clwk

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by clwk 4y ago
"Most believe themselves 'above average' at most things."
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by clwk 5y ago
Yep, Bukowski's 1975 'My Old Man': https://genius.com/Charles-bukowski-my-old-man-annotated .
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by clwk 6y ago
It’s more that the former book sets a very high bar I don’t think he clears in the attempt to make the topic more accessible.
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by clwk 6y ago
I couldn't get through Pinker's book. He cites 'Clear and Simple as the Truth' as inspiration, but his acorn falls so far from the tree.
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by clwk 6y ago
I think we have Hemingway to blame for this meme. I wonder why so very many authors feel the need to explicitly write these 'simple ode to simplicity' pieces — where each sentence in the exhortation has itself been optimized itera
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by clwk 6y ago
> with the exception of New Hampshire, which does not have a law requiring people over age 18 to wear a seat belt In fairness, the state motto is 'Live free or die.'
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by clwk 6y ago
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_is_one_hand .
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by clwk 6y ago
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got Til its gone
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by clwk 6y ago
Bravo.
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by clwk 6y ago
Thank you for writing this.
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by clwk 6y ago
Thank you.
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by clwk 6y ago
Sorry has enough decisions for children to discover that it’s not just luck, though. You certainly can play to lose if you want to, for example. Discovering that there is strategy within what seems mostly luck is actually useful for learner
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by clwk 6y ago
Thanks for the response. It's valuable that they gave you detailed feedback. The post would be strengthened by enough specifics grounded in that actual feedback to have preempted my response. In any case, I appreciate the conversation.
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by clwk 6y ago
This reads as an extended justification for how the author could possibly have failed. He writes as though it must be as simple as 'just should have asked a question'. It's an odd conclusion which communicates its own set o
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by clwk 6y ago
Fuckin' Moloch.
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by clwk 7y ago
BASIC = Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (not Language).
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by clwk 7y ago
A quick plug for LFE and its very simple premise: in mortal fear of Rails, I embraced the potential of Elixir (with 100% more Phoenix); I had a wonderful test case for macros (can't even remember what it was anymore); I spent hours try
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by clwk 7y ago
Assuming you eliminated sshd…
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by clwk 7y ago
The version of this I first heard in school was: He knows not and knows not that he knows not is fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a student. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake
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by clwk 7y ago
I found the answer: https://github.com/PaulBatchelor/Sporth/issues/23
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by clwk 7y ago
Since you're here… This looks really cool. I installed, but running the demo produced no sound (but a pause). Any thoughts? I did seemingly install the dev branch of SoundPipe first. Please feel free to redirect me to a more appropria
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by clwk 7y ago
I got this: Poλλλote.
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by clwk 7y ago
There’s help available, if not for you, for your children: https://books.google.com/books?id=R6E0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=P...
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by clwk 7y ago
Duly noted.
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by clwk 7y ago
Maybe it is a circular list.
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by clwk 7y ago
Duly noted.
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by clwk 7y ago
How dangerous is this app? I mean how much time does it give me? Is the danger that my document will be lost, or that in attempting not to let that happen I will write too much. I will write the wrong thing. I will go down paths which are m
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by clwk 7y ago
How about not using 'pick a random number from 1-10' as the source of entropy? For example, have everyone (from a group of some size) select a natural language sentence of 5 words or more, sum the ASCII values of the upcased alpha
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by clwk 7y ago
I think you mean 'intersection'.
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by clwk 8y ago
That’s it, yes. Thank you.

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