timClicks

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by timClicks 1mo ago
Subscriptions are a mechanism to attract developers, who then advocate that their company should use the API.
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by timClicks 1mo ago
Facebook used the same strategy to compete with Google Maps. The company became one of the biggest contributors to OpenStreetMap, which everyone has benefited from downstream.
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by timClicks 2mo ago
Submitting projects like this to HN is a good way to get them nerfed.
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by timClicks 2mo ago
If they're optimizing for SVG generation, then that's an excellent outcome in my opinion. Vector images shouldn't be "pretty niche".
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by timClicks 2mo ago
It's an interesting example of the metric becoming a target. Simon started drawing pelicans because it wasn't something that existed before.
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by timClicks 5mo ago
Another format that's worth investigating is Asciidoc. It supports the richness of Docbook XML but has fewer quirks than rST in my eyes.
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by timClicks 9mo ago
Sorry if this is somewhat pedantic, but I believe that only US companies (and possibly only Delaware corporations?) are bound by the requirement to maximize shareholder value and then only by case law rather than statue. Other jurisdictions
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by timClicks 10mo ago
References only have a single bit available as a niche (the null byte), which Option makes use of for null pointer optimization ( https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/index.html#representati... ). In principle, you
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by timClicks 10mo ago
Asciidoc corresponds directly to DocBook XML. They're two formats with exactly the same semantics.
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by timClicks 10mo ago
MCP is an example of "worse is better". Everyone knows that it's not very good, but it gets the job done.
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by timClicks 1y ago
It's been a while since I've played in the area, but is PCA still the go to method for dimensionality reduction?
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by timClicks 1y ago
This reminds me of when I provided some impressions of Erlang as a newcomer to their mailing list. One of my suggestions was that they include hash tables, rather than rely on records (linked lists with named key). Got flamed as ignorant, a
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by timClicks 1y ago
There are a few commercially valid strategies. 1. Goodwill and mindshare. If you're known as "the best" or "the most innovative", then you'll attract customers. 2. Talent acquisition. Smart people like working
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by timClicks 1y ago
That's a curious remark, although I guess it doesn't look high level from the eyes of someone looking at programming languages today. C has always been classed as a high level language since its inception. That term's meaning
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by timClicks 1y ago
Perhaps the most generous interpretation is that the authors were writing an article for people who do the naïve thing without reading the docs. There are quite a few people in that category.
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by timClicks 1y ago
> The secretive nature of Cyc has multiple causes. Lenat personally did not release the source code of his PhD project or EURISKO, remained unimpressed with open source, and disliked academia as much as academia disliked him. One thing t
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by timClicks 1y ago
When production took longer and costs were not optimized, there was time for editors and writers to spend time editing and writing.
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by timClicks 1y ago
Shipping highly optimized assembler for a program made to work on computers with 4KB RAM as a ~100 MB PDF is quite the flex. I must admit that while it's computationally quite wasteful, the web page does look quite neat.
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by timClicks 2y ago
More generally, using the prefix "Modern" haunts every product name that uses it. Technologies move fast and modern becomes antiquated very quickly.
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by timClicks 2y ago
My workaround is to use a computer monitor connected to a Linux box that I actually control.
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by timClicks 2y ago
I've always assumed that they charge you for publishing.
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by timClicks 2y ago
I consider Rust's Result<T, E> and Option<T> to be monads. Is this incorrect?
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by timClicks 2y ago
I love how deeply nerd-sniped you have been by this topic. It's wonderful to be able to observe your delight in solving this. Thank you for sharing.
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by timClicks 2y ago
That's the intent of the document - to reach people for guidance. The document under discussion is requesting comment from industry.
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by timClicks 2y ago
Sorry for the huge delays and also for missing the LinkedIn message. Your support for creators is very much appreciated. There is now light at the end of the tunnel. More info here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41907
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by timClicks 2y ago
I'm extremely sorry about this. It's been such a huge wait for everyone who supported me. Thank you so much for holding on so long. I finally have time to complete the material and updates will start appearing in the next few week
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by timClicks 2y ago
No, because your training data is only an appropriation of the actual workload.
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by timClicks 2y ago
We justified the upfront cost by treating ours as a cheap second car, rather than as a very expensive bike. It's been an incredibly positive experience for our family.
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by timClicks 2y ago
Wait until you encounter his executable research paper about executable research papers. The NAND gates video is probably the closest humanity will ever get to perfection though.
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by timClicks 2y ago
Thank you very much for taking the time to comment. One of the motivations for mine was to spur someone else who is much more knowledgeable to provide their thoughts. Thank you.

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