yboris

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   by yboris 3y ago

   The graphs of water temperature over the last 2 years have been off the charts - literally; required adjusting the y-axis: https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1754540413350732180
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Related: The Light Phone https://www.thelightphone.com/ - uses E-Ink too
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Math tutoring was my main gig for years around and after college. In New Jersey I had plenty of $50/hr cash clients (circa 2010). Some were even up to $100/hr. It's an excellent self-employment opportunity with virtually zero
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   Video: Doom Running on Gut Bacteria(engadget.com)

   19 points by yboris 3y ago|9 comments
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Have you heard of Strigiphilus garylarsoni , a species of chewing louse found only on owls? Named after Gary Larson! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigiphilus_garylarsoni
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   by yboris 3y ago

   There's a great video explanation too with interviews of people behind the scenes: https://youtu.be/4HHUGnHcDQw?si=APHEQwVxTvcOfC5c&t=382
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Scroll Reverser might work: https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Thank you for the recommendation!
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   by yboris 3y ago

   Algorithm for two people sharing any food: 1st person cuts, 2nd person chooses which of the pieces to take.
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Related: using mathematics and neural architecture to explain geometric hallucinations present under LSD: https://plus.maths.org/content/uncoiling-spiral-maths-and-ha...
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Discussion exists already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38930126
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Direct link: https://www.rabbit.tech/
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    Rabbit R1 is an adorable AI-powered assistant co-designed by Teenage Engineering(engadget.com)

    2 points by yboris 3y ago|2 comments
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    by yboris 3y ago

    So sorry -- I think I got distracted while writing (doing things around the house) and got the math wrong :'( I wanted something around 1:1million odds
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    by yboris 3y ago

    My favorite mental visualization I came up with: imagine driving from New Jersey to Florida (substitute with a long drive you had). Mine was about 1,200 miles which at 60 miles per hour is 20 hours. That's 72,000 seconds of mind-numbin
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    by yboris 3y ago

    This feels like a good rule of thumb to me for nonfiction: read authors who are Ph.D. working for many years who are writing about their work, as opposed to journalists who jump from subject to subject with each book they write. e.g. "
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Built in V: https://github.com/vlang/v > [the V language is a] simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies.
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    by yboris 3y ago

    I've felt for 20 years now that a nice system design would be to, by law, give 10% of the fine levied against a wrong-doing company to the whistleblower. This way there's always a financial incentive to whistle-blow, especially
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    by yboris 3y ago

    GitHub link: https://github.com/myshell-ai/OpenVoice
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Very related: Cool-Retro-Term (CRT) - a terminal that makes it look retro ;) https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
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    by yboris 3y ago

    I'm a fan of artillery games. I created Gravity Wars (based on previous art) - artillery in space where planets pull projectiles with gravity: https://github.com/whyboris/Gravity-Wars
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    by yboris 3y ago

    I like this technique for even less-complex conversations. A simple checksum of sorts. One (somewhat related) example: after scheduling a meeting for "next Tuesday at 7pm" it's worth repeating back "Tuesday the 26th, a
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    by yboris 3y ago

    If using Python & Matplotlib, consider using XKCD style to communicate that a graph is imprecise and should be read that way. https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/showcase/xkcd.html#sph...
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    by yboris 3y ago

    I find this behavior baffling. It's morally wrong to run over a pedestrian with your car when you are in another country. Why would location matter?
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    by yboris 3y ago

    Side note: in Tokyo, one of the cleanest cities on earth, there are (typically?) no public trash cans on the streets; they exist in parks and in convenience stores. My favorite saying from my dad: "It's clean not where people cl
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    by yboris 3y ago

    When lawyers cost such obscene amount of dollars per each hour that they "work" it's scary to do anything other than routine as-fast-as-possible route.
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    by yboris 3y ago

    I literally had to pay Strike 3 over $10k for having downloaded some of their videos over torrent. Ironically I liked their videos enough to be a paying member of one of their websites (even for 2 years before the lawsuit hit me). But downl
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    by yboris 3y ago

    hoping to normalize the 4DWW - Four Day Work Week . Could you include the 4DWW tag in the description as well?
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    by yboris 3y ago

    0 taxation on assets or income and it's available to people living outside of the state. So rich people can avoid paying taxes.
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    by yboris 3y ago

    > "Dynasty trusts can be created in South Dakota for families who do not live in the state. South Dakota allows trusts to continue in perpetuity, avoiding federal transfer taxes for generations. The state does not impose any form of