afandian

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1. 61.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   It's all about creating a chain of value. Why should the chefs and cleaners have to expend energy hunting for their own voles? Far better to allow predators to take them to the cleaners. (/s for if the idiom doesn't translate
2. 62.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   No such button on my machine. Even when I disable 'reduce motion' per my other comment. (I did try on my iPhone and the REW button is present)
3. 63.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   Thanks, that was it. Nice to see Apple respecting my UX wishes. On my iPhone I see a 'REW' button which plays another video, but it doesn't show on my Mac.
4. 64.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   I see people mentioning an animation? I see only a large apple logo and some words. What else are people seeing? (Firefox on Mac OS. Also Safari on Mac OS)
5. 65.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   Ah, I assumed from this page that it was an option: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/125662
6. 66.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   Are you ruling out sending a photo of your driving license? It's absolutely nuts that you have to. But it's an option?
7. 67.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   I hope you can take on trust that this is a genuine, exploration of the original point about language. And FTR I have a very low opinion of MS and have had since the late 90s. There are usually all kinds of twists and turns in a HN discussi
8. 68.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   There are all kinds of language registers for communication. From formal business speak to 'locker room banter'. What is appropriate or otherwise depends entirely on the participants of the conversation. So, it depends on what kin
9. 69.▲
   by afandian 7mo ago

   Thoughtful and empathetic use of language is about as far from Newspeak as you can get.
10. 70.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    I agree with stndef. "Flowers after beating" is a very direct evocation of physical abuse in an intimate relationship. Whether or not you think it's appropriate.
11. 71.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    My general principle has been “don’t build what you can’t test locally”. It seems so obvious but PaaS does challenge it. It also has the benefit of steering clear of exotic proprietary features that are hard to migrate between providers. Lo
12. 72.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Quote: #define MAXIN 128 // max cell input length enum { EMPTY, NUM, LABEL, FORMULA }; // cell types struct cell { int type; float val; char text[MAXIN]; // raw user input }; #define
13. 73.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Lots of people familiar with the material here, but as somone with zero context, I watched the film and I don't get it. Is it something where you need to know the backstory to get the importance? The premise just seems quite thin: (Spo
14. 74.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Same feeling as pair programming in my experience. If your consciousness is driving, your brain is internally aligned. You type as you think. You can get flow state, or at least find a way to think around a problem. If you're working w
15. 75.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Any workload that relies on re-using a bucket name is broken by design. If someone else can get it, then it's Undefined Behaviour. So it's in keeping with the contract for AWS to prevent re-use. Surely?
16. 76.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    I get a "No video with supported format and MIME type found" error.
17. 77.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    The original solution involved a very thick disc which could then leveled and re-pitted. The problem was that the change in mass over time made it hard to calibrate the acceleration. It also put a high radial load on the spindle whilst moun
18. 78.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    A plausible defence if anyone asks for it back!
19. 79.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    More anecdata. Lego from my youth, which was a hand-me down at the time, doesn't fit well with new lego. So it might be 40 years old, (which seems like a long time until you actually reach that age!) I think it's more likely do to
20. 80.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Puzzle and Calculator were Desk Accessories (DAs), a special kind of app. Some cool details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desk_accessory Like Tahoe, it was deliberate and there's an explanation for the diffe
21. 81.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Make it “on every corner” and we have a deal. (EDIT - and Gemini could create a plausible explanation post-hoc each time)
22. 82.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Something needed changing! And the radius was something!
23. 83.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Maybe I just don't get it, but the first example the controls are out of the way, leaving most the space for the content. In subsequent examples the controls have made less space for content and obscured it. And takes up space with les
24. 84.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    I recently enjoyed this episode of Mac Folklore Radio. A surprising prescient discussion on HyperCard and hypertext. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mac-folklore-radio/id1...
25. 85.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Thanks! Certbot did renew it but looks like something went wrong.
26. 86.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    Cool, thanks. I approve! In a pure world everyone would use DOIs to refer to published literature. This would give two benefits: first, always link to the current version. Second, be a persistent identifier for the content. But HN isn'
27. 87.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    I'm a bit of a scholarly infrastructure purist. The paper has a DOI, it leads to a landing page that has the full text, and the content is open licensed. Like if someone posted a link to an archive.is version of a Wikipedia page, you&#
28. 88.▲
    by afandian 7mo ago

    This is open access. No need to post a researchgate link. Here's the original: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6079807/v1
29. 89.▲
    by afandian 8mo ago

    Reminds me of the "USB Cart of Death" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hm3NzLeO8
30. 90.▲
    by afandian 8mo ago

    Somehow enough fragments of that stayed in my brain since 2004 to google it. My first and last real-life encounter with the word 'gestalt'.