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The dark side of environmental activism(sciencedirect.com)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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Guess my RGB(susam.net)
618 points by talonx 3y ago|144 comments
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Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)(improvingsoftware.com)
4 points by talonx 3y ago|3 comments
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by talonx 3y ago
Yes, but there is a report of him being around around 2022 also - https://web.archive.org/web/20220128114020/https://whyy.org/...
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by talonx 3y ago
It's a pity that not more published research is available on this.
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by talonx 3y ago
Very interesting. The author of the paper is around, at least according to the internet, at 90+ years of age and still practising physiotherapy.
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by talonx 3y ago
I used to play classical guitar - not anymore. I fondly remember the Sor studies.
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by talonx 3y ago
Not to sound dogmatic but I would suggest learning notation also at some point so that you can read the original sheet music. It will open up an entire world of what the composer wanted to express apart from just the notes.
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How to fix rogue social media platforms(deepplum.com)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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Tata Memorial Centre Unveils Cancer Metastasis Mechanism(amp.dev)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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UDP and Me(web.archive.org)
2 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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by talonx 3y ago
There were definitely alternatives. I remember trying to import my Google Reader OPML into Feedly and getting a gateway timeout (the file was too big and the backend was still processing it - synchronously - when the front end nginx gave up
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Submarine Cable Map(submarinecablemap.com)
2 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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Eight Sleep Interview Experience(twitter.com)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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World Pilgrimage Guide(sacredsites.com)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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by talonx 3y ago
Will this happen to foundational protocols like TCP? New developments (e.g. increasing the initial congestion window ~2010) keep taking place from time to time in TCP. I think technologies which have ongoing research will always have a pool
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NTP Timelord Dies(i-programmer.info)
45 points by talonx 3y ago|6 comments
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Each Facebook User Is Monitored by Companies(themarkup.org)
1 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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Switching to Firefox's Deb on Ubuntu 22.04: A Guide to Avoiding Snap Packages(linuxconfig.org)
17 points by talonx 3y ago|4 comments
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Snowflake (Slang)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments
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by talonx 3y ago
Got this too. 504 Gateway timeout - probably HN hug of death?
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AI can find your location in photos(npr.org)
26 points by talonx 3y ago|15 comments
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by talonx 3y ago
>I find references to some ISO decision from June 2018 to recommend renaming the Bengali script to Bengali/Assamese Yes, that seems to be stuck and no progress made there AFAIK. For those interested, this Twitter thread covers the t
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by talonx 3y ago
Fascinating, thanks.
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by talonx 3y ago
I just tried "শুভ বৰদিন" and Google translated it correctly as Assamese. Weird.
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by talonx 3y ago
I'm no linguist but even I could tell that the first 3 (which Google tells me are Norwegian, Icelandic and Danish) belong to the same language family.
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by talonx 3y ago
It's technically the "Bengali–Assamese script". There is a difference of 3 letters between the written forms of these two languages, including the one you pointed out. Google translate added Assamese recently, that might expl
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by talonx 3y ago
Merry Christmas শুভ বৰদিন শুভ বড়দিন क्रिसमस की बधाई క్రిస్మస్ శుభాకాంక్షలు I'm guessing you wrote in the languages you know (I did).
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A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed(blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
2 points by talonx 3y ago|0 comments

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