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Since you don't seem to have commented on the article without reading it, my comment was not addressed to you. I'm not the article police; if you find something too long to read, d…

This comment section is the most absolute proof I've ever seen that absolutely nobody reads the article before commenting. Hint: it's not about integer types at all

I'm curious how this can both avoid the average-of-averages problem (presumably by using the original full-rate data to compute multiple aggregates) and also supports backfilling. …

The flipside: you can also be lucky enough to have borrowed a ton of money just in time for the crash to drive everyone else out of business: https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/4/5…

I'm ... shockingly interested in this bank letter ghostwriting thing. Could you say more?

Congrats on the launch!

Yep and yep. Not basic at all, this stuff is only simple once you already know how it works.

AIUI, RSUs are treated as normal W-2 income when they vest.

About 18 years assuming I'm using the right formula: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=acceleration+formula&ra...

What about ion engines? I'm extremely not sure I have this math right but NEXT claims 4190 second ISP [0]. Plugging that into the rocket equation I get: iss_mass = 419600 sep_isp =…

It's not a direct oil subsidy but roads are ~50% subsidized: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-...

I don't know why they sell the 3mgs either because nothing less than three of them has any effect on me. Thank god for 10mg tablets.

Hey, that's a really useful reference, thanks. I actually learned something about OCaml from it!

I compile some random links and send them out every week: https://www.skorgu.net/weird/

At least for the comet pusher, the tech needed to put a non-trivial number of humans on Mars has a ton of overlap with the tech needed to divert potential impacts.

I was on a sf kick this year apparently. Full list (why can't amazon show me the read dates of my kindle books?!): - Ancillary Sword - The Magician's Land - The Three Body Problem …

Well, yes but I don't think either of those things are really addressed by "care about data IFF backups exist". I guess I either don't get what point you're making or we're just ge…

"They seem to care about their data somewhat, which of course means they have off-site backups." I don't think a reply of "there are classes of data that one can care about and sti…

There are lots of areas in which the data is reproducible but local continuity (and checksumming!) are still extremely valuable. Think things like large iso files, dvd rips or even…

If only the nginx-provided rpm build was built --with-threads.

What would you use?

Yeah, people do weird things in unexpected high-stress situations. Not everyone is an action hero it turns out.

It would be interesting to occasionally train the generated C against a compiler.

Cool, thanks!

Are there any guidelines/docs on running Nix in an existing distro? I'd love to play around with it without having to switch the whole world.