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madsohm

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    Comment #47688163

    This bell would be illegal in Denmark, where our laws clearly state that you are only allowed one signal giving device and that any signal giving devices attached to vehicles (incl…

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    Comment #47325033

    I wrote both my master thesis and PhD on Hoare's Communicating Sequential Processes. I really enjoyed it's simplicity, expandability, and was always amazed that it inspired and inf…

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    Comment #47324950

    They were never concurrent, they were communicating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicating_sequential_proce...

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    Comment #47248000

    The DKK5499 is with VAT. If I enter a San Francisco zip code, it still only comes out to about USD654.

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    Comment #47247872

    Ugh. Why is is so much more expensive in Denmark? Here it's DKK5499 for the 256 GB version. That's USD857.

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    Ask HN: Has anybody moved their local community off of Facebook groups?

    Facebook's feed is nonfunctional. Only some people get notification, even though they have notification for all messages turned on. Only some get the newest posts in their main fee…

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    Comment #45731642

    AI slop - or worse, somebody trying to hide something.

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    Comment #43765420

    Since using `def` to create a method returns a symbol with the method name, you can do something like this too: memoize def expensive_calculation(arg) @calculation_count += 1 arg *…

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    Comment #43629987

    I find that a lot of their "fully remote" positions are only remote if you live in the US.

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    Comment #43566467

    Location: Tølløse, Denmark Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, MySQL, TypeScript, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and more CV: https…

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    Comment #43246257

    Location: Denmark Remote: Yes, exclusively Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Hotwire, Stimulus, Tailwind, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, PostgreSQL Résumé/CV: http…

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    Comment #42105651

    I was always told that the best position is always the next position. It's like the Monty Hall problem, switching is always the better solution.

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    Comment #41711070

    Location: Denmark Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, Rails, React, Tailwind, Typescript, Javascript, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, GraphQL Résumé/CV: https…

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    Comment #38625315

    I did the same for both of our kids. For the first, I created a web app where you could +1 or -1 on all legal names. I even used the Web Speech API to read aloud the names, if you …

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    Comment #36155128

    Location: Denmark Remote: Exclusively Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, Rails, React, TypeScript, Elasticsearch Résumé/CV: https://mads.ohmbrix.dk/files/cv.pdf Email: mad…

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    Comment #33620112

    Just learned about 'git absorb' couple of weeks ago and have used it every day since. Amazing tool.

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    Comment #33502383

    Many languages also support a comma after the last item, meaning you can still have one line diffs and have a sane reading structure: [ item1, item2, item3, item4, ]

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    Comment #32980012

    In Denmark we use 24h, but we call them by their 12h equivalent, e.g. "15:15" is "a quarter past three". However, you could also say: "It's now 21 30" to signify half past nine. Or…

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    Comment #32330049

    Do note that, specifically in Denmark, you can do a 4+4, where you do a 4 year bachelor/master and a 4 year PhD, instead of the regular 3 year bachelor, 2 year master and then 3 ye…

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    Comment #31911738

    I've donated plasma a couple of times. The machine they use to separate the plasma from your blood cells will give you your blood back. They mix in a non-coagulating agent. This ca…

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    Comment #31251142

    I got bored after maybe question 20 and got an IQ of 100 back.

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    Comment #30499459

    As part of my PhD I created a CSP implementation in Ruby: https://github.com/omegahm/emit Here I also created a Fiber scheduler, as well as CSP channels and processes.

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    Comment #29784503

    Location: Denmark Remote: Yes, only remote Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL CV: https://mads.ohmbrix.dk/files/cv.pdf Email: REMOVED EDIT…

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    Comment #29497188

    I find that the audio gets out of sync when playing faster than 2x. Have you also noticed that - and perhaps have a solution?

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    Comment #29349333

    > I can’t think of any reason to directly access the DB from a plugin or theme. Because it's PHP and it's easy.