wischi

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[–] wischi@programming.dev 5 points 10 hours ago

I'm not sure for that specific case, but in the general case there doesn't need to be evolutionary pressure for change. If there is no pressure one way or the other random mutations can (and will over time) cause change without environmental reason (genetic drift).

[–] wischi@programming.dev 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You comment just brings attention to the fact that you didn't even look at the signature in the picture and look up the artist.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

I used keepass since ages and about two years ago I switched to a self-hosted vaultwarden instance and I still think it was a great choice. So of you have a docker experience and a little VM lying around you could give vaultwarden/Bitwarden a try.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago

You mean 10 types:

  • those who understand binary
  • those who don't
  • those who think it's a ternary joke
  • those who know that this works in any base

Every base is base 10 😉

[–] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not true. You have math thank for that and there is a good reason for numbers like that (and why Babylonier used them). They are very useful to do calculations in your head, especially division because the have a lot of factors. The concept is called highly composite numbers (HCN) and superior highly composite numbers (SHCN). They are practically "anti-primes". That's why base-6 or base-12 are objectively a better number system than base-10 but it's pretty much too late to switch now.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

🤣 well played

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

You are right, I have no idea how I messed up that calculation.

I get how most pet owners really love their pets, but I'm pretty sure a lot of them would sell them in an instant for 3 million (or even 400k).

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are they? A single golden retriever for 450'000 USD?

[–] wischi@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Needs more watermarks

[–] wischi@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

There is more truth to that than to OPs claim

[–] wischi@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Especially to "differentiate yourself" 🤣 it's basically the exact opposite.

 

I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It's about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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https://zeta.one/viral-math/

I wrote a (very long) blog post about those viral math problems and am looking for feedback, especially from people who are not convinced that the problem is ambiguous.

It's about a 30min read so thank you in advance if you really take the time to read it, but I think it's worth it if you joined such discussions in the past, but I'm probably biased because I wrote it :)

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Our kids really liked it, thank you kind stranger.

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