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pathikrit

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    Related: My project to display daily newspaper: https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall

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    I love math but the symbology and notations get in my way. 2 ideas: 1. Can we reinvent notation and symbology? No superscripts or subscripts or greek letters and weird symbols? Jus…

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    Comment #45196854

    I made a e-ink newspaper display: https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall This would be amazing

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    Comment #44085473

    Do you need to know internals of a database or just use them as a tool. If you hit some bottleneck, you go deep.

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    Comment #43025022

    Cool! I make this as a hobby project: https://framed.news/ Would be cool to have a color option too

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    Comment #42841177

    My favorite conspiracy theory: After Tiananmen, the CCP planned many contingents next time something similar happened. Cue, the [2019 Hong Kong Democracy Protests][1]. The MSS rele…

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    Most likely he realized once the authorities have his name - he can't run forever. That being said - some obvious stuff he could have done like grow a beard and shave it after and …

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    Comment #42147398

    Cool! Btw, I make this: https://framed.news/ framed e-ink news display

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    Comment #36671014

    Here's my version: https://github.com/pathikrit/newswall/

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    Comment #34445635

    Why not respond with both X and Y? e.g. for the last 3 character thing, here would be an appropriate response: To get the last 3 characters, do `echo ${foo: -3}`. Are you trying to…

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    Teslas have creep off by default.

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    Honestly, probably worth it just to not have to pay for hosting.

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    When I first read Monty Hall problem, I actually thought it was blindingly obvious to switch. The fact the presenter had 2 doors to chose from and the one he opens is a goat _shoul…

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    Comment #19514442

    The speed record for a car over a kilometer has not been broken since 1937 [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W125_Rekordwagen

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    Comment #15908741

    Is there a database of leaked passwords somewhere? I would simply enforce that your password is not in the leaks? Probably would capture the most common 100k passwords anyway this …

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    My quick and dirty tl;dr: https://gist.github.com/pathikrit/a7845f72645159646fdb632bc3... Let C be a higher-kinded type e.g. in List , List is C and Animal is A. Let S be a subtype…

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    Comment #13918634

    I know someone in high-frequency trading who makes $150,000 and a bonus between $1m-$2m each year