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by bvan 8mo ago
Looks better than any Python GUI framework I’ve seen..
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by bvan 8mo ago
Love it and the fact it’s lean. No back-end slop.
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by bvan 8mo ago
Ask a seasoned quant investor. The most successful strategies and sustainable strategies are usually the simplest. ML and AI solutions are short-lived.
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by bvan 8mo ago
Living in Italy at the time, I recall early Olivetti portable computers back in the ‘80’s. They were out of reach for a teenager though, so had to stick to my BBC Micro. Olivetti was the reference when it came to well-designed machines.
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by bvan 8mo ago
UI’s also reduce human comprehension times. Give me a well-crafted UI and I can quickly scan it and comprehend the logic. Reading a long blob of text is less efficient and probably more error-prone. I like this approach.
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by bvan 9mo ago
It’s quite amusing. Hopefully, you all can do without your Pi or Flipper for a day. You can leave home without it.
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by bvan 9mo ago
Agree. Just like writing with pen and paper facilitates the thought process, so does coding. Typing out code facilitates logical thought and forces you to mind the details. Not to mention the inherent learning process. Hand-holding an LLM c
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by bvan 9mo ago
Thanks for sharing. This is the best HN post of 2025 as far as my humble self is concerned.
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by bvan 9mo ago
For someone wanting to learn Ruby in 2025/26, what are some good up-to-date references, outside of the official documentation? Are there any recently-published books which stand-out?
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by bvan 9mo ago
Isn’t this the ultimate black box? If a forecasting system is a black box, then you have no chance of understanding why its performance might deteriorate. Once that happens it essentially becomes a digital paper-weight.
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by bvan 9mo ago
This administration is entirely founded on lies. Irrespective of any merits, of any, of its actions it has zero credibility.
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by bvan 9mo ago
Seriously, with all the shit going on in the world, these guys spend time thinking about the wokeness of computer fonts?! What a clown show. Strike-through this administration.
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by bvan 10mo ago
AI enshitification. Literally.
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by bvan 10mo ago
Perhaps this reflects your experience, in your part of the world. In some parts of the world, principles and ethics do count, and don’t change on a dime (as they do in the US).
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by bvan 10mo ago
Pretty much every other Apple product has appeal to every demographic: young, older, professional, student, all walks of life - as long as you can afford it. This product has a very narrow and limited target customer base. I’m not going to
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by bvan 10mo ago
Unfortunately, these have disappeared from trading floors. Mine is under lock and key.. I sometimes take it or an HP 41 out and place it on my desk just to see the horrified looks on twentysomething’s faces.
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by bvan 10mo ago
fair enough.
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by bvan 11mo ago
Back when you could focus on the code you wrote and not worry about the overly cluttered distractions of the likes of VSCode.
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by bvan 11mo ago
La Frenchtech at its peak.
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by bvan 11mo ago
I trade this risk for a living. I price for risk and that risk is real. It really doesn’t matter what you call it. It’s in the loss data and it is trending up.
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by bvan 11mo ago
Ma Che Cazzo?! The end of an era.
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by bvan 1y ago
How could you even define that as a ‘cloud’? Sounds like good old client-server on a single premise, and no backup whatsoever. Can’t have had very secure systems either.. perhaps they can buy back some of the data off the dark web.. or thei
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by bvan 1y ago
I just want to know how I get rid of Copilot. It’s just annoying.
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by bvan 1y ago
It has been growing slowly for the past 25 years. The limited market size is a reflection of the demand by traditional insurers and reinsurers, for alternative sources of capital. This is as it should be.. when traditional players start tra
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by bvan 1y ago
Bring back gold old desktop applications, I say. Apps are for your phone.
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by bvan 1y ago
University is what >you< make of it. If you don’t like it, you have the choice to not go.
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by bvan 1y ago
Love these life-long ‘slow hobbies’. Great to see the passion and dedication.
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by bvan 1y ago
Would have been better titled “EPA politicized leadership seeks to…”. I’m sure the actual workforce at the EPA doesn’t appreciate its hard work being trashed by the current leadership taking its orders from Trump and his minions.
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by bvan 1y ago
A policy of sheer vandalism.
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by bvan 1y ago
Some of us have seen a couple of past AI waves and plenty other tech waves. Show me the money.. in the meantime we’ll get on with our jobs and wait for the other shoe to maybe drop.

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