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I built a bad fence, a less bad gate, and a little shed. A lot was learned, they have issues but damn I’m proud of my creations.
Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?
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#422The following open research problem. Given an undirected graph G with two vertices s and t, the task is to determine whether there is an undirected path connecting s and t which is simple (no repeated vertices) and has length divisible by 3. It is not known whether this problem is NP-hard, or whether it can be solved in polynomial time; apparently the question is open since the early 90s. (The problem is also open fo…
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#423Working through "Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms": https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/comput... Finally found the trifecta of an engaging lecturer with recorded lectures, an excellent textbook, and a solid set of exercises.
I just learned about Mackay's lectures on YouTube and am working through the same. Outstanding teacher.
I was so sad to see he died shortly after the course was recorded. He has a gripping/heartbreaking chronicle at https://itila.blogspot.com
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#424Earlier quoted context omitted.
> converting gendered restrooms to all-gender restrooms (with or without permission) I believe, for a long list of reasons, that families with stably married mother/father are the best way to preserve humanity and that they are most stable without wandering eyes. Avoiding having wandering eyes, or wandering loyalties, in turn, is helped when we make it easier for people to manage and direct sexual attraction to keep…
I feel that broad overgeneralizations like this are often just self-revelation. This reads like you find people besides your wife attractive, but rather than recognizing this as normal and healthy, you vilify and repress it. But you see (part of) the responsibility for avoiding your thoughts with others, and expect of them to act according to your needs and wants. The thought of people of the other gender using a toi…
> I feel that broad overgeneralizations like this are often just self-revelation.
That's how I feel about "I know it when I see it". It's the kinks of the proverbial seer.
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#425Running. I got the bug about 12 weeks ago. I had never ran longer than 1.5 miles continuously 12 weeks ago. Now I’m planning my next Sundays long run. 12.5ish miles. Im a heavy guy. My heaviest was 270, but I’m down to 220 now. I hated running my entire life. But I finally figured out how to run pain free and now it’s the thing I look forward to everyday. It’s also tremendously rewarding to see such rapid improvement…
Any tips for running pain free? I used to run pretty often (3-5 times per week) for 5+ miles. Longest was 11. However, my feet started hurting while running -- never while walking even long distances.
Worn out shoes can cause pain after a few months. Any further diagnosis should probably be delivered by a PT.
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#426Dating. No, seriously. As a life long loner/introvert with high anxiety, I kinda discovered recently (after a long marriage/divorce/several years of not dating) that dating is actually kind of amazing. I never even knew this side of myself. I actually enjoy talking to random people about random stuff. Even if it doesn’t lead to a relationship, making any kind of connection with someone is deeply satisfying. I kind of…
I get it! I am an introvert and have often been called shy. I am also now happily married. But I strangely miss first dates. I miss meeting new people who lead very different lives, and having both of us try to present the best version of our stories. I'm sure it was awkward and filled with dumb small talk. But I miss it.
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#427Earlier quoted context omitted.
What motivates you to learn Korean? I have been doing this recently too. I find it very slow to learn for me in my 30's
I'm in my mid-30s. It's certainly "slower" than when I learned languages in my early 20s. As for motivation, my wife is Korean and our young children speak better Korean than me already =( How about you?
It's a similar situation for me. I want to make things easier for my in-laws who strongly prefer speaking Korean at home. No kids for me yet but I plan to learn it with them someday. It's a fun experience because of how excited 장모님 is after hearing me say a single word.
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#428Earlier quoted context omitted.
Italians weren't "white" when they first came to the US, either.
> Italians weren't "white" when they first came to the US, either. Italians have been "white" since the dawn of the construction of "race" in which "white" was even one of the options. (They've been othered as "ethnic" in a way which closely mirrors othering on race- qua -race, and we use "racism" to describe both racial and ethnic bigotry, but while similar and sharing some features, the two things were not the same…
> Teddy Roosevelt, not yet president, famously said the lynching was indeed "a rather good thing".[15] John M. Parker helped organize the lynch mob, and in 1911 was elected as governor of Louisiana. He described Italians as "just a little worse than the Negro, being if anything filthier in their habits, lawless, and treacherous".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism
Haiti codified "whiteness" into law way before then.
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#429Sailing
-trying to raise $30m+ to build a boat to break over 20 records.
Surfing -Finding remote point breaks and surfing northern latitudes with nobody around.
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Is that 22LR?
Yes, single shot 54 action target model. Beautiful wood. I usually shoot heavier rounds, but you can shoot that thing all day. Best trigger I've ever felt.
I'm using ELEY Club rounds. I tried ELEY Match rounds but didn't notice much of a difference at 2.5x the price. It came with a diopter which I used for a little bit but swapped out for a Leupold 3-9 scope. I'll probably need to get a higher magnification though. I have a hard time seeing the hits at 50 yards with a shoot-n-see target (old eyes I guess).
Not sure why you got downvoted so much, everything you said you were doing is perfectly legal. I guess some people got their sensibilities triggered (pun intended) about 22 talk. If that's the case, they should probably grow up a bit.