webnrrd2k

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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
If you need to work, then get a job at a university that offers free tuition for employees. I've had friend that worked as janitors for four years to get degrees from good/expensive schools.
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
My vague memory of it is that MS discontinued it because it detracted from their plans with MS Access on the low-end, and MS SQL Server on the high end. I think, maybe, that it may not have fit in with Visual Basic very well.
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
There is no specific insurance required that I'm aware of... It's an activity that's well within the normal allowance of jackassery that everyone is entitled to. I think that a big part of the issue is that banning it sounds
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Just to add to the list: mpg123 [0] It's not "ultimate" by any stretch, but it's a really good command-line mp3 player, and the one I use the most. It's been a long time since I've researched it, so there may b
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Don't they sell used cars in Europe?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
This whole argument reminds me a bit of the book, Godel-Escher-Back, which is (partially) about the interplay of formal and informal systems. Both are necessary, and one without the other tend to be useless or sterile. Sometimes, when I&#x2
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
It makes me uneasy whenever someone suggests forcing an undesirable class of people to become concentrated in institutions (or, perhaps, camps). Historically it hasn't worked out so well. But maybe this time it will be different?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Hormones, I think... I'm not sure exactly what the g.p. post is referring to, but in people there are a lot of non-direct interactions, too. The one's I'm (only slightly) familiar with are hormones. Maybe there are others?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Also check out clojure, and the books: Norvig's PAIP, or Graham's ANSI Common Lisp.
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
It's talking about lisp macros, idempotent languages, and a few other features of lispey languages. I'd suggest the book On Lisp, or Lisp in Small Pieces as good places to learn about it, but there are a ton of other resources tha
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Re: "problem that was best left unsolved" This is a good example of a hard-won life lesson... There might be a solution to a problem, but the solution is worse than the original problem. I semi-jokingly call this "the healin
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Staying with the sinking ship analogy, by patching your sinking ship you will avoid sinking, which is a really big problem. I know what I'd choose givin the option of avoiding sinking, and possibly dealing with unknown and probably m
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
It sounds like an episode of Better Off Ted [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Off_Ted
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
I was at another OG-style web page [1] today, and thought the same thing. I found a Badger airbrush, a 155 Anthem [2], that I completely forget I had. [1] https://sites.google.com/site/donsairbrushtips/home [2] h
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
I wonder if an elephant will ever have a human as an emotional support animal? I've heard that they can become very close with their mahout.
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Everything would look like Kai's Power Tools
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
I didn't say or, I think, even imply that "any metaphor will do". And I'm also not saying that war doesn't exist, or that dancing will somehow replace war. I said "it's certainly possible to use different
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Its not silly at all. First, we're discussing metaphors, and it's certainly possible to use different metaphors to describe or model the same situation. There are dances that decide disagreements. Different cultures use dance for
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Can't it be both?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Can't it be both?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Landing at McMurdo Station seems a lot like landing on a giant, slow-moving aircraft carrier. I wonder how similar their ILS is to the ILS used on navy aircraft carriers?
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
The linked blog post is hardly a way forward, it's a high level summary of LLM uses and drawbacks with no real insight. The conclusion: "The potential for generative AI to transform industries is vast, but realizing this potential
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
A quick search turns up problems, enough so that, as a consumer, I'd be concerned. Is that hard enough data to reach a conclusion in a major scientific journal? No. Is it enough data so that, as a consumer looking to purchase one, I wo
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
On the rare occasion that I explain it, I tell people that it's important because I want my kids (and others) and their kids to be able to grow up in the same world I did, and to be able to have the same sort of experiences I did. I wa
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
In addition to wealth taxes, inheritance taxes are also important to get right. The US, historically, had fairly high inheritance taxes because it was thought to prevent dynastic families from taking over. Over the last few decades, inher
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
Just a data point I'd like to throw in... I'll get some horrible headaches if I don't get enough sleep and eat too much salt. It took me a while to figure out the trigger because it take two things, lack of sleep and eating s
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
You'd really enjoy The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. One of the big lessons is that it's basically interpreters all the way down. Even hardware is, at some point, "programmed" by someone to behave a
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
You might like to check out the jacquard loom, and it's relation to early programming. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
A morphogenetic field day, no doubt.
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by webnrrd2k 2y ago
I misread your post as meaning there was not more than approximately 250 million spent. Sorry, my mistake.

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