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by loquor 4y ago
"Pluck" is a wonderful verb for this action of picking from a curated list. Thanks, I will use it from now on.
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by loquor 4y ago
I too was like this kid not so long ago. Here are some perspectives. 1. THE CAUSE - How is he doing academically? I was doing really poorly because of lack of support, and to suppress that frustration I would try to stifle it with games, an
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by loquor 4y ago
I remember watching this cartoon called Kochikame as a kid. One episode features a this guy who carries around a portable TV, watching all his TV shows as he goes around. That blew my mind. Such a thing clearly couldn't exist, I though
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by loquor 4y ago
Exploration vs Exploitation in ML. It seems you explore a lot to find whats 'best', but it keeps you from implementing (in this case Exploiting) a set of ideas. There is an optimum between the two. You could read up on this. My 2
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Ask HN: When we note down cool things for later, why do they feel boring?
34 points by loquor 4y ago|13 comments
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by loquor 5y ago
Edsger Dijkstra was suspicious of terms like intuition. He reasoned: My Pocket Oxford Dictionary --which requires a rather large pocket-- defines "intuition: immediate apprehension by the mind without reasoning". If we don't
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by loquor 5y ago
Wow. But why would your manager do that though? Were you working unreasonably hard, so much so that others couldn't keep up and it made them look bad? Did they dislike something about your attitude? I want to understand their perspecti
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by loquor 5y ago
> I have a bit of a man-crush on Leslie Lamport +1 - I really admire him too. I wonder, what makes people like him and Edsger Dijkstra so charismatic in this sense?
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by loquor 5y ago
Right, it is software. I meant software product or software tool.
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by loquor 5y ago
Its survival bias. She stuck her head out, didn't budge, and navigated the criticism smartly. But many other faculty members and writers have been forcibly ushered out of their positions or made to recant their non-woke opinions.
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by loquor 5y ago
Its doesn't have to be a software. Mine is a python script that jiggles every N minutes, where N is a command line parameter.
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by loquor 5y ago
The chilling effect is real. It's disheartening that we are asked to play along with unsubstantiated dogma on topics as fundamental as gender. Has anyone here managed to express opinions like Shrier's in a casual manner without ha
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by loquor 5y ago
> Easy things feel fast, hard things feel slow, but in the long run you'll get more from doing the hard thing. Yes! These are called desirable difficulties in the book 'Range'.
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by loquor 5y ago
> I, for some strange/personal reasons struggle to write what's in my head. My thoughts are very disorganized and always feel what's on the paper doesn't reflect the original idea. If you have felt in a similar way, I
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by loquor 6y ago
Could you please link to a few of these posts? Partly because it would be wrong to speak ill of someone without proof and also because I'm curious.
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by loquor 6y ago
That's a reasonable perspective. But the parent comment talked about a different kind of thinking. Constantly judgemental thinking is not healthy. If you just sit there meditating, and your idling mind (often) jumps to uncomfortably se
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Ask HN: Which jobs suit a new grad good at systems thinking and problem solving?
1 points by loquor 6y ago|2 comments
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by loquor 6y ago
Friend, I just finished listening to the podcast after seeing this comment. It is genuinely relevant. The episode is full of useful information related to brain plasticity that OP would benefit from. Don't dismiss all of a creator&#x27
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by loquor 6y ago
That's amazing. What did you do about retirement, health insurance, emergency funds?
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by loquor 6y ago
Is there a sample post that we can see?
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by loquor 6y ago
Can you leverage Mirimir ever in your real life? If Mirimir writes some stupendous essays but 5% of his posts are critical of say, some aspect of the LGBT community, then wouldn't it be a huge risk to your IRL reputation? Then you coul
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by loquor 6y ago
How do you establish a no-tech-distractions policy? I can relate to your experience. However, I struggle with keeping digital entertainment away from me. On good days, I keep away from entertainment until I'm done with work. On unprodu
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by loquor 6y ago
You're right. But this is the natural progression for React. React emphasizes stateful behavior in components. UseEffects with specific dependencies are actions which depend on the specified variable-set alone, while all the other infi
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by loquor 6y ago
Great point about the Iyashikei theme! Its very prominent in anime as well.
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by loquor 6y ago
I've heard that it's better to leave weaknesses be and instead utilize your strengths. The reason is because if you just work on your weakness, you end up being just mediocre. What's your opinion on this?
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by loquor 7y ago
A kettle for your rear is rather spartan. Urban indians usually opt for a hose attached to a hand spray. Imo,the biggest plus point of the bidet over the above is that it doesn't get the floor wet.
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by loquor 7y ago
I remember his mention in Bret Victor's talk, Inventing on Principle. He is known for cut copy paste, but he did far more than that. He introduced a single 'mode' for working for docs, as opposed to having typing, editing, fo
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by loquor 7y ago
The eminent researchers in Distributed Systems are so interesting. I find Edsger Dijkstra and Leslie Lamport to be very colorful and inspiring characters. Edsger Dijkstra was a pioneer in computing. Yet he lived like a luddite. He did not o
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by loquor 7y ago
Your comment reads like a Seth Godin blog post.
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by loquor 7y ago
Highlights: * The common denominator of success – secret of success of every individual who has ever been successful – lies in the fact that he or she formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do. * Why are successful peo

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