sgwizdak

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by sgwizdak 6mo ago
Great article - "Invisible Cities" was my introduction to his work and remains a favorite.
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by sgwizdak 9mo ago
Awesome, happy for your father!
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by sgwizdak 9mo ago
Think of it this way - once you're in a state of obesity, resolving that situation is quite difficult. Eating healthy may not be enough, particularly if there are other metabolic issues going on. The imbalance of fat to muscle leads to
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by sgwizdak 9mo ago
Sorry - I think there's complexity with insulin at play that you're overlooking. When I did caloric restriction, I was constantly battling hypoglycemic events that made me not want to exercise. I don't get that with the GLP-1
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by sgwizdak 9mo ago
I started a GLP-1 in October. I've been eating healthy and exercising for a decade, but I was still in the obese category and blood sugar tests indicated I was at the edge of pre-diabetes. If I pushed hard on calorie reduction or exerc
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by sgwizdak 1y ago
I've been playing classical guitar for a bit. A teacher who specializes in that style is your best option, but teacher quality can vary quite drastically and can be hard to manage if you're a busy professional. For an online, asyn
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by sgwizdak 2y ago
The ability to load up an on call schedule would be handy.
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by sgwizdak 2y ago
The mode where it sits on a monitor and displays a status ("on call") is very interesting. I think that could be simplified into a product unto itself -- but it would need to priced at "office toy" level -- so around $20
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by sgwizdak 2y ago
Give me text boxes and arrow connects and I'll be happy to use this for system diagrams.
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by sgwizdak 3y ago
There's also been some papers on l-systems for composition leveraging a traditional scale: https://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ss44/bib/ss/nonstd/eurogp05.pd...
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by sgwizdak 3y ago
Location: Seattle, WA Remote: Remote/Hybrid Willing to relocate: No. Technologies: C/C++, Java, Python, Linux, Spark, and more. Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgwizdak-a030691/ Email: sgwizd
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by sgwizdak 3y ago
There are areas in the US that do not have cell/data coverage where important road information updates (think mountain pass conditions) are broadcast over AM radio.
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
It's an estimate based on both the average severances coupled with how long it takes to work through the Blind 100 LC grind with a bit of reset time thrown in. If you're in a position where you can handle 2 LC-hard questions in ab
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
One note from personal experience -- it'll likely take about 12 weeks or so for a laid off dev to come back up to speed with interview prep to feel confident to start the interview grind again. One thing that can likely help is being u
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
Clear out what your obligations are with your management. I've been in positions as a senior software engineer where it's my job to carve up projects and have make sure juniors can get things done. That means checking in with them
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
This paper by various folks at Bytedance hints at their recommender architecture: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.07663.pdf
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
I still use my HP-32sii [and more recently, the remake, the HP-35] for dev work. I use it mostly for calculations involving hexadecimal values when I'm in a debugging session.
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by sgwizdak 4y ago
This article discusses end user applications, but nothing regarding the classroom experience. (E.g., how does the teacher monitor individual screens to ensure they're staying on task?) My wife is a teacher and google classroom is what
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
There was a recent publishing of Lem's lesser known short stories that is excellent: "The Truth and Other Stories" https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Other-Stories-Stanislaw-Lem/dp/...
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
There is a translation of Solaris by Bill Johnston that is available as a Kindle e-book that is a direct translation from Polish. IIRC, there are licensing issues with providing a print version of it.
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
I used the stock charging cable which is USB A -> micro-USB. That either connected to a laptop with a USB-A or through the apple dongle.
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
The QC-35 II's were great for concalls. You can connect multiple devices at once via bluetooth and the mic quality was quite good. For music, I agree there's lots of better options. I've now using an external microphone and s
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
It was more like a $20 discount. It took a bit of prodding for them realize this was a safety issue and get connected to the right team, but I had no complaints on that. No comment regarding the rest of the process, it's still too earl
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
Yes. That's exactly what I did. Doctors think this significantly helped, but we'll know more in a few weeks.
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
Some of the safety issues could be alleviated through different product design. For instance -- the charge system is a USB cable direct to the headphones. A fireproof cradle might be one option to handle to at least mitigate for unattended
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
I actually never cared for the noise cancellation on the QC-35 II. I did use it on planes though. I liked the feature a bit better on the earlier wired model. I think Sony has a comparable product where it has a finer grained toggle of the
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
Thank you, filed.
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
Things happened very quickly. I managed to get the headphones out of the house in under 10s. I may have been screaming obscenities at the time. I just recall a sticky residue somehow ended up on my hands and that's what burned. There w
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
I never thought that my wireless headphones had enough juice to fill my house with smoke, to burn for 15 minutes, or result in chemical burns to the user.
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by sgwizdak 5y ago
I never thought it would happen to me either. I knew the risks. I took care of my devices. I treated my devices with lithium ion as a loaded gun. But it happened. It happened suddenly, and if I wasn't present, it would have taken out m

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