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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
If you have an iPhone, don't bother getting the physical Suica card. You can add one in the Wallet app, and also charge it with your credit card directly! Moreover, you can do this ahead of time, before arrival to Japan. Wallet app -&g
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
In their defense, "real-time" has never been a precise term of art, even in the embedded computing space. Hence modifiers like "soft real-time" vs. "hard real-time" etc. IMHO, outside of embedded computing, it&
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
Bad Apple!![0] animation but as a font ligature. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8
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BadAppleFont(blog.erk.dev)
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
Just like nobody actually believes that the Earth is flat. Oh wait...
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
> - you can't rest your fingers on it. When you use it, you have to keep your finger(s) raised I rest my fingers on the surface all the time and it's fine? ---- I'm also one of the dozen that like the Magic Mouse; in fact
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
Wow, I can't believe I didn't know about this until now! I'm the lucky 10k[0] today. [0] https://xkcd.com/1053/
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
Yes and no. Let's say everyone drives compact cars, then my risk level -- completely made up number -- is 20. However, if everyone's driving para-tanks while I keep driving my compact car, then my risk level rises to 60, due to af
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 3y ago
> [...] awful for those of us who would be interested in driving small, efficient foreign cars. I currently drive a small efficient car, but I'm seriously contemplating buying an electric SUV for my next car, even though I've n
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
There are a few possibilities I could think of: - LastPass breach related. - Classic phishing / session hijacking: apparently Google doesn't _always_ re-prompt for password when you change password / security device, if you h
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
Ah I see. So it's more about "hmm why did 100 (wo)men in black(tm) just all checked in -- something big must be going down -- oh they're all just here for the numismatic convention"; and not "hmm isn't that Bob
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> One by one, agents check into a hotel, each quietly offering a pseudonym to the guy at the desk. This is actually the part that intrigued me the most. I'm no traveling salesman, but I've stayed at several different hotels ove
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> Except you could've, and still can. For many scenes, the community is an integral part of the ecosystem. Unless OP is the only person who can develop anti-cheat software, s/he's beholden to the community even if s/h
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> [...] computer museum in Tokyo. I looked up the address, and just want to clarify for anyone who may want to visit: the museum is in Oume City, about 1.5 hours away by train from Tokyo Station. While technically part of Tokyo Metro are
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
You know, I've never actually watched Silicon Valley, but I still recognized the quote because I've caught clips here and there on YouTube. I suppose now would be the time to binge-watch it.
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
Now that it's 2023 I can say this without reprisal: no shit Sherlock! /s This is the automotive analog to the removal of headphone jack on smartphones. Except I was never all that bothered with the removal. I've been using BT
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> Do you think the executives care about your letter? Some do. A few years ago I flew with $EAST_ASIAN_AIRLINE and had some complications with my checked baggage. The gate agent was courteous and patient in understanding and resolving my
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> Abu Dhabi — a place with pre-clearance which I've been talking about — is in Asia :) Apologies of course you're right. I'm too accustomed to conflating Asia = East Asia.
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
Oh wow 15 locations I didn't know there are so many! Alas there doesn't seem to be any in Asia, which is where I primarily travel to / from.
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> Did you know that there's a US customs & immigration + TSA counter at Abu Dhabi?! [...] [a]nd the aircraft will fly as a domestic flight into the domestic terminal of your destination in the US. This is also the case when you
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> If there was another tier that had an even faster and more pleasant experience, maybe off to the side somewhere, I’d pay double. If you're flying out of LAX then there is[0], but you'll be paying substantially more than dou
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
Ironically I felt reassured reading this. "[...] I'm evidently not persuasive enough. A good fraction of the things I complain about eventually turn my way after [...] evidence piles up" especially resonates with me. While I
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
Sorry I was being imprecise when I said daily in my original reply, when my main point was that consistency's more important than duration. IMHO, once a viewer base is established, one can be sustainable streaming ~3 hours twice a week
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
At her size, unless she needs to take ~weeks off per month, and more importantly, at unpredictable intervals, she can afford to stream fewer days. Too many of them are incorrectly assuming that they need to stream daily, when (e.g.) MWF wil
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
App [submission] as a service, or AasS. I guess that'll be my YC pitch for '23. Wanna be my co-founder? /s
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> American culture is all about the price being the price. Variable sales tax rates depending on locale / product / usage / other arcane rules; variable tipping rates based on type of service rendered, customs, etc.; servi
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> How can this not be at least a nationwide, if not worldwide reality? It is certainly not worldwide. Take Japan for instance. Your stuff[0] left in the open will almost never be taken. And in the event they went missing, there's a
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
I'm not OP but not everyone could vote due to e.g. residency requirements, like me. So I "voted" the only way I could: with my feet.
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
This is similar to the Far Lands[0] in old versions of Minecraft. Woof![1] [0] https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Far_Lands [1] https://farlandsorbust.com/
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by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u 4y ago
> The main advantage that Slack has, especially for many people in non-technical roles, is the just-professional-enough user interface over the casual look of Discord. 1) That's not much of a moat for Slack. If Discord were serious

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