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New comment by prds_lost in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

prds_lost — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:43:37 +0000

*proceeds to shake fist at table.

"Damn you four legged abomination; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee"

New comment by prds_lost in "Silicon Valley aghast at the Musk-Trump divorce"

prds_lost — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:18:03 +0000

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

New comment by prds_lost in "Show HN: AI game animation sprite generator"

prds_lost — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:12:53 +0000

The guillotine will be the alternative if we don't figure out how society is going to function and distribute resources when there is minimal demand for human labor.

New comment by prds_lost in "Porsche's idea for a six-stroke internal combustion engine"

prds_lost — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:11:59 +0000

Which ICE performance car? I went from an SRT8 back in 2012 to a Tesla Model 3 performance + mods and now most recently went back to ICE via an AMG GT63. I can confidently say that the GT63 is leagues more fun than the Tesla ever was. Sure the Tesla was quick off the line, but outside of that it felt sterile and the ride was quite uninspired.

New comment by prds_lost in "How Python virtual environments work"

prds_lost — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:48:39 +0000

Your colleagues should consider skipping conda and stick to using venv. It will make life much easier. Given pandas/numpy is huge in data science, moving away is not much of an option unless you are working on a personal project or already have a dedicated team comfortable with using a different stack. There is also the Docker option which is great but much more involved.

New comment by prds_lost in "Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake"

prds_lost — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:27:45 +0000

With the exception of FHA (life for < 10% down, otherwise 11 years prior to ability to request MIP removal).

New comment by prds_lost in "Modern Polars: A comparison of the Polars and Pandas dataframe libraries"

prds_lost — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 05:38:22 +0000

My understanding is polars will stream if data does not fit in RAM.

Between Polars and Spark Dataframe APIs (not Koalas) as well as the occasional dplyr, I will gladly abandon Pandas.

New comment by prds_lost in "Tesla fan sites propagate fake news of chip joint venture, but why?"

prds_lost — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:33:24 +0000

To be fair, Tesla's version of official is a tweet from the Chief Twit.

New comment by prds_lost in "Crypto’s Final Price Could Be Zero"

prds_lost — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:28:58 +0000

Hey now, Colorado has started accepting Crypto payments recently. Per the CO Dept of Revenue - "Starting September 1, 2022, the Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) will now accept Cryptocurrency as an additional form of payment for all state taxpayers. This includes individual income tax, business income tax, sales and use tax, withholding tax, severance tax and excise fuel tax."