elliottkember
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If it were a coincidence, I think this would be fine. But if you ask someone whether they want to meet up, and they say no, maybe just leave them alone.
Yeah, I don't like this.
> There was no crowd around him, no stage, no conference lanyard
The crowd, stage, lanyard — those are indications that "you can talk to me" or "here I am, this is my name, I'm speaking at this conference". Wearing a lanyard is an invitation.
> In one of his videos, Salvatore mentioned an upcoming local tradition: the Rietina di Campobello di Licata
> It was pure, absurd coincidence
It absolutely wasn't. He mentioned it, but politely declined meeting up, the author drove there anyway.
> just Salvatore on his evening walk in his hometown
I think it would have been courteous to leave him alone
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That’s correct. But don’t let that put you off. They’re simply for different things!
I have both an S30 Pro and an 8” motorized SCT. The wow factor of a real scope is not lost, I can assure you.
But I don’t take my big telescope camping, for example. It’s too big and awkward. The Seestar fits in a backpack, and spits out beautiful galaxy photos to use as phone wallpapers. I just leave it running all evening. It’s very neat.
Look at the replies. You’re telling junkies to stop using. It won’t work. This is addiction.
Mistakes aren’t glitches when the environment is so dynamic. I imagine they are making errors constantly, and constantly learning from them.
When a robot car makes a mistake, all robot cars learn from the experience. When a human messes up, only that human learns from it.
You’re simply never going to get through to someone who has internalized the idea that AC is perfect and free. They have accommodated to the luxury and will burn the planet to keep it.
> imagine you develop a product with a number of features with a public API, and telemetry points that a feature goes unused
The cost of maintaining a book is much, much less than a product feature!
I think the implication is they focussed on the huge efficiency gains, and didn't focus on the small ones?
One very practical reason that comes to mind is waterproofing. Kitchen counters get wet, and office desks do not. Anything with a plug is at greater risk of shorting.
> if that's how you feel, you haven't tuned your setup
The withering cry of the software engineer "just tune your setup!" This is simply not a thing that people will do.
The defaults are so, so important. They are crucial. The vast majority of people rely on the defaults to be sane. The defaults should be sane.
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's book-case.
Doing what, getting vaccinated against infectious diseases?
It’s not a crime, it’s an infringement (NZ) or civil infraction (FL), and there’s no criminal record associated. There’s a material difference between an infraction and a crime.
I’m not European. Many countries have speed cameras.
It differs how you’re caught. We treat a red light camera or speed camera violation as an infringement offence, like parking. If you’re pulled over, you can have your license suspended or be charged with reckless driving on the spot, because they know who you are.
There’s no case, and no guilt, just a penalty. It’s not about guilt but responsibility. You’re responsible for the car when it’s registered to you.
If you want an analogue, try carpool lane tickets. Same thing.
Yes, there is a distinction. But it’s irrelevant in this case because you can be ticketed for either. The speeding ticket goes to the registered owner and there are no demerit points as there is no proof of driver identity.
You get a parking ticket regardless of who parked
I was working on an LED project that involved some reasonably-sized lithium batteries, and the guy in the hardware store said "I don't want to hear about you in the news tomorrow". That really stuck with me, and I say it sometimes when I think someone's going to do something dangerous.
Maybe social media is like cigarettes, in that it cures the anxiety it causes. A powerfully addictive cycle.
I'm surprised more people don't know about the Northampton Canal
https://cursor.com/bugbotI didn't see this mentioned, but we've been running bugbot for a while now and it's very good. It catches so many subtle bugs.
Paper, books, and construction documents all use reflected and not refracted light.
Objects not to scale. Not even close, and no mention of it (that I saw).
Graphing scale honestly is extremely important. A lot of people are convinced our sky is full of satellites because of visualizations like this.
> discover that everything I've coded is unnecessary and there is an easier way to achieve the same goal
In my experience, there is no good shortcut to this realization. Doing it wrong first is part of the journey. You might as well enjoy the necessary mistakes along the way. The third time’s the charm!
> I want my
So much of the argument for cars, housing, indedpendence, "freedom", boils down to this simple sentence, "I want my".
Moving to the US, the traffic light system was a big culture shock for me. No major/minor dendritic road system laid out like a tree like I was used to — more like right angles everywhere and so many delays. Traffic lights on every single intersection. So inefficient.
And when you mention it, a surprising number of people say “that would never work here. People don’t know how to drive”. So little faith!
It vibrates and tries to gently guide you. It will absolutely not overpower you if you are swerving in an emergency. You are talking hypothetical nonsense.
> Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you can have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you’ll sound like a maniac. It’s an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out.
Foreign languages always sound strange. There are rules that are invisible even to the native speakers who know them. The romance is not in knowing them, but the fun of figuring them out.