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by Zanni 3y ago
Around the time of Windows 1.0, there were several competing multi-tasking windowing systems that were character based , notably DESQview [0] and TopView [1]. They got a lot of buzz at the time but never really took off. I worked on a TopV
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by Zanni 3y ago
I was thinking revenge porn and, to a lesser extent, copyright violation. But, yeah, CSAM too.
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by Zanni 3y ago
I didn't see anything (maybe I missed it) about where they source their content, but unless they're producing their own content or sourcing it scrupulously , then, yeah, I could see it being way outside a bank's risk profile
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by Zanni 3y ago
You're straw-manning a bit with your "3rd smallest type available." Int was supposed to be the natural word-size for the system, which, despite C being "portable," you had to know for efficiency reasons. Memory ac
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by Zanni 3y ago
This feels like the Kinect in that, if it works perfectly, seamlessly, responsively every time, it would be an amazing "the future is here now" gadget. But if it doesn't, it's just a tech demo with no real use. The pin
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by Zanni 3y ago
I think a better way to express this--that captures both perspectives--is that, if you have an iPhone, it's not your camera that's holding you back. Not yet getting professional results? It's your skill level, it's your
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by Zanni 3y ago
I've had this happen exactly once in I don't know how many hundreds of nights of hotel stays. Yes, it can happen, but it's incredibly rare and not something I worry about.
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by Zanni 3y ago
I think the "time bomb" is in this sentence: "... some viral infections have been linked to an increased risk for the development of PD ..." with the context that we've all just been through a global pandemic.
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by Zanni 3y ago
It makes more sense if you realize that it's a reference to the Guide itself and not to the novels. The books are wonderful; the Guide (contained in the books) is obnoxious. There's a reason Arthur Dent is the main character and n
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by Zanni 3y ago
I feel like Python is getting ever farther away from "Explicit is better than implicit."
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by Zanni 3y ago
Why is that? My problem as a pedestrian is that cars 1) don't actually bother to stop at the red, sometimes barely slowing down, before turning and 2) if they do stop, they're looking left, to see if it's safe for them, and
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by Zanni 3y ago
Effective altruism (like most -isms) has sincere adherents but also tends to attract oddballs who make it look bad. Here's a great post from a well known EA who explains why he donated his kidney to a stranger: https://www
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by Zanni 3y ago
I think everyone should be proud of their country, despite its flaws. If you choose not to be, that's fine. I'm proud to be American, despite our internal strife and external belligerence. If I were born Chinese, I'd be proud
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by Zanni 3y ago
I don't think SBF was a scammer in the Bernie Madoff sense. I don't think he set out to intentionally scam anyone. I just think he was so arrogant that he thought he could do whatever he wanted. He thinks he's smart and the r
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by Zanni 3y ago
If you like that, you should hear what he had to say about Shakespeare: "I could go on and on about the failings of Shakespeare ... but I really shouldn't need to: the Bayesian priors are pretty damning. About half the people born
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by Zanni 3y ago
The most interesting part of this article is the brief mention at the end of Uniqlo's self-checkout, which reads RFID tags so you don't have to scan items individually. You just dump everything in a bag and it presents you with an
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Nature doesn't care about coordinate systems(twitter.com)
3 points by Zanni 3y ago|1 comments
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by Zanni 3y ago
That's exactly what's being banned. Pages and profiles you like (along with other personal data) is what drives "behavioral advertising."
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by Zanni 3y ago
Counterpoint: Wikipedia, by it's nature, strives to coalesce around a single narrative (there may be a lot of wrangling behind the scenes, but that's what they present). That puts them in line with much of the mainstream media, wh
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by Zanni 3y ago
I am baffled by Toyota's EV strategy. They should be Tesla's biggest competitor. Instead their faffing around with endless concepts, hydrogen cars and this thing. For what it's worth, I loved driving manual when I drove an
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by Zanni 3y ago
You're arguing something slightly different. The artist has copyright as soon as the work is published, whether they register it or not. You can't sue unless you've registered. https://www.copyright.gov/help
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by Zanni 3y ago
A board (no need for scare quotes) is a legal requirement for tax exempt (501c3) status. And not sure what point you're making with the linked article which is about (relatively mild) board dysfunction, not scamming or illegal behavi
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by Zanni 3y ago
I knew someone would make this comment. I love HN for this kind of pedantry when it's specific, accurate and doesn't dismiss the entire article for one inaccurate analogy.
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The Compiler Is Just Ignoring All My Comments(twitter.com)
66 points by Zanni 3y ago|21 comments
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by Zanni 3y ago
Here's an explainer on "conflict points" [1] which seems central to the argument. Most folks intuitions are correct that roundabouts eliminate cross-traffic (major conflicts), but they also reduce merge, diverge and weave con
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by Zanni 3y ago
Human drivers "disengage" also, though we don't think of it that way. I have aging friends who refuse to drive at night. I'll stay home in bad weather. When I was younger, I'd sometimes ask a passenger to back out o
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by Zanni 3y ago
Where are you getting that figure? $0.73/kWh is insane. Rates in Hawaii (known for expensive electricity) are like 1/3 of that. I can't find anything close to that on this rate sheet (current as of June 1, 2023: https:/
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by Zanni 3y ago
If you just walk in off the street, hotels will quote you the "rack rate," which is going to be higher than anything you can find online, even on the hotel's own website.
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by Zanni 3y ago
Try again with "authentic." Several matches in the summary alone. Granted, OP should not have put "authenticity" in quotes.
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by Zanni 3y ago
If you have an iPhone (and iCloud), you can save a ton of storage space by enabling Optimize iPhone Storage. Your original photos will be moved to the cloud, but you'll get low-res proxies on your phone (good enough for the phone displ

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