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mydriasis

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About mydriasis

It's me, Sam V. I'm a programmer in Ohio.

Website -- https://vidovi.ch

Github -- https://github.com/svidovich

Try some Balkan Flash Cards: https://vidovi.ch/assets/flashcards.html

Try some Balkan Verb Conjugation: https://vidovi.ch/assets/conjugationgame.html

Recent public activity

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    Comment #45229494

    You can find jobs that corporations tried to hide on jobs.now: https://www.jobs.now/

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    Comment #43374874

    Nobody I know likes these goofy software shifters. It's a feature that's confusing and that nobody asked for. The PRNDL was fine. Just give me a lever. Please.

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    Comment #42594986

    > I wholeheartedly agree with most of what you have written - however this part is suss because the opponent of the democratic party does this same thing and during the campaign of…

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    Comment #42594874

    Extra: so, so much sentiment around economic effects in this article. I don't mean to downplay them at all, but this article misses something very central that I've heard from peop…

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    Comment #42578172

    Is the implication that the employees of the company are the cats and not the mice?

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    Comment #42574390

    I have some opinions, here, based on the people I've met and worked with over time. All with a grain of salt, of course, because I'm just one guy with one career, and of course my …

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    Comment #42465480

    Hey, isn't this that company where the CEO said > Greptile offers no work-life-balance, typical workdays start at 9am and end at 11pm, often later, and we work Saturdays, sometimes…

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    Comment #42317370

    Please let me die.

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    Comment #42190991

    Even worse -- giving a thorough estimate, having the other party decline and reply with a different, significantly shorter estimate, and then turning their new estimate into your n…

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    Comment #42094630

    Very cool article, incredibly interesting tech, but ... > We spend a third of our lives asleep, and humanity dreams of using this time profitably ... please kill me.

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    Comment #42068740

    I've worked a fair bit in both environments. Maybe I've somehow missed out on 'the mean', but that's my experience. I've met the eclectic goofballs in tech too, but they're far fro…

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    Comment #42062160

    > Women barely exist. This is the same in blue collar environments. They have more of the levity that I'm seeking regardless. > And let's face it the kind of people who want to ded…

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    Comment #42062090

    > It's mostly people who think the world must be a certain sanitized way and if you tell them the reality is otherwise they must suppress you to preserve their world view which the…

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    Comment #42057341

    It's even worse. The educated tech industry workers don't actually make any banter, so any time their prejudices slip through, it's just their actual opinions instead of banter. It…

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    Comment #42028896

    "You are not immune to propaganda" -Garfield

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    Comment #41954752

    We already had "ternary". Anyway, incredible that this can exist. I can't imagine how complicated the forces between them are. For them to be able to reach some kind of balance -- …

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    Comment #41944736

    I hadn't yet, but it does look nice. I especially like that you can just say "defer deinit", that's really nice.

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    Comment #41932032

    Wow, neat! The wildest part to me is > And it’s backwards-compatible with C and all of its libraries! I can't wait to give it a shot! This looks like a riot.

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    Comment #41863458

    Nothing worse than sniffing each-other's farts when we're already working hard. Eek. I'd prefer levity any day.

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    Comment #41836973

    The next generation of antique stores are soon to be created to house it all!

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    Comment #41749661

    What are the fundamental papers underlying LLMs? Anybody in the know?

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    Comment #41749627

    If you're curious, you should try it. It's a great way to learn about all of the little bits and pieces that go into a working OS that you can use, and by the time you're done you'…

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    Comment #41670009

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu0B898X6ow

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    Comment #41609999

    Well? Did you find it?

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    Comment #41601378

    I see you've posted about Maori stuff a couple of times. I want to congratulate you, this is really, really great. Thank you for working to preserve a language and culture! You're …