DradisPing
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DradisPing
10d ago
You can practice by working on some github issues on some repo like this random one: https://github.com/themotte/rDrama/issues
https://codecrafters.io/ is a bit pricey but fun. You should be able to burn through the "build your own http server" in python one pretty quickly.
I like to manage all of my language versions with asdf since it's one tool for versioning python/go/javascript/elixir/whatever.
Burning through a bunch of leetcode easy problems is a good way to get comfortable with a new language. Or if you've done a bunch of problems already try to translate those into python.
Swimming favours long torsos. That means cold adapted people. Also tall.
Black people tend to have longer limbs and shorter torsos, so they have a reach advantage in a lot of sports.
The mechanical device probably eliminates the reach advantage in cycling and rowing.
I wonder if you could adjust the gearing and crank length to field a Kenyan team.
DradisPing
1mo ago
Does anyone have thoughts on the Halo show? I know the fans are outraged, but I've been enjoying it.
I generally enjoy serials, space ships, space marines, and bad aliens being shot. So it's a pretty easy sell.
The writing could be better. They kind of botched the flood reveal.
The budget limits show. The first five episodes were shot in Ontario, they switched to Budapest for covid reasons for the rest of S1. You can definitely tell that they were shooting some outdoor combat scenes in stone and gravel quarries.
But they made practical spartan suits and warthogs, which is fun.
It seems fans were expecting Band of Brothers meets Lord of the Rings in space. Which was never going to happen.
DradisPing
1mo ago
It's called a loose meat sandwich. They were very popular in the period after ground beef became commonly available but before canned tomato sauce appeared in stores.
DradisPing
1mo ago
Adobe has been working on integrating their own AI tools for a few years now. Plus I'm sure there are plenty of plugins with exiting support.
eg https://youtube.com/watch?v=c1Z-449UIBg https://youtube.com/watch?v=pLRLJbvVUiA
I haven't found an exact video on Frankensteining people together and smoothing it out, but it seems like something AI tools should be able to do a this point.
DradisPing
4mo ago
DeSantis has staff and a legislature that support him. His staff also know how to pick winning political fights in Florida.
Trump expected that after the 2016 campaign was over the rest of the GOP would get onside and work with him, but that wasn't realistic.
Ideologically DeSantis has been more of a corporate republican of the Paul Ryan variety. But he's seen that's not a winning strategy these days and he's politically ambitious.
DradisPing
4mo ago
Creatine is actually interesting. It inflates your muscles. Also it binds to simple sugars and draws them into your muscles. You can actually add creatine to dishes to make them taste less sweet.
BCAAs are essentially pre-digested protein. You can drink them in the morning to get quick energy, but if you're on a high protein diet they aren't really needed.
Ephedrine is useful, it's a stimulant that opens up your airways. Just stick with one or two 8mg tablets. Some people take large does and that gets scary.
DradisPing
4mo ago
Frostpunk is kind of the opposite of a post apocalyptic city builder. It's about surviving the upcoming apocalypse, not rebuilding after. The city building isn't really very deep or even the focus of the game.
DradisPing
5mo ago
There's been a lot of heavy news and discussion about Gaza lately. I think there was an appetite for something lighter and you just stumbled into it with some pop culture discussion.
DradisPing
5mo ago
They also played down her looks for a lot of scenes in Spider Man Homecoming because they wanted her to be more of an outsider type.
She got her start as a child model and she definitely has a look better described as striking and distinct instead of bombshell.
DradisPing
5mo ago
Towards the end of the GWB presidency and especially after Obama's election the blue tribe decided they were done playing nice with the south.
DradisPing
6mo ago
Having to take notes and understand the lesson was enough work. I hated having to figure out how to draw a xi in the middle of a lesson.
DradisPing
6mo ago
I think they were actually chasing young women who use TikTok.
DradisPing
6mo ago
It's probably also conflated in that tech CEOs in general used to be seen a lot more favorably than they are now.
Are there any other tech CEOs that have been turned on to a similar degree? It seems like the others are mostly positive.
DradisPing
7mo ago
The Twitter throttling that Musk has detailed since he took over was worse than most "conspiracy theories".
He had Twitter add the public view count so to provide future transparency about throttling.
DradisPing
7mo ago
but fundamentally I’ve never seen Ukraine as having a peace deal on the table which I don’t think Musks entirely gets.
Can you expand on what you mean by this?
DradisPing
7mo ago
I think it's about food safety. Eating at a strange restaurant is inhernently a risk.
The US traditionally got around this by having diners for travellers serve a lot of mildly flavored food (eg maynaise & white bread) that won't hide the tast of spoiled meat. After food inspectors became common, spiced food became lower risk.
Asian tourists can safely eat at restaurants by the same nationality by checking for tells of high conscientiousness. Lazy restaurant owners who cut corners on food safety are generally lazy elsewhere. Looking to see if they follow all of the small rules their culture expects about decor is a strong signal. Also they can scan the other customers to see if they have appropriate standards.
DradisPing
8mo ago
It was trendy in some places to start earlier. I remember I first saw it when a friend was showing me clips from "The Hills" and none of the girls could furrow their brows when they were upset.
DradisPing
11mo ago
Multiple women moving to jobs that had worse hours. They were probably eating better.
DradisPing
11mo ago
Having a stable relationship with Russia (and prior to 2014 that’s what they had, it was colder than we wanted, but we got along well enough) is far more valuable than anything we could get from Ukraine.
It wasn't actually stable. The interventionist wing of us foreign policy has wanted to oust Putin and take control of Russian & Ukrainian resources for a long time.
There were articles written in 2008 warning about how US foreign policy was going to lead to a Ukrainian civil war that would be followed by a Russian invasion. They State Department didn't stop, they pushed forward.
The 2022 Russian invasion was expected. What wasn't expected was the failure of the sanctions. They expected to crush the Russian economy and insight a revolt to oust Putin. It didn't work and now they're winging it.
DradisPing
1yr ago
Adding BCAA powder makes it very easy to get down and there are some potential health benefits.
DradisPing
1yr ago
I've heard it suggested that since they were going to have an awful loss in Q2 because of the Dominion settlement it was the best time to pay out Tucker's contract. Firing him in Q3 or Q4 would mean another lousy quarter, at least now they might have a profitable Q3.
DradisPing
1yr ago
I don't know about a specific study about the nets, but in general taking away popular options lowers the suicide rate. Suicide isn't rational, it's more compulsive. People don't like to change methods once they have a plan.
DradisPing
1yr ago
Low density car focussed suburbs don't scale. You just can't widen the highways enough to keep up with demand as you build out. It leads to ever worsening gridlock.
Trying to increase the density later is extremely difficult due to the large lot sizes and strict commercial - residential segregation.
I'm in Ontario where there's a significant housing shortage. Toronto has 360 housing units per thousand residents. Ontario has 398. Canada has 440 nationally. G7 average is 470.
So at least in Ontario we need to build an entire new city in the style of older, denser suburbs like Riverdale: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0
From about 2015 until Merkel's retirement people were regularly calling Poland WN or worse. I'm not exactly sure when it stopped, but from the Trump impeachment to covid it wasn't a priority and after the Ukraine invasion internationalist types weren't badmouthing it anymore.
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