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by skywal_l 4y ago
Doesn't Australia have underground water? With a cursory search I can see that the Great Artesian Basin[0] could be a good source of cooling water. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Artesian_Basin
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by skywal_l 5y ago
People do magically own houses. It's called inheritance.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Quickly scanning Nim page, there is a couple of things that bothers me in Nim. The python style blocks making multi line lambda awkward, Garbage collection, "Identifier equality" (some_variable == someVariable)... So because of th
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The tech bubble that never burst(nytimes.com)
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by skywal_l 5y ago
The cherry blossom video is incredible.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Interesting comment you are referencing to. I came into these problems when trying to implement the observer pattern with a similar interface than tc-39 proposal and banged my head against the same "limitations". The important tak
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by skywal_l 5y ago
So if it is easier to produce steam at high elevation does it mean power generation would be more efficient?
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by skywal_l 5y ago
To be able to know who owns what (critically but not only in the media) should be the basis of every democracy.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
TLDR: The author discuss its subjectivity towards the language. In short, they're not a fan of how zig handles errors, some loop constructs and the language design regarding keywords and built-in functions. They will not use the langua
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by skywal_l 5y ago
The author details some of them in the "Featuring" section in the front page [0]. There is also a comparison with different languages [1]. It seems the language is still in very early stages. Not production ready. [0] https:&#x2F
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Over-utilization of resources and inequalities are two related but distinct problems. Reducing inequalities will typically means more consumption and resources utilization. Those two problems must be solved but solving one will probably amp
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by skywal_l 5y ago
To give you an idea, I have been trying to get into vim for year. Several tentatives. Only now I am starting to be able to code for a day in it when I am stranded on a remote machine. For i3, it took me couple of days. I am so much more eff
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by skywal_l 5y ago
The data still belongs to TiVo corporation. It's not a Creative Common license like Wikipedia. The API is free (as in free beer) but that might change at anytime in the future.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
What would be the kind of data you would need for that? Also, how would you kickstart it? This kind of site needs a huge amount of data to start becoming useful so there is always the problem of recruiting users while at the same time not p
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Would love to have an open-database on political representatives. Some all-in-one source of info: - Where do they get their funding? - Their assets - Their political stances: voting records, statements to the press (multimedia: video, audio
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by skywal_l 5y ago
I'd like to make a website that provides movies and series recommendations based on your preferences. Like letterboxd but extended to series (and other things?) and with open data so that anybody can improve on the recommendation syste
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by skywal_l 5y ago
It is clearly a problem, although, I am afraid, you've been forced to have a bank account in most western countries for a while now. Removing cash is part of that process but it's not the beginning. That boat a sail a while ago. W
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by skywal_l 5y ago
With rustup, it's pretty easy to update/change your cargo version.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Performances is one I guess.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
It might seems a common sens tautology. I would advise you to read "Atlas Shrugged" from Ayn Rand. You would realize that this is far from being an universally understood and accepted statement.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
"How does it compare to firejail?" you were going to ask: https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap#related-project-com... . You're welcome.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Yep, that's where the term 'Marquis' comes from. He's the one supposed to guard the 'marche' (stair in french) which in latin used to mean frontier.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
The Personal Computer is also a successful standard in my opinion. We see constant innovation but with interoperability. It's a little messy sometimes but keeps prices low and innovation high.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
I don't know if this is what you are looking for but I enjoyed this AMA to a bartender a few months back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27979864 .
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by skywal_l 5y ago
Nice! There is already a TUI in gdb albeit not as good looking. For more info, there is a quick talk about it and other niceties that you may not know about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PorfLSr3DDI
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by skywal_l 5y ago
> we already have them in mass production: solar panels, wind power generation and battery storage. I always hear that abstract argument but do we have the math right on this? What would it take to provide enough power in the US with onl
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by skywal_l 5y ago
> Dune's sounds are absolutely fantastic. Really? I can't understand a word they're muttering.
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by skywal_l 5y ago
How do you write all this with almost no way to debug anything in webgl?
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by skywal_l 5y ago
I don't understand why you can't just have some wiki/bluetooth/RF/powerline module that turns your electric heater on and off depending on a signal from some random home automation controller? "fil pilote"
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by skywal_l 5y ago
I don't get the enthusiasm. It's just the old IoT radiator controller. Am I missing something here?

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