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by fpsvogel 7mo ago
There are actually several similar books for modern European languages, available as PDFs (in the public domain and/or out of print): https://blog.nina.coffee/2018/08/27/all_nature_method_books.... Ørber
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by fpsvogel 7mo ago
Fantasy appeals to a wider audience (see the "Romantasy" genre) and seems to overlap more with YA fiction so captures more young readers.
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by fpsvogel 8mo ago
Roc might be that language one day. Not yet because it's pre-0.1.
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by fpsvogel 8mo ago
One way to get usable and consistent categories for a Wikipedia article is Lift Wing: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning/LiftWin... I once used it to create a "Wikipedia StumbleUpon":
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by fpsvogel 9mo ago
And anyone who sees the document is less likely to read it!
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by fpsvogel 10mo ago
Do you have an example of this technique that you can link to, or a fuller discussion of it? I have a soft spot for Alpine and I’m always on the lookout for things I can do with just Alpine.
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by fpsvogel 11mo ago
In my experience, in the US, harmful chemicals in products are a lot more credible than climate change, to people who listen to the Right. An example that has been in the news: pregnant women taking Tylenol. For whatever reason, a “natural”
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by fpsvogel 11mo ago
ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring …
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by fpsvogel 11mo ago
Reminds of Rockstar[1] and The Art of Code[2], a great talk by its creator. 1: https://codewithrockstar.com 2: https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U
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by fpsvogel 1y ago
Agreed. If I weren't a computer nerd I probably wouldn't feel this way, but on Linux I feel more empowered. Even if there are more things to tweak/fix (which is not necessarily true these days), there IS probably a way to do
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by fpsvogel 1y ago
I agree that these are useful frameworks. When I said they're not equally attainable by all, I meant that for people who are better off, these things can sort of just fall in their lap, whereas poor people more often have to struggle f
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by fpsvogel 1y ago
Adsolutely. I agree that our lives aren't determined by family background, and we can draw on many other resources, both within ourselves and from other people besides family. If I overstated my point, it's only because I was push
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by fpsvogel 1y ago
To take one of your examples, high school graduation rates vary from ~25% to ~98% in U.S. school districts. It's not because some districts have a lot more virtuous young people, but because some districts are poor and others are wealt
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by fpsvogel 1y ago
The relationship of the Bible to history is complicated. I recommend the “Pete Ruins ____” episodes of The Bible for Normal People podcast, which is fun but also grounded in the academic field of biblical studies. Here’s the first one for G
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by fpsvogel 2y ago
Thank you for your honesty. What you said about tossing people aside for lack of time resonates with my experience in and after college. Recently I reconnected with someone who was a close friend early in college, before I switched to &quot
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by fpsvogel 2y ago
Author here. I'm sorry to hear that. I've heard similar struggles from other experienced folks, and I get the impression that companies have been less eager to hire for upper-level positions such as staff or architect, relative to
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by fpsvogel 2y ago
Hey, author here. I'm in central Kentucky. There aren't a lot of in-person developer jobs in my area, and I ended up applying only for remote roles. I've added that to my post.
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by fpsvogel 3y ago
If you're specifically looking for something like Shoes, here are two similar projects in Ruby. Scarpe, a WIP revival of Shoes: https://github.com/scarpe-team/scarpe Glimmer: https://github.com/And
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by fpsvogel 5y ago
I signed up on HN just comment how much I've enjoyed Bridgetown as a newbie developer. I just got my first dev job in Rails and I'm enjoying it, but I'm still more excited about playing around with Bridgetown in my free time.