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by Jd 2y ago
A bit challenging since none of the repositories I looked at actually compile. EA says that if you remove (or refactor!) the dependencies it might work but I don't know if that's high enough confidence to dive in.
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A tool for learning languages via poems(poemlearner.com)
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by Jd 2y ago
Today I built a service for learning languages via poems. Stores your progress in Dutch, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Attic Greek. Also Allows you to add new poems beyond the basic set via a camera / OCR service. Source is he
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by Jd 6y ago
One aspect of Buckminster Fuller that many people don't want you to know is that he had a number of politically incorrect opinions which are in the archives but would tarnish his public reputation if they were easily accessible. I beli
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by Jd 6y ago
Mine is full of fitness instructors showing of their fitness challenges,dancers showing of their synchronized dance routines, and oddball humour. I had a moment where some BLM stuff trended but on the whole it seemed to show both sides (alb
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by Jd 6y ago
I have a pretty extensive personal system partially based on OKRs but I find the key element is doing the exercise as a group and having accountability partners.
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by Jd 6y ago
I started using privacy.com for this reason. You can spin up a separate card number for each transaction type with its own limit (e.g. $100/month or $200). You can also just turn them off at will.
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by Jd 6y ago
Having a forum where people discuss tech trends with an explicit commitment to reasoning from first principles would be very interesting, especially if it had cross over to physics and other sciences.
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by Jd 6y ago
The source is gone.
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by Jd 7y ago
There were a few products prior to MakerDAO that failed when their collateralized peg collapsed, most notably BitUSD and NuShares. MakerDAO is somewhat more sophisticated and holds way more capital but the fundamental problem is that you ca
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by Jd 7y ago
Location: Moscow Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Javascript, Solidity, Ruby, Enterprise Stack, Haskell, Java Résumé/CV: https://github.com/fractastical/distributed-governance&#x2
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by Jd 7y ago
What online art communities do you think give critique as well as professional art schools?
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by Jd 7y ago
Sometimes it has an easy explanation given typical information asymmetries and incentive structures. For example, you don't give away any of your external intel during a war (i.e. cold war) in the case that you are identifying somethin
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by Jd 7y ago
I track my time via 22 minute segments and typically do ~3 per day of vocab vs 9 per day of structured language learning and another 6 per day of reading and writing. So of the structured time I spent language learning it is a bit less tha
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by Jd 7y ago
Turns out Gwern has a very well researched article on SRS: https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition
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by Jd 7y ago
Seems like you pretty much contrast: [1] SRS flashcard apps as an exclusive language learning system [2] Extensive reading While (2) is clearly better if those are your only choices, as you point out yourself SRS can easily be integrated in
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by Jd 7y ago
> I'm not a huge fan of using SRS for learning vocabulary. Extensive reading (and listening once you can) is a far better strategy Can you explain your logic and how you measure success? FWIW I'm ~8 languages deep and started u
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by Jd 7y ago
My sense is that the project started in its inner sanctum and has been iterating gradually towards something that can be understood and used. It actually can be explained simply: Cross platform deployed VMs with their own primitives that al
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by Jd 7y ago
All of the main social media platforms at this point have exactly the same set of skewed incentives (i.e. attention maximizing instead of value generating). I sense some sort of massive opportunity around campaign the formula but not the ex
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by Jd 7y ago
I know Virgil. I was at the lunch in Palo Alto where he suggested "GAS" should be the name of the internal accounting unit for smart contracts. As with many of the early Ethereum adopters he was quite gifted, a bit eccentric, and
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by Jd 7y ago
I had several interactions with governmental agencies and local police regarding cybercrime recently and in all cases each group said they had no resources to help. My local deputy sheriff was really nice though...
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by Jd 7y ago
The original Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency was my favorite talk from Vitalik ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRtJcNVfQE
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by Jd 7y ago
Odd that the author never really discusses if it is fun to play. Thought that was one of the first things to do when reviewing a game.
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by Jd 7y ago
Ever since I started ending time budgeting for each agenda item I've never looked back. My agendas look like this: (1) Two word emotional check in [Lead:Jd][budget: 5 minutes, actual: ] (2) How did sprint one go? [Lead:Mark][budget: 7
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by Jd 7y ago
Obligatory XKCD citing: https://xkcd.com/224/
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by Jd 7y ago
Friend of mine lost $24mm : https://www.wsj.com/articles/he-thought-his-phone-was-secure...
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by Jd 7y ago
The problem with "psychics" is ultimately a more general problem about access to help, especially the field of psychological help. The help anyone could do is entirely dependent on the ability of the person to get access to the
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by Jd 7y ago
HotelTonight (sadly recently purchased by AirBnB) has a very robust review system and a very responsive customer support system. If you ever have a bad experience in a hotel room while booking through their app you can always contact them a
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by Jd 7y ago
Completely agree with and the sad thing is I don't even know where to point someone to learn about bout the roll that "government standards organisations, the military, and academic fields" play, except to talk to leaders of
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by Jd 7y ago
I think that's only half true. If you were following the controversial social media engagement by the Trump campaign, it was clearly established that having two emotionally invested warring sides on either side of an opinion is a huge

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