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by MisterOctober 7y ago
^ Miyake was the first thing I thought of when I saw this headline also. The pleated / folded stuff he created in the 90s was pretty neato
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
There's a lot of bad things in the way society and technology have unfolded since the movie [and even more so, the book] was originally released, but one thing I'm happy about that contrasts with the story's vision is that, a
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
There's a similar book by Bruce Gibney called "Generation of Sociopaths" that addresses this notion - a thought-provoking read
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Heavily reminds me of the episode "Autofac" from television series "Electric Dreams," a major plot device of which is megacorp [in the show, obviously a satirical take on Amazon] delivering unwanted packages to the [appa
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Good call, I forgot they don't all have ethernet -- the L5xxx is in fact the most recent one I've purchased [L5200DW to be exact] -- stone reliable so far with low volume
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Likewise here -- the company I'm at uses github, but I'm moving my personal / side projects to SourceHut. I've really enjoyed the limited time I've spent using it to date, especially the clean interface.
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Yep! I have similar personal experience with that particular beastie and can confirm that it is to-be-avoided. I think "base model _monochrome_ Brother printer" is a safer guideline
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
it really is kind of startling -- to quote old Hamlet - "oh, what a falling-off was there!" 90s web : content good, looks rubbish 2019 web : content rubbish, looks good trying to help my kid with research reports &etc is a nas
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Yep, this is more or less the thesis of M. Pollan's 'The Botany of Desire,' which, whatever one thinks of his stance or other works, is a thought-provoking read [misguided treatment of Appleseed expert W.E. Jones aside]
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Worth noting / just pointing out : one common approach to orchard composting [which influences some backyard operations] is to avoid turning it in an effort to 1) promote fungal development and 2) save labor/money
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
I certainly agree it's no replacement for a proper DB when full SQL functionality is needed, but it does have basic aggregates like count(), sum(), etc, available as formula fields: https://support.airtable.com/hc/
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Airtable is really good for what it does : makes data-driven tools available for folks who don't want to mess with writing queries or being a DBA, and also has a reasonable API for automations. For heavy stuff, I'll take Postgres
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
"I cannot strike at wretched kerns..." - MacDuff in _Macbeth_
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
In Phoenix anyway, I speculate that it's down mainly to : 1) Urban planning that does not much consider the pedestrian or cyclist whatsoever and therefore encourages unsafe driving practices; 2) Distracted driving being nearly universa
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Yep. I stay on the road and act like a "vehicle" whenever I feel like it's reasonably prudent, but many streets / blocks in phoenix are straight up suicide for a solo cyclist -- no bike lane, motorists not looking, fast
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Phoenix resident and daily cyclist / pedestrian here -- can confirm the above holds in my city. The red-light-running / distracted-driving epidemic is completely out of control. Also, the phenomenon of disappearing sidewalks ment
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Always nice to see Haskell at work. I haven't learned the language myself yet, but I absolutely love postgREST, which is implemented in Haskell.
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
A lot of the stuff mentioned in this article -- microsleeps, immune weakness, irrational thoughts and behavior -- sure rings a bell from my university days when I would, either for work or school "reasons," routinely pull all-nigh
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Thanks for the tip; I'll check it out!
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
1) For the record, all my Linux machines came preinstalled with Windows; 2) I don't think it's at all unfair to macOS / Mac hardware. Macs used to be great, hardware and software-wise, for development and other "making
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Spot on re : tooling -- likewise, I too gave up on Gnome early on, and also dislike KDE [too heavy] -- a friend turned me on to LXDE and it's been smooth sailing since
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Yep! I dig FreeBSD also, and strongly considered it especially for that reason -- just ended up going with Linux because I had a little more experience with it [having remotely used / administered linux servers &etc]
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
As the comments below suggest [and I also run Thinkpads for portables] -- yep, it works real good for me. Fedora 30 especially has been essentially flawless in my case. No issues with suspend, drivers [even for notoriously fickle stuff li
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
I switched from macOS to Linux [Fedora now] about a year and a half ago, out of the same frustrations that affect a lotta folks -- It took a little while to adjust, but since there are a lot of similarities between the Linux and Darwin comm
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
I learned a little about this topic recently after a bad knee injury from running [torn meniscus] -- Blood supply does have a lot to do with healing-or-not -- taking the meniscus as an example, about 30% of the meniscus has a blood supply,
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Standing desk sometime-user [adjustable height desk] here -- I always use a footrest in the manner described in the quote and generally move around a lot -- I agree that standing in a static position for long periods is tiring / fatigu
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Thanks for the tip!
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
I understand your point -- I think in this particular case, the fella was more trying to call my attention to doctoring as an honest day's work, particularly in contrast to passive income / independent wealth, rather than endeavor
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
^ this is what my original comment aimed to communicate. Also, to clarify in case he's reading this: I didn't intend to [and don't believe I did] imply that this particular doctor engages in reckless spending, lives beyond hi
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by MisterOctober 7y ago
Sure that doesn't account for malpractice insurance, etc -- area of specialty also has a large influence on doc earnings potential -- edit : my example is one particular real-world doctor, not necessarily representative of any particul

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