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961.
by trgn 6y ago
Also, there's an enormous lack of any personal commitment to make meaningful changes in their day-to-day life, at least among the Belgians I know. Civic-mindedness is most certainly _not_ a Belgian virtue.
962.
by trgn 6y ago
We can always tell when our neighbor's cat is outside when the birds in our yards start to get agitated.
963.
by trgn 6y ago
Looking at it, it seems like the data-format is an extension of GeoJson. What it adds on top is an ontology for indoor features.
964.
by trgn 6y ago
I think there used to be more of a tacit understanding and silent acceptance of this. Don't ask don't tell basically. It doesn't fit the ideal that your inner and outer life should be in accordance. It's what makes ameri
965.
by trgn 6y ago
French revolution started with a riot. While the terror state that came soon after is condemned, it was the violent spark that realized the Enlighment ideals in Europe. 1830 was a riotous year globally. Belgian independence started with a r
966.
by trgn 6y ago
A squirrel will spend energy to collect nuts and bury them together in the ground, rather than having them scatter and roll and blow willy-nilly. A person is constantly sweeping up the dust inside their house, painting and repainting the tr
967.
by trgn 6y ago
When I make a snarky comment about that sort of concept art, and somebody gives me the "but you didn't" response, I usually double down out of spite. When the only thing anybody can say about some art that it's "int
968.
by trgn 7y ago
Sure. But I said the basket weaving liberal art student. The 100k grad student can be everything from a CS major to a soon-to-be-tenured ivy league history professor. These are not the same people, and it's not what I said.
969.
by trgn 7y ago
The 100k basket weaving liberal arts student barely exists and is a meme to generate rage clicks.
970.
by trgn 7y ago
European explorers and early colonist would write back letters or come back with stories about how lush, rich and plentiful the new world was. Walk up to any stream, and just scoop up a fish with your bare hands. Mountains of silver and gol
971.
by trgn 7y ago
In person, or for a remote job, with screensharing and online chats. In my current job, it generally starts with the implementer reaching out and saying, I want to achieve xyz and think about doing abc. That's how the conversation gets
972.
by trgn 7y ago
Yes! Engineers should collaborate on the overall approach to a code change/addition with the reviewers before any PR is submitted. Those early discussions are extremely important since teams will converge to an appropriate solution qui
973.
by trgn 7y ago
That's an aggressive reading of that article. She lays out her argument, maybe makes a snarky comment here and there, but it's hardly a rant. Her argument flows pretty naturally imo. Identify a problem. Open concepts are a fad wit
974.
by trgn 8y ago
We (by example, and the way we communicate) need to paint an alternative picture that makes this alternative look, not like making a sacrifice, but is fundamentally better. - I drive my car less, because my employer encourages working from
975.
by trgn 8y ago
When living there, Stevenson wrote the beach of Falesa, a thriller about the rivalry between the white protagonist, a newcomer copra trader, and a colonial of the old guard who has become somewhat of a cult leader on the island. It's a
976.
by trgn 8y ago
Point taken, I'd agree. But everything in NYC is expensive. And regardless, live performances even more so. Even Joe Schmoe is only going to see a Metallica concert once every year, it's a treat. But anecdotally, when the local or
977.
by trgn 8y ago
Odd, I always thought the opposite. Classical music is beloved by pretty much anyone, regardless of income. Going to a concert performance, maybe, skews richer, but just maybe. But I haven't met a single person who does not enjoy the t
978.
by trgn 8y ago
Richard Florida coined the term "creative class" and was one of the big boosters of the idea that the young cool people would not only move to the city when they're young and eager (same as always), but also would decide to s
979.
by trgn 8y ago
> IMHO, there's no point in individual action Very much disagree. You can both take individual action and push for systemic change, for two reasons. Individual action can make a meaningful difference, maybe not in curbing climate ch
980.
by trgn 8y ago
Maybe rather as in, stay away from mainstream media because the hosts will literally talk to you as if you were a toddler, yell at you really, constantly flash colorful thingies in your face, blast stupid loud jingles, and drag out idiotic
981.
by trgn 8y ago
Pretty normal older suburban neighborhood in the midwest, no HOA or covenants or anything like that. I expect some busybody neighbor called local 311. Most front yards are just mowed grass. People do plant trees, shrubs, and have flower bed
982.
by trgn 8y ago
Thanks, I didn't know that. I'll stick with it and try again.
983.
by trgn 8y ago
I planted milkweed in my front yard. These plants don't come cheap, between 10-20$ at the nursery for a young plant. I never was able to grow them from seed. Anyways, the plants did attract a few monarchs late summer/early fall.
984.
by trgn 8y ago
I didn't read the advice part either. Didn't seem fitting, felt wrong. Her letter stands alone.
985.
by trgn 8y ago
Just to add on to that. Very few programmers know the prior art wrt. OOP, or have worked with the kind of code in which OOP is done well (I guess "OOD", using the terminology from the article). Instead, almost all junior (even sen
986.
by trgn 8y ago
Not sure why this get downvotes. American cities were overbuilt from the start. In most american cities, from the late 1700s onward, wide roads on a grid were a desirable feature, a hundred years before cars were a thing. These wide roads w
987.
by trgn 8y ago
In more conventional scripting languages than Julia, I wish more people would write simple for-loops for simple problems, instead of cramming in some functional construct, just because the language allows it. The extra indirection, the adde
988.
by trgn 8y ago
It's a beautiful profession too. There's several librarians in my family across 3 generations, and they all love their work. I think it's something about helping people, in a calm, welcoming environment, the work is a real go
989.
by trgn 8y ago
Yes. Only utility remains of his three principles of architecture. Beauty has bastardized into branding. The building is a sculpture that needs to project the values of the patron. That's why most modern buildings look futuristic, beca
990.
by trgn 8y ago
yes for sure. I wish articles about this crash would continue to hammer on the basics, to keep front&center this crash was completely avoidable. Even if there were no technical issues, (1) the driver was on her phone before and during t

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