smitty1e

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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   > One of his students Smells like the post author, no?
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   I find it intellectually unsatisfying, so no. But the way semi-serious people kick the idea around, sure. Pony up. I don't think that my religious beliefs submit to rigor, either. But I'm not here pushing something labeled as &quo
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   Please let the magical pi version of py, 3.14, get python to a suitable, standardized vessel for packaging. I realize the Venn of packaging has copious disjoint functionality slices. Too, what one does for a bit of one-off, non-typed cloud
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   You can just say: "Cthulhu".
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   I mean, who didn't need a "Verdauungsspaziergang"[0] after a meal that huge? [0] https://dict.leo.org/german-english/Verdauungsspaziergang
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   If "discrete" means something other than "non-continuous", then please do tell
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   My point is that "probably" falls short of rigorous mathematical proof.
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   Pi and e and the rest of the transcendentals are just there to remind the mortals of their finite nature.
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   Reality is continuous. A simulation is discrete. The simulation hypothesis seems less plausible than many religious argument one could proffer.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I was going to suggest the SQLite source code. One could probably go quite a ways in bare python with lists of dataclasses and pickles, never mind the performance. That's your backend. Then you might find some prior art in the way of a
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    "Heh heh heh," said https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Fnord
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I believe That a Weev Can deceive Many an eve Yet time's sieve Will make grieve
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    The little minus sign to collapse the comments is key.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    And, if you pair the phone with the smart watch, your watch can help you find the phone. I typically don't use this, as I can get a few more steps in on the tracker wandering around the house looking for the phone, but it does help whe
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I blogged political stuff in the Tea Party days. Had a blast. After a couple years, I realized it was pissing in the wind, and just do snark on Xitter now.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I'm looking for an 80/20 answer here. The 20% long(er)-term plays are going to require wisdom to sniff out.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Enhancements are fine, but if one is so sophisticated that the basics are forgotten, then what good are the enhancements? It's not always the most scalable approach, but I like the DTTCPW "dit-ka-pow": the Dumbest Thing That
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Sure, but that is purely tactical, getting one to the next quarterly earnings statement. The strategic question is why going long (or, a better strategic/tactical balance) seems so impossible.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    And yet we watch organizations overlook the fullness of the problem on essentially a daily basis.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    That is: there are more dimensions to real-world solutions than purely technical.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Realistic. It's a job offer, not a marriage vow. It's great if there can be rapport in a public company (as opposed to private) but that culture is a luxury trim at best.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Advice works well when coupled with incentives. If F=ma, then the "money" coupled with the "advice" characterizes the amount of force delivered. Money here covers the spectrum of incentives from cash to sex to perks. The
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I tell people, "There is no luck; there is free will interacting with destiny."
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    It would be great to see the readers of this site step back a bit. Consider the growth of the Administrative State, which amounted to a shift away from elected representatives crafting laws to having those representatives essentially vote o
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    ZeroHedge.com, they say, has predicted 87 of the last 3 crises.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I'm thinking more USB-C and an Android driver for tablet usage.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    This was explored masterfully in a fictional context by Gene Wolfe in "Soldier of the Mist" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_of_the_Mist
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Python's enum support[0] seems quite comprehensive, as well. The nice thing about a class is that when some bizarre edge case comes up (and whose Extract, Transform, Load process has not?) one can isolate the weirdness. [0] https:&#x2
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    These distros are great on individual gear, but I have yet to ever hear of a production shop running any sort of rolling distro. The time/skill required to run it simply isn't practical when some sort of business model is at stake