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wadkar commented on ThankYouHN: 14 Years    · Posted by u/solarized
windowshopping · a year ago
Don't know if I'd call this social media. Do people consider it as such?

Wikipedia says:

> Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.

I guess it is, huh, what do you know. I'm so used to thinking of social media as facebook/twitter/instagram/tiktok, where people have individual feeds.

wadkar · a year ago
Yes, I would consider HN as social media/networking site
wadkar commented on Dotfiles Management   mitxela.com/projects/dotf... · Posted by u/threeme3
wadkar · 3 years ago
Is there a name for oft-repeating content/post and the overall discussion on a given topic (dotfile management in this case) on HN?

I am not complaining about the repeat. It’s just that I find it very amusing to see different people kinda-sorta reinventing the wheel (and discussing the nuts and bolts) again.

wadkar commented on The maddening mess of airport codes [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=jfOUV... · Posted by u/CharlesW
wadkar · 3 years ago
We’re just looking at the manifestation of one of the hardest problems in software engineering - naming things.

There’s no one good answer. Instead we must design our system to be “soft” i.e. malleable - able to evolve as the world evolves.

wadkar commented on Scientists may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox   phys.org/news/2022-03-sci... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
2muchcoffeeman · 3 years ago
I think the way to think about it is, they "invented" a particle that has all the right properties to explain real world data. Then they can say, if this is right, we can do such and such experiments to observe it.
wadkar · 3 years ago
Note that the design of the experiment needs to be able to disprove theory. That is to say if the results don’t match calculations then their theory is falsified and we make progress.
wadkar commented on In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang... · Posted by u/minding
darekkay · 3 years ago
Similar to what happened to a doctor in Antarctica: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-ant...
wadkar · 3 years ago
All of these incidents remind me of episodes from House MD. I swear they made one on this Antartica where House did a “zoom call”.

The airplane guy had more complications than ruptured lung but apparently he had just came out of scuba diving into the plane.

wadkar commented on An antimatter experiment shows surprises near absolute zero   quantamagazine.org/icy-an... · Posted by u/nsoonhui
wadkar · 3 years ago
I don’t understand how an anti-proton can orbit a nucleus without annihilating into pure energy with a proton from the nucleus.

What am I missing here?

Honestly speaking I am really amazed by these researchers ability to separate and then “shove” an anti-proton in a Helium gas.

wadkar commented on Learn the workings of Git, not just the commands (2015)   developer.ibm.com/tutoria... · Posted by u/philonoist
balefrost · 4 years ago
Quick tip: Git branches are cheap. Like super-cheap. IF you want to create a safe point just before doing a tricky merge, just spin off a new branch pointing at the current commit:

git branch blah_branch_backup

Later, if your merge gets completely messed up, you can do:

git merge --abort

git reset --hard blah_branch_backup

That final command will restore the current branch's HEAD to point to the same commit as blah_branch_backup.

This same pattern is useful for other dangerous commands, like rebases or filter-branch.

When you're done, just delete blah_branch_backup.

wadkar · 4 years ago
> git branch blah_branch_backup

Don’t forget to commit your changes if you’re going to `reset --hard` later!

wadkar commented on Ask HN: Why were a few rank numbers black on the homepage?    · Posted by u/lucb1e
sova · 4 years ago
His name is dang not darn :P
wadkar · 4 years ago
Don’t worry, he can edit it ;-)
wadkar commented on Common shell script mistakes (2008)   pixelbeat.org/programming... · Posted by u/gautamsomani
rob74 · 4 years ago
This may be controversial, but sometimes I feel the biggest mistake is using a shell script in the first place. For example, on servers where you have PHP installed anyway, a PHP CLI script is often an alternative. Say what you will about PHP, but PHP code is much more readable than shell scripts - especially if everyone working on the server is fluent in PHP anyway. Shell scripts do have their niche, but often you find that the scope of a script keeps growing, then soon it becomes cumbersome and makes you wish you would have chosen another alternative from the start...
wadkar · 4 years ago
Not controversial at all!

Most linux distributions come with python installed. Anything more than invoking a binary and redirecting the output? Just write it in (pure) python I say!

Edit: by pure Python, I mean don’t require any `pip install`s

wadkar commented on Magnus Carlsen wins longest world chess championship game of all time   chess.com/news/view/fide-... · Posted by u/Moodles
jjbinx007 · 4 years ago
Bit of a spoiler :(

I prefer to watch analysis of games from YouTubers like Agadmator or Jerry from Chessnetwork and discover who the winner was by watching the game.

I wonder if these long games are not particularly helpful. Most chess final games end in draws as players are reluctant to create an imbalance and instead play it safe. There tends to be more exciting games played in games with a shorter time limit.

I'm not advocating bullet but perhaps they could try 30 minute matches instead?

wadkar · 4 years ago
> Bit of a spoiler :(

I get your sentiment but this is really exciting news in the chess community. A win after so many years!!

u/wadkar

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