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by scubbo 4y ago
Your response is correct, but there's a more fundamental flaw in the preceding comment: although both paragraphs are true in isolation, the implication between them is false. "The queue is _currently_ trending to infinity" do
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by scubbo 4y ago
Can you make your point more directly? I'm not sure what you mean. Anecdotally, whenever I've failed at solving a problem myself through online/self-serve tools, I have _never_ been able to then solve it by being connected to
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by scubbo 4y ago
Because conversations can and should (sometimes) meander off on tangents. As interested and engaged people, we should not only always confine ourselves to the topic at hand, but wonder about patterns and parallels and what they can teach us
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by scubbo 4y ago
Where exactly does the comment you are replying to state that it does?
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by scubbo 4y ago
This is not a formulation of the approach that I've ever encountered.
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by scubbo 4y ago
> I've now got a small Pi cluster running k8s to deliver a bunch of services at home, and its all really easy to maintain. I've absolutely used the skills and knowledge gained in my day job too, which is nice. I'm reasonab
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by scubbo 4y ago
> A 32-bit integer divided into a 16-bit whole and a 16-bit fraction would be limited to only representing values between -32768 and 32767 while also having worse precision than a 32-bit ieee std754 floating-point at values near 0 ...OK?
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by scubbo 4y ago
Big +1 on this. If you're OK with a broader definition of "programming" and have a bit of money to throw around, I've found tinkering with https://www.home-assistant.io/ to be very satisfying. I got more
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by scubbo 4y ago
I'm sure this was funny in your head, but it was not helpful.
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by scubbo 4y ago
Interesting data, thanks! Since addition, subtraction, multiplication, and modulus are each used more than division and exponentiation _combined_ (and since not every use of those last two functions would result in an "inexact" re
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by scubbo 4y ago
Thanks for the recommendation! I took precisely two useful things from Strunk & White ("avoid structuring a sentence so that two associated words or concepts are far apart - re-order so that they are close together" and "
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by scubbo 4y ago
That was my first thought - well, actually it was "If it is possible to cut a word, do so" ;)
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by scubbo 4y ago
> many if not most mathematical functions won't be exact anyway That's actually a really interesting question - while this is obviously true for most functions which (in a mathematical sense) exist, I wonder if it's true f
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by scubbo 4y ago
Now I'm surprised that I haven't seen a weed startup marketing itself as "High tech"
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by scubbo 4y ago
Was IntelliJ Community Edition free at the time?
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by scubbo 4y ago
Eh - Las Vegas is by far the pinnacle of "spend-nudges", most other places the influence is much less subtle and powerful. And there are plenty of areas of pleasant unspoiled nature (especially around the Bay Area, where I am). Bu
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by scubbo 4y ago
I kind-of enjoy the odd 2-3 day visit to Vegas every 3-5 years for precisely this reason - it is capitalism unleashed, in its fullest expression. It's fascinating (in a horrifying way) to see just how efficiently and completely the who
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by scubbo 4y ago
Being a good person doesn't simply mean "avoiding whatever linguistic pitfalls the boogeyman SJWs have thrown in your way" - it means actually thinking about the impact and implication of your words and actions, even when the
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by scubbo 4y ago
a) you are (wrongly) assuming that this one person is the only person who dislikes this type of joke. You could make this same (wrong) argument to discount literally any suggestion or criticism - "you are the only person who feels this
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by scubbo 4y ago
In the CDO business I left earlier this year, Slack was making inroads to A/V calls as well (though Chime was still dominant)
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by scubbo 4y ago
> the docs are 500 pages long and the person asking the question doesn't know the right keyword to search for to find the answer This is an important aspect - what seems obvious and easy-to-solve to an expert can be anything but to
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by scubbo 4y ago
You're absolutely right, I wholeheartedly agree, and in fact I think the "greycat-dyad" is the best of the 2/3 situations: * Correct and helpful - greycat. Still gets you to a solution _and_ you learn something, at the c
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by scubbo 4y ago
It's still hugged-to-death so I can't see it, but based on responses, this looks extremely cool! I know that monetization is a sticky topic for many people, so please don't be offended if this isn't something you're
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by scubbo 4y ago
I suspect this will be a highly divisive comment, but - the `greycat` character in these vignettes exemplifies the "knowledgable asshole" stereotype that does more damage than good. The division is likely to be as to whether this
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by scubbo 4y ago
Astonishing how people will argue against their own interests in defence of a free market. If goods are underpriced and snipers are prevented, consumers pay the lower prices. If goods as "right-priced", the consumers pay a higher
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by scubbo 4y ago
This is not correct in the US. Don't know what country you're in.
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by scubbo 4y ago
Haha, yeah, not a fan of that :( anecdotally, they haven't restarted for me yet (activated it ~6 months ago), but I really wish there was a permanent option.
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by scubbo 4y ago
While I heartily recommend you to explore other options, there's a solution to that infuriating behaviour: https://fosstodon.org/@scubbo/109412458604860895
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by scubbo 4y ago
> If you think adding types doesn't add much value then typescript may not be for you. In my experience, types are defined once then provide a lifetime of value You have misunderstood the OP. The full paragraph is: >> I want t
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by scubbo 4y ago
Never seen it, but based on that, I should - thanks!

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