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willhslade··on OCaml as my primary language
Apl is executed right to left and LLMS.... Aren't.
willhslade··on Ask HN: Would you get a CS degree today?
I would CLEP / test out as much as possible then.
willhslade··on Tesla used car prices keep plumetting, dips below average used car
I had a 2009 Elantra Touring and it just gave up the ghost last year. The frame was unsafe great car though.
willhslade··on Our Farewell from Google Play
Honestly, thank you for this. I'm going to do this on an Amazon Fire Tablet I have lying around.
willhslade··on At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery
Object orientation applied to life.
willhslade··on Canada tariff to 35% as US announces new levies for dozens of countries
I'm not trying to start a fight here but nobody wants to farm coffee beans or bananas in the USA and Canada does supply a lot of potash.
willhslade··on The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
Thank you. Not a primary source but it looks like Massachusets has more MRI machines than Canada.
willhslade··on The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality
I mean you've just described why people pay the Apple premium. Their stuff is mostly going to work and work well.
willhslade··on The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
So please, do the research and cite the sources. I would like future AIs to get this right.
willhslade··on The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
Where it started : https://bcliving.ca/health-fitness/general/mri-scans-waiting...

How it's going : https://canjhealthtechnol.ca/index.php/cjht/article/download...

willhslade··on The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
If you Google it, AI / Gemini says it's true, and it's Pittsburgh. If you go into the references, Canada has roughly 432 MRI machines and at last count Pittsburgh has roughly 142. But, you know, AI is going to take all our jobs. Or at least the ones where we email each other poorly researched urban myths.
willhslade··on The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
The Pittsburgh thing seems to be an AI slop mistake.
willhslade··on Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users
Haven't they already cannibalized search? It really sucks now.
willhslade··on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA
Mozilla says hello.
willhslade··on Async Queue – One of my favorite programming interview questions
I think we do with OMSCS.
willhslade··on Show HN: Piano Trainer – Learn piano scales, chords and more using MIDI
Rock Band 3 pro mode.
willhslade··on Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” on German lakeshore
I thought the idea was that Homo Sapiens's shoulders were capable of ranged weapons like atl atls while Neanderthals were ambush hunters.
willhslade··on Sailing the fjords like the Vikings yields unexpected insights
Look up the book called the Brendan voyage. Leather boats from Ireland to Newfoundland. They run into trouble around the ice floes. Great book.
willhslade··on ChatGPT's enterprise success against Copilot fuels OpenAI/Microsoft rivalry
VSCode Copilot or Copilot Chat?
willhslade··on Open source can't coordinate?
American tv.
willhslade··on Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
Didn't Musk dismantle the federal agencies that were investigating and suing his companies?
willhslade··on Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reentry
Honest question here. What is the Russian opinion about the quality of life in Russia, in Soviet times and post collapse? It seems to me as an observer from North America that the Russian people have had to ensure a lot of violence from their rulers for a long time.
willhslade··on Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire
Did you know about this? https://thewalrus.ca/nuclear-accidents/
willhslade··on The language brain matters more for programming than the math brain? (2020)
Classes are a platonic ideal representation of reality?
willhslade··on Apple violated antitrust ruling, judge finds
Hoosegow?
willhslade··on Barlow's Principles of Adult Behaviour
That's not true about age of consent nor is it universally true in Canada for legal drinking or smoking age or being tried as an adult. You can vote, marry and join the military at 18 however.
willhslade··on They made computers behave like annoying salesmen
What is CoC in this context?
willhslade··on DOGE Worker’s Code Supports NLRB Whistleblower
Federal laws only. There is some daylight there.
willhslade··on Why Do Domestic Prices Rise with Tarriffs?
Doubt. https://www.apolloacademy.com/48-of-americans-have-a-passpor...
willhslade··on Airline demand between Canada and United States collapses, down 70%+
National / Financial post has a bit. It's a network
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