xiande04

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by xiande04 9mo ago
Well, I had zero idea you were a non-native English speaker, so it looks like you're doing pretty well!
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by xiande04 9mo ago
How did you get on top of the cafe?
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by xiande04 11mo ago
It's not just technology that's eating away at console sales, it's also the fact that 1) nearly everything is available on PC these days (save Nintendo with its massive IP), 2) mobile gaming, and 3) there's a limitless a
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by xiande04 11mo ago
I.e., the uncanny valley.
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by xiande04 1y ago
I like these types of interview problems. I did one in Python once. We also had it so that persistence to Postgres indicated that the DB was in a very de-normalized state, so they could comment on that for bonus points.
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by xiande04 1y ago
Yeah, that bit about each phoneme sounding exactly the same everytime really made a lot of sense. Even if the TTS phoneme sounds nothing like a human would say it, once you've heard it enough times, you just memorize it. I guess soundi
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by xiande04 1y ago
Thanks for the blog post! I was wondering what TTS voices you use? I've heard from other blind people that they tend to prefer the classic, robotic voices rather than modern ML-enhanced voices. Is that true in your experience, too?
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by xiande04 1y ago
It's called "separation of concerns".
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by xiande04 1y ago
I've been saying this for years.
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by xiande04 1y ago
There's a section in the article titled, "WHAT DOES GOOGLE TAG MANAGER DO?": > Whilst Google would love the general public to believe that Tag Manager covers a wide range of general purpose duties, it's almost exclusi
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by xiande04 1y ago
This tracks with life around deep sea vents where there is no sunlight. It's mostly white and gray.
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by xiande04 1y ago
That's what I'm getting at. Green was needed to optimize energy absorption from the sun. AFAIK, there are no other advantages to selecting for green.
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by xiande04 1y ago
I think you're right. A specific example would be chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is green, not because green was selected for. Instead, it's just a side effect of the biochemistry needed to absorb energy from sunlight.
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by xiande04 1y ago
Ah, the old "it could be worse" fallacy. So to recap, you're saying, "don't worry about what's going on in the US right now, because you still have it better than most of the world" Just because something
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by xiande04 1y ago
Reminds me of my AP chem class 16 years later. We were always mixing stuff up in the lab. Good times.
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by xiande04 1y ago
You just said all the things that you do while raising kids. What is it that you are doing differently that allows you to do all those things? Is it simply just a matter of hiring a cleaner? Because otherwise, as the father of a 1 and 5 ye
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by xiande04 1y ago
Exactly. As ATP is broken down to adenosine and phosphate to produce energy, creatine re-phosphorolates adenosine. So it gives you more energy at molecular level. But as you said, you have to actually use that energy.
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by xiande04 2y ago
If you like this approach, I highly recommend Mathematics: It's Content, Methods, and Meaning by Kolmogorov. He uses this same approach, but applies it to many more concepts in math (about 1,000 pages!). In fact, I think I actually he
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by xiande04 2y ago
What are you working on and how's it going? I also started a solopreneur gig building apps.
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by xiande04 2y ago
Gamification and spaced repetition. Duolingo is really just about combining gamification with spaced repetition.
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by xiande04 2y ago
The genre is called "sandbox" or "simulation". See Minecraft, Garry's Mod, The Sims, etc. Not all genres are for everyone.
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by xiande04 2y ago
Even without iodized salt, Japan is one of the highest consumers of iodine worldwide. [1] But I agree. Even though iodized salt is pointless in Japan, so is the law banning it (assuming OP is correct, and it is in fact banned). [1]: https
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by xiande04 2y ago
That's because the warmer the light, the less it is affected by Rayleigh scattering. In other words, shorter wavelength (i.e., bluer) light scatters more. This is the same reason that the sky is blue. Animals are also more sensitive&#x
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by xiande04 2y ago
Aside: Fastmail was the best email provider I ever used. The interface was intuitive and responsive, both on mobile and web. They have extensive documentation for everything. I was able to set up a custom domain and and a catch-all email a
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Claude Shannon: Mathematician, engineer, genius and juggler (2017)(juggle.org)
179 points by xiande04 2y ago|58 comments
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by xiande04 2y ago
Yep, this is precisely the problem I had with Milewski. It would have been nice if he included examples and definitions in a standard format.
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by xiande04 2y ago
No. Just because words are not needed for cognitive processes, does not mean that people still can and do think in language. The properties of that language could then influence thought. This is known as the Weak Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (n
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by xiande04 2y ago
I read The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll (highly recommend btw) published in 1989. I laughed out loud when he described Cobol as an antiquated language that no one wanted to support. In 1989.
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by xiande04 2y ago
Do the numbers really add up statistically speaking? That is, the average height difference between women and men is exactly equal to the longevity difference you'd expect from the height difference? If so, I wonder where the protectiv
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by xiande04 2y ago
Yes, that's an interesting and somewhat counterintuitive fact. Research has shown a correlation between height and lifespan, with taller people generally having shorter lifespans. One possible explanation is that taller individuals ten

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