tardismechanic

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   by tardismechanic 3y ago

   According to eastern wisdom traditions the self deserves attention.
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   by tardismechanic 3y ago

   There has to be an allowlist of some sort of people allowed to keep blue ticks for free. It would be terrible if someone from inside Twitter were to share it with the world. To repeat, please dont share the allowlist.
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   JavaScript language proposal: function implementation hiding(github.com)

   3 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|3 comments
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   by tardismechanic 4y ago

   I'm reminded of the Malcolm in the Middle episode where Francis tries to study and not procrastinate: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TVs61JQv5GU
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   Open Sourced Interview Process (Cockroach Labs)(github.com)

   3 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|0 comments
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   Florida state officials weighing 'classical and Christian' alternative to SAT(businessinsider.com)

   2 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|0 comments
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   by tardismechanic 4y ago

   I swear by Comic Sans Mono: https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/ Reminds me not to take life too seriously ;)
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   Search Agadmator Chess Videos(agadmator-library.github.io)

   3 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|0 comments
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   by tardismechanic 4y ago

   Great stuff! Side note: the background music on one of the games (Space Race | Three-Digit Addition - Adding 10) reminded me of this Bollywood song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkbWKr5ovU
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    On top of all the excellent advice in other comments, consider this definition from Aaron Sorkin: "In essence story is intention meets obstacle." Simple yet powerful imho
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    Northeast Continues to Lose Population(boston.com)

    3 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|1 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    I realise you said movies, but some Black Mirror episodes (standalone) for your consideration: Be Right Back Hang the DJ Metalhead Edit: typo
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    A couple of fun ones heard on the playground growing up in Mumbai, India: Inky pinky ponky father had a donkey donkey died father cried inky pinky ponky!! Dip dip dip oh god please tell me who will give the den in this very fairy old game A
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    Jeremy Clarkson got in trouble for saying it on camera during a segment of Top Gear: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/0...
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    Pando (Tree)(en.wikipedia.org)

    2 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|0 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    I first heard about Sortition on lovely QI: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YNzGT0h6A64
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    > where "upgrading" a library can break things that there's no way to know until production. unless you have automated testing
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    Boring Is Beautiful in Software Development(medium.com)

    16 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|7 comments
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    Endangered Technique: Using Environment Variables to Find Escaped Processes(medium.com)

    1 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|1 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    I am aware of a cloud kitchen near where I live in Pune offering 9 brands - and I found it not bad actually. At least as of now... https://eatclub.in/
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    See: "10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BM9TB-8yA
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    Genuine TIL: long press spacebar in iOS for precise text selection Well what do you know...
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    Need more than ₹35 say Swiggy workers who threaten strike against new policies(businessinsider.in)

    2 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|0 comments
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    Saudi Planning Skyscraper That's 75 Miles Wide(futurism.com)

    5 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|4 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    Ewww I regret making this comment. Apologies to the community. Please delete
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    But not Jeffrey Epstein ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    Cooling related failure (in Google London DC)(status.cloud.google.com)

    221 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|142 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    Please don't editorialise. I'm seeing title: "Copywriting made easy."
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    Abundant Wireless Internet for Everyone(google.com)

    3 points by tardismechanic 4y ago|1 comments
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    by tardismechanic 4y ago

    Side note: Its (most probably) pronounced burr-feee, a South Asian sweet dish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barfi Not, you know, the other way...