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  • kn0wmad1c@programming.devtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldThank you!
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    8 days ago

    Here’s a quick tidbit I always have in the back of my mind:

    If it’s an Italian name, it’s espresso-based and if it’s a French name, it’s coffee-based.

    Italian coffee, for example:

    Americano - Espresso and water
    Latte - Espresso and regular milk
    Cappuccino - Espresso and steamed milk
    Breve - Espresso and steamed half-and-half

    French coffee, for example:

    Café - Plain coffee, sometimes called Café Noir
    Café au Lait - Coffee and regular milk
    Café Cremé - Coffee and cream (or sometimes half-and-half)
    Café Americano - Coffee and water, it’s the French version of the Italian style.

    What’s the difference between coffee and espresso? Coffee is brewed and steeped. Espresso is created by forcing water through very, very densely-packed coffee grounds using high pressure. Coffee is typically enjoyed in cups and espresso is typically consumed in “shots” because of the strong flavor.












  • kn0wmad1c@programming.devOPto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneSpacerule
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    “I thought we were having a smooth interview?”
    “Oh no, I said DDoS! That’s what I call a smooth interview.”
    “You call a smooth interview a DDoS?”
    “Yes! It’s a regional dialect.”
    “Uh huh, what region?”
    “Uh… Bay Area?”
    “Really? Well I’m from Oakland and I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase ‘DDoS’ to describe a smooth interview.”
    “Oh, not in Oakland, no. It’s more of a San Francisco expression.”
    “So you’re calling this a DDoS despite the obvious fact that the rest of your website was fine and not affected at all?”
    “Y- Uh… you know, the… the one thing I should… oh look it’s back up!”








  • This might just be my computer-focused life talking

    I’m a software eng too, but I have broad interests. Like I said, the philosophic use doesn’t really have a place in this discussion and I messed up by bringing it in. The only way it would be relevant is if the universe is a simulation because, as you guessed, then free will itself becomes part of the equation.

    I also don’t know why predictability would be solely based on the numbers that came before

    There’s a miscommunication happening here, and I’m wondering if I’m not explaining myself well. Election predictions use polling as their dataset, and there are no calculations that really go into predicting the results other than comparing the numbers within those sets. That’s why they’re notoriously garbage (every single pollster had Hillary winning in late October 2016, for example). Also, there aren’t any calculations that go into a CEO/Boardroom’s intuitions on how shareholders will react to policy changes, so I’m not sure about the relevance here. In the case of pi, there is no dataset that you can use that tells you what the next unknown number in pi is. The only way to get that number is to run a very complex calculation. Calculations are not predictions.