s4n1ty

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by s4n1ty 6y ago
I had an Atari 800XL, then a 520STfm, then a Falcon 030. Back in those days there was quite a bit of tribal rivalry between Atari and Amigas - but I have to admit that the Amiga's OS was way ahead of Atari's, which didn't eve
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Wow, pretty sure I played with something like this for Python in the 90s. People have been trying to replace regexps with something more readable for a long time. This seems like a decent attempt, although the syntax for captures looks a
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
I've been following Joe Bernard's YouTube videos for a few years, he's really great. Goes into a lot of detail about how he designs, builds, and flies thrust-vectoring model rockets.
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Wow, I remember using LyX in 1998 to write my CS paper.
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Show HN: LastCalc – an open source REPL-like programmable calculator on the web(lastcalc.org)
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
You're offering commentary, not a counterargument. What specifically is Sowell wrong about?
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
This may be the catalyst for a long-overdue reckoning in higher education in the US - it's insane that people are entering the workforce at 23 with a lifetime of unforgivable debt for, in many cases, worthless degrees.
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Yeah, there is a real "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" vibe to the whole woke thing. Creeps me out. Hope I'm not speaking too soon, but it seems like actual liberals on the left are finally waking up to this Kafkaesque ideol
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
I haven't demanded anything of anyone, but for some reason you're telling me what I cannot do. Are you a moderator? Where people have made scientific claims I've asked them for the source of their information. This is a rea
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Starting with the first critique in your list of citations, the Vox article - third paragraph: > He uses primarily stereotyped misconceptions about men and women to argue that “gender gaps [do not always] imply sexism,” and declares that
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
There are unquestionably advantages to growing up wealthy, but that's a question of class, not race.
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Could you elaborate on what you mean by "red lining" in the 1990s and how this constitutes evidence of bias by Google against hiring black women in 2020? You seem irritated by a simple request to support a claim with evidence, whi
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
> But if there are hurdles to black women getting hired at places like Google, isn’t your explanation just passing the buck? What is the evidence that there are hurdles for black women getting hired at Google? For example, does their re
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Edited to be less provocative.
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Does she offer any actual evidence that she was rejected due to racism? She just seems to assume it.
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Show HN: Kweb – A tiny Kotlin web framework for server-side developers(docs.kweb.io)
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by s4n1ty 6y ago
Everyone agrees that the police should be held to a high standard, but I'm getting tired of people preaching this thinly-veiled anti-police bigotry.
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by s4n1ty 7y ago
That is true re: Freenet, they are called "signed subspace keys" or SSKs.
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by s4n1ty 7y ago
Reminds me of Swarm: http://swarmframework.org/
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Show HN: Kweb 0.5.0 released – Pleasant web development, in Kotlin(docs.kweb.io)
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by s4n1ty 7y ago
If you're thinking about web development in Kotlin, check out https://kweb.io/ . It takes full advantage of powerful Kotlin features like coroutines to make the barrier between browser and server almost invisible.
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by s4n1ty 7y ago
Huffington Post, as recently as 4 or 5 years ago, were writing articles downplaying Polanski's rape of that girl. There is a surprising strain of Polanski apologism among those who are the first to claim the mantle of feminism. It&#x2
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by s4n1ty 7y ago
Python is the Basic we all wanted in the 80s.
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Show HN: Kweb, a Kotlin web framework based on the observer pattern(docs.kweb.io)
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Show HN: Kweb – A departure from “fat client” web frameworks(docs.kweb.io)
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