joeclark77

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Thanks for the effort; I have a little feedback: - Very few of these are labeled with a clear reference to source and date (think APA style). - They don't seem to be in order chronologically. I would think "essential" papers would be read from the earlier "foundational" works up to the more recent ones that work on them. - The oldest ones seem to date to the 2010s. I think it would be hard to jump in at such a recent point. The basics of machine learning come from the 1960s-70s.

If you want to improve it I would recommend coming up with a sequential "reading list" including a few classic papers, some intermediate advancements (frequently referenced), and then a few new, cutting edge articles.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

Learning about ham radio was one of my new "pandemic hobbies" and I got my license in June. I don't think it's dying at all; in fact, to me it's much more exclusive than Internet chatting or playing with Arduino. Both because of the licensing requirement, and because you need to learn something about electronics. That exclusivity is a draw! Similarly, learning CW (morse code) has become more popular since they dropped the requirement -- people like to learn things that are a challenge!

I have kids aged 9 and younger, and their friends are starting to get cell phones. I'm hoping I can get them to earn their technician licenses so I can give them cheap radios instead; then they can have their own "social network" without all the harmful stuff a smartphone gives access to.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

If the UK allowed its citizens to bear arms, then the headline could be American Guns are Reducing UK Crime...

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

This is kind of a stupid take on the movie. The main message of the movie is that citizenship carries with it not only privileges but also responsibilities. Granted the action is so over-the-top it's sometimes comical, but if the director intended it as a satire, it just goes to show once again that leftists can't do satire. This was supposed to equate American liberty with fascism or something? Give me a break.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

On top of that, you have to realize that these countries (YT, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc) are completely obedient to the government of China. Not because it's their biggest market, but because China will shut them out if they don't toe the line. Whereas the US and Europe have never indicated a willingness to sanction these companies no matter what. It's a tyranny of the minority.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

How does it make it better that they've arbitrarily decided to censor videos that contradict China's volunteer propaganda agency?

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

It kind of depends how big this is going to get. I'm using Java/Spring/Thymeleaf right now for an "enterprise" project but that has certain considerations: it may have a 20+ year long lifespan, it may in the future have to be worked on by inexperienced developers. So Java is a nice choice because it pretty much forces you to write self-documenting OO code. Spring Boot is good here because it has default implementations for practically everything (login, security, etc) and you don't have to write custom code that someone will have to maintain. But it has a fairly long learning curve.

On the other hand I've used Python/Flask in previous projects and that's nice because it's quick and easy. If you just want to write a few CRUD methods/endpoints that are a thin web veneer on top of your database, and it's for use by a small group of users, that's much more "productive". Quick to learn and start, and then you can add more functionality (like authentication) on incrementally when you need them.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

Is it a coincidence that this headline pops up the same month "Minority Report" was added to Netflix?

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

Steel Beach by John Varley. It's been 20+ years since I read it, but the main character is a newspaper reporter and as I recall he writes notes in the field on some kind of a screen or film embedded in his forearm.

joeclark77

6 anni fadiscuss

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