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  • Deep thoughts.

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  • So it's the window---that is, the open space within the car which has the fuel cap on one side and exhaust pipe on the other---what makes it run.

    Edit: Please don't try to make house run by pouring gas into one of its window.

  • Deep thoughts.

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  • You don't know that houses can't move. Absence of a proof does not imply impossibility.

    Sounds ridiculous (esp. for windows / houses) but I think it actually shows where Occam's Razor comes to the rescue: When deciding what to believe, you should consider how many assumptions either model of the world would have to include in order to explain your observations.

    Turns you don't need to look for indisputable mathematically rigorous proofs, you just need to find the best model.

  • Deep thoughts.

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  • Sometimes the windows need just a little bit of help.

  • "The Newspaper of Record"

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  • OT, but as a non-native English speaker, what would you say in a greeting like that if it was, say, 1:00 AM?

    What would you say, "Good _____"?

    Doesn't "Good night" come with a strong connotation of leaving and going to sleep? (Or expecting the other side to do so?)

    (I'm from Czech Republic and we just don't have such term.)

  • "The Newspaper of Record"

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  • Maybe you're just tired or distracted. Don't be too hard on yourself.

    I do that kind of "dumb 360° mistakes" all the time, especially when I'm underslept. (See? I just made another one! I should have said 180!)

  • You gotta have perspective

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  • archaeologists 1000 years later: "...probably used for ceremonial purposes"

  • How's it going?

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  • 33 years ago...

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  • Well, I was thinking of a quote that was much more similar to what I wrote (and it's not in the video you linked).

    I had such a trouble finding it that I'm starting to feel like it might be one of those "quotes" where the credited author never really said that, but I haven't completely given up :D

    Here's one closer to what I paraphrased (but not quite it)--quoting an article from cio.com

    While Linux pretty much dominates almost every walk of our lives, even on the consumer devices like smartphones and smart TVs, it has not had the same success on the desktop. What does Torvalds think about it? Is Linux a failure on the desktop? Not really. “The desktop hasn’t really taken over the world like Linux has in many other areas, but just looking at my own use, my desktop looks so much better than I ever could have imagined. Despite the fact that I’m known for sometimes not being very polite to some of the desktop UI people, because I want to get my work done. Pretty is not my primary thing. I actually am very happy with the Linux desktop, and I started the project for my own needs, and my needs are very much fulfilled. That’s why, to me, it’s not a failure. I would obviously love for Linux to take over that world too, but it turns out it’s a really hard area to enter. I’m still working on it. It’s been 25 years. I can do this for another 25. I’ll wear them down.”

  • Nothing beats that sobering taste

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  • Be grateful to your taste buds. Enjoy the life they have saved for you (and them).

  • How to quit VIM?

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  • First of all. This is not another “how do I exit vim?” shitpost.

    Oh, I see, so just a clickbait! 👎

  • 33 years ago...

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  • Funny how he made it basically for his desktop computer.

    33 years later, and Linux is dominating in every part of the OS world except ... the desktop.

    (I'm paraphrasing his quote -- he said something like this years ago, can't find it, though.)

    (Edit: to be more fair with quotes, it might be the case that I "hallucinated" the quote. he might not have said that, or he might have just said part of it and other part would be someone else's comment. This cio.com article is probably a better source on his position )

  • 33 years ago...

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  • Yeah. And I like how even from the message it shows that it's been already well recognized by then.

    If I recall correctly from some RMS' talks I've seen many years ago, they've been working on it for years before, it's just the kernel that was missing. As I see it, GNU and Linux was the breakthrough for FLOSS, since at that time you would still have to use a proprietary kernel. (Well, there's GNU Hurd, but I'm not sure if it existed at that time, and even if it did, it was not ready.)

  • BS from MS about AI helping an MD

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  • That's a noble goal but does adding more people help the (long-term only, please) effectiveness? At what point does it start hindering it?

    I would assume that someone like a pharmacist has to be focused all the time, stakes is high..

    Do we have precise data about how physiological state of a pharmacist is changing through the shift? Do we know whether or not the pauses between people -- which we might or might not have considered a wasted time -- are actually essential for their ability to stay focused and reliable? (Is the answer the same for all of them?) Or maybe they could actually still use part of that time in a productive way, right? Also, why is there lack of people in the first place?

    Focusing solely on adding more people to the equation seems to neglect factors like this. This tells me that whoever this factoid is trying to impress is not someone who I would want to trust with managing a pharmacy (or anything except maybe some production line) in the first place.

  • Text Processing Compass

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  • oh, I toatlly typoed it

    (LOL I made a perfect "What Iou See Ys What Iou Get")

  • BS from MS about AI helping an MD

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  • Is "pharmacists seeing more patients" really a measure of something good? I'm a non-native English speaker so cut me some slack but all I can imagine is just longer queues in the pharmacy and more tired pharmacists (and people who now need to wait in the queue now).

  • BS from MS about AI helping an MD

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  • The pic being blurred and all, I thought it's going to be some dad joke around "pharmacist can see more patients"

  • Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11

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  • Fun fact: With those 4 games it looks like a tie, but weighed by Steam scores, Linux wins. (Warhammer has like 3/5).

    (Disclaimer: I have never played any of those 4 games and don't plan to in a forseeable future. I also realize full well how ridiculously insignificant a sample of 4 is.)

  • Your body. My choice.

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  • more like "Your couch. My choice"

  • Is Debian with automatic updates a good idea?

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  • I can't verify it now or any time soon, but you might be right.

    Thanks for the pointer!