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by zxexz 3y ago
I love and use both clickhouse and duckdb all the time, but it's become almost comical how senior clickhouse leadership comment on any duckdb-related HN thread like clockwork. And only very rarely bring up their affiliation :)
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by zxexz 3y ago
Cars from the mid-noughts (the right ones of course! [0]) are the sweet-spot for me. New enough to have modern safety features (like airbags - I know, funny to refer to that as modern) - but still be user-serviceable. I bought an relatively
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by zxexz 3y ago
Some unsolicited, anecdotal advice I hope will be appreciated - After several years of perennial macOS environment hell (part of which was spent working in a much more research-oriented environment - e.g. lots of ancient HPC packages, etc.)
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by zxexz 3y ago
Oh lovely, can't wait to give this a watch. Freya dives deep, and gives wonderful talks. Her video "The Continuity of Splines"[0] is my favorite watch of the past year. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvP
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by zxexz 3y ago
>> Seven Eves - That one might have been ok, but it's possible I also blocked it out. The second half was a bit strange tbh. I found Seveneves both endings (Parts I and II being one book, Part III being another) of Seveneves to b
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by zxexz 3y ago
libpg_query is a godsend of a library. I spent a lot of time writing a custom parser before I found it - was very happy to replace the whole thing. A major boon was the fingerprinting ability - one of my needs was to track query versions in
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by zxexz 3y ago
I still use a core 2 duo some days. For basic web browsing (albeit with a pihole on the network) and shelling, it works fine. I think it’s the longest running machine I have. A Thinkpad X200 - not wiped in 13 years (since installing Arch).
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by zxexz 3y ago
I was just talking about billboards, in response to a comment talking about physical signage - I wasn't making any assertions about any other forms of advertisement, physical or digital, in Vermont or anywhere else.
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by zxexz 3y ago
I've been pretty impressed with the Leaf - I don't have one, but some friends do. Pretty hackable and serviceable on your own. The acceleration and torque on that thing is insane. It's pretty easy to swap out the batteries of
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by zxexz 3y ago
Some states (Maine, Vermont come to mind off the bat) have banned billboards. I don't think anyone is talking about a sign hanging outside of a shop - pretty sure people are mostly referring to digital advertisements.
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by zxexz 3y ago
I think a decent solution is coming up with a system for storing the models and datasets, checkpoints, etc. in S3 - store the metadata, references, etc. in a well structures postgres table (schema versioning, audit logs, etc. with snapshots
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by zxexz 3y ago
I wish I could find mutton easier! I've always loved "Gamey" meats. I've mostly only found mutton at Halal butchers, and only some times. Rarely at extremely "high-end", bougie butchers, and very expensive.
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by zxexz 3y ago
OOC, what are you listening to? The youtube playlist has 2 videos for each lecture, a zoom recording focusing on the slides with the professor visible on camera, and a classroom recording - the latter definitely has better audio quality, bu
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by zxexz 3y ago
It’s just the Northern Lights.
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by zxexz 3y ago
Depends where in the Northeast you are! Half the people in Vermont own a gun, New Hampshire and Maine aren’t much different. NY/RI/MA/CT/NJ have relatively low gun ownership rates, for sure.
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by zxexz 3y ago
I was referring to GP’s comment, not the website. Otherwise, pretty much agreed.
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by zxexz 3y ago
Oh, I full-heartedly understand and agree! However, I think referring to something as "free" when it's explicitly "free right now and probably not later" is a bit misleading. I doubt GP was trying to pull any wool o
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by zxexz 3y ago
Nothing against this model, but your website states “OrbStack is completely free to use during beta, but it will become a paid product afterwards.”[0] Also, the rest of the page implies OrbStack will be charging for any commercial use. If t
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by zxexz 3y ago
Unfortunately that doesn’t work for things like meetings!
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by zxexz 3y ago
The fact that this was so downvoted makes me worry. Yes, this would be massive for same-sex, trans, etc. couples. Anyone who is not able to carry a child to term. Right now having a child isn't a fundamental biological "right&qu
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by zxexz 3y ago
I remember building a crappy, but extremely dangerous (to the user), Gauss gun out of a stack of discarded disposable cameras, when I was much younger. I remember pulling out the capacitor and the charging circuit was pretty easy, and you j
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by zxexz 3y ago
I would absolutely love to hear more about this, any of the details you care to share. Truly does sound like an adventure.
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by zxexz 3y ago
The below is obviously my subjective opinion. Operating systems: I mostly use Arch Linux personally. For work, though, I think it's hard to beat everyone in the organization being on macOS. Databases: IMO, never use anything except f
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by zxexz 3y ago
Or buy directly from Pine64!
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by zxexz 3y ago
re: context - It is interesting, that is the context. You can flag a post if it seems “not relevant” or “out of context” like the GO said. IMO that’s only really for posts in New or if you happen to find something off with a post after read
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by zxexz 3y ago
I tried langchain briefly. Then realized it was just way faster and easier to write some basic Python scripts to glue together any APIs I was calling.
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by zxexz 3y ago
I've worked at a fair few companies of various sizes. I've never seen this behavior. Many SWEs I've known are on stimulant ADHD meds, but I've only ever found out about it after knowing them for awhile. The same goes for
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by zxexz 3y ago
I don’t think anyone is claiming they are truly 2d, and I highly doubt anyone is interpreting it that way.
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by zxexz 3y ago
I would love this!
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by zxexz 3y ago
I'm pretty much 100% sure that's the reason, and a good one at that. Mailing lists are the lifeblood of a lot of big open source projects.

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