FungalRaincloud

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by FungalRaincloud 1y ago
A lovely thing in math is that a counterexample, especially if it leads to infinitely more counterexamples in a particular class, can teach you more about the problem. I find this article hopeful. It made me excited about knot theory for th
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by FungalRaincloud 1y ago
I'm a bit surprised that you put PHP in that list. My current workload is in it, and a relatively modern version of it, so maybe that surprise will turn around soon, but I've always felt that PHP was more obnoxious than even C to
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by FungalRaincloud 1y ago
Two _is_ more than the average, but not by that much...
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by FungalRaincloud 1y ago
He's 77 years old. Let the man retire, damn.
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by FungalRaincloud 1y ago
The Hedgehog Review? Yes, they've been around since 1999, and publish a few times a year. But I'm not sure where you're leaping to a strong political leaning. They're an academic journal published by the University of Vi
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by FungalRaincloud 2y ago
I had something similar set up on my second to last work laptop. I had done some heavy customization that was mostly focused on common workflows for that job, but I have learned that I should still keep a backup even if most of it won'
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by FungalRaincloud 2y ago
I think it's important to consider audience. If I'm working with the intent that what I write is legible to folks who only have a basic understanding of math, I'll usually use the multiplication symbol (NOT the letter x, but
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by FungalRaincloud 2y ago
I was advised by a few recruiters to remove all PII from my resume but my email, both for privacy reasons and because it's better to funnel all offers to the same location. I still keep my phone number on there, but if someone really w
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by FungalRaincloud 2y ago
I understand how this works, but for some reason, when I read your comment, I thought of Flappy Bird.
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by FungalRaincloud 7y ago
Trust, to me, is not the problem. You can build trust. Known-good certificates can be distributed physically, and require signed messages for replacement. Or, we can develop schemes for distribution digitally via validated channels. For exa
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by FungalRaincloud 8y ago
I think he is implying that he would personally never use FB messenger, so he would not be able to maintain contact with those friends.
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
I can't think of a case where that's not just a quick find/replace to fix. Or, if you're using a more modern IDE, a refactoring rule. Do you have something in mind that might be more complicated?
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
It's memorable.
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
Something that does concern me about WhatsApp is that backups of messages (by default, it seems, put on Google Drive on Android) are not encrypted. I'm not really sure why. There's not a compelling reason that I can think of.
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
Those are some pretty big caveats...
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
It's plausible that they could just compromise the security, intentionally, without telling anyone (and without anyone being able to easily tell). I think what's more likely, at least in the case of WhatsApp, is that they would ju
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
While I acknowledge that this is a very real possibility, I don't think it has anything to do with the motivation to keep the source closed. I think more to do with an old world mentality that all intellectual property is a trade secre
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
Like I said, it's the belief that it's a niche language that's kind of making it a niche language - that is, fewer people know it (because of the perceived niche-ness), but more people want it, meaning the pay is good. I&#x27
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
I don't know about others, but I personally have always seen Go as an internal language for Google. This made me feel like it was appropriate for projects that I personally control, but unlikely to be useful in a career. That's re
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
What Facebook has that Youtube does not is that you can share with the click of a single button (without any prior setup) to friends and family. For a not-insignificant-portion of internet users, Facebook is how we communicate with others,
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
I don't think there's any reason one could not lace heroin with AIDS, it just would not reflect well on a dealer. That said, it would likely require intent (or really bizarre circumstances). With blood, it could much more easily h
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
I'm inclined to agree just from my own reading of this. I just don't see how sale could do anything but harm trust in the brands further, which makes sale only appealing to those who either don't care about trust, or have eno
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
I don't really like the argument that something is 'secure' because it is not vulnerable in the same ways that an alternative is. I think this is why I like talking about encryption so much. It's possible to mathematical
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
Counterpoint here: I went on a ketogenic, high fat, medium protein, low carb diet this past year, and managed to lose roughly the same amount in probably the same amount of time (if not less), doing basically the same thing. I ate what I wa
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
EOs cannot violate the law, or compel someone to violate the law. Could the president issue such an executive order? Potentially. But that does not mean it gets carried out, or is legal. Do you think this president would? I don't think
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
Because such entities, even when acting in the public good, would be breaking the law if they did. Those who publicly act in the public good usually try not to break the law to do so.
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
In a brushless DC motor, the rotor is a magnet, and the stator is a series of electromagnets that can be powered independently, yes. But the rotor is still usually at the center. You're dead right on why it can be brushless - the bit t
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
That's a matter of perspective, and I agree that that's what it will very rapidly become. However, right now, I would say it really is a discount - you get a rate that is lower than what you would otherwise have gotten before the
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
The trouble I see coming is, right now it's "a discount" for sharing the data. Once these sorts of services become ubiquitous and well tested, it'll be "a surcharge" for not sharing the data. Explicit opt out,
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by FungalRaincloud 9y ago
What I'm interested in is something that takes hand drawn input and converts it to expressions that can be evaluated. A dedicated keyboard for math has been immensely helpful to me, as well, because it speeds up the input more than any

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