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Well, I had zero idea you were a non-native English speaker, so it looks like you're doing pretty well!

How did you get on top of the cafe?

It's not just technology that's eating away at console sales, it's also the fact that 1) nearly everything is available on PC these days (save Nintendo with its massive IP), 2) mob…

I.e., the uncanny valley.

I like these types of interview problems. I did one in Python once. We also had it so that persistence to Postgres indicated that the DB was in a very de-normalized state, so they …

Yeah, that bit about each phoneme sounding exactly the same everytime really made a lot of sense. Even if the TTS phoneme sounds nothing like a human would say it, once you've hear…

Thanks for the blog post! I was wondering what TTS voices you use? I've heard from other blind people that they tend to prefer the classic, robotic voices rather than modern ML-enh…

It's called "separation of concerns".

I've been saying this for years.

There's a section in the article titled, "WHAT DOES GOOGLE TAG MANAGER DO?": > Whilst Google would love the general public to believe that Tag Manager covers a wide range of genera…

This tracks with life around deep sea vents where there is no sunlight. It's mostly white and gray.

That's what I'm getting at. Green was needed to optimize energy absorption from the sun. AFAIK, there are no other advantages to selecting for green.

I think you're right. A specific example would be chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is green, not because green was selected for. Instead, it's just a side effect of the biochemistry needed…

Ah, the old "it could be worse" fallacy. So to recap, you're saying, "don't worry about what's going on in the US right now, because you still have it better than most of the world…

Reminds me of my AP chem class 16 years later. We were always mixing stuff up in the lab. Good times.

You just said all the things that you do while raising kids. What is it that you are doing differently that allows you to do all those things? Is it simply just a matter of hiring …

Exactly. As ATP is broken down to adenosine and phosphate to produce energy, creatine re-phosphorolates adenosine. So it gives you more energy at molecular level. But as you said, …

If you like this approach, I highly recommend Mathematics: It's Content, Methods, and Meaning by Kolmogorov. He uses this same approach, but applies it to many more concepts in mat…

What are you working on and how's it going? I also started a solopreneur gig building apps.

Gamification and spaced repetition. Duolingo is really just about combining gamification with spaced repetition.

The genre is called "sandbox" or "simulation". See Minecraft, Garry's Mod, The Sims, etc. Not all genres are for everyone.

Even without iodized salt, Japan is one of the highest consumers of iodine worldwide. [1] But I agree. Even though iodized salt is pointless in Japan, so is the law banning it (ass…

That's because the warmer the light, the less it is affected by Rayleigh scattering. In other words, shorter wavelength (i.e., bluer) light scatters more. This is the same reason t…

Aside: Fastmail was the best email provider I ever used. The interface was intuitive and responsive, both on mobile and web. They have extensive documentation for everything. I was…