michaelwu

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by michaelwu 6y ago
It's actually 2x...
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by michaelwu 6y ago
Even if the risk of transmission from surfaces turns out to be low, I suspect it’s still >0%. Given the potential of developing chronic conditions from covid and the number of times we come into contact groceries, deliveries, etc., it se
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by michaelwu 7y ago
If you by chance have a mac or an iPhone, you can use Safari's reader mode read all the text comfortably after the page loads. Most of these sites load the text and then load some js to hide it from you. I've found reader mode wor
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by michaelwu 7y ago
I kind of like it though. The lack of the usual "social network" features makes it much easier to focus on the merit and content of each comment.
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by michaelwu 7y ago
I think bureaucracy is not specific to academia but is rather something that just arises when a group of people try to coordinate work among themselves.
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by michaelwu 8y ago
In industry, we often also face an incredible amount of uncertainty in the form of unknown future functionality, UX, requirements, etc. As long as a business continues to adapt to changing market conditions, it's rare for its software
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by michaelwu 8y ago
Hitting a 404 now. Maybe all the comments here made them the blog editors realize they posted some bizarre advice.
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by michaelwu 9y ago
They have an English UI now :)
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by michaelwu 9y ago
Didi has been accepting payment via credit card for at least a few months now. It can be a pain to set up and doesn't always work but at least it's possible now.
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Building A.I. That Can Build A.I(nytimes.com)
2 points by michaelwu 9y ago|0 comments
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by michaelwu 9y ago
Interesting that there is no mention of eslint. I've always found that the best way to learn a new language is to immediately install the linter and its associated plugin for whatever IDE you're using for instant feedback about po
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by michaelwu 9y ago
All of the things you mentioned are best practices when building something that you want other people to use in production. The author was trying to build this with the absolute minimum amount of code as an exercise so I don't think an
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IBM Makes Breakthrough in Race to Commercialize Quantum Computers(bloomberg.com)
4 points by michaelwu 9y ago|0 comments
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by michaelwu 9y ago
Starting to go off topic but have you checked out BetterTouchTool[1]? It's not _just_ another window tiling app for the Mac. It also lets you conveniently remap trackpad gestures and taps, 3rd party mice (yes you can remap your side bu
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by michaelwu 9y ago
> Moreover, only half of the Moon sees the light of the Sun That's not true. There is a side of the Moon that's always facing away from us on Earth but each side of the Moon actually gets about 2 weeks of sunlight followed by 2
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by michaelwu 9y ago
Lighthouse (also by Google) might be a better alternative. It works as a plugin so you're not limited to testing sites broadly accessible by the public. https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/