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tamana··on Show HN: Wave function collapse algorithm
1 physical dimension. Mathematically, each signal is a dimension.
tamana··on SVG has more potential
That's exactly the same as regular HTML
tamana··on People who can’t afford Teslas are using car-sharing networks to pay for them
At what point of sharing does something become unworthy of respect? Is a married couple's property unworthy? A family's? A group of roommates?
tamana··on People who can’t afford Teslas are using car-sharing networks to pay for them
It's not. The stone age ended because we invented better tech, without raising stone prices. Oil costs will rise.
tamana··on People who can’t afford Teslas are using car-sharing networks to pay for them
If you lease the car, the monthly price doubles.
tamana··on Evidence That Computer Science Grades Are Not Bimodal [pdf]
That sounds funny, but it's true under the common modern curving regime that is really just lowering the bar for raw score to letter grade conversion, not forcing a bell curve.
tamana··on Evidence That Computer Science Grades Are Not Bimodal [pdf]
100 level classes werent substantiallly more often bimodal than the others though.
tamana··on The hippest internet cafe of 1995 [video]
Microsoft, the inventor and trademark owner, use # on their website.
tamana··on The hippest internet cafe of 1995 [video]
You were correct before ASCII and English keyboards and Microsoft C# gave the # an expanded role out of convenience
tamana··on The hippest internet cafe of 1995 [video]
It's a hash, not a hashtag. The hashtag is the # plus a "tag" word. When someone says "hashtag foo", they went spelling it out # + foo, they are saying "this is a hashtag, not a regular word in my setencen; the tag is foo" and the # is silent.

#prescriptivism.

tamana··on Project Shield
Jigsaw is run by a veteran of the US State Department
tamana··on Canvas Gauges
TIL "bullet graph", which makes this whole HN submission worthwhile
tamana··on What if the aliens we are seeking are AI?
They're made out of meat.

Don't butcher the title/refrain.

tamana··on Marc Andreessen suddenly deletes all his tweets, goes on Twitter break
More likely because he might be involved in a company that would have a quiet period related to a potential sale
tamana··on Marc Andreessen suddenly deletes all his tweets, goes on Twitter break
What's that? Sunlight is shutting down?!
tamana··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
In my experience foreign absentee landlords aren't even very bad, because they care mainly about parking their assets outside of China, more than maximizing or even collecting rent.
tamana··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
There is no gift tax burden (except a little paperwork) on the first $5 million of lifetime gifting. Plenty for a house down payment.
tamana··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
Indians buying from India, or Indian-Americans?

Usually when people mention foreigners in real estate, they are talking about nonresident investors (often Chinese citizens). Calling out mere ethnicity of homebuyers is weird.

tamana··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
Link for the lazy:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax

tamana··on Game Genie declassified: That summer I played 230 Game Boy games
They were not breaking copyright law at all. Interoperability is not a copyright violation. They were not breaking trademark either, showing a picture of a trademark is not illegal, unless it causes confusion in the mind of the corner. but that would be avoided by adding a simple disclaimer when shipping a cartridge or loading a game.
tamana··on Am I Introverted, or Just Rude?
If you don't build relationships with people, beware that you might not have anyone to know or care for you when you are in need. If you want to be part of a supportive community, and the standard conversational forms of social grooming don't work for you, take care to replace them with something, like writing letters or doing acts of kindness
tamana··on Am I Introverted, or Just Rude?
Or introverts who want to be edgy and scare people away.
tamana··on Am I Introverted, or Just Rude?
Warning: If you read this title aloud to your spouse, you might get an answer.
tamana··on How Palantir Is Taking Over New York City
IBM built custom computing solutions for Nazi Germany, so....
tamana··on Google’s lawyers are asking to find Oracle’s lawyers in contempt of court
Hmm. Suppose I want to buy a bike. Joe steals a bike and sells it to me for cheap. I did nothing wrong, but could be forced to return the bike. But if I resell the bike, I am no longer liable?
tamana··on Google’s lawyers are asking to find Oracle’s lawyers in contempt of court
You mean, "refusing POTUS's orders to undermine the law of the USA, is unethical?"
tamana··on Google’s lawyers are asking to find Oracle’s lawyers in contempt of court
If I pay someone a million dollars to do work for me. And they cause half a million dollars in damages due to negligence, it's coming out of their pay.
tamana··on Self-Driving Cars Must Meet 15 Benchmarks in U.S. Guidance
In thr most famous Tesla case, the driver was a huge advocate and YouTuber who pushed autopilot to its limits intentionally, not being a good copilot.
tamana··on The Free-Time Paradox in America
Depends on how you count. Do they mean 6hrs of games per day but then no more games at night and weekends, or do they mean 6 extra hours of games per day?
tamana··on The Free-Time Paradox in America
I work 9-5 and I do it for the highest bidder.
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