Xavdidtheshadow

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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I'd wager there were bigger societal changes between now and 50 years ago then there were in the 50-100 range. Do you have a list of top 1920 companies and if so, how does it compare to the above list (presumably 1970)?
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
This looks compelling - I've been wanting a simple way to track traffic volume on my static site. I don't have ads or anything and don't want to be creepy. Basically just want to know roughly how many people are reading my bl
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I haven't played MtG in years, but I still read Rosewater's articles weekly. He's been a big inspiration for my blog writing style over the years and I'm glad he's still at it.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
The easiest way to learn this (or anything, really), is to start small. You don't need to invent Facebook on day 1 - start with something small (probably the backend, that's the simplest) and add new tools when you find need for t
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I've been a happy Inconsolata user for years. It looks great, characters are unique, and it stays out of the way. https://levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I watched a great talk at TSConf about playing Tic-Tac-Toe using the type system. Not TS itself, purely using the type system. https://blog.joshuakgoldberg.com/type-system-game-engines/
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I was also an avid reader growing up and spent many nights under the covers with a flashlight. I think the big difference is the adaptivity of the phone. Books don't figure out what personally engrosses you and tweak the rest of the bo
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
You ensure that the content you serve is exactly what arrives on the reader's machine. The most prominent example is ISPs inject ads or messages. Search for "comcast injecting ads" to see some examples.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I was personally really hoping for an Intel 16" refresh today. I'm up for a new laptop at work and it's a little bit of a bummer to drop that much on a year-old machine. Not quite sure what to do at this point.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
My favorite quirk of Pico-8 is that the games "cartridges" are image files. As a result, they're easy to share on social media and it's visually interesting to do so.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I don't mean this as an attack, but I'm guessing you haven't been harassed/given unwanted attention at a conference. It's easy to see codes of conduct as draconian or unnecessary if you can't empathize with the
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
For any readers looking for a slick, local-first app, I've really enjoyed using Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Actually, per this article [1] that may not be the case. Copying a comment from reddit: > PD has certain charging ‘profiles’. > For example Apples 30W USB-C charger can work at: > 15 watts (5 volts @ 3 amps), 27 watts (9 volts @ 3
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
PBS Newshour reported on the same thing in SF: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-uber-and-lyft-might...
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I use Trip Mode for that ( https://tripmode.ch/ ). Though, it's not unlikely it'll have the same issues described in the OP, it does seem to block Apple stuff on Mojave.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Thanks for this detailed writeup! I've been staring down a similar problem and I'm really grateful you took the time and energy to do the legwork
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I wish Slack had better portability of custom emoji. There's no blessed API for adding/exporting emoji.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Anecdata, but I find Discord great if you're dealing with a big group of people that need to be moderated; it's got great tooling for that. There's multiple access levels, permissions, etc. exactly geared for that. When you&#
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
I was never a paying user of Adobe products, but my understanding was that they'd release a new (yearly?) version as a paid upgrade. It would presumably have a killer feature that would encourage enough of the users to buy, which (hope
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Agreed! I think that's a great model. Panic did the same thing recently: https://nova.app/buy/
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
The tough thing is that most software products you use are actively maintained and updated. That costs them money each month, so they pass those costs to you. It would be great if we could see more software sold as-is, without updates. But,
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Because it's almost plausible? He's an eccentric billionaire known for his erratic behavior. Maybe one day he really does decide to shower the masses with a paltry (for him) $100k of Bitcoin. "It's weird and tech-y, just
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
They very briefly mentioned a 3rd party one that will do exactly that!
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Presented without comment: I always have my phone in a case and have never broken anything physical on any phone. My launch-day iPhone 8 still looks great.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Nope, no tunnel or anything. When you touch the yubikey, it does some math on-device and "types" out a long string that can be mathematically validated with the shared secret the site stored when you set it up. It's an open s
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Correct, something that verifies the domain before pasting goes a long way! Unless it doesn't auto-fill, but it looks right, so you paste it anyway.
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
Assuming they're talking about TOTP, the 6-digit codes that are valid for 30 seconds: If I'm fishing you and get you to type your password into fakegoogle.com, I'll try to use it with real google immediately. If they send me
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what prompted you to leave? Also, did you find the culture as cutthroat as it's rumored to be?
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
This was our introduction to "not everything on the internet is true, even if it's presented nicely" circa middle school. Glad to see it's still up and running!
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by Xavdidtheshadow 6y ago
My guess is that the new sleep tracking features are a part of health (not clock, where they would be out of place). Since bedtime is also sleep related, it got moved to health as well. Doesn't seem like change for change's sake a

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