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by z9znz 4y ago
> scary-looking guy in a biker jacket, helping his sister open a ballet studio I think this illustrates the possible unspoken angle of the post. Is the post trying to show a surprising contrast? And if so, should I be surprised to see
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by z9znz 4y ago
You either have phenomenal comedic deadpan skill, or you didn't notice the most interesting parts of the parent's comment.
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by z9znz 4y ago
> she knows her place in the world. She is here to serve, I know it's sort of an unspoken NoNo on HN, but given your bold comment I had to look (I thought maybe you were using confrontational comedy). But your bio: "Ethically
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by z9znz 4y ago
This has nothing to do with the hijab. This is a matter of mixing perspectives. All of the descriptions of the situation are rather mundane and bland. Only two extra details stand out: "Upper East Side of Manhattan (think pooches ins
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by z9znz 4y ago
Seriously? Perhaps I really am missing something obvious. What kind of doctor will she be?
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by z9znz 4y ago
You are filling in so many details that are not there. But whether that is correct or not is not the point. The point is, why mention it? Should we be surprised, or should we be impressed that an immigrant Muslim family was involved? I j
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by z9znz 4y ago
In a brief recall such as the parent post, certain details would seem either superfluous or meaningful if they don't appear to relate to the topic. If you mentioned that the guy at the counter of the CVS was wearing a baseball cap, we
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by z9znz 4y ago
Sorry, was this a reply? Did you have something to say?
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by z9znz 4y ago
Maybe I'm not putting all the pieces together correctly. What is the significance of her wearing a hijab? Why is that worthy of mention, or the fact that the owner family was from Turkey? And also the Thanksgiving eve bit?
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by z9znz 4y ago
This comedy skit illustrates the same in humor: https://youtu.be/nQpxAvjD_30
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by z9znz 4y ago
A real keyboard is absolutely necessary for real work, as you say. I think what makes the iPad Pro attractive is that it can have a real, decent keyboard (and trackpad) that is optional depending on your momentary need. Unless one flies bu
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by z9znz 4y ago
To replace or supplement remote, you can carry a little Raspberry Pi. This guy makes a nice video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3qn1nqw-Gw I have previously setup a Hetzner server (EU) with openVPN and Code Se
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by z9znz 4y ago
I think kitten-hair mittens would be big. And if they were also shaped like kitten paws, it would be HUGE.
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by z9znz 4y ago
This is probably an underserved area, actually. There are a lot of patterns of behavior we each have which involve our browsers, and there's probably room for some usage optimization extensions. Do you know of a good site that focuses
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by z9znz 4y ago
This is one of those examples that I liken to the dry cleaning business. In any given city there may be lots of dry cleaners available. Some will be much better than others (service, performance, etc.). Some will be much cheaper than othe
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by z9znz 4y ago
Ugh. Don't we have enough of those already? The target markets haven't increased in size, unless you're in developing countries with upwardly mobile populations. So more affiliate marketers just means more duplication of noi
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by z9znz 4y ago
This idea could be scaled (and likely is implemented somewhere) to big $$$. This is essentially a last-mile care system which could be contracted by governments to do what, in this case (not all cases), private industry can be more efficie
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by z9znz 4y ago
You have golden handcuffs :). As long as you're not unhappy with your day job, that's great. If you are unhappy, then you have a passion project/domain that you already have good progress in. It's easy to give advice, s
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by z9znz 4y ago
IMO, Ruby is a better general purpose "scripting" language like Python that has cleaner and more consistent features - including ones that lend themselves to functional approaches. Outside of web development it doesn't have
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by z9znz 4y ago
Fair enough. My comment above was unnecessary. I did elsewhere in a top level comment go into detail about why I thought TFA wasn't good. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33722399
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by z9znz 4y ago
Raising an exception affects control flow, which is the execution state of the program. TFA example misuses exceptions as just another return value, requiring the caller to have additional code to handle "normal" and "other&q
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by z9znz 4y ago
Raising an exception is not returning a value; it is essentially a GOTO. A pure function has no side effects. Maybe it takes an input, and maybe it returns a result. But whatever it does internally has no affect on the outside world. Rai
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by z9znz 4y ago
I suspect the point of the article was to be seen again and remind people of his book.
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by z9znz 4y ago
Unfortunately this toy example isn't even pure functional because it raises an exception as a way of providing an alternative return from the function. A better example, if one wanted to keep a single function pure and still keep (two)
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by z9znz 4y ago
A cursory glance (which ironically is probably what created this dangerous misinformation) suggests to me that news agency haste to be first to announce something was the primary factor in this miscommunication. I now wonder if pre-internet
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by z9znz 4y ago
I too gave up on this game, even though I really wanted to like it. I like the idea of it. In my limited experience in gaming, we were reminded to periodically ask about game mechanics: "But does this make the game more fun?" Sim
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by z9znz 4y ago
Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qK6vlE-KiI
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by z9znz 4y ago
I'm waiting for the haptic-feedback keycaps. We already have shapes and lights, but if you touch type those mean little. Imagine haptic key feedback that was also related to game/app/editor state.
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Ask HN: What's your favorite video game soundtrack?
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by z9znz 4y ago
I'm used to hearing tall Os from Canadians, but I guess this was the first time I've ever heard a Canadian talk about a mouse. If I hadn't first seen the creature, it would have taken some time for me to realize what he was

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