Phenomenal! This is a solid prototype, clean execution. I've had exactly this idea, too: I've already given the spreadsheet the relationships between these values, why can't it just work backwards when values change? That premise hides a ton of complexity, though, I'm sure. Lots of scary matrices.
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I am in a position I suspect many would be envious of. I've never seen any of these films. My first experience waits ahead!
Where should I begin? I have kids in the 10-15 year old bracket if people think they'd make a good family experience.
What an fantastic problem to have! A few Ghibli films are a tad too odd or serious in tone for a movie night, but I can heartily recommend Ponyo, M.N. Totoro, and Spirited Away, the first being probably the most light-hearted and simple fun.
hallole commented on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban reuters.com/legal/litigat... · Posted by u/chirau
Quite a decisive move by the Australian government. I don't know if it's a move in the right direction or not but the research clearly shows that around the time social media became mainstream, teens' and preteens' mental health took a nosedive (Especially girls).
Hugely decisive! Feels more like a policy for idyllic hypotheticals. "Suppose we could ban social media..." well, hey, they actually did it.
I'm very interested to see how their socializing evolves in response to such a shock. Do the social behaviors of pre-internet times re-emerge? "Third spaces" reappear overnight? We shall see!
hallole commented on Former Twitter Attorney Files for 'Twitter' Trademark gerbenlaw.com/blog/former... · Posted by u/edent
Or all the people who still call it Twitter as an ineffectual act of protest.
I hope people aren't reading it as silly protesting when I say "Twitter" or "tweet," I just think it sounds way better.
hallole commented on Tell HN: It's now impossible to disable all AI features in Firefox 145 (latest) · Posted by u/pera
Surely they're blowing substantial cash on this, right? I'm not sure what sort of cost/benefit analysis is convincing every last tech company to fit the bill for a gimmicky AI add on.
hallole commented on I kissed comment culture goodbye sustainableviews.substack... · Posted by u/spyckie2
And the repetitive memes. I mean that's memes, but still, half of a Reddit comment section is predictable.
I really wonder why that's the case, because I only ever see it on Reddit. You're very right, and it annoys me to no end how repetitive, corny, and omnipresent the joking is. This is always the case whenever someone posts with a good question; good answers are inevitably buried at the bottom.
hallole commented on All New Java Language Features Since Java 21 inside.java/2025/08/31/ro... · Posted by u/lichtenberger
Impressively simple - though there being three ways of doing something is a complexity in itself.
Perhaps I’m being too critical.
I think that's fair. As with good UI, I appreciate when I can navigate via intuition. The solution in Python is intuitive, readable, and memorable. When working in Java, I frequently felt compelled to read and review pages of docs in search of a straightforward solution. I'm a sucker for Python's syntactic sugar.
hallole commented on The Grammar According to West dwest.web.illinois.edu/gr... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
My guess is that most mathematicians wouldn't consider that notation abusive. Why do you think it is? That notation is a convenience that allows us to represent a sum over a set where the elements aren't indexed by integers. So, in this particular case, I think there is a utility to the notation. And also: the definition of \sum_{e\in S} is ubiquitous.
I'm not a mathematician, but I went decently far into math and hardly ever encountered a summation over non-indexed elements, or really anything beyond the standard \Sum_{i=1}^{n}, even up to my final math courses.
I wasn't aware of its ubiquity! I may only think of it as "abusive" due to lack of familiarity. The way I've seen it used is: \Sum_{e \in S} e_i, where 'i' is never explicitly defined, and this still assumes elements indexed by integers. The only utility seems to be from the abbreviation, leaving out the range of indices being iterated over. Not saying that isn't useful, but the rigor of the math probably doesn't benefit from time-saving omissions.
And, maybe I'm reading too far into it, but this line:
>With these roles, these individuals allegedly abused their access at the companies to steal virtual currency.
makes it sound like they were stealing Robux or something. Could money be laundered through re-selling video game currencies?