🔗 Quick links thread
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I occasionally stumble upon links (articles, blog posts, reddit discussions, tweets) that, while mildly interesting, aren't really worth a new topic. I'm sure others do too.
So here's the deal: drop them here. If there is no one-boxing, make the title h2 or something, so that links stand out from discussion (if there is any).
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Crazy man yells at clouds.
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Can't figure out if a coincidence or a clever visual pun. The photo is so grainy it could be either.
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http://thecodelesscode.com/case/191 got a sequel today:
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###/u/natermer explains BIOS, its history and its purpose
I never really thought about BIOS-es much, learned a few things from this guy.
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The basic rules outlined below will help you become more aware of how you structure and use typography in your designs.
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Find out the chance machines will taak yer jeb in the next 20 years.
Computer programmers: 48.1%
Software Developers Systems Software: 12.8%
Software Developers Applications: 4.2%...
I don't get it.
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from the source:
Abstract
We examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation. To assess
this, we begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate
the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, using a
Gaussian process classifier. Based on these estimates, we examine expected
impacts of future computerisation on US labour market outcomes,
with the primary objective of analysing the number of jobs at risk and
the relationship between an occupation’s probability of computerisation,
wages and educational attainment. According to our estimates, about 47
percent of total US employment is at risk. We further provide evidence
that wages and educational attainment exhibit a strong negative relationship
with an occupation’s probability of computerisation.erm. looks like to me
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Quick essay on: "is it code or is it data?.."
EDIT: just saw this today, quoted for *-ness:
Many systems have configuration files complicated enough that configuring them is a special case of programming (e.g. Asterisk dialplans, mail filtering rules).
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Computer programmers
Maybe they're thinking of the old definition of the people who moved tubes on giant panels.
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Interesting primer into unicode insanity. Sort of shallow but wide overlook.
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e.g. Asterisk dialplans
You mean, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk_(PBX) then?
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Pretty sure. That thing is a mess of such proportions that they invented a whole new C-like language (syntax-wise) to make it somewhat more manageable, and there'a Lua module, too.
Never tried the Lua module, but I'm going to assume it does the same thing as AEL and parses back to "standard" dial plan.
Filed under: Gotos. Gotos everywhere
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> e.g. Asterisk dialplans
You mean, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk_(PBX) then?
I assume... there are some folks round here on the forum that work with it... otherwise I would have never known/heard of it.
I highlighted it for the "its a small world"-ithy-ness. ;)
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Oh, right. Sorry. I think I assumed it was highlighted as a typo of Asterix or something, and was therefore TRWTF. Now, I have no idea why I thought that, and obviously feel stupid now. I also have no real idea why I'm explaining this, and MAKING myself look stupid. But, there you go...
Maybe there could be a new badge for Might Be An Idiot But At Least He's Not Lying?
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Not knowing about Asterisk configuration doesn't make you an idiot. It makes you happy
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Binding of Isaac explained. Makes sense.
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Revealed preferences are a helluva thing
"My stations win by taking females out. Sometimes that’s enough to go from the number three station to the number one station in a market."
Said country music consultant Keith Hill, who has advised stations to play fewer songs by female artists. Criticized for discriminating against women, Hill wields metaphor and irony:
Metaphor: "They’re just not the lettuce in our salad. The lettuce is Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and artists like that. The tomatoes of our salad are the females."
Irony: "In a deep irony, it’s the demand of female listeners who aren’t thinking about it. They’re just responding to that flow of song after song, and if that mix has more females in it, they turn off quicker."
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Exactly.
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First line of the article:
China's rail system is one enormous mass of statistics.
Brings to mind something I heard someone say once, hm, how did it go again... oh yeah:
CNN still blows goat
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"Oh clarity, where is thy sting?"... wait, that's opposite.
a) Of course, China's rail system is an enormous mass of steel, gravel, and a combination of wood and concrete crossties.... but, journalists vs. engineers
b) the PICTURES are really good....
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a) Of course, China's rail system is an enormous mass of steel, gravel, and a combination of wood and concrete crossties.... but, journalists vs. engineers
Don't try to explain metaphor to him. It's been tried.
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Of course, China's rail system is an enormous mass of steel, gravel, and a combination of wood and concrete crossties....
Nope.
Mass of statistics.
Heard it on the news.
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Heard it on the news.
You trust journalists to do anything like getting basic facts right?!
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Don't try to explain metaphor to him. It's been tried.
That's not even a metaphor, it's just a wrong wrongness.
Even if it made sense, an article composed of statistics is the fucking laziest possible article. So even if I accept that that opening sentence makes sense, it doesn't make this CNN writer any good at his job.
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You trust journalists to do anything like getting basic facts right?!
Yes. Everything I type is 100% literally true at all times forever.
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it doesn't make this CNN writer any good at his job.
I'm not criticizing the author on a bad article. I didn't even open it. I'm just criticizing your aggressive illiteracy and warning @ijij against tilting against this particular windmill.
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Dude.
He said the railroad is a mass of statistics. That's not a metaphor. Metaphors use words like "like". That's just wrong.
If you think that's illiteracy, fine. I think you're mentally filling-in words that aren't on the page via shoulder aliens.
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He said the railroad is a mass of statistics. That's not a metaphor. Metaphors use words like "like". That's just wrong.
LOL. You are literally wrong.
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Ok. I'm wrong. The Chinese get to the railroad station, board their massive ball of statistics materialized via dark magic(?) and commute to work. Obviously. That's the only thing that makes sense.
Look, if you don't think opening a newspaper article with:
China's rail system is one enormous mass of statistics.
is funny as shit, then I don't even know how to respond. Your brain is so far away from mine that there is no common ground.
Because that shit's hilarious.
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is funny as shit, then I don't even know how to respond.
I don't know if I'd describe it as "funny as shit." I'd probably think that the author was trying too hard and probably be annoyed with them for this use of metaphor.
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Don't try to explain metaphor to him. It's been tried.
Extensively. Hey, you know what we haven't seen lately?
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He said the railroad is a mass of statistics. That's not a metaphor. Metaphors use words like "like". That's just wrong.
No, it's a simile. Didn't you learn the difference?
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Ok. I'm wrong.
Yes. Everything I type is 100% literally true at all times forever.
Noted.
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Simile. I thought we'd been over this.
Are we talking blakey's crazy moon language (where metaphor is correct here) or blakeyspeak (where similes are metaphors)? Maybe you forgot that the CNN article said, that the rail system "is a mass of statistics."
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I don't know if I'd describe it as "funny as shit."
Dude, the guy writes for a major news source and his opening sentence looks like something a 4th grader would write after he realizes that 5-paragraph essay is due tomorrow morning.
I find that hilarious.
Extensively. Hey, you know what we haven't seen lately?
You know now that I've actually seen that movie, that whole "doesn't understand metaphor thing" was just a giant plot hole. There's like 50 metaphors in that last pow-wow they have before going after the bad guy and he doesn't say a thing about them.
It's great for a one-off joke, but the writers seem to have forgotten about it after the joke ended.
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Are we talking blakey's crazy moon language (where metaphor is correct here) or blakeyspeak (where similes are metaphors)? Maybe you forgot that the CNN article said, that the rail system "is a mass of statistics."
Neither. The CNN article used a simile. I don't try to keep up with Drax's crazy moon language or shoulder aliens.
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It's great for a one-off joke, but the writers seem to have forgotten about it after the joke ended.
They probably got carried away with other silliness and forgot about it.
Maybe it's like sitcoms that decide they can't use a character and then just never mention him again, like Richie Cunningham's older brother.
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I find that hilarious.
That's fine. I laugh at a lot of things around here that annoy you. I don't find this to be a major problem.
The CNN article used a simile.
It wasn't quoted as suck. Fuck, now you've made me follow the CNN link:
China's rail system is one enormous mass of statistics.
That's not a simile. I think IHBT.
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Extensively. Hey, you know what we haven't seen lately?
one of these days i'm going to watch that movie...
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yes, that too.
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I think I once heard someone say... oh, yeah:
@ijij said:Spectacular, rarely seen images of China's railways - CNN.com
"Rarely"
As in no one looks at these pictures...
Think of the children! ... please look at the pretty choo-choos!