underwriters seem like fun folks. While reading the fine print of my credit card insurance I noticed my purchases were covered from damages from "aircraft, spacecraft, or other vehicles".
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by rtourn 5y ago
Part of the cause of misinformation is that people want to believe in misinformation because it allows them to be part of their social group. The problem is that belief in certain facts will include you or exclude you from your social group
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by rtourn 5y ago
That’s an interesting design. My only quibble is the 2600 degree “theoretical” max temperature of the building. That’s the just the melting point of steel, I’m sure something underneath the steel will hit it’s autoignition temperature well