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by jgrowl 4mo ago
Jackson Crawford's youtube channel is very helpful academic source. For those that don't know, Futhark is comes from the first 6 letters of the runic alphabet (F, U, Þ, A, R, K) https://www.youtube.com/@JacksonCraw
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by jgrowl 5mo ago
A barbarous Floydian slip.
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by jgrowl 6mo ago
YES! Snap drove me to debian sid and haven't looked back. Snap is probably fine, but don't force me to use it.
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by jgrowl 6mo ago
I had used ubuntu back in the day, and when I came back to linux a bit ago I immediately installed it again. I don't remember all of my frustrations, but I remember having a lot of trouble with snap. Specifically, it really annoyed me
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by jgrowl 1y ago
Was pretty effective using as a propaganda tool to get a candidate of the owner's choice elected. I don't see any reason to assume that wasn't the intended goal from the beginning. No reason to assume that won't be how i
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by jgrowl 1y ago
I was pretty flabbergasted when I realized that if not logged in, I could no longer search a repository for code references. You're really going to make me clone a project locally to do a search. I just end up using google to search gi
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by jgrowl 1y ago
The WARN act website lists the number at 1,985 employees. https://esd.wa.gov/employer-requirements/layoffs-and-employe...
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by jgrowl 2y ago
I believe there was a bill that addressed this, but if failed shortly before the TikTok stuff.
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by jgrowl 2y ago
> The company said it would cost between $20 million and $30 million to fix these issues and decided to cut about 6% of its staff. > Spence, in October, had acknowledged mistakes surrounding the app's release and said that he and
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by jgrowl 2y ago
I thought a reddit comment on this article had an interesting point: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1d3b356/my_new_favori... [–]Timzhy0 3 points 7 months ago Btw I think one can go a step further
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by jgrowl 2y ago
I don't think you should feel any pressure to change it. The Solar System belongs to the writers just as much as it does to the physicists and unless your target audience is specifically physicists, then the average visitor of your sit
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by jgrowl 3y ago
Astrologically, Gemini is associated with Communication. Specifically social, superficial, quick, back and forth communication. The sign is ruled by Mercury which is associated with Intelligence and being the messenger of the Gods. Mercury
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by jgrowl 3y ago
I paid off my entire college debt with my first paycheck. I lived at home and got my associates from a community college in Appalachia. I did well enough to get a small transfer scholarship at a state college to finish up my BS. You get wha
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by jgrowl 4y ago
> And they should have never did this publicly. "Contemplate the twelfth figure of the Tarot-Keys, remember the grand symbol of Prometheus, and be silent. All those Magi who divulged their works died violently, and many were driven
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by jgrowl 4y ago
"In gaming we have one goal: which is to bring more games to more gamers on all platforms" - Satya Nadella ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdo0elQI_8 ) How does xbox-exclusive releases fit in with this goal? Are
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by jgrowl 4y ago
I WONDER WHY https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/-thursday...
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by jgrowl 4y ago
Every civilization starts building a tower. Those at the bottom bring supplies to the top and maintain it. Those at the top are tasked with seeing what is coming and making Wise decisions. Those at the top forget about the needs of the bott
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by jgrowl 4y ago
I think this comment is actually very insightful. If you assume that 'nothing' is what cannot exist, then everything becomes a matter of scale and instrument sensitivity
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by jgrowl 4y ago
Therein lies the True eternal distinction between Reason and Faith. Reason is that which can be known and where it ceases becomes Faith. They are separate parallel structures, to mistake one for the other is folly. We know that everything w
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by jgrowl 4y ago
"When the sun goes down, the stars come out." A beautiful way of signing off reminds me of Bowie's Blackstar album. "Something happened on the day he died. Spirit rose a metre, then stepped aside. Somebody else took his
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by jgrowl 5y ago
I find myself uncomfortably on your side of the argument, against the popular sentiment here. Russia is bombing Ukrainian communication towers, spreading malware, coordinating attacks, in an active unprovoked invasion. From my perspective,
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by jgrowl 5y ago
Adblock will be the first thing I install if usable AR-glasses ever become actually practical.
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by jgrowl 5y ago
When I want to set a timer I have to walk over to the device and unmute it because I refuse to leave it unmuted at this point. It is partially due to the fact that I have Sonos speakers with alexa built in and it just wasn't well done.
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by jgrowl 5y ago
In the villa of Ormen, Stands a solitary candle. In the centre of it all, Your eyes
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by jgrowl 5y ago
Relevant: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/beauty-in-physics/
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by jgrowl 5y ago
> I don't really understand how we can see the universe another way It has been eye opening to me to view the universe as a dualism. It will certainty strike you down without a second thought, but at the same time we are provided a
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by jgrowl 5y ago
I can only speak from personal experience, but yes, it was pretty crushing. I knew interacting with people would be required, but I did not foresee the full on panic attacks in the bathroom, trying to calm down so I wouldn't just run o
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by jgrowl 5y ago
I'll be that guy and say for completeness that while local hidden variables are ruled out, global variables are not via something like Bohmian mechanics.
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by jgrowl 5y ago
Thanks for this. I felt myself reaching for the pitchfork. There are too many unknowns here. No one really wins in situations like these. Unless proprietary tech is used, I think I would advocate for laws protecting people from being restri
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by jgrowl 5y ago
This is what I would assume too. I remember sitting next to a manager's cubicle at GE and hearing him discuss candidates. He would say things like, "Wow, this guy applying for this entry position has a PhD, he definitely would get

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