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softbuilder··on Calculus with Julia
I would love to see things flipped around: Teach calculus as code, and work in the concepts after. This looks like a conventional approach with code tacked on after. What I see here: concept -> math notation -> code. I'd go: code -> concept -> math notation.
softbuilder··on Does creatine make you smarter?
I started taking 5g for cognition. Never any clear signal for that, but it does seem to help a bit with my (more than occasional) sleep deprivation. Mostly with fighting off headaches.
softbuilder··on An idiot’s guide to lead optimisation for proteins
My first impression was that it was something about sales.
softbuilder··on Is my blue your blue?
I want this but for blue vs. purple.
softbuilder··on A brief history of instant coffee
Twice the voltage == half the amperage for the same wattage. Are UK kettles higher wattage?
softbuilder··on Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars
Great project. This begs for real-world feedback though. A go kart would be fantastic.
softbuilder··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
My son has Down Syndrome and is non-verbal. He's clever though and has found ways to wander off from his school and caregivers. As a parent this is terrifying. Eventually we tried AirTags on his shoes. It's an imperfect technology but it works.
softbuilder··on Bugs Apple loves
Now do Google. A few that immediately come to mind:

* Accounts: Can't use a GSuite address for Youtube, Nest, or any other Alphabet offering. Never explained. 15 years of this.

* Sheets: Hide the sum option in the menu bar. After digging, you find the Summa character and click on it. Oh, it's a menu of functions, not sum.

* Search.

softbuilder··on JavaScript Demos in 140 Characters
Same on Mac FF
softbuilder··on Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing and returning this man's 1958 Cessna
This is actually a plot line in Landman, where the cartel occasionally steals the oil company's jet and then returns it.
softbuilder··on Consider Knitting
This is great. I picked up weaving right before the pandemic and it carried me through. I've fallen off the past few years but hope to get back to it. Like any hobby it has the "I could do X if only I had a Y!" feature/curse that can potentially eat your bank account.
softbuilder··on I tried making artificial sunlight at home
This is a great build and report. Even though you don't have great photo gear, you should try capturing a picture of steam in the light (as DIY Perks did).
softbuilder··on A Supersolid Made Using Photons
As a layperson I go into this thinking that it sounds like "scientists make matter from light" but after reading it seems more like "scientists make fancy electric field with a laser".

I guess "solid" has a technical definition that allows for this sort of interesting interpretation.

softbuilder··on Researchers launch "moonshot" to cure blindness through eye transplants
I'm immediately reminded of John Mulaney's "Jerry Orbach's eyes" bit.
softbuilder··on Did pizza exist in the Soviet Union?
The screwed-in bowls and chained spoons, great stuff. :)
softbuilder··on Did pizza exist in the Soviet Union?
This raises many questions for me, having only a superficial understanding of the Soviet Union. A restaurant seems inherently entrepreneurial. Were they created by individual initiative or committee? Who did they serve? How did they weather shortages? Etc..
softbuilder··on Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down's syndrome hints early humans' compassion
Something the article doesn't discuss is that many children born with Down Syndrome have heart defects, such AV canal[1] or Tetralogy of Fallot[2]. The prognosis without surgical intervention is poor. We were told our son with DS and ToF would likely have not made it to 6 without his surgery.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrioventricular_septal_defect

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralogy_of_Fallot

softbuilder··on Nine US states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of heat pumps
IIRC there's also a legacy superfund cleanup charge that PGE customers have the privilege of paying.
softbuilder··on Project Euler on a Microcontroller
I am reminded of Txtzyme: https://github.com/WardCunningham/Txtzyme
softbuilder··on A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado
> it seems to be generally the same idea as 529 garage which is much more commonly used in BC/WA/OR/CA.

This read (to me) as "sure, but the REAL thing is over here", stated as authoritative fact, not a one person sample size anecdote.

softbuilder··on A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado
Bike Index is very well known at least in OR/WA (I'm in PDX) and has been around a long time. I appreciate you're supportive of another effort but you don't need to push one effort down to lift another up.
softbuilder··on Ask HN: 30 years old with no career
Yeah, but it rhymes.
softbuilder··on Why Californians have sky-high electricity bills
There's a middle ground. https://www.smud.org/ is a good example of a well-run public utility in California.
softbuilder··on Fucking, Austria changes name to Fugging
I misread the title as "Australia" and I was only slightly surprised and kind of impressed.
softbuilder··on Extreme Light Intensities Using Optically Curved Relativistic Plasma Mirrors
I see a hyperbole-filled abstract and a paywall.
softbuilder··on Who Did the Maya Sacrifice?
*Whom
softbuilder··on Skin printer wipes years from your face [video]
The Jetsons had this idea more than 50 years ago. :)
softbuilder··on How Elon Musk might make $920M in Tesla debt go away
Tl;dr - that debt is in convertible bonds and if the stock goes up a few bucks most holders will presumably opt to convert to owning Tesla stock.

Doesn't that just dilute the stock?

softbuilder··on Introduction to Differential Equations (2008)
Tangental anecdote: Every time I see Diff EQ mentioned the first thing that pops into my head is the number 11. That's the score of my first, last, and only Diff EQ test. 11%.
softbuilder··on Lisp-Flavoured Erlang
>Welp, I am pretty sure the creator of LFE "gets" Erlang

Did I suggest otherwise?

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