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by theboywho 1mo ago
The Scala[1] community has been working[2] on something similar for a couple of years now, with papers already published[3]. I wonder if Mistral is not just trying to steal this work. [1] https://martinodersky.substack.com/p
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by theboywho 8mo ago
While the observations might be true, I’m not sure going closed source is going to help here. If optimizing docs for AI makes you less visible, guess what else makes you less visible : not even being accessible. Just because AI is "tak
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by theboywho 1y ago
It’s worth mentioning that this has nothing to do with the European Union, as mentioned in the footer: > This website is not sponsored or endorsed by the European Commission or any other institution, body or agency of the European Union.
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by theboywho 1y ago
Having a daily standup might be encouraging people to wait until the daily to mention blockers, which could be harming your team all while you think it’s working
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by theboywho 1y ago
This is an example of when Daniel Kahneman said that people don’t believe in something because there are arguments but believe the arguments because they believe in something. Here’s why I think so: > syncing plans and priorities for the
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by theboywho 1y ago
I fail to see why would the arguments be only valid for kids
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by theboywho 1y ago
What do you think about the Hotwire stack (Stimulus, Turbo) as compared to Datastar ?
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by theboywho 1y ago
TypeScript compiler has also moved to Go https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-...
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Scala compiler is being rewritten in Go(github.com)
3 points by theboywho 1y ago|2 comments
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by theboywho 2y ago
Alhambra comes from the Moroccan Arabic word "Alhamra" which means The Red, it shares many engineering similarities with what was practiced at the time in what is today considered Morocco, some examples include: - The Kasbah of Mo
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by theboywho 2y ago
I think a lot of comments are missing the point : it’s not about page size. Today, most book writers are following a template of about 300-pages imposed by their editor, this (non justified) rule sold as a sweet spot is being (blindly?) app
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by theboywho 2y ago
So basically the author is feeling lonely. That’s the primary message sugar coated in a long blog post, but when you have constructed your social life around drinking, it’s no surprise. The majority of people in the west actually construct
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by theboywho 2y ago
Using a programming language that you enjoy or you feel strong about is a much better choice, in that it will actually make you more productive simply because you’ll be programming more often.
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by theboywho 3y ago
That's basically the definition of investing, and that's basically how most wealthy people accrue their money, it just so happens that his investment was on something that turned out to be very big.
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by theboywho 3y ago
A lot of people around me are switching back to firefox as chrome is showing signs of cracks, especially with the Youtube/ad-blocking saga on chrome. Also, I don't think the US govt guidelines are going to have a dramatic worldwid
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by theboywho 3y ago
Fun fact: one of Niklaus Wirth (the author of Pascal) students was Martin Odersky, who went on to create Scala.
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by theboywho 3y ago
I don't get all the comments, from the worldcoin website: > Your biometric data is first processed locally on the Orb and then permanently deleted. The only data that remains is your IrisCode. This IrisCode is a set of numbers gener
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by theboywho 3y ago
I run into a similar experience the other day, as someone with synesthesia, looking at a digital clock messes up with my time–space spatial imagery experience (and also my planning capacity), while looking at an analog clock helps me "
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by theboywho 3y ago
The title is "my emacs eye candy", not "my emacs eye candy is the best emacs eye candy", there are definitely better "eye-candy" emacs setups out there than OP's, but it doesn't matter as it's no
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by theboywho 3y ago
and with gene therapy, all of this could be resolved
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by theboywho 3y ago
That’s like asking where did all the Kickstarters go. The answer is it depends, some are now successful businesses/projects, some didn’t make it.
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by theboywho 4y ago
Would things have been different in the success of OpenAI if from the start the company was closed-source and for-profit ? If the answer is no, then does it really matter ? The article makes it seem like if OpenAI owes its success to the in
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by theboywho 4y ago
Highly unlikely since Google has been playing around with their own chatGPT called LaMDA that they are now making into a product called Bard. I think that Microsoft could have had a chance if they decided to do this before even introducing
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by theboywho 4y ago
Thinking from first principes, what about a shower handle that copies how air conditioners and heating work, something like a screen showing the exact temperature of the water with an Up and Down buttons to control the temperature.
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by theboywho 4y ago
Can someone please explain to me what’s special about Christmas for those who celebrate ? Is it special symbolically ? To me it feels like you get to see your family and maybe have 2-3 days off, which is something most people do many times
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by theboywho 4y ago
> it would be true for aliens that one can get better at something by practicing We get better by practicing only because of our brain's neuroplasticity, which one might argue, is a mechanism of adaptation, and thus a result of evol
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by theboywho 4y ago
The 10k hour rule has been debunked by many studies. For further reading, I recommend the book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
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by theboywho 4y ago
I'm starting to suspect HN to have the same effect, the more I read HN the more unmotivated I feel. Unfavorable comparisons with "successful" people/projects who make it to the front page could be behind the same effects
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by theboywho 6y ago
"...rebranding of their Libra cryptocurrency project into the new Facebook brand Novi." That is technically not true. Novi is a wallet Facebook is making for Libra. The wallet used to be named Calibra and caused confusion. Libra h
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by theboywho 6y ago
I fail to see how is this related to remote work and not just work in general. Does firefox really need this this kind of "jump on the hype" kind of marketing ?

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