matt_j

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by matt_j 2y ago
Given that his sister Joan was an accomplished scientist in her own right, and they got along well, I don't think your comment is accurate. > “During the conference I was staying with my sister in Syracuse. I brought the paper home
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by matt_j 2y ago
Carrying The Fire by Michael Collins is an excellent account of Apollo 11 from the perspective of the command module pilot. I've read it three times, it's a wonderful book, he's a very intelligent, capable and humble man.
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by matt_j 2y ago
The way I understand it, there is one EM field and photons of various frequencies travel in that field: radio, microwave, infra-red, visible, ultra-violet, x-ray, gamma. We are awash with EM radiation of almost all frequencies from the univ
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by matt_j 2y ago
Same. My work is very flexible, we can take time throughout the day for an appointment or errand, and in return, we have a strong work ethic that ensures that things get done, which sometimes requires overtime or after hours. It's nice
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by matt_j 2y ago
I'm not torn at all. Ads are cancer. They're either un-curated and malware, or curated on my private data and disturbingly targeted. I reject both types.
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by matt_j 2y ago
Yeah, I'm not sure what the better word is. As a programmer, I use APIs. "interact with", "code to/against". I think "user" is OK. We're all users at different levels of abstraction.
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by matt_j 2y ago
API doesn't imply integration. Consider any module or package to have an API exposed to the user of the package. Unit tests should assert that the package behaves as expected.
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by matt_j 2y ago
I'm in my 40s and still vibing on a mix of novel and nostalgia. I don't know what my secret is but I've never been in a position where discovering new music was difficult. I don't listen to much radio, but when I do, it&
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by matt_j 3y ago
This is debunked to some extent. Veritasium made a good video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA Personally I find a multi-pronged approach is necessary to really learn anything. Read it. Read it again. V
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by matt_j 3y ago
Seems an unpopular opinion but I thought EEAAO was pretty daft and I'm surprised at the reception it received and all the Oscars it won. Now don't get me wrong, it's a fun flick and I'm genuinely glad for the three actor
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by matt_j 3y ago
Moral of the story: make friends with PC nerds. I never had much time for consoles and I don’t feel like I missed out on much. Popular games come and go. The joy of doing whatever I can imagine with my PC is more than enough consolation.
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by matt_j 3y ago
The way I understand it, light from far away, very far away, is red-shifted because the universe is expanding at every point and the wavelength of the traveling light is stretched. Stretching the wavelength means light from the blue end of
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by matt_j 3y ago
The right word would be "apathy".
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by matt_j 3y ago
Sure, Satan.
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by matt_j 3y ago
That’s a good opportunity to run a profiler and it will tell you pretty quick which things are taking the most time/cpu/memory.
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by matt_j 3y ago
He just dropped a new album, Eidolon, last week. It's wonderful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljzFWdax0iE&list=PL44Q4mKIiC...
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by matt_j 3y ago
Underworld is usually closer to techno/tech-house than trance although I feel trying to fit Underworld into any genre is a disservice. They are masters of their own sound and a class act!
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by matt_j 3y ago
Donato Dozzy is an amazing selector. One of the greats.
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by matt_j 3y ago
I play psy-trance at a range of tempos, from dub stuff at 70-80bpm, through prog stuff around 110-130bpm, to more high energy stuff up at 140-150bpm. The main reason for sticking to a tempo is because psy-trance, and (good) trance music in
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by matt_j 3y ago
If you like Shpongle, I recently bought a new album, Transient States - Ballade en Forêt, that sounds very derivative (in a good way!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLLzz4vxKb0 Hallucinogen In Dub (remixed by Ott) is ano
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by matt_j 3y ago
Plugging my own mix 'cause I think it fits what you're describing pretty well. 3hrs of deep progressive and psychedelic trance. I've been collecting and playing records for a long time, I love old Sasha & Digweed style pr
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by matt_j 3y ago
Medium is super annoying. Every time I end up there I immediately leave. Popups, subscription requirement "sometimes", it's the most obnoxious place.
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by matt_j 3y ago
Spotify has a catalogue that appeals to people that like pop music. Bandcamp provides an outlet for artists that aren't part of the pop music spectrum. I'm deep into electronic music and Bandcamp is the _only_ place that some arti
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by matt_j 3y ago
English is a marvellous language and there is often a specific word that conveys exactly the desired meaning, but instead we resort to saying “very good” when we mean brilliant, or “sad” when we should use morose. I’m all for writers using
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by matt_j 3y ago
I don't trust anyone to review a film, but I still read/watch reviews. Over the years I've learned to read between the lines a bit and I usually have a gut feeling for how a reviewer and the film in question 'match up&#x
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by matt_j 3y ago
I had a nerve conduction test on my arm, it was pretty neat! I didn't find it uncomfortable, just a bit of a tingle. My issue was a combination of a previous shoulder injury and bad sleeping position and bad sitting at desk position (r
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by matt_j 3y ago
I mostly came to this conclusion in math classes at uni. Handwriting my notes was far superior (in terms of knowledge retained) to using my laptop. My recall was excellent. You could argue that writing math is hard in a text editor (due to
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by matt_j 3y ago
For me, and I assume others, the act of writing is an important part of the learning process. Writing on paper even more-so than typing on a keyboard. Writing forces me to organize my thoughts, summarize, elaborate, reference other parts of
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by matt_j 3y ago
Mock a result that says "everything is OK" and continue watching Netflix. I jest. I don't like mocking database methods, they don't give me much confidence. I test the SQL against Postgres in a Docker container.
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by matt_j 3y ago
Gen-Z grew up in a world where the old, searchable internet was already dysfunctional and overrun with siloed apps. I think most of them don't know what they're missing. It's no big deal to do documentation in Discord for the

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