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A sound map of the Pacific Crest Trail(thomasmkelly.com)
2 points by kalind 3d ago|0 comments
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by kalind 1mo ago
I'm a Swede and I knew a guy named Jerker growing up. I always wondered if his parents gave him that name to mess with him. In Swedish "j" is pronounced as the English "y", so I think they could have at least spelle
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by kalind 8mo ago
From what I've read moshi moshi was originally pronounced "moushi moushi" and comes from the humble form of the verb to say/speak - moushiageru. I also found it interesting that the original telephone greeting seems to h
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by kalind 9mo ago
Nice! I wrote a script similar to this that triggers when I take a screenshot with Flameshot, OCR's the screenshot using an API and opens web page with the OCR'd text. I prefer to use a Japanese to Japanese dictionary when possibl
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The geometry of mathematical methods(books.physics.oregonstate.edu)
80 points by kalind 11mo ago|4 comments
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by kalind 2y ago
Jetpack Compose cannot be written in Java because it relies on a Kotlin compiler plugin to transform composable functions.
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by kalind 2y ago
For a geometric approach to learning linear algebra for graphics programming I strongly recommend The Dark Art of Linear Algebra[1] by Seth Braver. [1]: https://www.bravernewmath.com
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by kalind 2y ago
So what do you do when the LLM creates a bug in a multi-million CPU instruction program it generated and you can't prompt it to fix the bug?
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by kalind 2y ago
So to answers the OP's question: the reason she's the first woman to finish isn't necessarily because of bias or sexism, but could rather be simply because of the very challenging time limit, and the fact that the women'
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by kalind 2y ago
How could women be better physiologically suited at long distance running than men, when for example there are around 2500[1] men that have a better time than the women's marathon world record at 2:11:53? Or compare the men's reco
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A Lifetime's Reading: The 500 Greatest Books(sonic.net)
2 points by kalind 3y ago|0 comments
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by kalind 6y ago
Give ureq a try: https://github.com/algesten/ureq It is blocking only and has a pretty simple API.
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by kalind 6y ago
I would argue that NVC emphasizes curiosity because the aim is to understand the feelings and needs (what is alive) in the other person. This requires a deep curiosity and being present in the current moment so that one can connect with wha