torbjorn

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by torbjorn 6y ago
Am I the only one left with a befuddled feeling of missing context when it comes to particle physics? Like what does it mean for dark matter to be axions? "What's a quark?", Etc. I feel like I have a context for understanding
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by torbjorn 6y ago
I sent this article to a vaccine researcher I know, here are his comments (I have his permission to share this): TLDR the virus mutates too quickly for this to be safe. " There are many ways to make vaccines, and the oldest one is to t
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by torbjorn 6y ago
Does anyone know if there are any published stats / estimations about the prevalence of amphetamine prescriptions in the United States. I have this gut feeling it's pretty high, at least in the tech industry. I don't believe
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by torbjorn 7y ago
The Uyghurs getting put in political reeducation camps.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Look into "kmonad", it is designed to bring the features of the QMK fireware to any keyboard on a Linux system. It is better than xmodmap IMHO.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Try "kmonad" for a Linux karabiner replacement. You'll need to follow some instructions on the GitHub readme but it can do what you want to do.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
I love this and it makes me feel both excited and scared since I am suddenly realizing the ways my org is not in compliance with this good advice. Are there any good books that are full of more rules of thumb like these?
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Yeah I must echo your sentiments wrt their Google Now product, it is great. Not only does it provides relevant content but some of it is very new and or obscure which I really appreciate. I have linked people to videos I pulled off my Googl
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Oof the circumcision topic, this is one where everyone argues for however their own personal penis looks and reasons backward from that.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
I feel the same way especially if the laptop is in my lap.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
This website rejects long passwords and provides the message "your password must be at least 6 characters" when doing so. Otherwise, cool. I signed up.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Or do people with "superior general knowledge" recognize it is socially advantageous to present as humble?
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by torbjorn 7y ago
IT runs on Java 8. IT in 2030 will not run on Java 8.
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by torbjorn 7y ago
Article quotes someone making this claim: > we discovered that even if commit histories are rewritten, secrets can still be recovered…. we discovered we could recover the full contents of deleted commits from GitHub with only the commit’
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by torbjorn 7y ago
I think part of it is the context that JSON and XML are used in, particularly the era of software that uses these formats for configuration and the design implications that has. Recently I've had to work with XML config files for a too
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Because people are used to their brand and app? Good point.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Since Uber is about to ipo I have been hearing people question, "How can people highly value a company that is losing so much money???" The reason is (the potential for) self driving cars. Once/if there is mature self driving
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Mostly unrelated question related to banks, does anyone know of banks that expose an api that owners of consumer checking accounts can use? Specifically to do things like read balance and recent transactions. What banks make this easy and h
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by torbjorn 8y ago
His talks are great, I have listened to hours of them. He is pretty funny too.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
The teachers' situation is more demoralizing for sure. Capitalism would explain the difference between a tech worker's pay and a teacher's pay as based on skill and worker scarcity, not on who works the hardest.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
My brain briefly interpreted 'Gulag' as 'Golang'.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Just use a large stainless steel pan
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Mersenne primes can be written as: 2^(some prime) - 1. Is there a name for the primes that can be written as: 2^(some prime) + 1?
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by torbjorn 8y ago
I am shocked by how many people use 3d printed parts in the kitchen, printed PLA is not a food safe matieral. And if you print a toy for your kids it's gonna end up in their mouth at some point...
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Breaking crypto makes for a good headline but the most important application of QCs will be simulating quantum states, eg modeling molecular interactions. And obviously there is plenty of work that remains to be done in this nascent field.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Are you by chance reading "The Master and His Emissary"?
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Yes buy a second phone. What better way to be more present in your daily life?
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Cool! Kinda like d3 but without javascript.
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by torbjorn 8y ago
> Those people usually grow up to run banks, or become CEOs of multinational conglomerates. Got a citation? I imagine most people like this would end up in prison and/or socially marginalized. Being incapable of empathy is basically
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by torbjorn 8y ago
Does popular hip hop music threaten or promote the status quo?

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