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by yarg 4y ago
Only 2^200 times less efficiently (even that's generous).
902.
by yarg 4y ago
The article mentions Musk but not ... Tesla? How about Einstein, Newton, Ford or the Wrights? Innovation is inherently disruptive - it changes the way the world runs. Now that's not to say you need disruption to be successful (Buffett
903.
by yarg 4y ago
It made me want to learn python. I've been thinking about programming language development, and some weird things from the typing front. This could be easily used to achieve unions. But another thing that I was thinking about was the r
904.
by yarg 4y ago
It could be used to define a union implementation.
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by yarg 4y ago
Trying to measure the length of a curve f(x). I turn the curve into a fixed infinitesimal thickness (2 * 𝛿t) 'rope' and measure the area. Then I divide the area by the thickness to get the length. The rope is defined as the area b
906.
by yarg 4y ago
I just find that it buries the lede.
907.
by yarg 4y ago
Thanks for the links (and the flame war). Another thing that I'm wondering about is how to calculate the length of a function. What I'm thinking, is that you can treat a function like a piece of string, you take f(x) and generate
908.
by yarg 4y ago
One thing that I've thought about, when using calculus in programs, you're often dealing with a very small (but finite) Δx, rather than an infinitesimal 𝛿x. And I don't think that the common differential equation is the ideal
909.
by yarg 4y ago
> to make language constructs consistent and stand out more That sort of thing also makes parsing easier from the compiler side; you can look at the string token and know without context whether or not it's a keyword.
910.
by yarg 4y ago
These seem largely to be straw-men; brake rotors, pads, headlights.... all have associated safety standards. You can install your own brake pads sure, but as a layman if you installed brake pads of your own design and construction, it might
911.
by yarg 4y ago
Within reason, sure - but there are limits. End user control over safety critical software is not only dangerous, but a potential source of significant legal liability. I don't want an EV that's capable of accelerating at the maxi
912.
by yarg 4y ago
For the commit message, for time-keeping, in order to assign it back to her when the changes were made.
913.
by yarg 4y ago
You're not completely wrong, but there's a history of viable technologies being eschewed in favour of those with military applications.
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by yarg 4y ago
Why would they be fired? PFizer's making billions.
915.
by yarg 4y ago
A near off-topic quibble (yes I realise I'm insane): the icosahedron is a poor icon choice for a language called Crystal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedral_honeycomb A rhombic dodecahedron would work bette
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by yarg 4y ago
None really; it's a chaotic process.
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by yarg 4y ago
K Advanced Text Editor.
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by yarg 4y ago
It's a bit like sudoku; start with the elements for which there's only one choice, and rotate into place. Often this will lead to more tiles with only one viable configuration. (At very least you'll reduce the search space.)
919.
by yarg 4y ago
It was a swing application (the company's deployment tooling). I ran through the configuration definitions and for each element created a BufferedImage the preferred size of the associated component. Then I rendered the component to th
920.
by yarg 4y ago
It actually amazes me the degree to which people just don't realise that what they are doing can be automated - even in software companies. I caught my manager one day, manually traversing application screens taking screenshots and the
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by yarg 4y ago
So nothing's changed? This really just confirms what was already known (regarding the spread of Monkeypox). It's also another instance of symmetrical sexual practices in a highly promiscuous group of people resulting in the rapid
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by yarg 4y ago
Also, if you're going to bother to reply, reply to the content - rather than the terrible pun that I through in for the sake of my own bored amusement. I'm a fucking programmer (at very least I'm a dude commenting on HN) - I
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by yarg 4y ago
Words are about the only damned thing where mere belief conjures existence.
924.
by yarg 4y ago
Surely there's a correlation between ease of reading and ease of compilation? I'm thinking in terms of avoiding back-tracking in your syntax. E.g.: regices are hard as shit to read, and I don't think that back-tracking helps
925.
by yarg 4y ago
I went to a psychologist - she told me there was very little that could be done to help someone in the grips of an existential crisis. Psilocybin mushrooms have done more to help me than any mental health professional ever will.
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Ask HN: How do I come back after burn-out?
3 points by yarg 4y ago|2 comments
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by yarg 4y ago
I just attempted to look at the reviews. There's an uncloseable pop-up telling you to log in. Normally I wouldn't bother, but curiousity got the best of me - I logged in with my Google OAuth. Not so fast - you haven't contrib
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by yarg 4y ago
That's cool, keep using increasingly advanced static munitions against a dynamic enemy.
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by yarg 4y ago
Also in ducks (no need for fungal encouragement): https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/mar/08/highereduc...
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by yarg 4y ago
> As male flies copulate with dead females, the fungal spores are showered onto the males, who then suffer the same gruesome fate. That doesn't seem right - it seems like it would restrict the male -> female transmission vector.

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