exergy

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by exergy 2y ago
A managed iceberg service, marketed as a new S3 bucket type. I thought AWS was dropping the ball on Open Table Formats, but this one is a smart move and a direct shot fired at Databricks with Delta. Simply by making it the default for softw
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by exergy 2y ago
there is Ibis[0] as a fairly mature package. They recently adopted duckdb as the default execution engine and it can give you a nice python dataframe API ontop of duckdb, with hot-swappability towards heavier engines. With tools like this p
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by exergy 2y ago
A (unfortunately still valid) running joke about German public administration is that November is the high season for fax machine sales people
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by exergy 3y ago
We use duckdb-wasm as an in-browser telemetry store for an IoT use case. beats the performance of other data stores in your browser and much simpler than manually wrangling arrays DuckDB also has potential for IoT/embedded use cases as
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by exergy 6y ago
Ah, no, I have the opposite problem! For instance, musicians one really likes, one projects them into images of saints. Then they're out their putting selfies on, sharing insipid quotes or just generally seeking validation, and the m
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by exergy 6y ago
I've been using DroidCam for my Windows desktop for the last few days. Works super well, although my phone seems to get hot after about an hour of using it.
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by exergy 6y ago
I think the parent may have been sarcastic. I certainly hope so. Life was much better before my idols had entirely mundane Instagram feeds.
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by exergy 6y ago
Anticonsumerist is actually a great word. I might adopt it. Much more succint.
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by exergy 6y ago
Rubbish drivel. It's a trend nowadays for people to write longform articles purporting to lay bare some great truths but really are just an excuse for the author to regurgitate some recent things they read. It really rubs me the wron
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by exergy 6y ago
Is there any reason you couldn't just write "Amazon"? I see people do this thing often on HN, for instance "At $DayJob, we do...". Is it like a sign of belonging to a tribe?
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by exergy 6y ago
Yeah, what kind of criterion is that? "The best STD" and all that...
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by exergy 7y ago
Yep. That thing is a fucking abomination. I believe it's called backstage or something and the idiots who petitioned for, designed and approved it should be dishonorably discharged.
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by exergy 7y ago
As I understand, the new XPS is also coming out with a 16:10, but it is also an IPS panel.
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by exergy 7y ago
Mainly laziness and entertainment. If I was indeed buying one tomorrow, I'd spend a lot more time reading people's experiences on Reddit, for instance. But just for watching tech reviews while I eat dinner or something, I sure wis
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by exergy 7y ago
Exactly. I'm constantly needled by the fact that there isn't a single Youtube reviewer who is a full-time programmer. Or at least someone not in the "creative" domains. At least none of the big names are. It's alw
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by exergy 7y ago
That's a fantastic aphorism. Words to live by.
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by exergy 7y ago
I wouldn't care as much if it didn't constantly become harder and harder to find other like-minded people. People don't seem to enjoy not having their phones out, not photographing everything, not optimising relentlessly. The
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by exergy 7y ago
Hahaha, a likely theory! Actually, I'm Indian, and we have our steering wheel on the right side, just like the Brits. It's one of the less fortunate things we picked up from them.
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by exergy 7y ago
I'm a thermodynamic engineer by trade. We spend a lot of time around freezing and boiling water. Even more, we spend a lot of time in Kelvin land. I've a particular hatred of Fahrenheit :)
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by exergy 7y ago
Exactly. And that's why the UK is especially stupid with units. At least in the US they are consistently idiotic with Fahrenheit and Miles and BTUs and so on. In the UK, they understand what a kilogram is, but measure weight in stone
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by exergy 7y ago
Abuse is a heavily loaded word, and as an aside, I hate the cheapening of language in modern times. Assault is another that's getting cheapened. Someone bluntly telling another "you're dead wrong" isn't abuse IMO. B
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by exergy 7y ago
Yeah I know. People bring up r/science and the history subreddits all the time. And you're right, they do stick to the topic. The trouble is that they're both very siloed. If you don't like those topics all the time, you
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by exergy 7y ago
Couldn't disagree more. If I want fun, I'd watch some comedian on YouTube, way higher quality. If I wanted serious discussion, Reddit has too much noise for the signal that it does offer. The Reddit of today is about posting the &
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by exergy 7y ago
Yep. Much as I rail against the overly pedantic nature of many, many comments here, this place is a veritable treasure trove compared to Reddit. On Reddit, every single fucking thread gets derailed by shitty puns, basement-tier humour o
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by exergy 7y ago
To avoid deep binges into youtube. First of all, youtube thumbnails are cancer anyway, so blocking them is one step towards a Lower Information Diet. And the first step to being able to quit any addictions to youtube.
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by exergy 7y ago
A dictionary? I mean, that's neat and all, but not all that useful is it? I might check the weather once a day, tops. This is better solved by having a widget on my smartphone. Same for the dictionary, and same for short google sear
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by exergy 7y ago
?! I'm genuinely curious why you chose this route.
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by exergy 7y ago
Moreover, I think of it like how I think of clothes. You dress well not just for yourself but also as a mark of respect to those whom you're about to meet. Properly typed posts convey similar respect. Also, sorry to invoke the slippery
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by exergy 7y ago
How does one read something like this and walk around with any hope for our species? It's not even just the fact that people like him exist, it's the fact that they have the power. Perhaps humanity is a mistake and we all deserve
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by exergy 7y ago
Pedantry taken to its logical limit. Just another day here on HN. I will counter by saying that, functionally, there is little difference. What is at stake is our means of feeding ourselves. Our means of getting enough drinking water for al

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