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epiphanitus

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About epiphanitus

--- My views are my own and do not reflect those of any of my employers, past or present.

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    Take us on the road with you. What's it like?

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    Comment #31612638

    >> As horrendous languages go, mathematical notation is a profound achievement. Are there any resources or strategies you would recommend to help with this?

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    Comment #30655869

    The original source was probably a front. This new source is better, but their source is Russian State TV. I would be interested in whether the law actually exists, and if so wheth…

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    Comment #30580982

    The source of this article seems kind of dodgy. - I haven't found a credible source corroborating the claim made in this article. - Their FB page has surprisingly little traffic fo…

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    Comment #29327812

    Thanks for your comment, I appreciate your willingness to share a contrarian perspective. Question, how would a virus that spreads primarily indoors and rarely spreads outdoors acc…

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    Comment #28366345

    One problem is, many if not most engineers work in corporate environments where they have to deal with expectations and deadlines. Mgmt may perceive reimagining a system to be a ri…

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    Comment #26394509

    I love the mix of the ambience and the narrator. Those PSAs and old narrations really add an interesting dimension to it. Question, where do you find those voice samples?

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    Comment #26393840

    I love your sound, very deep and melodic, almost an 80s feel. Just a Dream is my favorite, your aesthetic goes really well with a singer.

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    Comment #26119052

    If anybody is looking for something new to listen too, he made an album with John McLaughlin and 3 other jazz gods called Five Peace Band. One of my favorite albums of all time.

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    Comment #25938463

    Thanks. Getting into this was purely accidental. I had an interest in machine learning that required more and more complex pipelines to feed it. I kept adding on layers of complexi…

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    Comment #25922624

    I used a combination of linkedin and my github projects.

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    Comment #25922543

    I'll check out Network Algorthmics, thank you for the recommendation. >> But, ultimately, the best asset for somebody with a CS background is not so much having immediate knowledge…

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    Comment #25922513

    I'll check out those MOOCs, thanks!

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    Self taught backend dev here. What's the best DIY way to get a CS background?

    Hey folks. Self-taught backend dev here. I learned to code and got hired off LinkedIn thanks to my Github projects and fire in the belly. Sometimes my love of coding feels like a d…

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    Ask HN: What video games got you thinking about society this year?

    I recently played through the original Deus Ex. The game had a storyline that was so good it felt at times like it wasn't a computer game but a novel that you happened to be able t…

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    Comment #25490760

    Put more simply, there is a big difference between the capacity to care about other people's feelings, and the capacity to understand them. Some understand but do not care, whereas…

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    Comment #24139030

    There's actually a former US Navy Sonarman who has a youtube channel called Sub Brief and it's amazing. He left the service in 90s (IIRC) but he shares all kinds of interesting kno…

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    Comment #23150894

    What could anyone hope to see pointing a gamma ray telescope at earth? I thought gamma rays were filtered out though the atmosphere.

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    Comment #22859277

    What is your perspective on the ROI of FB/google/targeted ads vs the traditional mediums? Is the targeting worth the premium?

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    Comment #22745717

    What’s the backstory to why apples bash has to be different than gnu bash? I love having the Linux kernel with a nice UI but there are some useful commands that are missing. There …

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    Comment #22722919

    SRE here. I feel for your situation. Here's some advice. One simple thing you could do is set up AWS billing alarms and have them delivered to a notification app like PagerDuty. ht…

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    Comment #22453360

    That's crazy, my mom who lives in the Seattle area got sicker than she's ever gotten with that bug. I knew it was going around, but I had no idea it was THAT rampant.