nanis
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Comment · 1 month ago
> if she finds an error to gain more XP
What does this mean?
Comment · 3 months ago
Because no one around me understood how to calculate false positive/false negative probabilities, I put together this calculator[1] in 2020.
[1]: https://www.covid2020.icu/false-positive-false-negative-simu...
Comment · 4 months ago
> Governments need to wake up to this insane level of Evil
Governments are made up of people. People who have at best median level understanding of the things they are ruling about but great self-interest in following the biggest purse to which they can attach themselves.
Comment · 6 months ago
I was able to test the keystroke-doubling and that works well in Windows Terminal now. I am going to try out the formulas later.
Comment · 6 months ago
This looks good, but, I noticed:
> Supported Functions (v1) > SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MIN, MAX, IF
I would recommend switching to numerically stable algorithms for adding numbers and taking their averages sooner rather than later.
Looking at the code[1], it looks like you are simply summing the numbers and dividing by count. If that is indeed the case, please switch to a stable average[2]. See also [3].
Additionally, I tried to test the executable[4] on Windows, but there is something wrong with input. Using Windows Terminal Version: 1.24.10921.0, characters are doubled on input. Regular Vim compiled using Visual C++ does not have this issue.
When I press `:`, I get `::` in the COMMAND line. Then, every key I press gets doubled. This means I cannot `:q!`. :-)
[1]: https://github.com/garritfra/cell/blob/99b0afc7a60a871b27452...
[2]: https://www.nu42.com/2015/03/how-you-average-numbers.html
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_for_calculating_var...
Comment · 6 months ago
Might want to add /sarc just in case someone believes it :-)
Comment · 8 months ago
> Unfortunately, the rest of the interviews from that event have never seen the light of day - until now!
Not really -- It invites speculation as to why they were not published for 9 years. And, are the words spoken a decade ago still valid?
Comment · 8 months ago
> 2026-02-22 by GIMP Team
I am confused
> This interview took place on February 4th, 2017
Comment · 10 months ago
HTML + CSS works great for this kind of thing. Once you get the print scope correct, you really never need to think about it again.
Comment · 1 year ago
> too much punctuation
I thought you were joking. ... After a while, I started expecting a comma after each and every word.
Comment · 1 year ago
First time I heard about the Moomins. I thought this was about Mumins[1].
Comment · 1 year ago
It is your twist and unjustifiable generalization of the author's words about the author himself:
> "aging is a synonym of cognitive decline"
compared to:
> As I near 60, I’ve come to realize I simply don’t have the same mental sharpness or stamina I used to.
The author did not say anything about anyone else.
Synoym: https://www.bennetyee.org/http_webster.cgi?isindex=synonym&m...
Comment · 1 year ago
This is why Firefox's changes are so frustrating[1].