pierrebeaucamp
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Comment · 1 month ago
I don't understand the negativity here. The author is not advertising themselves as a consultant for the aviation industry specifically - instead this blog reads as a neat demo on how to apply open source data-science tools to a concrete, by very complex problem. I found it both interesting and entertaining to read.
Comment · 8 months ago
Reminds me of the app from the Swiss federal office of topology (swisstopo), which has the same functionality (albeit limited to Switzerland, of course): https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/swisstopo-application
This webapp seems to be more useful though, thanks for sharing.
Comment · 1 year ago
fair enough :)
Comment · 1 year ago
This is almost exclusively just online behaviour. Everyone I met in person is very nice :).
The conference I mentioned was ZuriHac. After the key-note Q&A there was a small hallway discussion around how to grow the adoption / reach of Haskell. The conversation revolved around mostly technical points (like how Haskell is superior to x, because of y). What I found interesting was that there was little to no talk about the steep learning curve, developer ergonomics or business use-cases.
The thing is, if someone has not yet learned about functional programming, strong type systems or category theory, why / how would they see the advantages or the power of pure functions, lazy evaluation, Monads, etc. At the same time, their opinions or struggles are often dismissed due to their lack of knowledge. The parent comment is a prime example of this.
Edit: This is a great 10-minute talk that touches on the general topic: https://www.hytradboi.com/2025/419859c5-6a8f-4a49-b324-0f225... She covers a lot of this better than I can.
Comment · 1 year ago
> When the dude uses `foldl` over lists and `foldr` with `(*)` (numeric product) it is not the language that's the lost cause.
This is a great example of Haskell's community being toxic. The author clearly mentioned they're new to the language, so calling them a "lost cause" for making a beginner mistake is elitist snobbery.
I usually don't point these things out and just move on with my life, but I went to a Haskell conference last year and was surprised that many Haskell proponents are not aware of the effects of this attitude towards newcomers.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
> But my concern is always what happens to the poor.
There are subsidies available to low-income households. I'm unsure about the specifics as subsidies differ from one canton to another and usually depend on your income and family status.
Comment · 2 years ago
I hate to cite Wikipedia as a source [1], but it looks like the majority of countries do not add fluoride to tap water (only 24 countries in total do).
But Sweden seems to have an interesting history with it indeed.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_country
Comment · 2 years ago
The EU average is 53%, with most eastern member states hovering around 60%. Croatia is at 65% (as of 2019, see https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...).
Sure, it's _somewhat_ lower than the US, but not to the degree that you can claim a big disparity in my opinion. As such, we could even rewrite your statement to the following:
> Today I learned that 59% of Finns are obese. Never been to Finland but I'm truly baffled how people and the government could let this happen.
Also, as other commenters have pointed out, "overweight" does not mean "obese".
Comment · 2 years ago
Shopify has a similar dashboard as well: https://bfcm.shopify.com
Comment · 3 years ago
I disagree. While this dichotomy might hold true in other examples, in the case of iPhones it was always possible to push custom software to your own device for development purposes. There is a somewhat arbitrary limitation that those apps only work for a week until the process needs to be repeated (unless you enroll in Apple's Developer Program), but that's a different topic.
The main demand in these "sideloading" discussions is therefore that Apple ought to make installing unlisted Apps easier. Personally, I don't understand why this should be of Apple's concern though. They already present a choice to app developers: Either go through their walled garden or impose a technical process on your (non-technical) end-users. Interestingly, there are already projects like AltStore that try to make the latter easier, which should be taken as proof that the whole "sideloading is impossible" argument is not really truthful.
Why this rose up to the highest ranks of the political system is beyond me.
PS: The existence of Jailbreaks further undermines the argument that you cannot control the software on your device.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's also being used in aerospace & naval navigation. Interestingly, the more advanced systems use fibre-optic gyroscopes, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre-optic_gyroscope.
Northtrop Grumman manufactures those, for example.
Comment · 4 years ago
> Email Protection is not available in this browser.
I'm surprised to see that Safari is not supported.
Comment · 4 years ago
Some counter-arguments from n-gate.com: http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/