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by JoBrad 5y ago
Gunpowder-infused fabric or paper was being used for fuses around the 10th century, as well[0]. I always thought this depiction came from fireworks, which had fuses both linking multiple devices and also serving as a (relatively) safer poin
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Casing doesn’t matter for Powershell commands, but it certainly Improves readability. Aliases certainly help when typing commands, too. I haven’t had startup speed issues with Powershell Core, but when I do, it’s usually because of commands
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I was thinking of this paragraph. However, after I re-read the article, it seems that there are other numbers that aren't spelled out. Maybe it was an auto-transcription? > Already in nineteen-ninety-one they found the Clowes-Campus
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Side tangent: Why are most of her numbers, except dates, spelled out? Is this some convention specific to her country of origin or something?
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by JoBrad 5y ago
That developer has some really cool apps. Just switched to macOS from Windows and already discovered there’s no way to mimic middle click on the touchpad. This person has an app for that!
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I think that’s called a draft :)
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I've had a Lenovo X1 Carbon for the past 3 years, and it's been the best computer I've ever used. It's ridiculously light, rock solid physically, and still performs fast enough to handle most of the work I throw at it. I
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by JoBrad 5y ago
My take is that the article is about this person's reliability issues with their MBP. Regardless of which party actually paid for the repairs, the fact that so many repairs/replacements were required doesn't speak well for Ap
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I don’t think they’re replacing pretend play. My kids just played Minecraft for an hour, and are now engaged in making “tables” by stacking bean bags on each other then jumping on top of them. My 5 year old has a pretend language, even.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Second scoop: it’s smart use of symlinks and no need for admin is exactly what Windows CLI needs.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Or even trying to determine which value represents year, month, or day. Internet date format is the only way to go, IMO.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Some quick searching led me to believe this patent was likely abandoned because of the Bilski ruling https://www.fsf.org/news/esp-bilski
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by JoBrad 5y ago
> Zhao’s team recently reported making an n-type single-crystal tin selenide by spiking it with bromine atoms. And Kanatzidis says his team is now working on making an n-type polycrystalline version. Once n-type and p-type tin selenide d
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I don’t know what the parent comment said, but more screenshots on your site would be great! The .org site you linked to had screenshots on the front page, which was great, but a gallery link would be fantastic.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
We bought ours second hand at a consignment sale.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
In some contexts pasting a copied file pastes the full path to it. For example, copy a file, then paste into the Open dialogs name input, and you’ll get the full path to the file.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
But a gram of AirPods is more expensive to recycle than a gram of plastic, because it’s more complex. That makes it more expensive, and presumably less likely to be recycled after being discarded.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I think the problem is volume > individual cost. Apple sold 60 million AirPods in 2019[1]. That number has surely gone up in 2020 and may even be larger in 2021. 1 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-sold-nearly-60-mill
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I’ve never done this in the states. It seems borderline unethical to require someone to sign a contract without any compensation.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I was informally taught that a plug goes into a socket. Cables and adapters commonly have the same connector on each end, making the plug/socket terminology even less descriptive of the connecting formats.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Watched the video about reducing the VW ID.4 battery tray yesterday; it was really interesting to hear how they collaborated with so many groups to redesign it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjJUpqo1YDM
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Probably using a net and some sort of mild tranquilizer.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
This was sarcasm, right? I’m not one of the old-timers by any stretch, but I’ve seen plenty of code that compensates for workarounds introduced by poor planning or hastily-cobbled code.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
This was my thought as well. I spend about 1.5 hours each day in traffic when driving to work.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
But it’s really bad cruise control that ends up costing MPG, s as well.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
This book is very well written, and interesting (at least to me). I didn’t know that JS didn’t have exceptions at first.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
If you're dealing with files that small then JSON is a great solution. In the past I've used CSV to handle files that are several GB after being compressed and encrypted. Formats such as JSON would have added a lot more to the tot
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by JoBrad 5y ago
JSON is easier for people to consume, but formats like csv can be much more efficient when comparing the amount of space used, and easier to consume for an application.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
It is consistent with slice, though. Neither changes the implementation of the array, they just provide ergonomic benefit to the developer.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I expect what we’ll end up with is languages like TS supporting a flag to convert all/most index lookups into .at() notation. Or maybe it’ll just be an eslint flag. I absolutely agree that some metadata at the top of a module enabling

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