anitil

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   by anitil 5y ago

   > that JPEG streaming trick What's that? Do you mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_JPEG
2. 632.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   I really enjoyed this. It's always surprising how focussing on a teeny tiny part of a topic can clarify so much around it. There's so much complexity in and around compilers, it's very intimidating
3. 633.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   It seems that every case of endometriosis comes with a horror story of years, if not decades, of being ignored or not being taken seriously
4. 634.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   What did Grover Norquist do (not-American here)?
5. 635.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   From memory I believe the reason he got the visit was because he made a joke about creating a fusion reactor - something like "until I get my fusion reactor running I'll need to use the sun"
6. 636.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   I had a similar experience with static electricity. The explanation was something like 'When you rub wool on a glass rod you develop a charge between them'. Ok, so.... why? And why does the charge develop with one polarity and not
7. 637.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   > burn-and-churn MSP shops What does this mean?
8. 638.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   I really like the idea of converting this from a problem of quality to a problem of quantity! I'm sure that in amongst a sea of terrible ideas you're bound to stumble upon some good ones, even if by accident
9. 639.▲
   by anitil 5y ago

   What are those little explosive things they're dropping? Is that a standard fire fighting substance/method?
10. 640.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    Ah ok, I didn't realise. I've mostly been within ~5km of Sydney CBD.
11. 641.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I didn't know that it was abnormal to be doing it multiple times a day! I just thought this was how life goes now
12. 642.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    This is something I noticed when I was in the US - It seemed that emergency vehicles leave their sirens on the whole time. Here in Aus they'll leave them off and only turn them on when coming up to an intersection that they don't
13. 643.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    > reads aloud the stories she has written That sounds fantastic!
14. 644.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    Oh I should have added this is in Australia. And yes you can move on, but you're still in an unnecessary position (looking for work while not employed) through no fault of your own.
15. 645.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    They'll also strip your contact details so that the company can't reach out to you directly. Any recruiter who trusts their clients so little is probably not worth your time, however
16. 646.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    MDN documentation and Sqlite documentation stand out to me as some of the best around. The Cloudflare how-tos would be up there, if you stretch the definition of documentation
17. 647.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I've been sprung with these before. Usually trivial, unenforceable issues, but annoying none the less. The worst was I once even had a background check _after_ accepting and signing. Nothing came up, but that could have left me with no
18. 648.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    At a previous employer we were asked to do 'anonymous' Glassdoor reviews. Which they scheduled for us to do so that there wouldn't be a glut of reviews. I just quietly did nothing at all and left shortly after.
19. 649.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I think the limit has been raised now? I bought something for around $130 and tapped for it the other day
20. 650.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I heard them on an episode of 'More Or Less' making their case as well [0] [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013r9w
21. 651.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    What a brilliant idea! I had heard that people find listening to the shipping forecast very relaxing, but I didn't realise they had such a strict format
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    by anitil 5y ago

    I know a couple of people who have seen them in the water while diving (for barramundi) in areas they thought were too far south for crocs. And there's some crazy divers who dive in Darwin harbour which to me seems insane, but they&#x2
23. 653.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I have an entirely unreasonable fear of getting stuck in my car as it slowly sinks, unable to open the windows. It makes me want to get hand-cranked windows.
24. 654.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    Thanks! It must be that one
25. 655.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    The oil drop experiment was a nice example of this same phenomenon - a slow correction over time - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment I remember seeing a plot of the values over time, but my google-fu is
26. 656.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    Also surprisingly handy at fixing your flip flops, or at least fixing them long enough to go to the store to get a new pair.
27. 657.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    At my old job we all reported a suspicious email with links that didn't match who the service said they were. Turns out it was the link to our mandatory security training portal. Of all the people to get it wrong....
28. 658.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I really like 'A Mind is Born' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWblpsLZ-O8 The summary of it's development could be summarised with "It's LFSRs all the way down"
29. 659.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    What a fantastic service! I really like how focused it is. Just file upload. Database? No. Confusing terms? No. File upload? yes.
30. 660.▲
    by anitil 5y ago

    I've had this comment in my bookmarks for a while. Always good for a laugh - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9798333