thekiptxt

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by thekiptxt 16d ago
Yup. > The pipeline no one told you about > No student reported her. No parent. No coworker. The flag was entirely automated. Snapchat’s policy permits voluntary emergency disclosures to law enforcement — no warrant required — when th
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by thekiptxt 11mo ago
Oh _that’s_ what paracetamol is! I’ve seen it in British shows and presumed it was some different chemical altogether! I’m one of the 700M speakers who only know it by acetaminophen.
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by thekiptxt 2y ago
OP, please try to enjoy each upvote equally.
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by thekiptxt 2y ago
> The decision on who wins a dispute comes down to a judgment call by the bank in which Stripe unfortunately has no role or way of influencing. We are aware of how this resolution can impact you and your business, but as much as we wish
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by thekiptxt 2y ago
Stripe just acquired LemonSqueezy
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by thekiptxt 2y ago
One of my recurring daydreams is that someone from a few hundred years ago is accompanying me in whatever mundane task I’m doing. When I’m driving, for example, I try to imagine what questions they’d have about what’s going on and how incre
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
Abusive? I know that HN has a very pro FOSS culture, which, with some users, seems to extend to the expectation that companies and products should exist out of the goodness of developers’ hearts. But charging willing users for an API that c
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
Ah, you had the knowledge to solve the problem using bash, but had not the wisdom to sit on the answer and surf the web until a plausible amount of time had passed :)
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
What makes you think that having the focus on the search box vs the code area in VSC constitutes a different mode in the same way as vim normal vs insert modes? You haven’t explained what you consider a mode to be. I think there is somethin
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
I have seen "homophonic antonyms" to describe this, but this is a new one! others: accepting/excepting; to raise/raze (a building) Some are also homographic antonyms! e.g. dust -- remove dust OR add dust
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
What’s your target for percentage of ancillary appointments that are accepted? I’m intrigued by the idea, but in the screenshot it shows 2 use cases that don’t make much sense to me: do most people really schedule dry cleaning around a meet
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
Flaky tests are already the bane of my existence, but this is next-level flakiness if this is deployed to production.
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
To those calling this stupid, maybe it's just a POC/prototype? As others stated, LLMs don't seem like the right long term solution here, but as a short-term it doesn't seem so bad. I could easily imagine working on a sid
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
Clicked on the link expecting it to be a discussion about energy systems on lunar expeditions, or challenges, something like that. Instead I found it to be a product for "endless energy"? Scrolled to see "your time machine ha
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by thekiptxt 3y ago
In my university, the slang term for an uninitialized variable was "dead squirrel". IIRC, some TA had described uninitialized C++ variables as follows: "It could be any value: zero, 100, or even a dead squirrel." If hurl
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
I understand what you’re saying and I can relate to some degree, but it’s hard to read comments like this and not think I’m browsing r/IAmVerySmart. I have some friends with whom I might try to poke at the nuances of the philosophy of
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
You mean DDG and Azure?
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
A huge portion of those laid off were not SDEs, which skews this I think.
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
I’m very glad to read this, as I am feeling in a similar boat, and the strong impetus to move was getting close to suicide. Thankfully, I am making progress and I have committed to the changes, which lifts my spirits. This comment is encour
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
In your case, did it end up being worth it in the end?
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
This is exactly how I feel right now. In 2 hours I’m going to announce my 1 month notice to my boss. I have no next job lined up, but I do have about 1.5 years of expenses saved up. I am awful at my job, the writing is on the wall, and for
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
Is it quiet enough for the office? I have my own office at work, but sound travels a bit.
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
Ask! For me, I got 2 months of personal training for about that much (2 one-hour-sessions per week). I was hesitant because I thought personal training was too expensive given that there were so many resources online, but I’m VERY happy wi
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
Thank you! Honestly this is one of my biggest pet peeves with any “consult a $SPECIALIST” advice. Yes, if my money and time were endless, this is sound advice. Tangentially, when I express frustration at police incompetence in knowing the l
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
From the video uploader: “yes, we will run DOOM on this” :)
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
I think OP is suggesting that “just metadata” is a sensationalist title, because to a lay person it suggests that decisions predicated on metadata are uninformed compared to decisions predicated on “data,” even though this isn’t necessarily
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
I agree that it’s useful, but I have nonetheless made a concerted effort for my team to use “let’s take this outside” instead of offline. :) (Similarly migrating from “one on ones” to “1v1s)
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
About a week ago, I (mid 20s) began reading LoTR for the first time, despite having seen the movies long ago. I knew books are always richer in content than movies, but Tom Bombadil was the first radical departure from the movies that I enc
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
Current estimate is closer to 20 years until fuel to keep it in the Lagrange point is exhausted. Originally planned for 10, but the deployment was precise enough to leave enough fuel for many more years :)
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by thekiptxt 4y ago
To the extent that machines can’t replicate. If I place my hand on a piece that’s illegal to move, feign that I’m reconsidering, and then move a different piece, then my opponent may suspect that the originally touched piece may be moved. H

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