tdsamardzhiev

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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Saw the subtitle starts with "The President", searched for "nazi", and surely enough, there it was. I think writing politically-charged articles should be the next challenge for AlphaZero.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Not sure this can be solved at personal level. I always put emphasis on repairability when buying tech, but my tech still gets less and less repairable every iteration.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
So does mine, 3 years and counting.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Oh my, that reminds me of that Black Mirror episode with the red-headed girl that only thought about her rating 24/7. Edit: Season 3, Episode 1 "Nosedive"
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Louis Rossmann has a good number of videos on that topic on YouTube - reviews, repair stories, court testimonies, etc.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Did Benin not fight and conquer weaker civilizations? Did Benin not trade African people for slaves? None of these are unique to European colonial powers. So in that sense, the question is "why not?" rather than "why?" T
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
IQ tests were invented to identify children with learning disabilities. People have been (mis)using them in various ways ever since. Some would indeed try to use IQ tests to validate their prejudices and proclaim that "science says dar
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
We can start a study group. "Uncles doing LFS"
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
> Again, if Canonical is evil and can't be trusted why I would run Mint? Rational self-interest. I don't think the tech giants are good for society, but not working with them would mean slipping into irrelevance. Say, I'm
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
It has a lot of historical baggage, most notably implicit interdependencies that make it hard/impossible to optimize and reorder stuff. We're entering an era of many-core processors, and IMHO we'll absolutely have to move to
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Software compatibility will obviously be the main problem to resolve, but I'm an optimist.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Blows my mind that in 2020 we still can't take browser hw acceleration for a given. I hate sounding like somebody owes me something, but... come on now.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
I got Spivak as a first Calculus book and it felt a bit over my head, but if one already has some knowledge and appreciation of analysis, it'd be a great gift.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
This. It's easy to get lost in abstractions and start thinking that the real world is just getting in the way of solving your beautiful abstract problem.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Not a fan of Apple, but x86 is a mess and I'd love to see companies pushing for its replacement.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
I remember a match where Magnus seemed to be behind, and then suddenly with 20 seconds on the clock he was like "oh, I'm running out of time" and checkmated the other guy in the next 10 moves.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
I've been a duct taper all my career.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
I've tried different options, and know what works for me and what doesn't. Not saying it's the same for everybody, but I'm pretty confident that (1) dark mode works wonders for me, and (2) I'm not the only one.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
I also use light mode on a Mac, as I hate the reflections in dark mode. If there's a nonreflective display though, it's dark mode all the way.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
If science says I'd be more productive with a light theme, then we need better science. "On a biological level, our eyes prefer the contrast between a light background and dark foreground." On a biological level, our eyes pre
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
He's right though, not even Paul Graham's blog gets 25 HN posts in 3 months.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Haha, you aren't wrong.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Kind of agree, but I don't think the problem is specific to Civ 6.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Yeah, most of the consumption has moved to mobile. But people who make stuff are still predominantly using desktop/notebook computers.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
Anything you can come up with is a local optimum if you zoom out enough. If it gets the job done, no need to worry about that. If it doesn't, refactoring it will be a good learning experience.
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by tdsamardzhiev 6y ago
There was a joke that the fastest reader in the world is a Romanian who read 54 pages of terms and conditions in 2 seconds. So... yeah, most likely the user has "agreed".
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by tdsamardzhiev 7y ago
Don't forget "Xerox"
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by tdsamardzhiev 7y ago
I used to write some code on a 11.6" chromebook years ago. Nowadays the smallest laptop my eyes are comfortable with is 14". Preferably a Thinkpad for the way superior keyboard.
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by tdsamardzhiev 7y ago
"This year a semiconductor factory, next year a whole-conductor factory!"
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by tdsamardzhiev 7y ago
Does it have enough bathrooms though?

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