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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
The Schooner Trinidad just doesn’t have the same ring as The Edmund Fitzgerald.
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
The first couple of episodes of the podcast “The History of English” about PIE are fascinating. I’d highly recommend it for anyone interested in a quick intro to PIE (or the rest of the podcast in general, if you’re interested in the histor
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
Speaking personally, I feel like any time I save by reducing keystrokes would be lost by having to think about shortcuts (or making corrections). However, I Once believed the same thing about vim-mode (which I believe saves me time though I
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I read “On Writing Well” recently and really enjoyed it. The author cites “Elements” frequently. https://ia800308.us.archive.org/31/items/OnWritingWell/on-wr...
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
The fact of un-readability isn’t necessarily implied by the statement being replied to. `map` and `filter` are names for common operations on lists, not less performant alternatives other things. If there’s a more performant alternative to
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
In the early-mid aughts I volunteered at an anarchist bookstore in Detroit. One day, this guy comes in to tell us about a show he’s playing. He’s holding a promotional poster for it. “So you want to put the poster up? No problem!” “No, man.
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HTTP Referer(en.wikipedia.org)
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
Don't get me wrong, I really believe there are helpful tools out there. For instance, Notion has been one of the most genuinely useful applications I've ever used (like, it has genuinely improved my quality of life by helping me o
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
> it solves problems that I don't have, and ignores the ones I do have This is exactly what I suspect of virtually any kind of app, software, platform, etc. I’m advertised as intended to help me with ADHD. ADHD is expresses itself i
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Barbie Liberation Organization(en.wikipedia.org)
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Yerkes Observatory: Restoring the World’s Largest Refracting Telescope(grainger.com)
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
https://archive.li/B8YY2
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
+1 to “The People’s Tycoon”
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
“America By Design” and “Forces of Production” by the historian David Noble[1] discuss the relationship between capitalism, management, and the development of technology. From Wikipedia, > “America by Design”…was published to unusually p
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
Sorry, but could anyone share some background (reading, links, etc.) on set vs. category theory as applied type systems?
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
Good time to grab a beer!
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I had no idea about these elements or their APIs. Maybe one downside to living in JSX all the time is that it can encourage ignorance of the foundation it’s built on.
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The Looming Labor Fight over Electric Vehicles(heatmap.news)
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Remembering Robert Gottlieb, Editor Extraordinaire(newyorker.com)
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
For me, not taking my hands off the keyboard (or more specifically, not touching the mouse) is less about speed, and more that it helps me remain focused on what I’m doing.
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British Post Office Scandal(en.wikipedia.org)
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Archaeologists Found Evidence of a Viking City That Was Supposed to Be Mythical(popularmechanics.com)
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The Icelandic Saga Database(sagadb.org)
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I was coming here thinking the same thing. The important thing isn’t abstractions in general, it’s whether those abstractions are useful (defined here as reducing the cognitive load of a reader, but there’s probably dozens of other meaningf
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I really liked the way Sussman discussed repetition in the SICP lectures. Something like, “If you find yourself repeating the something, that’s often a hint that there could be a useful abstraction.” It’s a far less prescriptive (and more a
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
George: All right, no more lies. Elaine has been chosen to represent the Upper West Side in the next Biosphere project. Vivian: I haven't heard anything about another Biosphere. George: That's because it's underwater. Vivian:
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
> The conventional wisdom is that Ford decreed that all Model Ts should be black because that was the fastest-drying of all colours Is that actually the conventional wisdom?
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I’m assuming Rust here refers to the game and not the programming language?
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by ughitsaaron 3y ago
I would love to see this config if you’re able to share it.
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by ughitsaaron 4y ago
A bit unrelated, but I’m curious if others had small engines or auto shop classes offered in their high schools?

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