rovyko

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by rovyko 6y ago
The cold call approach is something I've been hearing a lot. It's scary to just start talking to people when you have no experience, but I think that's just life. It was the same with negotiating salary, learning new thing an
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Ask HN: How to connect with experts outside of the tech domain?
6 points by rovyko 6y ago|3 comments
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by rovyko 7y ago
In psycopg2 , variables can be inserted into queries using %s placeholders and supplying arguments to cursor.execute , but this does not allow for identifier arguments such as table or columns names. The alternative is to use psycopg2.
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Show HN: Easy placeholders for SQL queries when using psycopg2 in Python(github.com)
1 points by rovyko 7y ago|1 comments
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by rovyko 7y ago
>If you are a computer programmer considering a career change you should really take a day off to look into the new genetic technologies on offer. What resources would you recommend, and do you have any advice for someone who is just sta
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by rovyko 7y ago
This would make a great visualization for a bassy music video. Link variables defining the polygon shape with amplitudes for bass frequency ranges and the color to the vocal tone.
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by rovyko 7y ago
I wouldn't mind a shared bathroom or kitchen, but I don't understand the massive living rooms. My guess is it makes the unit more marketable to higher income students that in a lower volume can pay more in total for a given plot
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by rovyko 7y ago
You got it. I was lucky to start when it was affordable. The residence fees this year are completely insane. $1000/mo for a single dorm room and even more for a room in a 3-4 bedroom apt. Off-campus housing isn't much better.
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by rovyko 7y ago
I lived in university-run student residence and in student-oriented rentals. The amount of wasted space was unbelievable considering everybody spent the vast majority of their time on campus. We didn't need an 86sqft living room, it ju
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by rovyko 7y ago
Rent definitely affected my choice of school. With identical offers, I opted for a smaller tech-oriented university over the University of Toronto, which is either the top or one of the top schools in the country. I don't regret it, be
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by rovyko 7y ago
>As part of our staged release strategy, our current plan is to release the 1558M parameter model in a few months, but it’s plausible that findings from a partner, or malicious usage of our 774M model, could change this. This seems naive
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by rovyko 7y ago
Why is that?
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by rovyko 7y ago
>The UI is unappealing. I would prefer the default theme to be dark. I made a stylesheet to fix a few of the glaring UI problems, as well as a sheet for dark mode: https://github.com/rovyko/hoxly-gui-patch-stylesheet
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by rovyko 7y ago
A really impressive use of Python for visual graphics design! I wonder what kind of packages you'd need to reduce the amount of work done in external editors, probably something that can make SVG.
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Show HN: Codepen-Tabs - a userscript for code editor tabs in Codepen.io pens(github.com)
1 points by rovyko 7y ago|0 comments
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by rovyko 7y ago
Oh is this the one with the website posted a few weeks back?
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by rovyko 7y ago
There's a good video from Living in a Big Tiny House covering one of these tiny Japanese apartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYVJbupG3Xg
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by rovyko 7y ago
>Puzzle 2: The Lying Legislators I believe this is the same question as the Blue Eyes one from XKCD [1], though with a more coherent premise. 1. https://xkcd.com/blue_eyes.html
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by rovyko 7y ago
CSS is still a pain in Web Components. Constructable stylesheets solve that problem, but they're still in the "Worth Prototyping" stage for Firefox. https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/
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by rovyko 7y ago
My Sony PS3 3D Display has the well-known problem where its screen shuts off for a few seconds every once in a while. I noticed it got significantly worse this winter, when I opened the window for some fresh air. Did a few tests, and sure e
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by rovyko 7y ago
It's not exactly coding related, but I really like the Orbital Index. The stories they choose are usually interesting and their blurbs are succinct enough to read during a few minutes break.
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by rovyko 7y ago
Interesting slides, I wish we could hear the presentation audio. What's going on in slide 22?
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by rovyko 7y ago
Is flashing the BIOS and reformatting the machine sufficient to remove any virus that we know of currently? Or are there other hidden components that need to be cleared?
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by rovyko 8y ago
Simple, but pleasant. This is how it starts. It might take some time, but I think most ambient music in video games will eventually be procedural. EDIT: Just want to say that these are better than I expected. As good or better than about ha
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by rovyko 8y ago
Is there a name for side on which the type declaration sits? Left/right typed? If that's the case, I'd argue for back/forward or start/end to account for right-to-left languages.
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by rovyko 8y ago
>lots the transmission at 65000 miles That's insane... What's better for wear on the engine, turning it off then on or idling in neutral?
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by rovyko 8y ago
Have you looked into Saka? It makes a lot of browser functions available from the keyboard. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/saka/
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by rovyko 8y ago
> Most of the groups use meetup.com Can anyone suggests free alternatives? I want to set one up for Waterloo, Canada but don't want to pay for a plan when I'm not sure if an audience exists.
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by rovyko 8y ago
>There's no carolers, the smells aren't the same, the shops aren't the same Growing up in Canada, I thought carolers and olde-timey Christmas themes only happened in movies these days. Are these traditions still alive in t
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by rovyko 8y ago
Do you think the presence of a code review practices alone will be enough of a deterrent against agencies using devs for this purpose? Even if you pressure someone to make a backdoor and they get caught, you've just exposed your intent

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