rho4

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by rho4 12d ago
That list ordering drives me nuts. What's up with 1024?! And how come much larger numbers have already been solved? Based on that information one cannot strictly assume that the current solution required improvements to the strategy or
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by rho4 27d ago
So are there no discontinuities for weekday calculation? Never 2 Sundays in a row or a maybe even a Monday skipped?
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by rho4 27d ago
Was going to say the same but then decided to search first if someone beat me to it. Sigh.
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by rho4 1mo ago
> After the voting period there will be a record of all the votes without the name of the voter. It will instead contain a cryptographic hash. You will receive a secret after you have voted that can be used to calculate that hash. This a
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by rho4 2mo ago
3 next clicks in missing a back button
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by rho4 2mo ago
Thank you, I really needed to read a sane voice. The relentless hype-onslaught is not easy to cope with.
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by rho4 2mo ago
Haha thanks for that article (I microwave most of my meals). I wonder if this statement from the article will apply to AI: > Second, microwave cooking fell victim to the same curse that threatens every new easy-to-use technology: it beca
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by rho4 2mo ago
Absolutely, I was purely reacting to the "not". Every variable named not-something will lead to difficult-to-read code with double-negation like "if (!isNotSomething()) {...}".
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by rho4 2mo ago
I just wish the variable was called "has_been_viewed_much".
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by rho4 3mo ago
> I'm not sure people are reading comment chains deeply enough to be swayed by two strangers arguing online HN comments sway me more than any other source nowadays. Reading comments not directed at myself probably makes it easier be
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by rho4 4mo ago
I really liked the specific actionable steps in the TLDR.
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by rho4 5mo ago
You can only serve the 3 closest levels to a lobby with stairs or escalators.
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by rho4 5mo ago
I guess I wanted to say that no tool/technology can prevent people from creating chaos (or make up for bad/non-existant processes). People need to do that. Of course, systematic people use tools as well. But you can't expect
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by rho4 5mo ago
Not sure if tools and technologies can solve accidental complexity. In my opinion, a system that has been stable for years isn't 'mature' in a good sense. An exceptional system is one that can still change after many years in
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by rho4 5mo ago
A few of my favorites: - "Not-Boxes": Negatively formulated text (disable... / don't...) - "Button-Checkboxes": Checkboxes with verbs that trigger actions - "Radio-Checkboxes": Radios that are actuall
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by rho4 7mo ago
Same for me. Add a 'paste text to clipboard'-button top center.
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by rho4 8mo ago
I meant it more as feedback, to be aware that some people might have this reaction. I do believe it is sincere in the beginning.
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by rho4 8mo ago
I developed an aversion to "with love"-marketing. I've seen too many products come full circle from idealistic "ad-free-forever" "will-never-sell-your-data" "open-source-forever" "customer-f
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by rho4 8mo ago
The author makes beautiful concise statements that make me feel like he has a deep, big-picture kind of understanding of computing. I think this person would be very satisfying to work with, because decisions would be based on a discussion
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by rho4 10mo ago
Ouch, so painful to read.
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by rho4 10mo ago
Or when you're too lazy to hunt down the sources, both for internal and external dependencies. Just Ctrl+click the method and have a quick look at the decompiled implementation, usually good enough.
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by rho4 10mo ago
And then there is the moderate position: Don't be the person refusing the use a calculator / PC / mobile phone / AI. Regularly give the new tool a chance and check if improvements are useful for specific tasks. And carry
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by rho4 10mo ago
I like the AI-disclaimer :). This might become a thing for blog and news articles: (c) all words written by <editor> on <date> without AI. And then there will be a robots.txt directive that allows collection of this self-declare
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Why does AI not know my name?
1 points by rho4 10mo ago|0 comments
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by rho4 10mo ago
Well said. Sad how that reflex starts kicking in for HN comments as well (ps I'm not getting any signals from your comment).
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by rho4 11mo ago
Yes, I feel the same recently with Google results. But I think I would still like to see the immediate 10 results, along with a big button "Try harder - not feeling very lucky".
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by rho4 11mo ago
I understand your point, but I still prefer instantaneous responses. Only when the immediate answers become completely useless will I want to look into slower alternatives. But first "show me what you've got so far", and let
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by rho4 11mo ago
This. Speed determines whether I (like to) use a piece of software. Imagine waiting for a minute until Google spits out the first 10 results. My prediction: All AI models of the future will give an immediate result, with more and more innov
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Market data provider polygon.io rebrands to massive.com(massive.com)
1 points by rho4 11mo ago|0 comments
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by rho4 11mo ago
I really hope hacker news does not also turn into a Bash-Elon-Club like electrek.co (used to love that blog). But this comment section does not bode well.

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