Dryondristica | 5 years ago | on: My experience releasing failed SaaS products
This was my impression as well. At a minimum it needs some subheadings.
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Dryondristica | 5 years ago | on: You don't really need a virtualenv
People always criticise Python for dependency management, but I've never found it to be that bad. virtualenv with requirements.txt has been completely fine in my experience with medium-sized projects. If necessary you can pin versions with a separate version-locked requirements.txt, and populate that from a base requirements file.
Dryondristica | 5 years ago | on: The spat between Google and Australia, as reported on HN
There is an entire, well-established SEO industry worth billions trying to get Google to index your content and feature it. News publishers are literally incentivising Google to do the opposite. It makes no sense. I really hope Google continues to call their bluff - they would be completely dead if not for Google traffic, and they surely know it.
Dryondristica | 5 years ago | on: When do we become unable to learn a language like a native speaker? (2018)
I learnt a second language from scratch as an adult. The neural plasticity thing is definitely real but I think the effect is often overstated. Adults a) rarely spend as much focused time on language study as kids and b) are more afraid of making mistakes/less inclined to say things that they know are not 100% right. I've observed that people who care less about making mistakes (to the point where it's embarrassing to watch) end up learning much faster.
Dryondristica | 5 years ago | on: Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
This problem is good because it illustrates a good way to think through any counter-intuitive problem - increase the numbers to amplify the effect. I remember being taught a similar thing in physics class, to make the weight stupidly heavy or the charge stupidly large, and then see what happens. This kind of thinking can be applied in a lot of different areas.
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