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by ajdude 3y ago
I used an iPod touch and a flip phone (acting at a hotspot for the touch) for a few years. I really wish they had an iPhone in the iPod touch form factor. Even this 13 mini that I use now feels too big.
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by ajdude 3y ago
Reminds me of the case of when a man was wrongfully convicted by expert testimony placing them at the scene by hair microscopy. He spent 30 years in prison: > In Tribble’s case, the FBI agent testified at trial that the hair from the sto
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by ajdude 3y ago
I quite often find myself in situations where I'm wishing I had my Sony HX400V. Despite having a recent iPhone that can take stunning shots, it absolutely falls down when trying to take photos of dramatic landscapes or low light (try t
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by ajdude 3y ago
> But that assumes that Google would settle. See also: Google settles account settings lawsuit less than one week after being filed [pdf] (ca.gov) 174 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 3 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by ajdude 3y ago
> I don't have a solution for the less-technical folks right now When I set a computer for any of my friends and family, I drop uBlock Origin on it and show them briefly how it works, usually using cnn or similar sites an example.
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by ajdude 3y ago
This is exactly what I did and I am so happy they switched to unlimited. I have historically done things like using my search as a calculator or searching for websites are commonly visit instead of using them as a bookmark. When I would for
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by ajdude 3y ago
> I pay YouTube for no ads Except you still do get ads. With every single major YouTube video dropping a "now to talk about our sponsor" segment.
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by ajdude 3y ago
I own a daydream, you use it by putting your phone in the visor and using the phone as the headset. It was fun until they started dropping support for everything, and it started to happen much earlier than 2021z SimulaVR is creating a full
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by ajdude 3y ago
What's worse is how they do it on mobile. Usually there's just a button to only accept the necessary cookies, but I just kept scrolling and scrolling and they just kept giving me more and more options to toggle off eventually gave
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by ajdude 3y ago
I was so heartbroken when they moved to chrome. That seemed like the beginning of the end
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by ajdude 3y ago
Like I mentioned in a related thread [1], I really want to see simulavr succeed. They started working on this stuff before anyone else did but one of my worries is that Apple and other big names are going to come in and establish the VR Com
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by ajdude 3y ago
One of my favorite "MS Paint" clones is KolourPaint[1]. I've been using it for over a decade (you have to search around to get it on non-linux platforms but I presently have it on MacOS). One of my favorite features is how
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by ajdude 3y ago
I really want to see simulavr succeed. They started working on this stuff before anyone else did but one of my worries is that Apple and other big names are going to come in and establish the VR Computing market before the Simula one is la
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by ajdude 3y ago
> I'm sidestepping the issue of Ada string handling, which can get complicated: you have fixed-size, bounded, and unbounded strings. Usually you have to read in exactly the amount of characters in the fixed string (in this case thre
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by ajdude 3y ago
One potential issue may be the clause that the city must pay the outsourcing company to make up for lost revenue under their expected amount in the contract. For instance when they raised the rates and less people started parking, the city
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by ajdude 3y ago
Half as interesting did a really nice video on the subject a couple weeks ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HG6KA6V4T7w It is absolutely bonkers how one-sided the deal was and seems to be costing the city billions
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Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow(popularmechanics.com)
2 points by ajdude 3y ago|7 comments
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by ajdude 3y ago
Reminds me of what nissan.com used to do: https://web.archive.org/web/20170120210929/http://www.nissan...
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by ajdude 3y ago
Are there any 4K digital signage screens as high-quality as some of these OLED smart TVs?
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by ajdude 3y ago
I actually created this library with a budgeting app in mind! In my case, compliant with Ledger rather than Beancount. It's easier than ever to get into Ada these days. There's a bunch of tutorials on Adacore's website [1] w
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by ajdude 3y ago
I wish you guys the best of luck. We seriously need more independent journalism that isn't stuck in a race to the bottom. I just subscribed.
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Show HN: Cashe - A money library written in Ada(github.com)
29 points by ajdude 3y ago|7 comments
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by ajdude 3y ago
I love what they're doing, but last time I clicked a link for asahilinux on hacker news I was taken to a pop up that specifically said that readers from Hacker News are not welcomed on their site and couldn't read their content.
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by ajdude 3y ago
In the latest episode of the Adam Regusio podcast [1], Adam was speculating that a nonprofit organization could create a program that generates every single possible melody or chord progression in order to release it with a creative Commons
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by ajdude 3y ago
The worst part about this is that many places that I used to eat at have replaced their delicious black bean burgers with impossible meat. I am not a vegetarian or vegan, but I used to love the vegetarian options and would often opt for thi
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by ajdude 3y ago
Seconding plex. I was able to share photos with family, even grandparents, by giving them access to our plex share.
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by ajdude 3y ago
From what I'm reading, the problem appears to be growing water hungry crops and then shipping them overseas. I think we can accomplish keeping the price of US produce down by granting lower water prices for farmers to grow crops intend
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When I was reading the Ada Reference Manual[1], I immediately recognized this kind of syntax. I didn't actually know what it was called, but it's interesting to see it in practical use. The whole language is defined in that kind
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Integrated commuter rail map of New York City and Philadelphia(mastodon.online)
3 points by ajdude 3y ago|0 comments
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From the other side, I'm American who spent time in Europe and I felt similar.I don't want to use the term “uptight” but I can't think of a better word. No, I’m not trying to be disrespectful and I’m doing my best to be respe

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