Just for fun, I decided to look into how to use an abacus the other day. I have no practical use for this whatsoever, it was just something I was curious about. Learning this of course made me want to buy an abacus. I know myself well enough to know that while it would probably be an inexpensive purchase, it'd only end up collecting dust on a shelf within a week.
Then I thought about programming a virtual abacus that I could then play around with. I know this to be an absolutely absurd idea, but that absurdity only kinda makes me want to do it even more.
Ep. 322 LIVE AT CRIMECON! With Jon Atack - Episode 254 Remastered
Cast your ears back to the time I was given the chance to interview the legendary Jon Atack LIVE on stage at Crimecon UK. An experience I won't soon forget, andSpreaker
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@Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. Intellectually, I understand this.
I think that computers just trick us into believing them to be deterministic.
They aren't quite as deterministic as we might like them to be these days. I think some CPUs have a quantum randomness source, and task-scheduling across multiple computation units often _feels_ non-deterministic to me.
Plus, I do believe the term "Heisenbug" can be applied to bugs that go away when you turn on debugging/profiling/tracing or any other type of monitoring system that might be useful to diagnosis, even if everything is perfectly deterministic.
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Just received an emergency tornado alert recommending to take shelter in a basement.
I live in an apartment. We don't have a basement.
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I hate it when I make an official release of a program with an ugly snippet of code that I can't figure out how to write more cleanly, only to come up with a solution 10 minutes after pushing the release. I just make the change in the dev branch so it gets incorporated into the next version.
In my defense, the thing I was overlooking was that #Haskell's Maybe type is an instance of Foldable. It's not the kind of data type that exactly screams Foldable, is it?
Side note: I should use Hoogle's search by type signature feature more frequently. I needed a function that looked like this: Monad m => (a -> m ()) -> Maybe a -> m (), which is literally just mapM_.
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FFS.
There's a notice posted on the front door of the building. Apparently the landlord is bringing in an exterminator tomorrow and we have ~24h to empty out all the cabinets, pull appliances away from the walls, etc. in preparation for their arrival.
Welp, I did have other plans for today, but I guess not any more. ಠ_ಠ
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So, my partner who's "not into anime" and insistent that she dislikes the fantasy genre may or may not have spent the past three days binging on Frieren.
Now she wants more anime recommendations.
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Weather report for today said no chance of rain.
I should not have left the car windows rolled down...
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Ep. 321 Churches of Christ - Episode 158 Remastered Part 2
In this episode I speak with activist Evvie about their experiences in the Church of Christ. Evvie talks us through their activist work, parentification, and hoSpreaker
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@Eniko | Kitsune Tails out now! I noticed on the official trailer for Kitsune Tails that it's coming for the Nintendo Switch. I have two questions:
1) Is there a planned release date for this? (I couldn't find it in the Nintendo store)
2) Does Nintendo take a less drastic cut than Steam does?
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I have a stainless steel travel mug that I have my coffee in (almost) every day. It's supposedly dishwasher safe, but I still usually hand wash it.
A few months after I got it, the paint started peeling. Within a year, it had all completely peeled off... except for the logo, which is painted over top of the said peeling paint and still in pristine condition.
I feel there's a lesson in this story somewhere.
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Ep. 321 Churches of Christ - Episode 158 Remastered
In this episode I speak with activist Evvie about their experiences in the Church of Christ. Evvie talks us through their activist work, parentification, and hoSpreaker
Ep. 320 Trapped in Treatment - The Troubled Teen Industry - Episode 156 Remastered
Remastered: Trapped In Treatment is a new docu-style podcast series from Paris Hilton & Warner Bros. Unscripted TV in Association With Telepictures, and iHeSpreaker
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •So it's fun to use and all, but it's way too easy for a fumble with the keyboard to mess the whole thing up.
Besides, now I'm looking into soroban-style abacuses (abacii?) They seem more interesting. I'm probably going to break down and actually buy one.