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by coldcache 1y ago
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How Many Programming Languages Can You Name?(name-languages.vercel.app)
4 points by coldcache 1y ago|6 comments
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Rocket: Slack-style emoji selection for Mac(matthewpalmer.net)
2 points by coldcache 2y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit(openai.com)
582 points by coldcache 2y ago|640 comments
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Ask HN: Rent a VPS or buy an old desktop for hosting side projects?
4 points by coldcache 2y ago|4 comments
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by coldcache 2y ago
Related: Agnes Pockels’ experiments [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Pockels
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Emoji Frequency(home.unicode.org)
1 points by coldcache 2y ago|0 comments
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by coldcache 2y ago
The Brown Shoe Company merger in the 1960s was shot down, even though it would only control around 7% of the nation’s shoe supply. It’s important to not just consider the quantitative impact of the monopolist (percent of market share) but a
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by coldcache 2y ago
Desktop goose [1] was mildly popular a few years ago [1] - https://samperson.itch.io/desktop-goose
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by coldcache 2y ago
Yes, great point. In fact, you don't even have to have exactly one more term than the last (assuming the limit converges).
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by coldcache 2y ago
You may enjoy reading through this: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/32967/have-any-long-suspe...
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by coldcache 2y ago
To add on to this, the question then can become why can’t the number start repeating after a certain point (e.g., 3.14133333333…). But then we can represent it as a sum of 3.141 and 0.000333333…, i.e., two rational numbers. Then we can cons
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by coldcache 2y ago
Reminds me of the various animals that have been elected to office [1]. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_electoral_candidates
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by coldcache 2y ago
Just edited the title to reflect that
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JSON extra uses orjson instead of ujson (2019)(github.com)
69 points by coldcache 2y ago|16 comments
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by coldcache 2y ago
Ran into this PR today. Thought Samuel Colvin's response to the migration request was prescient, especially considering what we later saw with the XZ Utils backdoor. I've no clue if there actually were/are any problems with o
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by coldcache 2y ago
Congrats on the launch! Looks sick
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Cargo Cult(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by coldcache 3y ago|0 comments
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by coldcache 3y ago
I've been doing economics research in Julia for a couple of months. The scientific community surrounding it is fairly rich, and there's a lot of very well-written packages for performance.
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I Taught a Monkey How to Play Minecraft [video](youtube.com)
3 points by coldcache 3y ago|0 comments
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by coldcache 3y ago
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperoperation
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by coldcache 3y ago
A number this high is absurd to get in a survey of the general public -- always remember Lizardman's Constant [1]. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and...
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by coldcache 3y ago
Of course, this is a double-edged sword. Enemies may be more cautious, but so too may allies. Alliance credibility is awfully weak when the sanity of your leader is in question.
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by coldcache 3y ago
It's fairly rational when you think about it. If you act irrational, it's harder for the leaders of other countries to predict your responses to their actions. You may, for example, respond disproportionately to a perceived attack
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by coldcache 3y ago
I believe both are a function of the number of GPUs owned. Did you buy GPUs?
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by coldcache 3y ago
Similar: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ (discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24389655 )
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by coldcache 3y ago
Personally, I find myself using Raycast (a spotlight alternative, like Alfred) and DropOver (a convenience tool to improve drag-and-drop functionality) very often
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Ask HN: Favorite Mac Apps for Productivity?
1 points by coldcache 3y ago|3 comments
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by coldcache 3y ago
Interesting. I've never personally come across that, but it does seem rather convenient. Wikipedia says it's used in France, Portugal, Spain, and their former colonies.

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