DoingIsLearning

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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
How does that work in the US they pump papers out as evidence of exceptional ability or something along those lines? I thought that mattered for entry visas not for residency.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
I didn't know Olivetti minor mode and I'm loving it. I am writing a research proposal now with Olivetti. Came back to this thread to thank you. Also thank you to Paul Rankin for bringing back this nice focus mode of vintage comput
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
(bind-keys* ;; file operations ("C-o" . find-file) ; open file ("C-s" . save-buffer) ; save file ("C-S-s" . write-file) ; save as ("M-Q" . kill-this-buffer
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Warning: this comment may offend some in the Emacs community. > GNU Emacs literally has a several decades head start on any new niche electronic writing tools and is, in my estimation, a towering achievement in this space. I love Emacs b
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
As a big defender of ADAS in general and after experiencing active Lane Keep (not LDW) in several rental vehicles, while on holiday, I feel that they genuinely make driving on countryside roads and mountain roads more dangerous.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
@Dang is there a version of /best but for comments? The thought experiment in this comment broke my mind.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Stupid/naïve question is there even a business model for karma farming in HN? I get that twitter/reddit/YT/insta/TT is relevant for product placement, stealth marketing, political PR, propaganda etc. But is there ec
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> isn't social, it's a performance for an invisible audience. I know what you wrote is fairly obvious but the wording really resonated with how I feel about social media platforms but couldn't quite word it so well.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> the intent is to destabilize the country not pick a particular candidate.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Not confused. Perhaps impressed, surprised, worried. Surkov will be proud I guess.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> Sure - but we're talking about pragmatic considerations. In hindsight, preservation or expansion of abortion rights was not enough to get men to turn out to vote for Harris in sufficient numbers to swing the election, so another k
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
FYI most coffee cups which appear to be paper are also plastic lined. The real solution is sunsetting single-use anything for any other applications outside bio labs or medical procedures. But $$$
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Other than the hygiene argument of bacteria build up what is wrong with just using wooden spatulas for example?
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Very interesting movement in the industry. I can see why European Auto industry is getting up in arms with EV's out of China.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
I was aware that BYD was initially a battery manufacturer OEM and then went into EV's. This drive 'unit' that BYD is using across their vehicles is that for internal use only? Or is it also being sold as an OEM part for other
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> Lack of/difficulty in repairability can raise lifecycle costs or reduce longevity. The latter is especially worrying for lifecycle carbon emissions. Sunsetting ICE's in Human transport (specially in urban environments) is an
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> We may well need to invent new mechanisms for teaching, For additional context the short essay format as an evaluation tool is very much a Anglo-saxon university form factor. There are several other cultures in the world, in particular
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> still does some cool stuff. Arguably he tweets about it. For the most part the 'doing' of the cool stuff is happening due to the Engineering and Manufacturing teams who are putting in sweat equity on that vision. Judging by t
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Someone in the comments mentioned this costs 3B per year when in comparison Germany spends 20B per year on Oil/Gas subsidies/tax benefits. Arguably if more people are using rail it can become palatable to shift that money away fro
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Aside from the 'it's a cargo cult' discussion, when we start dissecting these technical merits we often miss the business angle of __Accountability__. This is exactly the reason why you see Fortune 500 companies paying millio
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
They mentioned 'airborne' but how do they distinguish plasticizers introduced by airborne particles and plasticizers introduced by showering or washing hands and rubbing detergents on the wristband for example?
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> It's not a "Leicester" piss take. It's a funny example but to be fair to the British that also happens in other Germanic languages and it also happens a hell of a lot more in Romance languages.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
I think it's also cultural. British for example are very worried abou sub-text and saving face. West coast americans are more worried about coming across as positive and use superlatives that other cultures find exagerated. Nordic and
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Perhaps the infograph I saw was per capita?
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Curiosity questions is the revenue that is localized in Ireland and the Netherlands because of the double sandwich, of any significance in terms of percentage of total taxed revenue in those countries? From memory Ireland and the Netherland
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
I agree with the principle of paradigm shifting. But many of these modern examples are just exploring the concept of bypassing regulations in a regulated space (Uber, Airbnb, etc.)
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Did you read OP's words? > I developed this app for my own needs. Getting tired of SaaS app subscriptions and privacy concerns.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Didn't disable JS but got an instant page load just from putting the page in Reader mode. A blog entry text page shouldn't be this hard.
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
Words matter in this case. The fact that they are pushing S3 as "Linux Sleep" or "Legacy Sleep" and S0ix as "modern sleep" is absolutely not innocent from a marketing perspective. We ought to reverse Uno this n
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by DoingIsLearning 2y ago
> It is not uncommon to receive CDs for x-rays or similar to take to another specialist. Makes you cringe. As a counter point I have (in multiple industrialized countries) asked for DICOM files of my exams (following past injuries) to ke

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