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by _moof 4y ago
It's pronounced "GIF." In seriousness it's pronounced DEE-mon, but you'll never get consensus on this, so best just to say it the way you want to say it and leave it alone when someone else says it differently.
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by _moof 4y ago
Essentially the same law already exists in California. The only effect has been the intended one.
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by _moof 4y ago
Doesn't Netflix also provide hardware with caches to ISPs? Thought I saw that somewhere. (Not saying you're wrong; just mentioning what might be another factor.) EDIT: Here's what I was thinking of: https://opencon
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by _moof 4y ago
I've noticed this too. Combine the constant patching with auto-updates and my whole system starts to feel like it's made of sand, constantly shifting under my feet. It almost feels disrespectful. Like, I use my computers to work.
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by _moof 4y ago
> if you must choose between quality of life or higher salary, choose higher salary Strongly disagree.
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by _moof 5y ago
egrep is grep -E.
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by _moof 5y ago
You're talking about shebangs in general. This is about a specific shebang idiom, i.e #!/usr/bin/env python3 which allows the file to be run with whichever python interpreter the user has in their PATH, instead of
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by _moof 5y ago
I went to grad school. I never, ever claim to be an expert in the field I studied, because I have virtually no real-world industry experience in it. Two more years of school does not make one an expert; it prepares one to become an expert
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by _moof 5y ago
For a late '90s/early '00s digital spec, that doesn't strike me as terribly surprising. Especially since it was a replacement for analog signals. Also means way fewer components and much simpler firmware.
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by _moof 5y ago
Apparently some(? many? most?) of them refuse to work at all until they've been "set up" over the internet. Don't know for sure though; I'm clinging to my old dumb TV like a life raft.
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by _moof 5y ago
s/private/piston/
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by _moof 5y ago
Surely you mean "as soon as practicable." :)
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by _moof 5y ago
Don't know for sure but from skimming the paper it looks like it's inhalation only. "Inspiratory muscle strength training (IMST) is an alternative form of physical training that uses the diaphragm and accessory respiratory mu
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by _moof 5y ago
Thankfully there are exceptions to this, notably aviation. Having all accidents investigated by an independent board with a systems approach has proven to be an extremely successful model. It's a shame it isn't replicated elsewher
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by _moof 5y ago
> make sure you're not on autopilot when taking potentially dangerous actions When it comes to repetitive or familiar actions, this is physically impossible. If a repeated action is dangerous you cannot use a human interrupting th
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by _moof 5y ago
Thank you for your service.
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by _moof 5y ago
They were taken prisoner, and later given back to Ukraine in a prisoner swap.
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by _moof 5y ago
If you were really concerned about service life, you'd be taking issue with the use of lead-free solder.
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by _moof 5y ago
It gets worse: "Rigid aluminium milled frame for improved sound quality. The premium aluminium milled frame provides superior rigidity for low impedance and clear, stable sound and solid bass." You might as well say you put leathe
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by _moof 5y ago
Writer confuses the gambler's fallacy with the law of large numbers. The gambler's fallacy concerns individual coin flips, which are obviously independent. The law of large numbers concerns the average of many coin flips, whic
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by _moof 5y ago
These are base instincts speaking. Emotional, vengeful, a desire to punish because you've been hurt. It's perfectly natural to feel that way, but it's not reasonable, fair, or effective.
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by _moof 5y ago
There are two kinds of criticism: the kind that seeks to tear down, and the kind that seeks to build up. When people talk about being "self-critical" it's usually the tear-down kind, or what therapists call negative self-talk
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by _moof 5y ago
Hub-and-spoke routing + "it's not a small world, it's a small social class/industry/demographic/what-have-you" + the tendency for industries to cluster geographically. And what are the odds people meet in
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by _moof 5y ago
"Cultural Marxism" is an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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by _moof 5y ago
You really don't think film critics being different from the general population has anything do with it? They're trained to see things in movies that most people don't. I get that you want people to say "selection bias
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by _moof 5y ago
The federal health insurance mandated in the US was repealed as of 2019. You may still be subject to a state mandate though.
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by _moof 5y ago
"Americans have no responsibility to take two seconds to ask themselves if their anxieties are based in reality, and as a consequence, they get to make their irrational fears everyone else's problem"
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by _moof 5y ago
> I'm puzzled by this thread specifically because there doesn't seem to be a single commenter who is as much as just fine with meetings. It's a self-selecting sample effect. No one responds to a survey when things are ju
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by _moof 5y ago
I'm a musician too, and yes, it is absolutely awful to hear someone practicing next door. I'm fortunate to play mostly electric instruments so I always practice with headphones because I understand how painful it is for others.
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by _moof 5y ago
Take "the modern web" as a cultural descriptor then, not a technical one. There has been a huge shift in the last decade-plus. Software does not serve the user's interest anymore, and it sucks. Yes, this sort of thing has bee

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