IAmYourDensity

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by IAmYourDensity 2y ago
> But that the first cell just randomly happened in the primordial soup - that looks extremely unlikely, I don't understand this. Aren't cells just spherical structures that would form naturally from hydrophobic molecules susp
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by IAmYourDensity 2y ago
> A simulation is not the process itself. Sometimes a simulation IS the thing. A simulation of a wall clock IS a functioning clock (e.g. the clock icon on our smartphones). An autopilot that can takeoff, fly, and land an airplane IS a
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by IAmYourDensity 2y ago
> "Software Stalins," managers who grab onto one indicator and think that driving it to zero (or 100, or 11 for you Spinal Tap Fans) will resolve all other problems. Paul O’Neill famously did exactly this at Alcoa starting in 1
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by IAmYourDensity 3y ago
I have a pet theory that '#' and '*' have such prominent roles in C because Thompson and Richie developed B at Bell Labs in 1969 when the first push button phones were appearing with '#' and '*' butto
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by IAmYourDensity 3y ago
And was called "Vi IMitation" not "Vi IMproved"? Interesting.
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by IAmYourDensity 3y ago
Including the trademark for "Model E", which is why we have the Tesla "Model 3" and S3XY.
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by IAmYourDensity 4y ago
Does that apply to “Hacker” in Hacker News?
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by IAmYourDensity 4y ago
Explanation: If both tests fail, return the 'id' (identity) function which when applied to (show n) will return the number as a string. If one or both tests succeed, return a 'const' function which will simply return the
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by IAmYourDensity 4y ago
The underground parts of the Colosseum require special tickets for entry so make sure you get those ahead of time if you want to see those. In the nearby Forum, look for the Temple of Caesar which is where Caesar's body was cremated an
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by IAmYourDensity 4y ago
And the reason you can't write "Hello world" in Haskell without using a monad is that functions in Haskell are "pure", meaning they cannot have side effects like outputting to the console. Preventing side effects, i
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by IAmYourDensity 4y ago
* Dynamic Programming and the related concept of Memoization. * Recursion - most complex problems seem to have a recursive solution which you can actually implement in a language like Scheme or Haskell that does not limit stack size. * Stat
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
> Wheeler called upon J.R.R. Tolkien, as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, to investigate the etymology of the name "Nodens" referred to in the curse. Whaat..?!
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
I built a Chrome extension that makes Twitch chat messages easier to read. It allows you to: • Focus on a user, keyword, or conversation • Highlight users or keywords • Filter/Mute users or keywords It also has an Unlimited Message Buf
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
I'm not buying it either. NASA wasted billions on the space shuttle and single-use rockets until a programmer from Paypal showed them how to build re-usable rockets. Musk regularly refers to the economics of airliners as inspiration.
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
I've read lots of books (Eat That Frog, Getting Things Done, The Pomodoro Technique, The Now Habit) and tons of blog posts on procrastination and rarely do I find them very actionable (heh). Here's three techniques that work for
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
The Wikipedia page quotes one Director of DARPA (Stephen J. Lukasik): The goal was to exploit new computer technologies to meet the needs of military command and control against nuclear threats, achieve survivable control of US nuclear for
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
Yes, you probably don't need QM to design a gun bomb, but to build one you do need 64kg of enriched U-235 and for that you need a Manhattan Project and for that you need Einstein to write a letter to the President and for that
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by IAmYourDensity 5y ago
Quantum Mechanics led to the development of nuclear weapons which led to the development of the packet switched Internet Protocol designed to maintain connectivity even during a nuclear war. Internet Protocol led to the development of the