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by JoBrad 5y ago
I think you may be associating “glue” (or epoxy in this case) with an inferior type of fastener. Modern glues chemically bond the materials, forming a much stronger adhesive than physical fasteners ever could.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Yeah, but if your neighbors bred ants that had to be sustained in a specialized environment to stay alive, you wouldn’t blame them for an outbreak. Viruses in the wild must be able to survive the environment, while a lab grown version would
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Respected media outlets frequently post retractions. That’s part of what makes them respectable, and attracts readers who are looking for honest reporting.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I was listing plants that don’t fit with the parent comment’s “tree” definition.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
As I recall, this is due to the difference between plant cell walls and animal cell walls. Trees, in particular, assume that if it’s inside them, it’s mostly legitimate.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
I think you should read the article in a bit more depth, including the Twitter thread linked at the bottom. Some examples where your description doesn’t hold up so well - palm trees - bamboo - fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) - Hydrange
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Adopting adult kids is kind of awkward, though.
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by JoBrad 5y ago
Maybe you mean for white collar workers? The separation between blue collar management and employees is very old: it’s in verses of “We wish you a Merry Christmas”, and is even discussed in the Bible.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Attempting to zoom in or out on my iPhone 12 freezes the site. I’m using Safari.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
The M1 laptops don’t support more than 1 external display, either. Same laptop with Intel chip does, though.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
That will end up just like paywalls on news sites. It’s the best way forward (with tweaks), but ultimately will fail unless everyone participates. Services like Brilliant and others are attempting what you’re suggesting, though.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Powershell Core is so much better. It’s updated much more frequently, and they address bugs so fast.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
It’s new tech with a lot of promise, in a decent laptop. Experimenting to see what you can do with it is very solidly within HN’s typical audience.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
It’s easy (although verbose) to add help text, and valid options, too.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Short article on this: https://web.archive.org/web/20150823053040/http://blogs.msdn...
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by JoBrad 6y ago
While I’m glad that this addressed the issue for your family, it certainly doesn’t indicate that other children who struggle with ADHD have parents who are unwilling or unable to be involved with their life.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
I started using tmux several years ago because it had better script support than screen did, at that time. I also liked the session/pane/window handling better (customization made a lot more sense to me, as a vim user), it support
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by JoBrad 6y ago
To add to the other comments, VSCode docs has a good overview of the motivation and usage of a Language Server. https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/langua...
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Counterpoint: although SSN was not intended as a means of identification, it evolved into being used that way.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
It’s always the “others”. Someone I know recently lamented that their daughter (who has a physical disability) would no longer qualify for certain subsidies for a prosthesis because they don’t have a job. However the daughter’s husband does
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Edge’s privacy report on the iOS App Store does not include location data.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
I’ll grant the “as easily” part, but also counter with diamonds and China’s influence on the availability of rare earth elements.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
The fact that gold and silver’s value is really just as arbitrarily assigned as the value of anything else is usually also overlooked.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
See, I was prepared to downvote the comment. But then you commented, and someone else did, too. So, they actually did spark conversation. Now I have to upvote, I guess. /s (just in case)
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by JoBrad 6y ago
As a side effect, the motion-sensing lights in my office turn off if I don’t get up and move every so often, which reminds me to exercise.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Version 3 will explore using AR to realistically melt icebergs. We already have version 15 in beta testing. It’s the Arctic. Melting seems to have gone too far. Should be fixed in the prod release.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
So Microsoft’s plan to extend Linux includes getting former employees to do it?
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Really sucks that they didn’t make it compatible with Math functions and other Number types. Even more type checking. Python did the same thing with Decimal at first, and it wasn’t fun to accommodate.
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by JoBrad 6y ago
Unless you have some evidence proving me wrong, my feeling is that the people who don’t like them are very loud is saying so, while the rest of us simply focus on other things. Some manufacturers like Nissan just did a really bad job tuning
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by JoBrad 6y ago
But that’s a doge, not a fox. They got rid of the fox!!

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