alexarnesen

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by alexarnesen 2y ago
I like the approach, but infinities can be counter intuitive. See Cantor, Dedekind. The problem is your experiment. We don't say "there are N reals between 0 and 1", we talk about cardinality. The sets (0,1] and (1,3] in R1 d
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by alexarnesen 2y ago
The ghost in the machine and the limits of understanding . A bit wider than linguistics but a great talk and intro to his style of prose
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by alexarnesen 3y ago
Contributions to charities can reduce taxable income up to 50% (of amount) for the donor. For foundations this figure maxes out at 30%.
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by alexarnesen 3y ago
If you are looking to dig into Metal, this site and book might be useful. I have no graphics background and found it accessible. Metal By Example https://metalbyexample.com/
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by alexarnesen 4y ago
Please elaborate on the limitations and paths! I'm doing technology selection research and EF Core is currently on the table, would love to hear what you encountered.
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by alexarnesen 4y ago
Greg Stitt shares amazing training materials freely (he uses them for his undergraduate and graduate courses). His synthesizable HDL methods are really empowering for beginner developers https://github.com/ARC-Lab-UF/vh
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by alexarnesen 4y ago
the first pass is usually an algorithmic digest. the human element is required to recognize a subset of all transactions as requiring further analysis. some transactions require special consideration in either tax or reporting contexts. if
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by alexarnesen 4y ago
This was extremely helpful to me: OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (in plain English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996OiexHze0
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
This would require unique time dilation regimes depending on your latitude - i.e. clocks on this regime would no longer track with an atomic clock
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
The way forward might be a synthesis of competing systems / approaches. For instance we could use neoliberal capitalism as a starting point, and (as a society) devote serious resources to addressing harmful effects caused by things lik
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
The author of that piece is on the core team. https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/core
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
Arch is the first system I have been able to support, fully. As in, 100% of the issues I run across with my distro, I can resolve. I used to run Ubuntu as my gnome desktop distribution, and when it worked (99% of the time), it was a superio
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
I thought copyright in GPLv2 kicks in once someone is linking? I saw Linux Kernel, bash, awk mentioned; but if these were compiled into binary assets without any code from the TV, then isn't Vizio entitled to sell these TVs without dis
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by alexarnesen 5y ago
Below is the CV of most of the authors / contributors. I could only find one person with a technical background that is at least computing-adjacent. (I didn't produce this research, I commissioned it, so there may be factual error
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
First this gave me a belly laugh, then about 10 seconds later it gave me an anxiety about when working from home ends.
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
+10 Insightful
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
I see you recommended the heavy work, not just the propaganda pamphlet - good. I haven't read Das Kapital and I should. However... My question: an oft repeated refrain, when Marx is touted as a reasonable alternative, is that any time
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
I think some people in this thread are recalling interviews or talk shows with Sowell, while others are referring to his books. In video I have seen of him, I can agree he can be flippant on some topics... maybe the format of the television
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
Could you clarify "the point of Thomas Sowell"? It seems as though you are ascribing a "point" to an individual, what do you mean by that? It seems like a non-sequitur to bring racism in on this thread - how does Sowell
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
I'm not trying to be obtuse... but isn't "who decides how much people earn" always the two people that enter into free association with one another, either by an employment contract or a sales contract?
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
Sorry, I can't resist: - "charlatan": I understand reasonable people can disagree with his analyses and policy recommendations... but how does this add to the discussion? - "property law that benefits rich folks is magic
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
The article was worth it just for this gem: 'If we were feeling snarky, we could perhaps describe IPv6 as "the String Theory of networking": a decades-long boondoggle that attracts True Believers, gets you flamed intensely if
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by alexarnesen 6y ago
The history sounds very interesting. Can you share any links to helpful coverage?