NeoTar

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by NeoTar 2y ago
You need to be careful about the phrase “considered a number” since I believe one, or unity, was also not considered a number by some ancient civilisation - i.e. a number was only multiple copies of unity. [I believe this YouTube video goes
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Pauline comes back in Super Mario Odyssey as the mayor of New Donk city. And the Super Mario Land (Gameboy) series introduced Princess Daisy as a potential love interest- she’s now a mainstay of the series and often romantically linked with
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Very much like Dr Robotnik (western) becoming Dr. Eggman (Japanese) in Sonic titles since the late 90’s. In this case Eggman is played as an offensive nickname Sonic has given Dr. Robotnik.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I believe that in Mario lore they are explicitly the same character - either her name is “Peach Toadstool” (i.e. its surname and first name), or the Princess Toadstool is a title - like how the Prince of Wales, Queen Mother, and Princess R
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Here is some UK government-adjacent advice on the lifespans of appliances (expected lifespans for products in rental properties): https://www.tenancydepositscheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2024... (Landlords in the U
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I assume this means “legally permissible in said country”?
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by NeoTar 2y ago
In the UK, 01, 02 area codes are land lines, 07 are mobiles, 08 are freephone or fixed price services, and 09 are premium services. 03 and 05 are in use but less common, 04 and 06 are unused.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
True, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a 2 + 4 (e.g. 12 3456) style six digit number in the UK. 01234 567890 is probably what I’d expect; maybe 01234 567 890.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Better by some measure - LEGO is probably optimizing for different metrics: - Number of distinct pieces (fewer is better), - Complexity of build-process, - Robustness,
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by NeoTar 2y ago
The trouble for me comes where you want A, I also want A, but I claim to want A*, so that I can ‘compromise’ with you to agree A and another policy I want, B.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I have contemplated whether every law should be explicitly time limited. There are some theoretical arguments for it - all uncontroversial laws (e.g. no murdering) should be renewed, and other laws can be re—evaluated (e.g. a number of US s
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by NeoTar 2y ago
You definitely are not wrong, but remote work can also help the kind of individuals highlighted indirectly. Perhaps a simple example is through remote work meaning fewer commuters, and so less traffic, less crowded trains, etc. But also co
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by NeoTar 2y ago
This feels like a weird thing to optimise in most cases - how large are these localisations that deleting them is a benefit?
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Interesting, since such plausible mishearing are often called ‘Eggcorns’ ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn )
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by NeoTar 2y ago
But only about 20% of the arsenic. If you want to significantly reduce the arsenic, it is apparently better to cook rice like pasta in a large amount of water, and then drain it (in a sieve / strainer)
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by NeoTar 2y ago
"Access rights do not extend to the land surrounding a house or other dwelling (e.g. a static caravan) to the extent needed to provide residents with a reasonable measures of privacy. This is usually defined as the garden around or adj
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by NeoTar 2y ago
> Also, what are they allowed to do? If the law in England were to be similar to the one in Scotland ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Outdoor_Access_Code ), then "access rights can be exercised for recrea
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Three Blue, One Brown has a decent video which perhaps helps get a handle on how one can use higher-dimensional spaces, without needing to wrap you head around trying to envision a four-dimensional cube, or similar. https://youtu
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I think the situation for actual PIN codes may be slightly better than suggested; sometimes (in the UK at least) your bank will assign you an initial PIN and I expect many people won’t change it, and by using a dump of passwords, you’ve pro
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by NeoTar 2y ago
> F is a much better unit than C for everyday use. People say this, and it confuses me. Basically the only difference between the two is the absolute numbers and the resolution. Regarding resolution, for me the difference between, say 22
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Gardening isn't for everyone. You are completely allowed to have your own opinions ! Although perhaps we have a gap in our language here, since you seem to be against growing vegetables/herbs exclusively rather than what I'd
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Is this basically a restatement of the old cliche that only 50% of advertising works, but it's almost impossible to know which 50%. He says "The company has spent billions and billions of dollars per year on projects that go nowhe
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I think at some point in the early I had an extension (not sure if that is the right terminology) which would randomly change the name of Firefox to [random adjective] [random animal].
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Not so far as I know, but mandatory tipping (i.e. adding a service charge to a bill) is illegal in many countries, and it wouldn't surprise me if having a tip screen on a payment terminal were against local regulations.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I wonder how humans would respond to a prompt '(without mechanical assistance) with 80% probability say Left, and with 20% say Right' across a population. I can think of a few levels that people might try to think about the proble
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by NeoTar 2y ago
One minor problem is that the paper ticket is anytime, but the contactless fare had peak/off-peak fares… So if you buy a paper ticket at 0925, you’ll pay 6.70 GBP. If you touch in and travel immediately you’ll pay 3.40 GBP (peak fare),
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Although the headline isn't great, the article does do what I've been taught to do by the BBC's More-or-Less programme, and ask 'is this a big number'. It's very easy to not comprehend big figures, so there are
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by NeoTar 2y ago
The user could be from a country where paying to receive phone-calls is unknown. From some brief Wikipedia research, this is only a common model in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by NeoTar 2y ago
I was interested to learn that the 10.000 largest settlements in the world gets you get down to 48.000 population. I’m still trying to work out if that is a surprising figure or not.
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by NeoTar 2y ago
Isn't the whole point about size of market to encourage openness and competition? If I'm a five person start-up, compliance with rules can act as a barrier to entry, and keep a market to only established players. If certain rules

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