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Whitespace

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About Whitespace

Tom Clark

My gmail/github usernames are the same as my HN username.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/whitespace; my proof: https://keybase.io/whitespace/sigs/7n2v9-_GjHVZDiDsnzuqllzU_E7RYpr18hej2JZiG40 ]

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    I have a large CNC router. I can throw a whole sheet of plywood on it and program it to cut it with a level of precision and repeatability that I am physically unable to do with my…

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    Comment #49210681

    main indeed has two commits, but it clearly states the location of the rest of the commits, so I wouldn't be critical of main itself. hey claude, do a breakthrough You can find the…

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    Comment #49210182

    I think the issue isn't that it's this huge ordeal for a person to do, but that if billions of people have to do this then that's a fundamental design flaw that could have been avo…

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    Comment #49209599

    I have some that I got to connect to my MBP, which supports TB5. Unfortunately my MSI MPG 321URX doesn't properly support it, so half of the time the DisplayPort over USB negotiati…

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    Comment #49203552

    The last time I tried this was back with Opus 4.6, and it was ok. I tried it with Fable 5 High just now and I was very impressed with the output. It took 7 minutes and one turn. I'…

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    Comment #49196107

    I have a weightlifting spreadsheet with weight on the vertical axis and reps on the horizontal axis. The value of each cell is the estimated 1 rep max if I accomplish that lift. In…

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    Comment #47727611

    That site would do well to show an image of an actual physical thing you can make with it instead of the same images over and over of a cartoonish dog/wolf head.

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    Comment #47067506

    I've been with Watsi for almost 12 years now, most of that as a Universal Fund member. Like others, I love periodically checking the "My Impact" page, as it really humanizes my mon…

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    Comment #44299824

    I did not read the study so I don't know if you're referencing a specific claim in it, but I do not understand your comment. What does being immoral have to do with TFA?

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    Comment #41719686

    If you're looking for the link to the JSON bits it seems to be: https://jsonbinpack.sourcemeta.com/

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    Comment #40827719

    Is it fair to say that you are in favor of Heroku, fly.io, ECS, etc?

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    Comment #40260659

    It's in the changelog summary: > Add support for OpenSSL, LibreSSL and mbed TLS for HTTPS, which is now enabled by default.

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    Ask HN: What Is the Cardinality of URLs?

    I wonder what the total number of valid URLs including protocol, hostname, path, query parameters, etc. is. A sort of Drake Equation for URLs. This came up when wondering what the …

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    Comment #39458203

    Larry Ellison enters the chat

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    Comment #39458181

    But people don't often turn every opportunity they have into an a large autobiography and memoir of their life.

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    Comment #39458163

    It's not a mistake to value your time to be worth more than "listening to Stephen Wolfram" I think all the ad hominem you see in here are from people who waste too many precious ho…

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    Comment #39456053

    I respect the work that he's done and the contributions he's given to humanity but for once I would like to see something by Stephen Wolfram that didn't involve at least 50% of the…

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    Comment #39048550

    You're damn straight I do!

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    Comment #38843401

    I was very saddened to hear that his father passed away not that long ago. That has got to be very hard for a 13 year old.

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    Comment #35699169

    The article and the comments here don't make it clear why running it in production shouldn't be done. If slow_query is already running in production, why would running EXPLAIN ANAL…

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    Comment #35655369

    This is the Elon Musk BTC scam that's all over YouTube now and it's almost on the homepage of HN :facepalm: LinusTechTips had their account hijacked and replaced by this recently: …

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    Comment #35378214

    I recently bought EcoSmart bulbs from Home Depot (they're a HD brand) that have a color temperature selector on the side (2700k to 5000k). But it also has an option called DuoBrigh…

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