ngvrnd

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by ngvrnd 14d ago
the basins merge
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by ngvrnd 20d ago
„Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen“ but if the thing can be interacted with, it can usually be mapped and defined and then named. But there will always be things which do not have names, at least in mathematics -- t
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by ngvrnd 21d ago
Meatbags can still be employed in this limited capacity, surely.
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by ngvrnd 23d ago
"prepare founders" ... lol. founders prepare themselves.
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by ngvrnd 23d ago
nth mover advantage.
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by ngvrnd 26d ago
user interfaces are for users. people who deal with words may prefer an advanced TUI. Others may find graphical interfaces more useful. describe, don't prescribe. let a thousand flowers bloom.
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by ngvrnd 1mo ago
OK.
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by ngvrnd 1mo ago
So is The Pedestrian...
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
I know what the author means, but I don't share the experience.
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
Hey whatever happened to Factor? That was an amazingly professional offering in a weird and dusty corner of the programming languages.
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
ah the packbot. I remember working on that.
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
First job out of college in 1986 was at Teradyne, working in BLISS.
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
this is so true. There's huge variability in competence. and many doctors have fled to boutique medical care, or whatever it's called, since the recent changes in healthcare.
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by ngvrnd 2mo ago
cf. paracelsus on the dose and the toxin
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by ngvrnd 3mo ago
the internet i grew up with didn't exist yet
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by ngvrnd 4mo ago
This feels to me like a transitional problem. People will learn not to do this. I hope.
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by ngvrnd 4mo ago
The stuff by Peter Watts, Blindsight and so on, is fun.
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by ngvrnd 4mo ago
it should apply to all public sector unions, they're a disaster. That's the real problem. Should never have been allowed.
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by ngvrnd 4mo ago
I sense a great disturbance in the force.
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by ngvrnd 5mo ago
I worked with a woman who kept isopods as pets. She had a little terrarium at work with all sorts of breeds of isopods. That's where I learned you could buy isopods online.
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by ngvrnd 6mo ago
Except for Keith Moon. All the stories about him are true and if anything underplay the truth. :-)
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by ngvrnd 6mo ago
Is it possible to reset the source once you've started modifying it?
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by ngvrnd 7mo ago
General class in USA, not currently active. More interested in tech/building than conversation/contesting although POTA and SOTA hold some interest, as does field day. Perhaps when I retire those might become a thing I do.
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by ngvrnd 7mo ago
Seymour Cray down in the tunnels, communing with the Machine Elves.
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by ngvrnd 2y ago
The City Fathers from cities in flight
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by ngvrnd 2y ago
While I think it is true that mistakes cannot be undone, it's also the case that most mistakes (even fairly bad ones) are not a sentence of doom. There are still choices to be made in the future (if you think there are choices) and yo
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by ngvrnd 2y ago
what were the conclusions? I skimmed it but did not see any.
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by ngvrnd 2y ago
No, the high school project is talking about this.
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by ngvrnd 2y ago
There is no "why" -- it happened and was not selected against; it may have been adaptive and that is a kind of why, I guess. I think it would be better to be clear about this in science communication.
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by ngvrnd 3y ago
rapa-nui-cin

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