strawhatdev

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by strawhatdev 2mo ago
I really like pony's approach to this tradeoff. Reference capabilities provide such a nice semantic lever for thinking this stuff through. Wish the language was more popular!
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by strawhatdev 3mo ago
Gotta plug the delightful, 80s-core hour length ad for dBASE https://youtu.be/bYU3CQomE5M?is=BysfXD3ybPme-DoL Before my time, but fun to see how much could be done with it!
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by strawhatdev 9mo ago
> Quality thinking is more important in this profession than fast thinking. Feels true, particularly in an era where LLMs make fast thinking cheap.
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by strawhatdev 9mo ago
I wonder if this is in response to Bookshop.org's DRM free e-book shop. I buy a lot of e-books and have completely switched over because of that feature.
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by strawhatdev 1y ago
related for Elixir: https://goto-code.com/blog/elixir-otp-for-llms/
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Why Elixir/OTP doesn't need an Agent framework (2023)(goto-code.com)
4 points by strawhatdev 1y ago|0 comments
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
The victorian urge to travel the world collecting rare botanical samples.
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
For some reason, on mobile, the demo and pricing links in the navbar get me a 404. Works fine on desktop.
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
Looks really cool, minor typo on the landing page: Strunggle with i18n -> Struggle with i18n ^
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
Before Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), diabetics would need to draw blood from a finger prick and use that with a glucometer to measure blood glucose levels or pee on a test strip. These ways are still widely used but they still require
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
I think this strikes me as a revealed preference story. Would you rather carry around an additional device, remember to charge it, etc. else be locked out of lifesaving care? I see the appeal of reducing the number of devices you have to ca
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
> The law could also use indirect leverage to gradually separate students' medical monitoring from the smartphone. For example, they could begin a multi-year transition period after which NY-regulated health insurance plans could on
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
Same. The ADA act is our friend.
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by strawhatdev 2y ago
Medical devices, e.g. (some) insulin pumps like the Tandem Mobi, are managed via smartphone apps only. It's an unfortunate fact of life that life supporting technology can increasingly only be interfaced via smartphones. From my perspe