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by smithza 5y ago
I am hopeful that you have misread the consensus that vim is most commonly used by those on HN... emacs is obviously the better choice and needs to be perceived as the best/most popular to keep the community active :)
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by smithza 5y ago
A cynical take... considering how short-sighted public corps are with quarterly shareholder valuations, this is an unintended side-effect at best. At worst, it could be that your comment "the US corporations created the 'big enemy
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by smithza 5y ago
From some commentaries I read, China has a near 100% chance of winning in war with Taiwan even if US and allies join. This is mostly to do with mainland China's relative proximity to Taiwan and the few relative number of air bases US
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by smithza 5y ago
I prefaced the opinion as likely being unpopular. It is something that I contemplate as a husband when affection is low and wits are at an end (with a toddler demanding much energy and attention from my wife and I). It has helped immensely
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by smithza 5y ago
There is always Asimov's approach. Just publish more books. Over a space of 40 years, I published an average of 1,000 words a day. Over the space of the second 20 years, I published an average of 1,700 words a day. - Isaac As
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by smithza 5y ago
I wonder if this is tangentially related, and worry that it might be an unpopular view, but in relationships, with a family member or spouse/partner, falling out of love can be a self-reinforcing feedback loop of separation. Sometimes
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by smithza 5y ago
It is at best neutral for the user. Sometimes these source trackers help companies know that affiliate links are more often drivers of traffic. Other times it helps with A/B testing because they discover the main logo was more often cl
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by smithza 5y ago
I would rather have seen downvoters approach the merits of this claim in comments first. We do not need HN to turn into devolving to ad populum for every contentious topic.
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by smithza 5y ago
To be competitive, Amazon would be able to say everyone has access to the same information to rent out the online marketplace's booths. This is the issue at hand--Amazon has all of the information and is breaking its own rules in using
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by smithza 5y ago
energy != mass; e=mc^2 declares there is a proportional relationship between energy and mass while the speed of light, c, squared is the constant of proportionality.
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by smithza 5y ago
This is very cool. The explanation of how yield/defects was interesting: they can bypass cores with defects due to channeling and account for the statistical defects, allowing them to have a 100% yield.
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by smithza 5y ago
There is the common, if informal, definition that grep means "command line text search tool". I read this as "semantic/syntax search tool".
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by smithza 5y ago
Perhaps, but this tool has a syntax and common interface for multiple languages. This is a huge resource for IT/security. I could imagine this being a helpful refactoring tool as well for CLI.
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by smithza 5y ago
Myth notwithstanding, lemmings are the proverbial manifestation of "following your friend off a cliff". Disney did this brilliantly. Here is a fun podcast on it: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sounds-n
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by smithza 5y ago
I have enjoyed using Stitcher which is an aggregator, but had difficulties when some shows were only on Apple (for some reason??). I like the current model of Patreon financial support or individualized advertisement/promotion that we
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by smithza 5y ago
I believe another comment mentioned that this will be supported in an OS update in the future for prev gens.
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by smithza 5y ago
We should compare and contrast to other engagement mediums designed for children; i.e. Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, PBS Kids, Amazon Fire Kid's edition, etc. For these, excepting PBS I think, monetary motivation is the same . More en
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Ask HN: Let's Talk about Merit
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by smithza 6y ago
If you are seriously interested (which I highly recommend) just throw yourself into it . In the case of emacs, effort put in is directly correlated to efficiency gained. I was proficient in basic text/code editing in a few hours and i
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by smithza 6y ago
All of those corporations are in the business of development and integration of satellites as well as satellite operations for commercial, public, and military customers.
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by smithza 6y ago
Also, population for the city is near 25k. A small fraction of those folks enjoy the benefits of this healthcare given by working for Amazon. Furthermore, it is a bad historical precedent to rely on employers for healthcare. This was a poor
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by smithza 6y ago
Throw the mouse out and just use emacs!
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by smithza 6y ago
Lastly, I very much did not want all my workout data locked away in this app. This is a great example to demonstrate the simplicity of modern "smart" products. I think of the Tim Berners-Lee next generation web product t
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by smithza 6y ago
A large emotional/spiritual investment... And financially as well, especially considering the cost of child care nowadays. Tax breaks help (in US), but not that much.
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by smithza 6y ago
My wife and I learned under a Deaf school teacher (for a Deaf school) for a semester where she taught ASL and a little about Deaf culture. She was very sincere in her description that there is a lot of pride in Deaf culture. Now I have also
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by smithza 6y ago
Babies do tend to learn a few signs...However as soon as they learn to talk they universally forget everything. This was our experience with our young child. It helped to be able to say "more" and sometimes "please&q
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by smithza 6y ago
when I want to be more discrete in public .. I think there is an unkindness here, though I do not think your intentions are unkind. I had very close Brazilian-internationals while a freshman in college who very deliberately chose n
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by smithza 6y ago
Serious question: what happens when nobody wants their HW assets to verify the blockchain? What happens when the infrastructure falls apart or the demands on the blockchain verification outpaces the number of machines available to verify? C
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by smithza 6y ago
The idea is akin to a driver going through a modern toll. They take a photo of your license plate and send you a bill in the mail after looking it up in the state registry. For those who registered (have an express RFID chip or similar), th
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by smithza 6y ago
IMO, most cultural deficiencies or 'disease' has to be worked from the inside-out. A healthy community is a strongly-coupled community with a sense of buy-in and accountability. It is formed through neighborhoods, churches, famili

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