colinprince

Those boots are failing in a really crappy way, are they counterfeit or something?

50/50 I think. Some parts of the corp have caught the bug on programming puzzles that are tedious and irrelevant to my position.

I understand the need to narrow down candidates but this kind of screening is about as useful as throwing darts at a dartboard.

A writer doesn't need to do crosswords.

A mathematician can hate doing Sudoku.

Proficiency at these games is not really related to these professions, clearly.

Same with programming puzzles like these, until some MAMAA recruiter decides they will use Sudoku to screen candidates :(

e.g., in a frontpage story today:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29662064

weird, I don't know how the www is getting in there

https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/

I can see on page 3:

"[..] defined to mean not engaging in work-related communications [..] so as to be free from the performance of work."

The intention is there, are you saying it does not say it clearly?

I enjoyed this animation narrated by same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VALLiF18tvM

Missed this thread till now. Very intriguing product!

Is there a use for your synthetic limestone in the agricultural sector? E.g., for soil treatment?

Let's link to a non-paywalled article: https://citizenlab.ca/2021/07/hooking-candiru-another-mercen...

(instead of: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-15/israeli-f... )

Making of here:

https://medium.com/the-rectangle-behind-you/the-making-of-fo...

let's hear it

Wait, part of this might not be true:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5f96/8305dd591eb096e1f1a713...

Leaving this story here cos it's actually kinda interesting.

"By default all animations are enabled, but if you find them distracting, or if you want to save power, you can globally pause all the following demonstrations."

I love this writer / developer

When trying the Postman Web View I get:

Profile cannot be found This public profile may have been disabled or deleted

"It is really just fundamentally terrifying" -from TFA.

Yes, yes it is.

Those handling data like this, from whatever source, need much tighter regulation, since they are unable to regulate themselves.

Don't miss also http://boschproject.org/

which uses the hyper-resolution.org technology with the works of Hieronymus Bosch, adding super high-res images beyond visible light, with a "curtain" effect.

Hard to explain but fascinating stuff.

I see this supports Quicktake video[0] when in Photo mode. Kinda useful, but how do you take bursts now?

0. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/iph61f49e4bb/io...

I'm making a French verb practice app, sort of like flashcards but more fun. It's called Verbiage.

https://colinprince.com/promo.html

Any French language learners, hit me up and I can add you to Testflight, also apk for Android is available too.

Email in bio. Thanks!

I watched the whole thing. It was riveting. Don't forget to turn on CC if you need translation. It is a volunteer transalation.

The reporter, Chen Qiushi, describes his observations in Wuhan, a city of more than 10 million.

His preamble:

"My name has been flagged in China."

"If the content contains 'Chenqiushi' or 'CQS', or my face, it will not be sent on Wechat. ... if you [share on wechat], your wechat account will be deleted, like mine.""

He describes visits he made to hospitals in Wuhan and the general state in the city.

It is well worth listening to / reading.

Some points that stuck with me:

People cannot get to hospital because there is a critical lack of transportation.

There is a critical lack of test kits, so residents do not believe they will be diagnosed, so they stay home.

The original (not translated) is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXozpbomAns

(thanks Roritharr)

"A Balrog awoke in Moria when the Dwarves had mined too deep for Mithril. It drove the Dwarves out of their home and slew King Durin VI, and the Balrog was thereafter called Durin's Bane"

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Balrogs

"But the same thing that makes it hard for us to reason about when it's safe to deploy makes the rules seem stupid and inefficient!"

This is a humbling illustration that will haunt me the next time I find myself in the same situation

The static link works for me[1]

The default https://fortran.io/ not so much.

1. https://fortran.io/static/index.html

Off topic, apologies, but why are we putting (2019) in the title when this article is barely two months old?

Makes is seem like it's an out-of-date article. Is it?

More discussion on HN, 4 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9927760