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For a second I thought this was going to be about abstract-algebra/category-theory

Well written, this has given a concrete description to a vague notion that has been in my mind for a while

previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39990346

I second this, this video is amazing. It had a big impact on my thinking the first time I saw it

"We don't know who struck first, us or them, but we know that it was us that scorched the sky." [1] (note: I am absolutely for trying to save the great barrier reef, and I'm not qu…

Brilliant, I've switched to DDG recently and have been very pleased with it

Greetings HN, This is an app I built to help me combat the (previously!) firmly-established habit of pulling out my phone to read the news / reddit whenever I had 5 minutes of down…

> MY NAME IS BEING USED IN A PHISHING ATTACK. > DO NOT RESPOND TO MAIL OFFERING MONEY FOR UNDERGRAD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS. I wonder if that's been effective. I suppose the targets ar…

sincere question: what are the better alternatives? Do any have a (different) key technological component or do they mostly rely on other non-technology-based trust channels like a…

Flutter is excellent, not too heavy and has decent cross platform support

Greetings HN! Wikireader is inspired by two facts: - I like learning foreign languages - Some (most) days I will open certain news sites more times than I'd like to admit, "just to…

Emacs groks my soul. I can't defend it's flaws. But if I'm reborn a developer in a thousand years I sure hope it will still be around. Otherwise I'd rather be a shrimp or a dolphin…

From wikipedia [1]: > Garum is a fermented fish sauce which was used as a condiment in the cuisines of Phoenicia, ancient Greece, Rome, Carthage and later Byzantium. Liquamen is a …

This is an extraordinary book and one of my top 5 among many a science fiction novel. "You want a deepness that endures, a deepness that [we] can depend on? there is a deepness in …

I've said no several times when asked if I'd be interested in management - I like writing code and solving problems, management is only vaguely necessary in some bureaucratic unfor…

That's an awesome layout, I will have to try it. I actually have two twiddlers - the dream was to split the layout between the two, so that all letters would have easy 2-button cho…

Thank you for sharing, especially your transparency about your doubts, your savings and your time. I find this inspiring and encouraging