timehastoldme

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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Wow, the Python community sure is impressed with its small dicts. Have they tried pooling?
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Or perhaps the brain is less impressive than you think.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
*were
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Hey HN! I want to hear the arguments as to why this is or isn't a positive development for society. Not whether or not it's the right business decision, or whether or not they should have the right to do it. Any thoughts?
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Is this parody? > War is never justified. > Ability is 99 parts skill, one part talent. > The only math you need is: add/divide/multiply in your head. And basic probability and statistics and percentages. I mean, if it ma
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Yeah, the tribalism isn't really based on party lines so much. Identity politics has gained primary importance, perhaps in part because of social media. Also, on that note, I thought this was interesting: http://www.politico
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Remember, we just elected a black man who was the head of the Harvard Law Review. Whatever you think about him, he did not succeed because of know-nothingism. We have bifurcated in some ways, but there's still a lot to be excited about
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
This is so freaking cool! A mini-history told by someone passionate about it.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
I used it at work last summer, and it was fine-- did everything you'd expect it to, etc. I found that I missed my Mac for a few reasons, but those seem to be mostly idiosyncratic.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Well... It doesn't. The same ratios exist for A=440:A=440 * 3/2 and A=432:A=432 : 3/2, for example
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
If I understand correctly, he's guessing that pitch discrimination is finer at lower frequencies, so tuning at 432Hz would allow our ears to be more 'exact'. Of course, this advantage would be negligible, and pitch discrimina
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Ok, I see what you mean. Then most songs would sound 'better' a half-step down, etc.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
What??? Tighter differences between each notes' frequencies?? Please explain this thought.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
It's not.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Or it's a stand against a movement which opposes their moral principles. To Pao (and, to the extent that it matters, me), D. Trump's movement is so vile that any prominent supporters of it waive their right to being tolerated. I a
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Right there with you. I'd like to know your perspective of the explicit amorality of the SV "quirky-elite", especially the YC-Facebook nexus. To me, Altman, Zuckerberg, and Thiel all very obviously have ulterior scifi motives
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
I agree, up to the point where we are so certain about a freedom that we decide it is not worth having. Say, the freedom to drive on the wrong side of the freeway. You make a good point: regulation is a clumsy tool, and I don't think i
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Very funny.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
It's large... Perhaps, not as high-quality as some other development communities... But quantity may help over quality.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
I have, and it's fine, even on my mbp. Perhaps I'll switch? Margins are low because I don't code all that much.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
They don't, but they also don't like going to the gym, waking up early for work, or taking out the trash. I think it'll be interesting to see who do and who don't Willpower and motivation fascinate me. I've been liv
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Atom (hear me out): + runs graphically + runs linux, macos, windows (nothing else?) + open source + ridiculously, easily extensible + not riddled with bugs (slowness is not a bug) + for small files, comparably quick to Sublime on my machine
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Ethically, it's absolutely unconscionable to show people only what they want to see, enabling our worst features to simply fester unchallenged. From a Machiavellian standpoint (read: Thiel or Zuckerberg), this isn't an intelligent
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Some good points brought up here-- we need evangelism like this to get enough public support to explore the galaxy.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
I agree, for the most part. But can you explain why this is a valid equivalence? On the surface, sure, but exploration-for-it's-own-sake isn't a good enough reason. Also, some would argue that the disadvantages (e.g. disruption of
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Code peek ( https://atom.io/packages/code-peek ) is pretty good, esp. for a package with very few DL's.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
It's shorthand for "I have a distaste for this thing which I presume to be understood if not necessarily shared." I was wrong about that. This isn't musical at all! It's some lazy shit a high-schooler with free time
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
Well, there's a new world's worst thing.
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
I mean, yeah, that would be amazing for the ecosystem. Still! I hope some small guy comes and makes something awesome with it, esp. w.r.t AI, which Rust seems sort of perfect for. As much potential as the Amazon-Microsoft-Google-Facebook-Ac
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by timehastoldme 10y ago
The awesome thing about Rust is that the behemoths don't know about it.

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