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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Here here! And, that is honestly the best. It’s why we have a republic and not a “pure democracy”. Nobody likes taxes, but other than having to interface with the system once a year… who cares ? I can pay H&R Block $X or pay $Y more i
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
It’s very much a “who cares?” Issue. It’d be cool… but: taxes are still super easy to file for 90% of people. You’ve literally always been able to file your taxes by paper and not have to pay anyone anything to do so. It does not have to
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
How have you forgotten the most important thing ever? It’s Freedom. Because, Freedom. And, because America.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
And after the spanking, the oral sex.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
(yay)
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
This article begins with victim blaming the software engineers in full-throated support of hardware engineers. If, and I do mean if, anyone should be exalted it is the fact that software engineers have been coping with C as a stable-but-dif
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Kalman Filters were developed outside the context of “Machine Learning” and found practical applications much earlier. If you define ML as an algorithm that is “trained by input data”, than any statistical model would be ML. So is the ambi
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
You know, I‘d always been like “`from pdb import set_trace: set_trace()` and you can interactively edit. I don’t care what the type is because I can interact with my running program better than a compiler” (followed by intense nerd chortlin
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
First off, I appreciate the edit. python is strong dynamic typing, for example. Second, it’s a shame that the author doesn’t really speak to Haskell at all. Knowing that a variable is a `u16` is rarely useful alone, relying on the meta of
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
I'm reminded of an Indian here in The States named Chief Black Kettle. During the failed negotiation of the land usage of the indigenous and the white settlers, which would eventually lead to his death and the massacre of his people,
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
I hate being right all the time: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/rent-bed-pods-downtown-t...
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
ok.. ok.. If you're already in California, go back east.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Edit: posted on wrong comment. I do say, though, that "property rights" do not guarantee absolute sovereignty. Democracy specifically exists to rob the wealthy land owners the privilege of exerting their will upon their neighbors
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
You've never lived in a place where 100 year-old houses have been converted to duplexes/quadplexes/hexaplexes/OCTOPLEXES. You will definitely end up below someone who can afford to be on top.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Neither Tokyo or Barcelona are "nicer" than my hometown, though they certainly are different. I know that when I watch [videos like this video on HK "Coffin Homes"]( https://youtu.be/kUK11Yx3ugQ?si=nvuuCXr
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Agreed! Not everyone gets to live in a place with 10/10 schools, within 20 minutes of their work, and next to a "World-class Shopping Resort". Meanwhile small towns across America are shrinking into oblivion because they ar
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
If you're a young person who is hell-bent on owning a home, you should consider military service. The VA Loan is the easiest way into a mortgage with no money down, with location-specific terms to help you land a place to live in your
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Man, I'm sick of flat UI's and "Modern" design in general, even outside of computing. I watched a YT video of the "Millennium Aesthetic" and (not that I recommend that one in particular) was reminded about the
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Amazing work. This is a real treasure. Thank you.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
I'd only add that it's not limited to Silicon Valley, nor to this kind of wild "success".
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
It is absolutely not a meme, it's [PEP 20]( https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/ ). Just because some people don't take it seriously, it's definitely a part of the language's soul.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
+1 for mentioning that python's original competitor was Perl. This point is forgotten some 20-30 years latter
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
There's nothing "wrong" about being The Best! #FREEDOM #TheseColorsDontRun #Merica
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
You really think that you can do anything "better than anyone else"? Also, what is your basis of comparison for "you won't achieve anything interesting"? You have to have a very small world view to believe either
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Jello Biafra says it's a [Life Sentence]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4d7TD-hNo )
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Because, Freedom. And, because America. **=== Now, I'm going to go talk to My Fellow 'Mericans about continuing to not use the metric system.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Another love letter to Rust is always welcome. I'm extremely pleased to see another compiled language that makes developers so excited to write code. I do think that it's entirely possible, though, that the warts that Rust does h
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Except, please don't create any new prohibitions. Turns out it's really difficult to re-legalize anything.
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
This article seems to pose this as a problem... It's a victory! We have been working to end prohibition for decades, and it's working! In 22 states adults now have access to either medical or recreational marijuana and psychedel
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by vonwoodson 3y ago
Check out phind.com it’s a ChatGPT-like tool (says) that has updated models on documentation after 2021.

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