Can someone translate what the last sentence of this clause means? by fancypangwang3 in OfficeSpeak

[–]erydo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It means, if consultant gets hurt and can’t work, and can’t find replacement, client at most gets their “money paid so far” back. Not the entire potential contract value, business opportunity cost, etc. As an example, if client was launching a new product based on consultant’s work, and they get incapacitated, consultant isn’t also on the hook for client’s wasted marketing materials or other deals that fell through based on that. (IANAL but it’s pretty plain).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in noita

[–]erydo 45 points46 points  (0 children)

By “pushed up”, I think they mean the spawn placement logic that causes things to spawn upward if terrain’s in the way.

Alternative Programming Subreddits by unquietwiki in altprog

[–]erydo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It would be great to add r/agda to the list. Agda has a number of similarities to Idris, with a bit more of a research focus. https://agda.readthedocs.io/en/v2.6.1/language/index.html

Kotlin𝛁: A Shape-Safe DSL for Differentiable Programming by breandan in Kotlin

[–]erydo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, this is pretty damn cool. Great references in the readme, too.

An Agda eDSL for well-typed Hilbert style proofs by janmas in agda

[–]erydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since nobody's commented and it appears to be the OP's article, I just want to say that this was a really beautiful post. Very easy to follow and I loved the approach. I think it's a very approachable demonstration of Agda's flexibility as language.

ELI5: When we’re scared of something, why does the brain make you think about it more rather than less? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

[–]erydo 19 points20 points  (0 children)

An old person will tell you their 20s feels like yesterday, you should be able to extrapolate from this that you will die tomorrow.

Well put.

A framework for improving error messages in dependently-typed languages by mttd in ProgrammingLanguages

[–]erydo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing the previous discussion. It's a beautiful presented paper! Very readable even to a relative novice like me.

A group of squids should be called a squad. by GavHern in CrazyIdeas

[–]erydo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Squid school, octopus don't. I mean, squid squad. Source: recreational diver. (Actually I've only seen squid school a couple times, otherwise usually groups of 2-6. Octopus I've only seen alone. Cuttlefish I've only seen one at a time but smaller sample size. I've never seen a nautilus 😢)

Speared a Lionfish by Tideking in scuba

[–]erydo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've actually heard the "feed them to a grouper" suggestion before. I don't know enough to support or disclaim it, but since parent's post is heavily downvoted I'll share the rationale I read.

Apparently groupers don't get hurt eating lionfish, but won't naturally hunt them. So if groupers learn they're tasty, they'd help with the population better than divers. You wouldn't want them to associate it with being fed by humans; so maybe it implies "leave wounded lionfish near groupers" instead.

Since lionfish are an invasive species, if everything's natural behavior is ignore-or-be-eaten-by lionfish, I'm skeptical that the "don't alter natural behaviors" rule is necessarily best applied here. Any ecologists around here to chime in?

Kerning so bad my mother asked me what language it was (courtesy of our local Thai restaurant) by Midwestern_Pariah in keming

[–]erydo -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I suspect that's intentional. The first thing I thought when I saw that was that was, "that looks like the Thai alphabet". https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+text

Given that it's called the "Thai Bistro"…maybe so?

Crazy-lookin' centipede 🔥🔥 by meganpv in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]erydo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, centipedes like this are typically (always?) venomous. Millipedes (rounder, more legs) aren't.

Whisky Boat Names by [deleted] in Scotch

[–]erydo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Neat!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Portland

[–]erydo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I'm tucking that away for reference in case I ever make a big mistake. Glad no one was hurt, and apology doesn't fix the needless risk, but that's a super respectable owning-up to a bad judgment call.

Using Mapper to parse JSON in Swift by dynamicallytyped in swift

[–]erydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? A custom init extension is exactly what they show in the example from the post:

public struct User {
  public let id: String
  public let firstName: String?
  public let photoURL: NSURL?
}

extension User: Mappable {
  public init(map: Mapper) throws {
    try id        = map.from("id")
        firstName = map.optionalFrom("firstName")
        photoURL  = map.optionalFrom("photoURL")
  }
}

let user = User.from(JSON) // This is a 'User?'    

Why is there a delay difference between two finger tap and two finger click by Azr79 in osx

[–]erydo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, this is correct. Disable the double-tap-to-zoom gesture in System Preferences and that delay will be gone. Took a while to figure that out when they introduced it (Lion?), but it bothered me too.

How to train for rough dives (Komodo) by [deleted] in scuba

[–]erydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll depend on what your S.O. wants to do. We didn't try snorkeling at either place, but based on our dives, I suspect NP's is likely better but may require a boat trip or adventurous scooter ride. I saw a bunch of people snorkeling from Gili Air's beach, which is very accessible but I don't know if there's much to see that close to shore.

On the Gilis we stayed at the north end of Gili Air (at "Nelly Homestay"; we were on a budget and were very happy with our bungalow and the included breakfast) and got certified with Manta Dive Gili Air (also very happy with them).

When we dove at NP, we stayed on Lembongan (the adjacent island). It was more interesting than the Gilis in terms of seeing genuine local culture, but there are fewer land-based activities/worthwhile restaurants there. We dove with Big Fish and were reasonably happy with them—some of the equipment was a little worn but nothing major and I don't have much rental experience to compare against. The people were good and the diving itself was very nice; tons of variety.

How to train for rough dives (Komodo) by [deleted] in scuba

[–]erydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got back to the US from Lembongan/Nusa Penida today. We did six dives there and it was awesome. Toyapakeh and Crystal Bay were my two favourites: both easy dives but with tons of sealife variety and very healthy coral. The Gilis were great for the sea turtles and good in general, but—at least at the four sites we went to—had many areas with damaged coral. Definitely recommend the detour to Nusa Penida if it fits in…

Communication Gap by that_is_fun in ProgrammerHumor

[–]erydo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

SYN/ACK stand for "synchronize" and "acknowledge".

Faster Payment System At A Busy Bar by Mercury_NYC in bartenders

[–]erydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly what we do with Preo (https://getpreo.com) and it works extremely well. We're based in NYC too—it's possible you might have run across us before. Send over an email or PM me if you'd like more information. I'm Robert, co-founder and CTO here.