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by dyukqu 7mo ago
This reminds me of my all-time-favourite HN comment[0] (and a life lesson too): This idea is captured nicely in the book "Art and Fear" with the following anecdote: "The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was
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Expertise is a Relic; They want Drones(bill-rider.com)
5 points by dyukqu 8mo ago|1 comments
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by dyukqu 9mo ago
Looked up for "jeeves and wooster", so, you're British then. This makes this little conversation interesting for me, because I'm not American, not even European and so our exposure/approach to this novel is very dif
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by dyukqu 9mo ago
Thank you for your recommendations. I am aware that his novels will be different. The (memoir) I mentioned just made me like the guy, so his other writings interest me now.
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by dyukqu 9mo ago
# Catch-22 (by Joseph Heller) - had been seeing it mentioned on HN (and other sites) for years, I finally read it and it was one the best novels I've ever read. # The Universe and Dr. Einstein (by Lincoln Barnett) - recommended for any
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by dyukqu 5y ago
Still no consensus on how to pronounce "gif".
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Ask HN: Memory Efficiency of Spoken Languages
3 points by dyukqu 6y ago|1 comments
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by dyukqu 6y ago
Dive Into Python 3 (by Mark Pilgrim) - https://diveintopython3.net/
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Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel(theregister.com)
4 points by dyukqu 6y ago|3 comments
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by dyukqu 6y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19393432
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by dyukqu 6y ago
I use Okular for that. It's open-source and present on three major platforms. I really got surprised to find out how feature-rich it is. It has a lot of basic/important features - like highlighting, underlining, strike through, in
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ProcrastiTracker – An open source time tracking tool(strlen.com)
2 points by dyukqu 6y ago|0 comments
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by dyukqu 6y ago
Thank you for this! I've just tested it on desktop and I think it's wonderful.
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Ask HN: The good that can come out of these times
3 points by dyukqu 6y ago|2 comments
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by dyukqu 7y ago
>The professional therefore acts in the face of fear, when the amateur fears a big creative endeavor he waits for the fear to disappear, the professional knows this will never happen and starts anyway." It sounds like the most funda
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Academic Publishing in a Nutshell(twitter.com)
2 points by dyukqu 7y ago|0 comments
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by dyukqu 7y ago
Jane Austen was the first author to came to my mind as I saw this thread. I've read two of her books (Sense and Sensibility & Pride and Prejudice) ~2 years ago. What they made me realise was that people are not absolutely good or a
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by dyukqu 7y ago
I've watched the show (only once, for now ) and I love it but didn't understand the reference :|
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by dyukqu 7y ago
> as a woman I was always better with words than numbers As a man and a mechanical engineer, I was and still am way better with words than numbers and I think it's perfectly OK. Heck, I almost hate numbers and symbols without (the
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How to Fall Asleep in 10, 60, or 120 Seconds(healthline.com)
6 points by dyukqu 7y ago|0 comments
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by dyukqu 7y ago
Here's a recent short documentary about Hokusai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTnZN08CQdI
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by dyukqu 7y ago
Previous (from 7 months before) thread (with a different link): Mercury is closer to Earth, on average, than Venus [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19372323
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Anthropic Principle(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by dyukqu 7y ago|0 comments
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An Interplanetary Internet Using Planetary Atmospheres(youtube.com)
1 points by dyukqu 7y ago|0 comments
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Eliza Release Trailier [video](zachtronics.com)
6 points by dyukqu 7y ago|2 comments
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by dyukqu 7y ago
Well, I don't know about the others, but I'm not "pushing" (you know, I'm not Jeff Bezos and HNews is not Washington Post) it, even it's not non-sensical claim, in my opinion. Besides, there are lots and lots
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by dyukqu 7y ago
Thank you for this. The channel looks beautiful.
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Green Space Is Good for Mental Health(earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
2 points by dyukqu 7y ago|1 comments
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UbiquitiLink Wants to Turn Every Cellphone into a Satellite Phone(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by dyukqu 7y ago|0 comments
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by dyukqu 7y ago
I (rarely) do it too. What I realized is in most cases (if not all) it's all about spitting it out whatever is in my mind without any intention to listen to what others are trying to say and without thinking that I can learn so muc

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