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by sriku 5y ago
The article appears to see "the web" as "browsers". This is apparent in the "OS within OS" language. The web isn't the browser although that is its facade. If you consider search on the desktop as "wh
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by sriku 5y ago
As long as there is symmetry in expectations, I don't mind taking this stance. If some English people get miffed when non-English speakers mispronounce their names, it becomes a matter of social justice :)
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It's not just about ads .. they can just show them to this visitor if it was. It's about targeted ads. They have slightly limited ability to target if the viewer doesn't sign in .. for which the viewer needs to accept their
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by sriku 5y ago
Is there a law of some kind that says the sum of time taken to compile and test code is a language independent constant? So either our testing tools take time to run or your compiler or a mix of both .. if we want robust software, that is.
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by sriku 5y ago
Policy formulators really need to understand Goodhart's law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law - If your "productivity" is measured and rewarded based on lines of code, you know what'l
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by sriku 5y ago
Interesting. The description sounds eerily similar to the "oppaari" in South India or "rudaali" in north. Very similar structures (though linguistically different, obviously). Usually old women wailing at deaths, uncontr
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by sriku 5y ago
Settled into neovim for startup speed. My VSCode editor has vim keys too, so ... ohm! :) edit: My only gripe with VSCode currently is that it seems too eager to correct my typing.
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by sriku 5y ago
It is reasonable to temper one's skepticism about something like this based on whether the claiming party is willing to put their money where their mouth is. The greater likelihood is that they know something I might not (just speaking
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by sriku 5y ago
The self doubt it can sow is horrible, but the way out is to realise you're in the matrix and it isn't real. For the younger populace, this is more dangerous because they haven't had much time (relatively) to experience the r
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The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists(wcit.org.uk)
1 points by sriku 5y ago|0 comments
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This is useful! Thanks for writing this out. I find in-process REST intriguing as it stands a little in contrast with OOP techniques. One possibility I’ve found with in-process REST is that it seems to make live patches feasible - more feas
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by sriku 5y ago
I'm also unable to identify something unique about objecitve-S that makes it suitable for "well architected programs" compared to what we do in ST already. I learn languages for new ideas .. and I tried hard looking for one h
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What I don't like about statements of this kind is that they're couched in apparently careful language of "being associated with" while implying that mushroom consumption reduces cancer risk .. i.e. a causal mechanistic
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I'm currently dealing with explaining why we should at least try and understand Stephen Wolfram's "a project to find the fundamental theory of physics". It is a very unconventional view certainly and one which I suspect
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Agree! ... not making an identity out of victimhood looks central (to me) to develop te next generation to not have/tolerate these problems.
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I have trouble with the MS signin for work. Looks like blocking third party cookies (which safari seems to do) makes this nearly impossible (or incredibly inconvenient) to use.
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by sriku 5y ago
I get the feeling that this startup is confusing P(success|people don't get it at first) for P(people didn't get it at first|success).
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by sriku 6y ago
May turn out to be a little tangential, but do read Cory Doctorow's article on IP - https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/ - if you haven't already. A few things stand out in your request fo
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<tongue-in-cheek>In a parallel effort, the airline industry is modifying its manuals and training to not refer to the pilot bay as "cockpit".</tongue-in-cheek>
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I tried to listen to "Tractatus" and basically gave up after 30 mins or so. To be read definitely .. not heard.
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by sriku 6y ago
Rgd empty calories, most likely yes. So it is good to have a skill to skim a blog post first to determine if it is worth reading. Writer's reputation also helps. Terence Tao's hierarchy helped me here - book > paper > blog p
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I have a bit of a "compulsive etymologist" streak in me. So when I encounter a word whose usage I ponder about, a tool like Kindle which lets me leap into that word's world in a click absolutely poisons my experience. These d
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Ask HN: What kinds of cookies are “required” for a website to function?
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Would it violate copyright to take a painting's colour palette and produce a different work with it?
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"Harry Potter and the methods of rationality" - affly known as HPMOR - https://www.hpmor.com/
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I suppose it makes sense from the perspective of copyright law, which protects artifacts. After all, one could say the same for quoting from a famous literary work .."ha now they're valuing literature in terms of number of words o
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A shameless plug - but I'm attempting to build a kind of "deploy first and develop as you go" kind of system for this, inspired by the Smalltalk IDE and VM. Link - https://github.com/imaginea/inai Associ
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I find it easier to chunk and read "always eventually" - i.e. the combination "[]<>" - as "progresses" and "eventually always" - i.e. the combination "<>[]" - as "stabilizes
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I think X10 should really push their products with the privacy preservation agenda - https://www.x10.com Connected remote controllable devices are useful, but letting them access the net is intolerable. X10 is a decent compromis
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To me, programming languages feel like incantations that elicit magic. Of course, I'm only interested in the magic, but in as much as the incantations link to the magic in ways that I can turn around in my head to make more/better

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