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by abrowne 6mo ago
They're going to be stuck in the uncanny valley where you feel like you can actually trust what the machine says.
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by abrowne 6mo ago
The other way – trying to spell a word you hear – is harder, since many sounds have multiple possible spellings. Hence la dictée .
33.
by abrowne 5y ago
I believe the US allows .5 to round down to 0, while I've seen EU labels list e.g. .5 g of fat, so I wouldn't be surprised if they require it.
34.
by abrowne 5y ago
I would not have guessed that! I like that he last lived in Parma, Ohio.
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by abrowne 5y ago
I got new boilers (furnaces for radiator heating) installed recently, and halfway through one of the crew asked where they should install the boxes that connect the thermostats to the internet. Luckily they were completely separate, so I sa
36.
by abrowne 5y ago
And not sideways, off the road, because of the mud.
37.
by abrowne 5y ago
If they can still transfer them!
38.
by abrowne 5y ago
But not because of the script.
39.
by abrowne 5y ago
Sure it is. It just comes with a new Mac.
40.
by abrowne 5y ago
I'd take one that's repairable and only minimally modular.
41.
by abrowne 5y ago
I'd buy a Fairphone if they sold in the US!
42.
by abrowne 5y ago
> this funding unlocks categories even more ambitious than our first one. Any guesses? I'd love to buy a Framework phone — if they can guarantee Android updates.
43.
by abrowne 5y ago
My understanding is that it's more a way to sell a computer for people who don't want a bundled OS, but without it really having no OS. This way the new computer will at least start up to something instead of an error message th
44.
by abrowne 5y ago
Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30027117
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by abrowne 5y ago
My workaround for the startup delay, since I use it so much, is just to autostart VS Code on OS login, and never quit. I basically treat it as part of the OS, which I've started to prefer: my computer boots up to the editor, like openi
46.
by abrowne 5y ago
I think this article shows one (barely): https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/01/wine-7-0-released-with-t...
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by abrowne 5y ago
> Anyone can just An extended family member of mine had been planning on replacing their computer because they were having problems logging in to Office 365.
48.
by abrowne 5y ago
Good to know if there's a next time. I forgot to say that another option was to contact them by mail, so at least they're dogfooding ;-)
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by abrowne 5y ago
Last year, someone signed up for PO box-equivalent with my firstnamelastname@gmail.com address. (Not the first time this guy in Montréal forgot that his email has a 0 before the @gmail.com. Or an error from the person entering it in.) I liv
50.
by abrowne 5y ago
Agreed. This is one case that's not hyperbole.
51.
by abrowne 5y ago
Note that in the US, all salt can be labeled "sea salt". Other places, like Canada, mined salt can't be.
52.
by abrowne 5y ago
A lot of Indian religious vegetarians don't eat eggs. E.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/world/asia/india-eggs-hin...
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by abrowne 5y ago
Not too low if landing? From another comment: > This one was probably on final approach during the summer when the winds are usually out of the south and was probably about 2,000 feet above the ground. https://news.ycombinat
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by abrowne 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implosive_consonant
55.
by abrowne 5y ago
If it ends up working really well, presumably they can reformulate it with a lower dose or one that leaves your body faster.
56.
by abrowne 5y ago
Agreed, excepting grapes, as long as you are eating fruit itself, not fruit juice, pulp, puree or something else made from fruit.
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by abrowne 5y ago
But Hungary and Poland aren't a destination goal for the vast majority of migrants, so they only have to make the route through their countries worse or harder than alternative routes. That's not comparable to the EU as a whole.
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by abrowne 5y ago
Similarly, the second case in the US was just found in here in Minnesota, probably for the same reason (at least compared to the rest of the US). MN typically has "more" cases of seasonal diseases like flu compared to other states
59.
by abrowne 5y ago
Stylus!
60.
by abrowne 5y ago
Ditto on both. Doesn't mean that enforcing it is easy unfortunately.

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