Lev1a

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by Lev1a 4y ago
For me having Dark Mode is actually better accessibility-wise. Since I've had cataracts (and the surgery fixing them) years ago my eyes are really sensitive to glare and generally bright lights (especially sun light and lightning flash
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> a borrow checker Why do you see that a negative though?
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> since raw pointers can only be dereferenced in unsafe code Sure, and "unsafe" is not only a huge red flag but can and should be tightly scoped and can then be audited much easier than chasing around NPE through an entire Clas
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> salt water Meaning there's Sodium chloride (NaCl) in solution which not only makes the solution (more) conductive but also in combination with the application of electric current should electrolyze the solution into gaseous O2, H2
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Every other day or so I encounter this dark-green-colored e-waste strewn all over sidewalks, foot and bicycle paths just standing in the way being annoying and a hazard to any passersby on said paths. In some places in my city the footpath
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Huh, bought a paper magazine [1] on a whim today for the first time in IDK how long [2] and thought upon seeing this post's domain "that sounds familiar". The backside of this magazine is a full-page ad for this exact laptop.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
At this point, it would be better for all those involved [1] if the corporate entity called Activision-Blizzard was burnt to the ground and a new games company was built in its stead, with actually competent managers [2], a unionized labo
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by Lev1a 4y ago
I used RStudio in my university stats course, along with the strong recommendation by my professor to get the book "OpenIntro Statistics" (3rd edition back then). [1] I really couldn't care less about statistics, which like w
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> after Fukushima And can we talk about how stupid and actively malicious it is to use the Fukushima accident as a reason for shutting down nuclear plants in Germany? Fukushima: nuclear plant in a seismically very active region in very c
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Ie. "build surveillance tools for us".
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> It used to be that tellers would compare signatures from the back of your card to the signature you just scribbled on the receipt to ensure it was really your card. I'm in my mid-20s. From the time I signed my first debit card and
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by Lev1a 4y ago
DSP also works fine on Linux through Proton with no extra effort.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> to ask for an extreme remedy in your suit in order to anchor perceptions and get a more desirable settlement/judgment eventually. I.e. "make an example out of them"
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by Lev1a 4y ago
On the topic of prison systems in America vs. the civilized world, this is absolutely worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtV5ev6813I
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Because "having access to the internet" is not a foregone conclusion for many, MANY people/regions of the world. It's as simple as that.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
I wanted to watch the currently in-progress season of a certain anime via the usual legit sites like Crunchyroll, Funimation, etc. All of this anime's seasons are now "not available in my region due to licensing issues". The
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> Just because we end up enjoying something more when it has commercials doesn’t mean we expect to enjoy it more that way. DVRs appeal to us because prior to our viewing experience, we think we want no ads. It’s only after we have the ex
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by Lev1a 4y ago
In computer class back in 9th grade there were one or two exams about Excel, where we were to use excel to compute some of the answers for questions. The fact that "memorization questions" (if that's the right English term?
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Not OP, but I personally had a Samsung tablet before which made me want to never have any Samsung Android device again. Since then it's been Motorola phones all the way (essentially unmodified Android OS), affordable, no bloatware etc.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Via "Abroad in Japan" ( https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxrA_wnEJD3Pm_GL9KSV9Euia_Rdb... ): > "We need to boost Japan's economy! What should we do?' > -"Well we could let tourists in
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Earlier this year I tried some of Burger King's plant-based (vegetarian) alternatives and I'd rate them as "meh". They looked and felt like flatter, drier versions of the regular patties and the flavor wasn't bad bu
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by Lev1a 4y ago
I interned in the IT department (5 people for ~1500-2000 endpoints) of a large regional hospital with additional small local care instutions spread out over the surrounding towns/cities. We had ONE meeting per week, every monday mornin
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by Lev1a 4y ago
If that title isn't a cheeky reference to "Avatar: The Last Airbender"s opening sequence, I don't know what's real anymore. Title : "Botanists are disappearing - just when the world needs them most " Avat
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Maybe even some strategically placed [1] satellites as communication relays? [1]: Maybe on lagrange points?
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> Firefox [...] has a revenue sharing agreement with Pocket "Mozilla Corporation" bought Pocket in 2017. Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service) : > On February 27, 2017, Pocket announced tha
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by Lev1a 4y ago
Sure, but by doing that they move under the above mentioned assumption that (fast) internet is always available to all the users, devs, etc. AFAIK the last big push to get out of "it works on my machine" was the JVM which has be
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by Lev1a 4y ago
I'd go so far as to say that "Internet will always be available" is the new generation of "Works on my dev machine, thus it should work everywhere", which was a (common?) assumption over the last few decades.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
mumble monkeys mumble typewriters mumble
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by Lev1a 4y ago
The feedbro extension can also filter with a bunch of criteria, set off by configurable triggers and a decent set of actions.
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by Lev1a 4y ago
> I have stopped subscribing, and I'm actively unsubscribing from most channels except the very small ones that post twice a year and I don't want to miss. Don't know if you knew this, you can use RSS to get feeds of the c

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