oroul

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by oroul 5y ago
It's hard to completely get away from objects in Python, but I don't think that needs to be an objective to get away from OOP patterns. My suggestions would be: - Don't use classes for information. Use regular data structures
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by oroul 5y ago
> Ideology is inescapable. To some extent, everyone is under its influence. But that does not mean that all are equally ideological The author makes this point very plainly. The 'well it's all ideology anyway' take is redu
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by oroul 5y ago
> Would dedicated engineering time for a short time improve the situation and benefit the whole organization? This applies to literally every software company ever. There's also too much vague corporate jargon to make it clear what
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by oroul 5y ago
Does it matter that dbt is written in Python? dbt models are still SQL at heart. Sure there's the addition of Jinja to enable references for data lineage and configuration, but it's all compiled to SQL with fine-grained control ov
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by oroul 5y ago
> sense of me-ness is real The most important word here is "sense" -- I don't think anyone can argue that the sense of individuality isn't real. But how much of our personal narratives are true, and how much of them
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by oroul 5y ago
> LIKE '%aggin%' Looks like "Baggins" is banned. Poor Bilbo...
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by oroul 5y ago
> I'd probably steer clear of it entirely though. Agreed, it's a bizarre phrase probably best left unused.
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by oroul 5y ago
Is there any link between "open the kimono" and "comfort women" or is that conjecture? It's a fascinating phrase, perhaps not least because nobody knows where it comes from but somehow people also seem to know tha
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by oroul 5y ago
It's a very valid question. My personal opinion is that public media isn't by default better due to its ability to operate at a loss - in fact it could be argued that the only reason an administration would allow it to run at a lo
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by oroul 5y ago
> Yes some empires went away, but we still read writings from Ancient Greece, so is it correct to say even that civilization ended? I get your point, but I think it misses the mark. By this measure, no civilization has ever ended. If you
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by oroul 5y ago
> Reversing the decline is a monster task — and one that some journalists and news organizations have taken upon themselves. They're going to need help — perhaps from America's CEOs. Is this a bad joke? Distrust of media is lar
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by oroul 5y ago
Isn't UNIX a clear example of people not engaging in architecture "astronaut" behavior? It was designed to be as simple as possible - in stark contrast to Multics.
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by oroul 5y ago
> If a spouse wanted to sell their organs to improve the life of the remainder of their family, and made the choice with sound mind, then absolutely. The thing is, nobody of sound mind who has a choice (and I mean a real choice, not &quo
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by oroul 5y ago
That's totally fine - but people need to also be aware that if something is really a must then they have to be willing to spend adequate time and resources on getting it done, instead of assuming whatever resources they have on hand
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by oroul 6y ago
I always wondered how 3B1B makes the animations in his videos. Super pleased to see it's available as a Python library. Can't wait to play around with this!
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by oroul 6y ago
Can you provide a link to your source on the 100k net worth figure?
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by oroul 6y ago
This is a great resource, thanks for putting this together.
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by oroul 6y ago
Hi Mike! I really like what you've done with D3. I've been hesitant to include D3 in my personal projects though just because of how complex both DOM manipulation and async data binding through APIs can get. Most tutorials focus o
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by oroul 7y ago
Great tool, what did you build this with?
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by oroul 7y ago
What are we racing towards though? What is the goal? Nation vs. nation competition seems great up until the point human wellbeing becomes secondary to the ambiguous goal of 'national advancement' .