themisto

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by themisto 1y ago
Only tangentially related: I have nothing but respect for EUMETSAT and their public data store. For past work projects I've had to interface with a pretty broad sample of the world's space and/or meteorological agency's
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by themisto 2y ago
Which country are you referring to?
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by themisto 2y ago
What is it incompatible with?
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by themisto 2y ago
What do you mean by "ideatic space" and "optimal ideatic equation" -- I'm not sure what "ideatic" means in these contexts. (assuming the OP is the author of the blog)
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by themisto 2y ago
A somewhat gruesome related bit of American Southwest folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ghost_(folklore)
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by themisto 4y ago
When Suttree found me it was exactly the right time and it left me forever changed. Not a month goes by I don't think of it nearly a decade later. Definitely my personal favorite of his. Wish I was reading it again for the first time
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by themisto 4y ago
https://archive.ph/hjCTm
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No. 6207: A Study in Steel (1935) [video](youtube.com)
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by themisto 4y ago
I haven't read any books by David Foster Wallace, though every time he comes up I feel obliged to share a fantastic speech of his about finding joy in the monotony of life. I heard it years ago and it's always stuck with me. Video
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by themisto 4y ago
Saw them live as my first post(ish)-pandemic show. Fantastic live. They opened with "Call me maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen then did a hard transition into 953.
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by themisto 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. Wasn't aware of EdgeDB and running through the interactive tutorial now. As a general novice when it comes to databases (only ever interacted with pretty mature database systems on the job, never implemented one mys
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by themisto 4y ago
My favourite contributions to meetings are "Nothing to contribute that hasn't already been said". Like a breath of fresh air a light at the end of the tunnel.
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by themisto 4y ago
Yeah exactly! Thinking back, the time's I've felt this the most is during stressful interviews -- e.g. I'm asked a difficult question and part way through my answer my nerves say "You've been talking for ages, you&#
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by themisto 4y ago
Love it. Simple and effective UI. In the past I've had the opposite problem occasionally where I think I'm taking up much more time than I am (a consequence of nervousness maybe) and this would be helpful for that too -- not just
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by themisto 4y ago
Love learning about words and ideas like "interregnum". It's uncomfortable to think of a global societal interregnum -- at what point we may be in it, where it will end up, and if things will be "better" on the othe