danparsonson

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Comment · 5 hours ago
How do you learn if not by making mistakes? If you weren't ever failing, wouldn't that mean you also were not learning?

As tough as it is, I think it's best for your development to be in a space where you're screwing up regularly.

Comment · 2 days ago
A really beautiful episode and apparently one of his favourites. That moment at the end where he realises what's happening - "Oh, it's me! I'm the one it finds!" - so touching and such a wonderful performance.
Comment · 3 days ago
> Agents dragged Pretti to the ground as he tried to fight them off. Multiple agents worked to detain him.

... and then shot him dead. I recommend an alternative source than the Daily Mail, it's a sensationalist rag.

Comment · 8 days ago
...and one need only watch videos of "trained officers" hosing people with pepper spray to envision how that will turn out.
Comment · 16 days ago
Out of interest why would you run Steam in Wine?
Comment · 16 days ago
Wow you must really like them
Comment · 21 days ago
That's a little like saying broken pottery is the more correct form of plates. What you're describing is the lower energy/higher entropy state, and yes everything heads in that direction because of thermodynamics. In general, life is a temporary state of higher energy achieved in exchange for waste in the surrounding environment; prions are useless because they are disordered not in spite of that.
Comment · 1 month ago
You could be mistaken for that
Comment · 1 month ago
Not a circle but the surface of the sphere
Comment · 1 month ago
In Japan it's very common for bathrooms to be wet rooms; likewise South Korea and Taiwan among others.
Comment · 1 month ago
OK, I understand now; you mean Jellyfin is only used by your family, because you prefer to use the CLI instead. I didn't parse it that way initially.
Comment · 1 month ago
How does the terminal replace a networked media player?
Comment · 1 month ago
Oh well... I'd better start brushing up on my busking skills then I guess
Comment · 1 month ago
Ah OK, got it - thanks for the clarification
Comment · 1 month ago
Have you ever worked directly with customers? Even those paying huge amounts of money for custom software usually don't know what they really need. They usually know their problems, but even then it can still require a lot of exploration to get to the core of it all, and then design an appropriate solution; not to mention having a good awareness of how software actually intersects with real life rather than how a non-technical customer imagines it does.

I know we're getting closer to robots that can do all that but I don't believe we're there yet.

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