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by spraak 7y ago
> I don’t think horses explain it either. A bicycle, from what I’ve read, was cheaper to buy than a horse, and it was certainly cheaper to maintain (if nothing else, you don’t have to feed a bicycle). I don't think this is so simple
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by spraak 7y ago
So, I'm risking sounding like a fringe anti-vaxxer here, but no, vaccine use does not apply the same selection pressure, because we know that vaccines wane, but generally speaking, acquired immunity is for a lifetime. Also, there are d
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by spraak 7y ago
I feel so ignorant that I didn't know such a company was behind tslint. I wonder what Palantir uses TS for specifically
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by spraak 7y ago
Check out the book I mentioned, Summerhill by AS Neill for how it could work at scale. We do it ourselves because there is no analogy to Summerhill where we live, so I agree with you in that regard
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by spraak 7y ago
> I take much more stock in the opinions with those who actually have to work under those conditions and see those systems in use first hand. Check out John Taylor Gatto's works [1]. He was a public school teacher for 30 years, but
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by spraak 7y ago
I have heard often people's view that git is not user friendly, but it's always confused me because that hasn't been my experience compared to any other tool I need to learn. Can anyone explain more this view? Perhaps I'
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by spraak 7y ago
I think Wikipedia explains it well: > John Taylor Gatto ... was an American author and school teacher who taught in the classroom for nearly 30 years. He devoted much of his energy to his teaching career, then, following his resignation,
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by spraak 7y ago
Yes, we don't see ourselves as the only teachers, but more of meta teachers, so yes we reach out to others more specialized in a subject when needed and appropriate.
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by spraak 7y ago
> most of who are teachers and all of who state that kids who have been taught outside of the standard educational system are always behind kids who were not. Would you admit that your perspective then is heavily biased? I don't cla
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by spraak 7y ago
> I really wish people wouldn’t trying “hacking” education. Does innovation in general bother you? Besides, what we're doing isn't a very new idea. We are predominantly inspired by the 1960 book Summerhill by A. S. Neill, and e
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by spraak 7y ago
We do a free schooling approach. My daughter speaks 3 languages and learned to read all 3 simultaneously on her own* once she was ready (around 9). I felt a lot of pressure from everyone (family, friends, etc.) to teach her earlier, but now
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by spraak 7y ago
As a Hindu who believes in reincarnation, it gives me a sort of patience that certain things may not be possible for me this lifetime, and that's ok. It doesn't make me try for any less, but I am less attached to the outcome.
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by spraak 7y ago
I think the parent means they wish V8 were in Rust instead of C++
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by spraak 7y ago
Can you explain why?
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by spraak 7y ago
Hm, I have the new MacBook Pro 15in and if I don't use the plate my own keyboard presses buttons on the default keyboard.
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by spraak 7y ago
I made a custom plate that sits over the default keyboard and I put my own better keyboard on top. I've been kinda curious if anyone else would buy one if I produced them for a nominal fee.
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by spraak 7y ago
Has anyone who previously preferred static typing converted (at least for certain projects) to using Elixir? I won't even put plain Node into production anymore, TypeScript at the minimum, but otherwise OCaml or Go.
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by spraak 7y ago
If the lyrics aren't clear to anyone, check out the music video to understand.
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by spraak 7y ago
Reminds me of the gleeful use of DDT as well. It's a common pattern.
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Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1 (2018)(bbc.com)
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by spraak 7y ago
Zeit.co does this too. I think it's weird
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Ask HN: Due to global warming, where would you move to or avoid?
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by spraak 7y ago
They can be lined in a way to be easily compostable
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by spraak 7y ago
> The packages flowing from China are blamed for compounding the opioid crisis in the United States. I doubt they meant it, but it's a pretty good pharmacy related pun [1]. And more sincerely, this is a very superficial take on the
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by spraak 7y ago
Not a valid reason. Any business with integrity would not handle it that way.
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by spraak 7y ago
Can you explain further what you mean by sidestepped?
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by spraak 7y ago
How does using GPL impact a SaaS product?
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by spraak 7y ago
But imgur works without JS?
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by spraak 7y ago
That's a very naive and limited view, definitely not the extent of racism in the US. You're seeing it as the upper bound, when it's really more of the lower bound, and it's indicative of much deeper and serious problems.
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by spraak 7y ago
I think that unfortunately many "remote" companies are looking for US employees for legal and tax reasons, if they are already a US based company. I have found (as in, was hired) true remote positions from [1] I have heard of [2]

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