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by __tmk__ 8mo ago
Interesting, I've also heard the exact opposite opinion [0] where Zulip’s non-standard approach is seen as its main strength. [0]: https://chaos.social/@yorgos/115931944888149528
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by __tmk__ 2y ago
I would think there wouldn't be much of a difference because the smallest unit you can really work with on modern computers is the byte. And whether you use 8 bits to encode a byte (with 256 possible values) or 5 trits (with 243 possib
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by __tmk__ 2y ago
There's a project for using Swift to write GNOME applications, which is fascinating to me: https://github.com/AparokshaUI/adwaita-swift I wish them success but realistically they won't have success.
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
1-cos_sim(x,y) is a valid distance metric for L2 normalized vectors, though.
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Python Enhancement Proposal 736: Shorthand syntax for keyword arguments(peps.python.org)
10 points by __tmk__ 3y ago|1 comments
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
That's not very actionable advice. I've found this article [0] from Terence Tao very insightful: [A]ctual solutions to a major problem tend to be arrived at by a process more like the following (often involving several mathema
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
I've also seen neovim plugins written in fennel [0], so if you want something lispy, that's possible now. [0]: a Lisp that compiles to Lua, https://github.com/bakpakin/Fennel
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
Coal is 30% currently: https://www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2023/06... and I don't see this going away soon. The argument is that we could have kept nuclear running and shut down all
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
I doubt the USG is competent enough to have a masterplan like that. This just seems to me like the actions of a person (Gary Gensler) who personally dislikes cryptocurrencies and who is trying to establish himself as a political player thro
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by __tmk__ 3y ago
I think my banking app disallows taking screenshots of it. (Presumably this also means it would be hidden from screen recordings? Not quite sure.)
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by __tmk__ 4y ago
Why is the article using PNG images for the code samples? I guess because the author thinks it looks prettier this way, but I don't really see it.
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by __tmk__ 4y ago
Wow, this is all I ever wanted. The only thing that's maybe missing is a natural way to do captions for images and tables, and a syntax for spoilers. But these can probably be built on top of the div and span syntax.
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by __tmk__ 4y ago
Most of that will be crypto spam though...
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by __tmk__ 4y ago
UK has daylight savings time. Better move to Iceland instead. They're always on UTC.
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by __tmk__ 6y ago
Yes, miners can turn off the bomb, but that requires that they coordinate and determine a schedule for the hardfork that turns off the bomb (you need a hardfork to turn it off). This scenario is definitely possible, but it requires a little
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A config file format with no syntax typing and no significant whitespace(tm.kehrenberg.net)
1 points by __tmk__ 6y ago|0 comments

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