chrisandchips

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by chrisandchips 3y ago
its cool that it still works across all locales (US, UK) for words spelt differently between countries. E.G. searching “aluminum” still got both US and UK results, even though the later writes it “aluminium”.
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by chrisandchips 3y ago
And which of those implications bare importance on string templating? Of course there are examples of situations where this heuristic doesn't apply, but that doesn't mean its a bad idea that we should totally disregard. This kind
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by chrisandchips 3y ago
This movie is incredible. To many people, its lack of characters and a traditional storyline makes it alienating and boring, but there’s such a deep beauty embedded within that. There might not be a story, but there is a narrative that is c
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by chrisandchips 3y ago
Nice. Not only was I unaware that /leaders even existed, but the top profile has some great links to blogs and writers: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tptacek
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by chrisandchips 4y ago
That's super interesting! I'd love get the names of some people working on that stuff.
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by chrisandchips 4y ago
> This is true in principle, but the reality is more complicated. When we say “NP-complete is hard” we’re talking about worst-case complexity, and the average-case complexity is often much more tractable. Many industry problems are “well
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by chrisandchips 4y ago
Agreed. He is presenting the list as "too be finished by X date", which within itself sort of implies trying to do it quickly, or at least that he is taking time into account while reading. But it's not unreasonable that he m
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Stanford Computer Science Is Broken(youtube.com)
4 points by chrisandchips 4y ago|1 comments
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by chrisandchips 4y ago
Wow, thank you for sharing that. Most of us don’t like to discus death and we do our absolute best to pretend like it will never happen. It really pains me to read this and I hope you and your partner find some peace.
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by chrisandchips 4y ago
http://www.chrislessard.co/ it’s nothing more than a decorated version of http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com but it does the job and works on mobile without me needing to understand much about css.
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by chrisandchips 5y ago
I’ve reflected on this argument recently but I struggle to see the real logic behind it. Putin claims he wants Ukraine as a neutral zone between russia and NATO. He then proceeds to invade Ukraine … if successful, territory under his contro
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by chrisandchips 5y ago
There are recipes and sticky situations where having a near instant heat switch is a real convenience, if not a real life saver. That said, if you've made it this far you probably aren't going to get much out of them. I love gas b
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by chrisandchips 5y ago
Even though I can see the value in what you’re saying and agree completely, I can’t help but feel like my attention span has been ruined by my casual internet usage. I’ve been reading again, before I go to bed, and after months of picking b
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by chrisandchips 5y ago
I agree with OP - the language seems to re-represent the languages key words in ways that are natural for Spanish speakers to understand. I think the value this will bring isn't very high. I personally believe that early programming ha
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
I strongly believe that helping younger students gain strong intuition for these operators pays dividends towards their later success in maths. I've always run into the following problem: I try to motivate multiplication as repeated ad
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Minimizing traffic flow in Cities: Skyline(steamcommunity.com)
1 points by chrisandchips 6y ago|0 comments
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
> Also, I learned that the french in school is nothing like the french they speak in France. Sure, you get by and they'll understand you, but french relies heavy on vernacular, sayings and expressions. Virtually everyone who learns
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
Who are we considering to be google's customers here ? Someone will have to pay union fees and elect representatives, presumably. I can see this being a big hurdle for the idea.
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
In drawing the distinction between technologies that enable us to act on a decision we’ve already made versus those that try to make the decision for us, its interesting to note that the former is increasingly leading to the latter. When I
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
In the 1970s, a Canadian composer named Mort Garson composed a full electronic album meant to be played to house plants. It's called Mother Earth's Plantasia, because it was primarily distributed at plant boutique in L.A. named &q
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
... deleted deleted, or soft deleted ? I guess there are probably many complications preventing hard deleting, other parties investigating abusive material might need or want access.
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
> some impartial account of what really happened This can be very hard to acquire, especially for events that we are far removed from. Then again, maybe it isn't necessary. Simply reading about a story twice with a deliberate bias o
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(Right to Left (The Mirror World(engineering.atspotify.com)
1 points by chrisandchips 6y ago|0 comments
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
I would recommend Joshua Foer "Moonwalking with Einstein" for those interested in memory. Spaced repition is effective to an extent, but I find the techniques explored in his book to be much more effective. The tl;dr is that you a
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
Thanks for the great resources. Are you aware of any online communities that an amateur/hobbyist-linguist may benefit from?
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
Dang's done a super great job, especially recently with some huge threads related to the election. I would like to raise one point that's tangentially related: why is it not easier to find a page explaining the community guideline
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
You can get a chart and hang it up in your kitchen. Moving to europe really opened my eyes up to following the seasons. The vegetables taste better, and you feel better knowing they didnt have to be imported from extremely far away
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
>Is there a music buff's roadmap, some sort of a chronologically-ordered list of the best and most influential albums that gives a coherent picture of how music evolved over the 20th century? This is a huge undertaking as a LOT of m
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
I agree. Ultimately it was Facebooks decision to enact this policy. Why do people gravitate towards blaming him ? Is it just because they feel he’s lied to them and should be held accountable even though he may have only been naive ? Its fu
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by chrisandchips 6y ago
This is why I was quite sad when IBM announced that RedHat would be continuing with “business as usual” ...

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