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3 years ago
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on: Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into print
Yeah stuff like that is handed out on competence, when it came to situation, there were a few other equally qualified candidates who had been TAing that class. It worked out so we all held head TA at one point. TAOCP in the background probably played a tiny role if anything, but it's the one distinguishing event I remember, which is strange and funny to think about.
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3 years ago
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on: Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into print
The most use I've gotten out of it was when I had it on my bookshelf in my Zoom background while TAing a class I think. One of the head TAs recognized it and asked if I had actually read it, and I told him I managed to read through volume 1 once and not solve many of the problems, which took about 3 months reading ~10 pgs/day. He was still impressed, and I think it helped me get the head TA role after he graduated, as he nominated me for it.
In terms of actual programming use, not much, but I still haven't read the other volumes yet.
bcwarner
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4 years ago
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on: Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?
For alcohol at least, I don't think that's actually too unpopular an opinion. Drinking is a fairly universal social activity, and it's allowed me to meet and befriend a lot of people I probably wouldn't have otherwise.
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4 years ago
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on: Python built-ins worth learning (2019)
I learned about breakpoint() while prepping for an internship interview. I ended up not getting that internship, but it ended up massively improving my workflow. Now I annoy all my friends into using it whenever we run into bugs while working on Python together.
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4 years ago
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on: Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one that fits you well
I think the statement says that there are no legitimate N95s specifically labeled for kids, so any "N95" that has that labeling is suspect and may not live up to performance. But yeah, I can't imagine N95 designers were anticipating kids to ever need them.
bcwarner
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4 years ago
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on: Thiel Foundation announces next Thiel Fellow class: 23 entrepreneurs
The last company mentioned does mentions clean energy, but yeah, there is a lot of blockchain here.
bcwarner
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4 years ago
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on: “Fast Kernel Headers” Tree -v1: Eliminate the Linux Kernel's “Dependency Hell”
What's the process like for approving and implementing a series of patches this huge in quantity? Seems like it would almost require stalling on other pending issues for a significant amount of time while this is worked in.
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4 years ago
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on: A Constitutional Convention is closer than you think (2019)
The runaway convention is a real problem, but what would be odds of each outcome? I can't imagine the Constitution would be replaced in its entirety, that would be difficult to implement. I also can't imagine contentious issues going strongly either way, that would probably also be difficult to pull off politically.
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4 years ago
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on: DirectX 12 applications no longer working on 4th gen Intel processor graphics
That's an interesting way to resolve an exploit like that, what would have necessitated disabling DirectX 12 in its entirety as opposed to other methods?
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4 years ago
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on: Nearly 40% of adults from 25-54 are unpartnered [Pew Research]
I don't think this is very surprising as someone just below this age band. At my college, I've noticed a significant gap and some associated resentment exists as well, even though the gender ratio is near even and has the student population of a private R1. Some friends of mine cycle through dozens of potential partners easily and never appear to end up in a relationship in spite of wanting one. The issues of marriage are not a contributing factor either, since that is too far in the future to be relevant.
Online, you can easily find communities of men and women who lament not being able to find a partner, demanding that the opposite gender change their behavior. Such behavior is unproductive and toxic, but reflects a an unfortunate reality that there is a deadweight loss among people who are unpartnered.
It's sad overall that such a gap exists. A significant subset of the population is simply unable to meet the needs/get their own needs met of people they are interested in. I wonder what the long term outcome of this will be, but at minimum recognizing such a problem exists and attempting to do what we can for ourselves and others to be a good partner is probably the best we can do.
bcwarner
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5 years ago
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on: Show HN: Virtual breadboard in the browser, inspired by Ben Eater's 6502
This is really cool, what future plans do you have with this?
bcwarner
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5 years ago
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on: Most of what you read on the internet is written by insane people (2018)
That's interesting how an internal wiki could be less accurate than Wikipedia, how big were these discrepancies?
bcwarner
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6 years ago
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on: A proof of the constancy of the velocity of light (1913)
It's interesting how succinct this is. How come this didn't appear before being postulated in Einstein's theory of special relativity, given that there was a 16 year gap between this and the Michelson-Morley experiment?
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6 years ago
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on: Merry Christmas HN
Merry Chrysler
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6 years ago
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on: Going 100% Green Will Pay for Itself in Seven Years, Study Finds
