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by sjaak 1mo ago
Funny, a modern version of WWII era technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9loSoleX
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by sjaak 2y ago
What is the use-case for such a function?
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by sjaak 2y ago
Perhaps because the same part of the moon always faces the earth which 'shields' the moon somewhat? Just a guess
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by sjaak 2y ago
When I ask people to code FizzBuzz I: - give them ~30 minutes on their own machine - they get to pick the language they code in - I leave the room for large parts of it - I bring them a drink - I tell them I want to see what the
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by sjaak 2y ago
No but I permit internet access as long as they don't search for the solution (I trust them not to do that, and don't monitor what they do)
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by sjaak 2y ago
I've also used FizzBuzz at several companies, and the insane amount of people it filters out continues to boggle my mind.
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by sjaak 2y ago
Just upgraded my small homeserver sysupgrade; sysmerge; pkg_add -u; Done! What a delight!
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by sjaak 3y ago
Key bit from the article translated: There is no connection to recent problem with the 737 MAX 9 where a door plug was not installed correctly. Instead, this occurred on an older (previous generation) 737 airplane. The cause of this incid
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by sjaak 3y ago
To answer my question for The Netherlands, it is my impression that cops are held to a higher standard and are punished equally—if not more harshly—than normal citizens when caught.
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by sjaak 3y ago
This sounds super insane, I thought stuff like this only happened in 3rd world countries. Is this applicable elsewhere in “developed” countries as far as anyone else knows?
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by sjaak 3y ago
They mention this: “Access to blockchain based secure storage” What does that even mean? And do they completely destroy the sampled data from all their systems incl. backups? Can’t find that anywhere. If not: is it really anonymous?
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by sjaak 3y ago
What browser do you use? Afaik there is no good suckless browser
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by sjaak 3y ago
Amazing
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by sjaak 3y ago
You've already lost, best recourse in this case is to `rm -rf ~/repositories/`. Then make yourself a cup of tea, take a deep breath, and start over.
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by sjaak 3y ago
If you want one there are MANY second hand (cheap!) ones for sale on marktplaats.nl as we speak -- for reasons that don't need explaining :)
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by sjaak 3y ago
"We are going down" Really? That's no way to live man, cheer up. No one can predict the future, and doomsayers have always been around and will always be around. Sure: things might get hairy, but even then we will manage (
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by sjaak 3y ago
Thank you, this is helpful!
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by sjaak 3y ago
I've become comfortable with using vim /within a file/, what I'm having trouble with is using vim while having multiple files open (keeping track of which ones I've saved, switching between them, etc.) My current wo
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by sjaak 3y ago
Most of Western Europe is unwilling to fight for their country https://preview.redd.it/of-europeans-who-would-fight-for-the...
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by sjaak 3y ago
I can achieve independence from food. Question is: at what cost?
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by sjaak 3y ago
Our Constitution is neither a self-actuating nor a self-correcting document. It requires the constant attention and devotion of all citizens. There is a story, often told, that upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin wa
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by sjaak 3y ago
Parrhesia Parrhesia means literally "to speak everything" and by extension "to speak freely", "to speak boldly". It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good
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by sjaak 3y ago
“Owing to the significant amounts of electronic waste caused by unused chargers …” Really?
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by sjaak 3y ago
It will probably run for many more years to come :)
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by sjaak 3y ago
Don't be; look up some of the founders[1] of OpenAI: Ilya Sutskever - born in Russia Wojciech Zaremba - born in Poland Andrej Karpathy - born in Slovakia [1] according to wikipedia
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by sjaak 3y ago
What happens to us when AI becomes better than us at every mental task? Ignoring the economic factors, what does that mean for our self worth? If we know it’s easier to ask a machine to do it, will we stop doing everything? Can we reframe o
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by sjaak 3y ago
Try this: main { filter: saturate(7) grayscale(10) contrast(3); }
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by sjaak 4y ago
It can also be fun :) Guru Meditation! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Meditation
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by sjaak 4y ago
ING Bank \o/
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by sjaak 4y ago
<dusts off OpenBSD and GrapheneOS>

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