northernman

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by northernman 2y ago
> Healthcare in Canada is essentially not available. Do you live in Canada?? This is a ridiculous comment - healthcare is broadly available, especially for critical conditions.
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by northernman 2y ago
Perhaps in a few years we can have another PEP, to require "except BaseException" to be replaced with bare "except:". Then we can all change our code back again.
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by northernman 2y ago
Nonsense
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by northernman 2y ago
I think you mean "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"
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by northernman 2y ago
I read this book: <https://books.google.ca/books/about/Artificial_Intelligence_Through_Simulate.html?id=QMLaAAAAMAAJ> in 1972. It was published in 1966.
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by northernman 3y ago
Fixed a Hayward salt generator by replacing a burnt out thermistor. Cost was $1.00 for two of them, so I now have a spare. Replacing the entire PCB would have been ~$400+ CAD.
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by northernman 3y ago
I've had several kidney stones - usually at about one year intervals. The first was the worst because you don't know what it is. Subsequent stones didn't seem to be as bad, since I knew I was going to survive. The emerg doc
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by northernman 3y ago
https://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/
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by northernman 3y ago
Which existing feature did they remove? You could still use Google maps (and you still can).
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by northernman 3y ago
That isn't true: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/can-fentanyl-be-ab...
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by northernman 4y ago
See also "The Sun Is God" by Adrian McKinty.
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by northernman 7y ago
1. Pi3 controlling my swimming pool pump (basically a fancy timer) 2. PiZero controlling a mousetrap (servoe controlled trapdoor with IR sensor)
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by northernman 9y ago
That's exactly what I was referring to. That page, while perfectly respectable, doesn't use fancy fonts, drop down menus, etc. which the original article highlighted. My point is that Stripe's success was primarily driven by
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by northernman 9y ago
Nice article, but please don't draw the conclusion that this design has anything to do with Stripe's success. Rather, they can afford to put this level of effort into the design as a consequence of their success. Check out the Way
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by northernman 11y ago
In situations like this, its normal to think that your own behavior is faultless, and that the "others" are conspiring to screw you over. In reality, its usually you that is the problem. For whatever reason, the people in power
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by northernman 13y ago
I really hope this idea dies quickly. One of the best things about json is its simplicity and rigid syntax. If we open up this can of worms, we will incur thousands of man-years of future wasted time tracking down incompatibility issues.