mbroshi

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by mbroshi 1mo ago
> In the real world, it does feel likely that we’re going to hit some sort of a ceiling on the number of useful bugs, and probably we’ll hit it soon. This doesn't resonate with me. I see companies adding more sloppily written featur
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US life expectancy on track to reach record high(cnn.com)
4 points by mbroshi 3mo ago|0 comments
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Commerce committee approves AM radio requirement for cars(eenews.net)
17 points by mbroshi 10mo ago|5 comments
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by mbroshi 2y ago
Brilliant! Makes a simple children's game very interesting. One aspect I really enjoy is that it makes clear the knee-jerk response towards action bias[0]. There are times when your opponent has two-in-a-row, but the probability of a f
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by mbroshi 2y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20240521193946/https://www.popsc...
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by mbroshi 3y ago
FYI, Sage is also the name of a mathematical programming language: https://www.sagemath.org/
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by mbroshi 3y ago
There's an implicit assumption that the organizers would cancel the race if conditions are unsafe. E.g., when I go on a rollercoaster, I assume engineers have calculated the safety better than I could ever evaluate
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Court Sides with PredictIt: CFTC Actions Are ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’(newsobserver.com)
3 points by mbroshi 3y ago|1 comments
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by mbroshi 4y ago
Sounds like an interesting--although presumably not easily and quickly scalable--solution to fertilizer shortages. I am dubious about the environmental improvement. According to a meta-analysis[0], chemical fertilizers produce less ammonia
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by mbroshi 5y ago
I see a lot of doubters, but the bet is still open. If you're so doubtful, go ahead and put your money where your mouth is!
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by mbroshi 5y ago
> Did you use a regex to verify the data looks like a uuid before putting it into the database? Is that really a thing? I have used UUIDs as primary keys many times in my life, and never had a need to do such a thing. I am struggling to
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by mbroshi 5y ago
This is something I have thought about a lot. I have had coffee daily, gone months without any caffeine, and currently average about one cup of coffee every week or two. I think the best approach is experimental and data-driven. Everyone ha
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by mbroshi 5y ago
As Tyler Cowen always responds to headlines like this: "If it’s true, why isn’t the price of oil down?"
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Do We Need More Controversial Ideas?(chronicle.com)
1 points by mbroshi 5y ago|0 comments
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What Can You Realistically Achieve in a Year of Training?(gmb.io)
1 points by mbroshi 6y ago|0 comments
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I volunteered to re-architect Internet email(changelog.com)
3 points by mbroshi 6y ago|0 comments
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by mbroshi 6y ago
This is a great idea! I tried it on a 200-page document [1], and it took over a minute to process in my browser, and the result seems to be about 75% highlighted. Not sure if it's the "math-ese" or length that is the issue. O
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by mbroshi 6y ago
I love this post. This sort of thing happens to everyone, most people just are not willing to be so open about it. I was once sshed to the production server, and was cleaning up some old files that got created by an errant script, one which
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Ask HN: What should I do after dropping off my laptop for repair?
2 points by mbroshi 6y ago|1 comments
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What I Have Come to Believe(arnoldkling.com)
3 points by mbroshi 6y ago|0 comments
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by mbroshi 6y ago
I think the link should be here: https://www.ezequiel.tech/2019/01/75k-google-cloud-platform-... And the date should be (2019)
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by mbroshi 7y ago
I wonder why the body needs to move to stay warm. Seems like a waste of energy. If I were to "design" the body, I'd make automatic heat generation one of my MVP features.
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Model correctly and write less code, using Akka Streams(blogoloquy.blogspot.com)
13 points by mbroshi 8y ago|0 comments
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What’s Your Type? The Myers-Briggs Test and the Rise of the Personality Quiz(theringer.com)
2 points by mbroshi 8y ago|1 comments
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by mbroshi 8y ago
My favorite hidden feature in Firefox is having multiple profiles[0],[1]. Unlike containers, profiles have separate bookmarks, extensions, etc. I have found profiles even more useful than containers for development. [0] about:profiles (past
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by mbroshi 8y ago
Somewhat perpendicular, but intermittent fasting has been a great recent lifehack for me. I skip breakfast every day, and sometimes skip lunch. Gives me back at least an hour every day. And gorging for dinner is a lot of fun.
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Trump and Putin: The worst case scenario (2016)(qz.com)
3 points by mbroshi 8y ago|1 comments
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Tips for More Effective Personal Time Management(nyu.edu)
2 points by mbroshi 8y ago|0 comments
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by mbroshi 8y ago
There are functional benefits for having UUIDs as a primary key, but yes there are performance impacts on writes and ORDER BY. The best way to find out how it will impact your application is to have performance tests in place, and test out
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by mbroshi 8y ago
It's pretty unlikely to get a collision[1], and the client should be able to handle the gracefully (regenerate the UUID and retry). [1] https://www.quora.com/Has-there-ever-been-a-UUID-collision

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