xj9

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by xj9 5y ago
let's agree to disagree here. my ideal world is probably a lot messier than you'd be happy with considering.
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by xj9 5y ago
more language diversity is more fun. common languages are boring. folks should learn more languages, rather than less. its good for your brain too. here's to another babel moment!
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by xj9 5y ago
building matrix is really expensive i guess. i wish them luck, but so far i haven't been sold. probably wont be either.
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by xj9 5y ago
i think spreadsheets could represent an interesting future programming paradigm, but excel is not the tool that'll do it.
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by xj9 5y ago
i'm not anti-social at work. i'm friendly and it can be fun to shoot the shit, but i've rarely had workmates turn into real friends. i don't know why, but the people i tend to connect with don't often work in the sa
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by xj9 5y ago
depending on how you capture that energy there will be waste of some kind that is created either in the manufacturing/growing process for the capture system or as a byproduct of converting solar energy to another form that is more easi
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by xj9 5y ago
generating electricity will also create waste products. i'm not sure that part can actually be avoided. biological systems can repair themselves (within limits) and make use of a wide range of energy sources. silicon based life certain
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by xj9 5y ago
there's also the whole racism thing. north american settlers basically wanted nothing to do with the natives, except to claim their territory. we have a folktale of the one time a white guy and a native girl got together and it was &qu
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by xj9 5y ago
> unclassified version of the report is expected to be released later this month so has the report been released? i would like to read it rather than continuous speculation about its contents. also, i'd love to see a leak of a mor
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by xj9 5y ago
i've sometimes thought that APL could mesh really well with spreadsheets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mt0GYHU9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UltnvW83_CQ
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by xj9 7y ago
i didn't say "fully independent" i talked about a willingness to pursue independence. that's the difference that i care about. i value independence more than money. you do need a certain amount of money to be autonomous,
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by xj9 7y ago
to me this move indicates weakness. its a fine exit for the early employees and the executive team, but there's no reason to sell if you have a solid business plan and a realistic vision for future profitability. maybe the only vision
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by xj9 7y ago
i always hope that new exciting companies will work towards a sustainable business model that can exist without a buyout from some mega. i understand that its difficult to start a business, much less a sustainable one, but its sad to see su
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by xj9 7y ago
i run a bunch of services for some online social clubs and foss projects that i'm involved in. i've floated between a bunch of different service providers (Digital Ocean, Scaleway, Hetzner, Joyent Public Cloud, Vultr, and Linode t
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by xj9 7y ago
there are democratic companies (called cooperatives) if you think workplace democracy is important, you should join one.
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by xj9 7y ago
oh yeah i'm a big fan of racket. i'd prefer something that's AOT, but maybe i can make an AOT racket :thinking:
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by xj9 7y ago
you don't remember M-expressions? >S-expressions were originally intended only for data to be manipulated by M-expressions, but the first implementation of Lisp was an interpreter of S-expression encodings of M-expressions, and Lisp
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by xj9 7y ago
that's a problem with linux not taking container security seriously. there are other, more secure, container implementations in different kernels. containers are a good abstraction, but linux does them poorly.
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by xj9 7y ago
i use an xmpp server[1] as a hub for most of my coms. i run biboumi[2] which caches the messages (up to a limit) so i can read them whenever from any device. there are some interesting xmpp chat rooms too, but it isn't as popular as IR
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by xj9 7y ago
that's true, but the way you paint it sounds like there is no web of trust or reputation IRL and that its all shady ad-hoc meetings. buying smack off of a random stranger is junkie behavior. considering the estimated size of the black
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by xj9 7y ago
nobody buys drugs in a dark alley. people buy drugs in parked cars or living rooms.
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by xj9 7y ago
the key word being make and sell. the design is publicly available, you just need to have the patience to build one yourself and you can have anything you like even if it is patented
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by xj9 7y ago
> None of that is society's fault. if a society can only produce debt-ridden failures, that society has failed. if society does not provide adequate resources and training, you end up with angry stupid people. there's not reall
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by xj9 7y ago
a NN is overkill for something like this. you don't even complex logic to make a good shuffled mix.
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by xj9 7y ago
nobody enjoys STEM work, people are in it for the money.
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by xj9 7y ago
there are some big security and performance holes in the DAG resolution algorithm, but hopefully more funding will give them the resources to revisit some of their dangerous assumptions.
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by xj9 7y ago
prove it :)
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by xj9 7y ago
lavabit had access, they were shut down when they refused to share the encryption keys with law enforcement. the only legal way around this in the US is to host your own email and encrypt everything at rest. as an individual you aren&#x27
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by xj9 7y ago
communication is key. they should be aware of the market rate for their employees and adjust compensation accordingly, but i try to be very clear from the get go that i'm in it for the money and how i define my relationship with their
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by xj9 7y ago
changing jobs has ~0 risk. i can (and have) spent time job hunting while fulfilling my responsibilities to my employer. then i use the offer as leverage to get a raise and switch jobs if my current employer declines.

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