taeric

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by taeric 1y ago
It really is mind blowing to see how much smaller a file with newer compression can be. Had to convert some videos to a codec that would work on my kids chromebook recently. What was a 300 meg video ballooned up to 2 gigs. One of the vid
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by taeric 1y ago
I don't view that as a side effect? That is, computed fields are not necessarily side effects, are they? I was thinking more like objects that keep track of how many times they were accessed. (This pattern was discussed recently for
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by taeric 1y ago
It remains eye opening to see how much losing weight does to people.
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by taeric 1y ago
Having an online comments section would also be an obligation to make sure it isn't getting abused. Probably resulting in yet another inbox you have to stay on top of. (Well, optimistically, it would be that. I try and never forget
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by taeric 1y ago
Right, I get how you could make something that would cause issues. I'm curious why you would want to? :D
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by taeric 1y ago
Right, I get that you could define something to have side effects. My question is why would you? What are some expected visible side effects of converting something to json? That said, I see that they called it out as you say, now. When
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by taeric 1y ago
Fair enough, I guess. The "available moves" would be dramatically different, such that I'm not clear I see much of a win on this reuse. But, yeah, fair enough.
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by taeric 1y ago
I'm not sure I follow? The "winning" condition is different in all of those examples?
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by taeric 1y ago
I confess that I'm at a bit of a loss to know what sort of side effects would be common when serializing something? Is there an obvious class of reasons for this that I'm just accidentally ignoring right off?
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by taeric 1y ago
I can't find where I thought I read this. I'm assuming I must have seen a transcript of this speech, once? Regardless, I'm fairly confident this is what I was remembering. Thanks!
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by taeric 1y ago
I'm super sympathetic to this. Used to cynically point out that Excel was the most popular "notebook like" interface for computers. That said, there are a few points against this as a complaint. First, is the incredibly imp
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by taeric 1y ago
This problem seems exacerbated by increasing number of stakeholders involved with feature development. Especially ones that you can't easily say no to. This is often communicated as too many project managers involved with a program.
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by taeric 1y ago
Fair, I left out that they also gifted janitors, but they did. Is not unheard of to send gifts to mail delivery staff. Basically, anyone you ever interacted with on a regular basis.
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by taeric 1y ago
Phone reps, of course, have the difficulty of not being in physical contact with you. The others, though, my grandparents actually would tip house cleaners. Would get annoyed if we left out cash in the hotel, as "you should only do t
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by taeric 1y ago
Not distinguishing between "is" and "should be" explains a lot about why programmer types have trouble with requirements. :D
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by taeric 1y ago
I mean, sure. But doing it poorly always comes before doing it well. So, the best advice for people that aren't aware of how much they eat is fine to start at anything basic. Probably the more basic the better. Though, as you note,
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by taeric 1y ago
And otherwise good people can be convinced that bad things are necessary. Yes, every now and then an ridiculously shameless person will emerge. No, that isn't everyone.
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by taeric 1y ago
It is hard to get passed the first paragraph here. Even if I think "big tech" does terrible things, I think blaming them for a boom/bust cycle is idiotic. Could their behavior be a big part of what we should study in knowing
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by taeric 1y ago
An annoying part is that this is a bit causative. They were so indoctrinated in the fear of how much this was happening before, that they convinced themselves it was normal and required. That is, allowing it to become a normative conversat
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by taeric 1y ago
Counterpoint, something like this for dataclasses would also be very useful. That is, it isn't just knowing whether or not the data is ever used. It is useful to know if it was used in this specific run. And often times, seeing what
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by taeric 1y ago
Putting the date is often a good affordance to help people scanning the headlines know if they have seen this one before. It is not, necessarily, meant as a knock against it.
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by taeric 1y ago
I mean, somewhat true, but probably a touch oversold? I don't think people putting in a single beehive are doing much to impact a neighborhood. Probably less than having a house cat. Which, is not nothing, but is not ecosystem chang
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by taeric 1y ago
My point was that just seeing the road is not enough to remember it, it seems. You have to predict what is at the end of the road, as well. This is why "flash cards" have the question on one side and the answer on the other. If
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by taeric 1y ago
Parts of https://www.informit.com/store/art-of-computer-programming-v... are covering DLX and friends, if I have the link correct. (Linking to his publisher's page, as I think that is his preference.) On his home
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by taeric 1y ago
My answer is more sympathy across the board. People are going to make mistakes. People are going to have a hard time. Both lead to more mistakes. Neither are reasons to give up. On the money angle, I'm on board with the abundance c
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by taeric 1y ago
Something that I keep meaning to dive more on here, is an exploration of why spaced repetition and active recall work. I saw a study once that indicated it was largely the "guess and check" aspect of combining these that worked.
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by taeric 1y ago
Very fun read! My first try at implementing DLX was for sudoku, as well. I keep meaning to add something showing why it backtracked at a particular spot. Is fun watching the numbers it tries along the way. And if you haven't seen it
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by taeric 1y ago
I'm curious why you need a graphical remote experience? Note, I'm specifically not trying to dissuade you. My guess is that what is driving your need will likely lead you to specific solutions. Though, I do have to hazard a gues
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by taeric 1y ago
I'm all for complaining about silly little things in computers. Can we not with "micro-aggression" though? Seems any chance that term had for being a useful one was destroyed by it being used in precisely the way that it wa
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by taeric 1y ago
Without tab stops, tabs always fall a bit short. I'm now vaguely interested in hate making a programming language that relies on tabs and field/record separators. Just to really embrace the crazy.

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