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I've been loving Hugo. I built https://utilitarianism.net/ with it https://github.com/whyboris/utilitarianism.net For my personal and dev sites I used to use Gatsby, but migrated to Hugo just
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I had a small personal homepage with about 20 posts / articles on WordPress . A few years back I migrated to Gasby (to learn how it works; migration was easy) and it was nice (see migration guide I wrote [0]; see old repo [1]). Afte
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Related: rocket mass heater "A rocket mass heater (RMH), also known as rocket stove mass heater, is a form of slow-release radiant heating system, designed to primarily heat people and secondarily to warm areas in line of sight aroun
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Education Automation: Freeing the scholar to return to his studies by Buckminster Fuller (1964) https://www.amazon.com/Education-Automation-Freeing-scholar-...
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Academic side-note: an excellent book about memes, culture, genetics, evolution, and life is by one of my favorite philosophers: Daniel C. Dennett From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds https://www.amazon.com&#x
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Mormon church illicitly hiding $32B investment fund behind shell companie(nbcnews.com)
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I've been a happy user of pipenv for several years (at work, in production) and still recommend it. You lock the versions you want independently of the requirements.txt so you can update just the packages you want without worrying abou
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Where is a good place to shop? NewEgg? Are there better prices elsewhere?
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Are there any rack mount cases with 6-8 (3.5") hard drive slots that are under $100?
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Interesting idea: Four Quadrants of Documentation https://documentation.divio.com/ The idea is that there are four different goals that should be accomplished independently.
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Obligatory: Media Bias Chart https://adfontesmedia.com/ Arguably the best place to help you pick better media outlets.
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Must post about this topic: https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/
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steep learning curve usually means the opposite of what the author wants to say: "The common expression "a steep learning curve" is a misnomer suggesting that an activity is difficult to learn and that expending much effort
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Not a criticism of the action, but an observation. In the book The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson, the authors observe that part of the reason healthcare may be so expensive is that we (unintentionally) communica
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Can be, but isn't, right? What's the delay? It's been over a decade -- apparently the electricity consumption isn't a priority for the community.
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Twitter will charge developers to access its API starting February 9th(engadget.com)
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My favorite at the beginning of the game is "get in position and wait for my go" B-)
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Bitcoin does not scale by design. Ethereum may be different. I doubt there is a uniform hate towards the crypto world the original commenter laments about. It's probably a bit more nuanced -- as you could expect from HN (on average).
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Good luck trying to make a parallel argument that has the same strength. Does Uber or Airbnb use 100,000x more resources per transaction than the standard alternative?
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Financial success while ignoring externalities? Is the amount of pollution created as a byproduct of using all the electricity not in the calculation? Being surprised that there is a pushback against such a technology seems inappropriate or
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There's something to be said for The Wisdom of Crowds - an observation that given certain conditions, a crowd can make better estimates / predictions / etc than individuals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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Quote: > In our evaluations on a “challenge set” of English texts I wonder if they mean "challenge" in the sense that these are some of the hardest-to-discern passages. Meaning that with average human writing / average typ
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Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow(darrellowens.substack.com)
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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." ... the best food is plant based and reduction of animal products is beneficial for one's health.
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Microwaves are getting better UX these days. The cheap one I bought from Walmart about a year ago lets me press `1` and it auto-starts a one-minute heating process.
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For those unsure of the reference, bednets are arguably one of the most cost-effective ways to make a positive impact in people's lives: https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities <-- see Against Mal
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I think this book is excellent explanation of some architectures, how they work, and how you can quickly build some with Keras https://www.manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-python-seco... Written by François Choll
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Simplest File Renamer - batch rename files with your favorite text editor (and see the diff of the changes) https://yboris.dev/renamer/ -- FREE MIT Open Source: https://github.com/whyboris/Simple
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Higher taxes would be imposed progressively. Currently the most wealthy / highest income people on average pay the least as a % of their income. Furthermore: how about a wealth tax (maybe call it a "hoarding tax" to describe
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side note -- is it just me, or have Vimeo videos always been horrible as embeds? They take longer to load than YouTube, they take too long to fast-forward (click in the middle and wait 5 seconds before you see the video at that time loc

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