Lentilsoft

Software development, Investing, Dad, Husband, Building sideprojects.

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

No ice-hockey rinks available, so a nice morning run in Hyde Park with Prime minister @MarkJCarney, Diana and Suzanne.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Lunchbreak XC skiing today.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

If a non-aligned country of 5.5 million has deterred a major power for 80 years, the claim that a bloc of ~450 million cannot do the same seems odd. Coordination may need work, but the capability is clearly there.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Interesting. Note the "MET hours" which maybe can make the chart confusing here.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Walking is really good for you compared to other forms of exercise. And you don't have to do all that much to get most of the benefit. (via @EricTopol)

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

@exQUIZitely A lot of excellent games on this list, tough to choose just one. Maybe Civ II?

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

The world could use more of this kind of expression. A civilized, down-to-earth, calm explanation of the facts.

[Henry Bolton OBE 🇬🇧 @_HenryBolton]

A video addressing the claim that "The US pays for NATO" ⬇️

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

It seems a lot of people easily fall in to propaganda and start repeating "memes" that are either entirely or partly false. I think education would help.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

@exquizitely Lovely game, it was one of my favourites.

[NATO Air Command @NATO_AIRCOM]

INCIDENT: We are currently monitoring an unidentified flying sleigh entering NATO airspace. The track originates from the North Pole and is flying an erratic path🎅 
No NATO jets have been scrambled.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Lack of (freuds) Ego seems to explain this. AIs have no feelings of inferiority or guilt to protect from.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

One big difference between talking to AIs and talking to people on Twitter is that AIs usually admit when they're mistaken and correct the error, whereas people on Twitter will do anything to avoid this.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Words matter. Saying a state is doing "terror" when it's about something else devalues the word and takes away the focus from states doing actual terror. It's similar to using curse words, the message is not enough by itself so you want to amplify it.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

@awesomekling I was pretty excited (probably insufferable) about KD-trees when I first learned about them.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

What is surprising that it seems to be something that organizations struggle with, even though savings and end-user benefits are large.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Recently I have done some performance work for a customer. It's satisfying to take a large codebase and be able to eliminate thousands of database calls for certain code flows.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Are there games which are between the classic Empire and modern CIV (V or VI)? A bit like Civilization 1 but with modern UI?

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

@valigo @ali_bala In large codebases static typing definitely helps.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

Do first graders walk/bike to school by themselves? That's much better measurement of how good quality of life is in a country, than for example how much a software developer earns. Think about it.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

I have personal experience what cancer is. Sorry but EU is not that.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

What annoys me about a lot of the recent rhetoric is that it's constant hyperbole and rage-bait. There often some parts that maybe are true and a generous amounts of exaggeration and overly inflammative rhetoric added to it. It was not so bad maybe 5 years ago here.

[Lentilsoft @Lentilsoft]

This PG's classic article about how to disagree is still pretty good read: https://t.co/3wyKYSlT9U