How can it be called a 'capture' when it's already known when and how it will leave. That's like calling a resort vacation stay a kidnapping.
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RandomCitizen12 commented on The Liberating Experience of Common Lisp ds9soft.com/blog/2024/06/... · Posted by u/_19qg
> How long before Copilot is able to write all the code any Go developer now writes by hand?
A long time ago I read someone saying "Lisp is the only language where I spend more time thinking than typing". Recently, when I was telling ChatGPT what logic I wanted written on what data structures, I realized the same was true about having an LLM write any other language.
> control over the South China Sea to China
Why shouldn't China should control the South China Sea? And why do we care about a body of water on the other side of the planet?
I hereby declare the South China Sea is now named the RandomCitizen12 Sea. I now have the moral imperative to control it. Pay your tolls or be judged.
RandomCitizen12 commented on DuckDB 1.1.0 Released duckdb.org/2024/09/09/ann... · Posted by u/craigkerstiens
The namesake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton%27s_pintail
I just got my Doritos dry rub on, followed by a Sunny D Shower, and now nobody can see me.
Don't forget to go to Canada and get some Cheezies
RandomCitizen12 commented on The Iron Law of Bureaucracy (2010) jerrypournelle.com/report... · Posted by u/Bluestein
Not sure this counts as 'a law' in scientific terms.
Why would it have to?
RandomCitizen12 commented on Make sports betting taboo again jacobin.com/2024/08/sport... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
I'd love to see what'd happen in a non profit casino where the wagers were exactly equal to the winnings less some modest operating expenses. Such an enterprise would address most of the inequity concerns in the article.
Take what's in the article, reduce it by 5%, and that's probably what it would be. Sports bet rakes aren't huge (unlike horse racing).
RandomCitizen12 commented on The surprising cause of fasting's regenerative powers nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/pseudolus
I read all sort of contradictory "scientific facts" about this subject.
By the end of the day, listening and observing your body will provide you the right answer.
Given that fasting is enshrined as a order in many belief systems, it seems like humans needs external motivation to ignore their body's complaints and fast for positive effects.
RandomCitizen12 commented on Beastie Boys dismantled their gold record plaque djmag.com/news/beastie-bo... · Posted by u/iancmceachern
In 2005 the drummer for Semisonic wrote the book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star. In it the band received a record plaque and asked the record company rep if it was their music. The response was no, it was probably some left over Sinatra LP that had been painted.
RandomCitizen12 commented on Show HN: Double – Design and invest in your own stock index · Posted by u/jjmaxwell4
Do you plan to offer subscription-based access to other users' indices?