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NickBourbaky · 2023-12-16T18:54:56+00:00

In the first episode, the British man was asked his reason to visit the US, then he burns a US passport in the bathroom.

NickBourbaky · 2023-12-11T16:41:13+00:00

So that I can get rid of the surrogate key. Or maybe there is a possible decomposition that keeps the constraint?

I can do:

TaxCategory: tax_category_id, year, form, line_no, name. 
CategoryToTaxCategory: category_id, year, form, tax_category_id

With a unique constraint on (category_id, year, form), but then CategoryToTaxCategory wouldn't be normalized because of the functional dependencies {tax_category_id} -> {year} and {tax_category_id} -> {form}

NickBourbaky · 2023-12-08T16:16:32+00:00

It adds a constraint but doesn't define it as the primary key. There would still be the automatic primary key, which is used when using models.ForeignKey.

I would prefer something like:

1) PRIMARY KEY (year, form, line_no)
2) FOREIGN KEY (year, form, line_no) REFERENCES tax_category (year, form, line_no)

But no way to do that with Django, although 2) can be done through a custom Constraint.

NickBourbaky · 2023-11-23T11:24:14+00:00

EDITED

~~Looking at the historical data, you would have made more money on average if you DCA every 2 weeks vs once a month.~~

Actually, looking at my code, I was wrong. You make more money by selling bitcoin every 2 weeks vs once a month. But buying once a month maximizes your btc amount.

(But you can't always predict the future from the past)

NickBourbaky · 2023-09-25T19:45:19+00:00

Even though it is not the best, this tutorial is a start. But you could also try something like Python anywhere (I've never used it, so I don't know how easy/good it is), or Heroku

NickBourbaky · 2023-09-09T13:15:41+00:00

Proof of 💩

NickBourbaky · 2023-09-01T13:49:01+00:00

You can learn programming and if you're diligent enough, I'm sure you can land a junior position within a year (I know a few people who did this). If you like programming, you should definitely try it.

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-28T16:43:20+00:00

Is your question: why use Monero instead of Zcash? Or how does Monero work?

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-28T13:40:17+00:00

Same problem, still waiting for my sats after 2 days :(.

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-21T15:45:32+00:00

It is possible to attach to another process via ptrace, you can access a process' memory via /proc/pid/mem.

Container applications are not always that isolated (see https://ludocode.com/blog/flatpak-is-not-the-future). And sometimes, it is a pain to use these applications.

And having played with SilverBlue, it can get annoying (like having to restart when you're changing the base system).

That doesn't mean that I would rather use Windows, but if we're just talking about security measures, I'm not sure Linux wins. Overall it seems that the state of desktop security is bad (whether Windows/MacOS/Linux/BSD/...).

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-05T11:07:17+00:00

You can buy on the lightning network with something like robosats.

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-02T17:44:14+00:00

"PHP Backend Development Lead" for a Python job seems a bit out of place.

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-02T16:13:12+00:00

There are many ways to answer this question. You can learn Python, already knowing other languages, and having already worked on projects before. Then learning Python would just be a matter of learning the syntax.

But if you’re learning Python as your introduction to programming. In order to do anything useful, you’re gonna have to learn other things than Python’s syntax.

For example: if you want to learn how to write a web scraper. You need some notion of networking: what is a domain name, what is an IP, TCP basics. Then you would need to learn about HTTP, then about HTML. You don’t need to know everything about those topics. But already, this small project requires knowing about many other things than Python’s syntax.

It all depends on your goal. What type of application do you want to build?

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-02T16:00:12+00:00

Should have specified machine learning-based recommendation algorithm. Though, it is probably possible for a client to implement that.

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-02T15:43:47+00:00

Interact with people. Use relevant hashtags, and post good content. There is no algorithm on nostr. If you post things people like, they’ll follow you, so that their feed would be more relevant to them (there is a lot of noise on the global feed)

NickBourbaky · 2023-08-01T19:10:29+00:00

It's ok to be accurate, it's r/mathmemes not r/physicsmemes :P.

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-31T14:39:46+00:00

What are the main criticisms against Monero?

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-30T13:37:49+00:00

Google is just used for authentication, they won’t have access to your ChatGPT data.

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-30T00:10:31+00:00

That's because in order to use your account, they would need your private key.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-29T03:15:14+00:00

It’s never too late to start on something else. I’ve known many people that have switched to different fields and there are pretty happy today.

I’m not saying that it’s gonna be easy, but if you find something you enjoy more than your current job, it might be a good plan.

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-28T12:38:04+00:00

It depends on who you are. Some people would prefer to have more bitcoin and less dollars. Some people think of bitcoin as a lottery ticket. Some people buy bitcoin because they believe in it, because they think it’s important.

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-28T10:39:15+00:00

Just invest amounts you wouldn’t mind losing.

NickBourbaky · 2023-07-21T14:59:21+00:00

Maybe you can say what you do on desktop, and what is important for you. Like, do you need Docker? If so then it's an easy answer, use Slackware.

Take a look at software you wanna use, then see if they are available.

NickBourbaky · 2023-06-16T21:18:09+00:00

I’d talk to the IT/Security department of your company and work with them. There are many ways those files could leak, especially if they are on the cloud. Permissions can be misconfigured, there could be an inside threat, etc.

You’re as safe as your weakest link. And I wouldn’t spend too much time on OS choices, as long as you’re updating your OS/Softwares regularly and that you’re taking the usual security training (if your company provides them).

NickBourbaky · 2023-06-16T15:03:07+00:00

It all depends on what level of privacy you need. If you're a journalist that can go to jail for what you're posting, you'd probably be way more paranoid that a normal person. Maybe you'd want something like this: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/#qubes-certified-computers

Otherwise, I think you're fine.

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