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by wirrbel 9y ago
Get a shepherd dog might be the better option. I guess you can always argue that the ecosystem used to have wolves (and elks) in Germany. So the restauration is I think a good thing. The only issue I found with this wish is that consequentl
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by wirrbel 9y ago
You know what is a concrete danger for my kids (and all other kids, in both rural and cityareas)? - cars and if you worry about animals - dogs (which are wolves, bread for insanity and not fearing humans, and sometimes trained to attack peo
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by wirrbel 9y ago
Oh snap. forgot that I left my flock of sheep in the front yard... seriously, what are these terrible consequences?
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by wirrbel 9y ago
yay! With hunters who keep the woods overpopulated with deer etc. (because as they age they give better trophies) I can only hope that we will get even more packs in the future throughout the country. I have read an amazing report on how wo
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by wirrbel 9y ago
knowing the schema also means knowing the right revision of the schema. If you store messages for a while, this already can be a problem.
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by wirrbel 9y ago
CBOR or MsgPack are binary JSON-like encodings. ProtoBuf depend on the schema definitions and encoder/decoder generation. Without the schema, you cannot read the format (theoretically), if you want your data to be read easily, JSON or
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by wirrbel 9y ago
okay, I guess I am nitpicking on the word axiom ^^. DRY-as-in-the-original-sense is not an axiom because you can actually give good and simple reasons from which you can deduct the principle. You are definitely are right in the sense, that
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by wirrbel 9y ago
> Basically, Mercurial is migrating away from Python as its primary and core programming language. You don't say Git is written in Python even if Git were to have a few Python code (I actually don't know, never read Git code),
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by wirrbel 9y ago
Agree with the first part of your post. > I started doing this in the 90s and I feel that there is a growing trend to replace judgement with process and strict rules. Hmm, I am not quite sure whether I share your sentiment on process and
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by wirrbel 9y ago
Do we have the same understanding of code being DRY? Because it is not an axiom. It is a guideline on reducing errors, that are enabled by writing the same information in various places of your code. As opposed to "reduce code duplicat
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by wirrbel 9y ago
There is a tendency in Software Development, that terms lose their meaning the more they are used. I think it is partly due to software people not talking concrete, physical objects that much, but more about abstract ideas with more or less
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by wirrbel 9y ago
I couldn't imagine to work without writing tests and I firmly believe it actually makes me quicker than manual coding. Sure, if you aim for 100% code coverage it takes time, but instead of trying out my code a few times, I just write t
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by wirrbel 9y ago
Your idea has precedent. "Babylonian hours" or greek hours (don't know if there is a common english name for them, "Babylonische Stunden".
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by wirrbel 9y ago
I used pip & virtualenv on linux constantly. On my new windows laptop, anaconda is preinstalled, so I thought I'd just use that, since I heard from everywhere that it was so good. I ran into issues with it requiring admin privilege
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by wirrbel 9y ago
uh, yet again one of those blog posts that offer simple solutions for simple problems. As if life was so simple. In a workplace situation, you'll realize, that sometimes "looser" person is just a looser in the mind of that on
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by wirrbel 9y ago
I joined a company that was unionized, 30% wage increase. For software engineering work.
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by wirrbel 9y ago
people are allowed to have their opinions, and after a while, I reserve my right to not listen to certain opinions anymore if they are not backed up.
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by wirrbel 9y ago
Sure, it might be because System D integrates so tightly with the whole ecosystem that it is hard to replace it. Or: Those folks who write rants about system d are not very active in contributing to a distribution that runs without it. With
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by wirrbel 10y ago
Anyone using it for development? What is your experience?
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by wirrbel 10y ago
Same here
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by wirrbel 10y ago
you can draw conclusions from only the data presented to you doing bayesian inference.
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by wirrbel 10y ago
One very interesting thought I read about: Modern math classes tend to be very applied. I.e. the primary objective is to get the student to be able to solve real world problems with math. (A farmer sells 3 potatoes for a dollar. How much do
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by wirrbel 10y ago
The main problem with most dietary recommendations is that they oversimplify in a skewed and wrongful way. From a very basic, we can be quite sure that a very simple model roughly describes the system (as in "there are calories and the
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by wirrbel 10y ago
The interesting thing about git is, that while it is heavily criticised for begin difficult, it is such a huge success. Most of the time, criticism of git can be summarized as "Bad user experience", which is often blamed on git ex
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by wirrbel 10y ago
This reminds me of https://twitter.com/marick/status/787402452848873472 I dont think writing Tests first makes you work top down or bottom up. If you want to work bottom-up (I like to work bottom up) you just star
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by wirrbel 10y ago
When I first learned about TDD I thought the same (order of test and implementation does not matter that much). Yet when you do the TDD steps * write a failing test (RED) * implement minimal functionality so all tests pass (GREEN) * REFACTO
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by wirrbel 10y ago
Can't argue much with these criteria. Yet why "previous presenter experience"? If you are afraid of inexperienced speakers to deliver a boring talk, why Not just give them a 10-15 minute slot? Them, I am reminded that many sp
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by wirrbel 10y ago
Ever thought why you shouldn't use real butter to fry meat? Its because it will turn brown and black because of proteins. You can however extract the fat from butter by melting it: clarified butter. Ghee - if it has not been fermented&
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by wirrbel 10y ago
Seriously, Ghee is Butterschmalz
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by wirrbel 10y ago
I hear this quite often, but on the other hand I live about 20km away from the french border, and overall food quality does not go up much if you go there (with the obvious exceptions: Cheese, Baguette, Wine). Typically you can buy most ite

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