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by 49531 1y ago
Yeah it really comes down to online gameplay. The _only_ thing keeping me in microsoft's orbit is online gaming.
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by 49531 1y ago
Exactly this, and occasionally you'd have multiple words come up for the same number combo, but in a consistent manner where the user could learn how many times you needed to hit the 'next' button to get the word you wanted.
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by 49531 1y ago
I don't think using dependencies or frameworks is any different than using a word processor for writing. They're tools that get you to the real work of writing original code.
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by 49531 3y ago
The US House of Representatives passed a measure on Tuesday which "clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism"[1]; so at least 311 congress members are saying it. 1. https://www.congress.gov/118&#x
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by 49531 3y ago
I thought it was just light? Light bounces off of different molecules differently?
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by 49531 3y ago
I think mislabeling something as a duplication is where most of these issues stem from. Humans love to pattern match, we find patterns in things that often have no real pattern. It is not uncommon in my experience to see patterns in code, l
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by 49531 3y ago
Because producing an image of Muhammad is an explicit prohibition in Islam. Providing services to same-sex couples is not a prohibition in Christianity.
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by 49531 3y ago
Building a wedding website for same-sex couples is not a prohibition in Christianity. In fact, it's closer to a tenet of the faith than a prohibition. Perhaps if she was asked to make a website called www.thebibleisfake.com you might h
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by 49531 3y ago
> This would also protect a Muslim artist from being forced to produce a drawing of Muhammad if requested by a client. I think there is a difference here. It is not a prohibition in Christianity to create a website for a same sex couple,
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by 49531 3y ago
I'd argue interval training is more valuable than absolute pitch in improvisation. It's rare you find yourself in a scenario where key is unknown and unknowable, especially playing with other musicians. Being able to hear and dist
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by 49531 3y ago
My whole team woke up removed from Slack so...
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by 49531 3y ago
Nah you're right, intervals ear training will always give you more bang for your buck than absolute pitch, and even though absolute pitch is trainable, I don't know any serious musicians who have put effort into it. This is why I
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by 49531 3y ago
Yea, absolute pitch is not very valuable for musicians. Interval training is much more common, where you train on the differences between notes (maj 3rd, minor 6th etc.). Good interval skills make improvisation and composition much easier.
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by 49531 3y ago
There are tools you can use that will play a note like C and then another note, and you listen and guess what the 2nd note is. It just takes a bit of consistent trial and error learning, after a bit you get the hang of it and kind of create
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by 49531 3y ago
Sure, there can be cultural hurdles there, but those exist in the office as well. "Jane has headphones on, she's heads down and will be upset if I bother her now" "I want to ask Steve for help, but he rolls his eyes any
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by 49531 3y ago
> Most mid-level and senior people have not learned the skills to mentor while working remotely. I cannot think of a scenario where if I needed help with something I couldn't have a 5-minute conversation with someone. Slack conversa
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by 49531 3y ago
Going a bit against the grain here I think but: I think tools like GPT-4 and beyond will increase the value of software engineers for companies as time goes on. Folks building software can be more ambitious with the things they create, and
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by 49531 3y ago
Sure, but in my experience US lawmakers act much more hostile towards me as a US citizen than China ever has or will.
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by 49531 3y ago
I've seen it use non existent APIs a lot. Working on a project that uses a dialect of python it told me it knew (Starlark) was like pulling teeth. It would tell me to use a python feature Starlark didn't have, I'd ask it to r
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by 49531 4y ago
Anecdotally, I am traveling to a beach town in the off season (east coast US) next week to see family. A lot of Airbnb's were showing rates competitive with local hotels, ~$120/night. Staying 3 nights, I expected to checkout seein
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by 49531 4y ago
I can't tell if the joke is the man is foolish or wise for not being interested in politics.
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by 49531 4y ago
> Why waste brain cells and time on mundane things when my time and attention is better spent thinking about the problem at hand. This just sounds like a thought-terminating cliché; what mundane things are you spending your attention on
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by 49531 4y ago
Is that really faster than just reading the docs and editing some example code? You have to prompt an AI for what you need, have it generate the code for you, then read the code and validate it. That does not seem like a labor saving proces
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by 49531 4y ago
I think the debate on misgendering being a "hate crime" is a bit pedantic. A lot of normal things between friends, lovers, acquaintances, colleagues pr strangers can be considered criminal or normal depending on circumstances &#x2
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by 49531 4y ago
Do first sale protections apply to physical things? I thought first sale was an intellectual property / copyright thing.
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by 49531 4y ago
Something I have come to feel myself but haven't found a good way to articulate is asking "is what I am doing favoring authorship over maintenance?". I find that a lot of times the way DRY or other programming principles are
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by 49531 4y ago
Which is what I hear from the YIMBY crowd a lot, that if you're not pro de-regulate home builders and landlords then you're automatically a NIMBY. I think building more is good but I am not convinced pure market supply/demand
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by 49531 4y ago
I think this comment pretty much sums up my issue with these movements. > I'm a part-time Real Estate investor, and I would never invest in a city that had a rental cap, since the point of investments is to make money, not start a c
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by 49531 4y ago
Sorry, by residents I mean the general population of a given area, not homeowners specifically. When the issue is people finding an affordable and safe home to live in my mind doesn't automatically go to "how will this affect hous
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by 49531 4y ago
I'm very much anti-NIMBY, but I've had a hard time getting involved with YIMBY organizations. It feels like a lot of YIMBY stuff is good but it always feels like there's a side of it driven by real estate developers wanting t

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