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by bariumbitmap 6d ago
I mentioned this in a previous comment, but I really like this Fixit Clinic poster from the Boston area: https://allevents.in/mattapan/fix-it-clinic/200026636930752 It's not a ground-breaking paragon of graph
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by bariumbitmap 6d ago
> We just have to accept that we’re now living in the age of industrialization of any skill that is digitized. What do you mean by "just accept"? Should professional graphic designers give up their profession? Should they sto
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by bariumbitmap 7d ago
I'm not the GP but if you look at actual 1980s zines the difference is obvious, even if it's not easy to put into words. The absence of photos or hand-drawn graphics in particular. The origins of the punk movement are in countercu
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by bariumbitmap 7d ago
Did digital take over because of quality or convenience? A 35 mm film camera is still much better quality than my smartphone's digital camera, especially more than a few meters away or in lower light conditions. But my smartphone is th
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by bariumbitmap 7d ago
I'm a big fan of FixIt Clinics, i.e. community repair workshops. Here's an example of one of their posters: https://allevents.in/mattapan/fix-it-clinic/200026636930752 Here's what I like about it: i
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by bariumbitmap 12d ago
How do you propose to convince appliance manufacturers to all use a freely accessible, standard interface without mandating it via legislation? It's been decades now, they're not going to do it of their own volition.
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by bariumbitmap 13d ago
Appears to be back up now
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by bariumbitmap 13d ago
Error 503 Backend.max_conn reached https://addons.mozilla.org/
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by bariumbitmap 13d ago
This is sometimes called "the right to interoperate", similar to the right to repair movement. Unfortunately it has been less successful than right to repair so far. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07&
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by bariumbitmap 16d ago
This is the internet, you can say shit.
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by bariumbitmap 16d ago
Thanks for looking into this. You really shouldn't take the descriptions on Wikimedia Commons at face value, those are uploaded by volunteers and sometimes people label things inaccurately.
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by bariumbitmap 16d ago
The data quality for this game is very poor. (One might say even say it's shitty.) I guessed wolf, game says it's bigger. I guessed cougar, game says its bigger again. I eventually struck out, turns out the animal was a sheep. I&#
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by bariumbitmap 22d ago
If you live near a makerspace / hackerspace, I would definitely recommend doing projects there. Mine has a weekly electronics projects and repair night with free access. This has two main benefits: 1. Access to a bunch of different equ
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Ask HN: Why do many websites use a sign-in code instead of a password?
9 points by bariumbitmap 22d ago|4 comments
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by bariumbitmap 23d ago
I know it's not the same as a functioning PDP-10, but the Byte Shop in Jamaica Plain has a functioning Altair 8800 connected to an ADM-3A dumb terminal, among other working computers from the 1970s and 1980s. https://bytesho
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by bariumbitmap 24d ago
In case you're wondering why the title and favicon keeps changing when the tab is in the background: https://disable-javascript.org/#devs
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by bariumbitmap 25d ago
> You can get out of this situation by rolling the bike backwards A-ha, I think that's why I ended up doing. And thanks to you as well!
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by bariumbitmap 25d ago
> The disadvantages of coaster brakes are that the pedals cannot be adjusted while standing over the bicycle frame. Another disadvantage not mentioned in the post is that with coaster brakes the pedals can get trapped by the kickstand.
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by bariumbitmap 27d ago
> the first example of a "bug" that the author could see, which others are blind to, was search results The author explicitly says he is using less specific and compelling examples for good reasons: > I don't want to
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by bariumbitmap 27d ago
One of the things I love about reading a bug report for a bug I've experienced is the feeling of solidarity it gives, a sort of "wow, me too, I thought I was the only one". I immediately recognized this issue, for example: &g
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by bariumbitmap 29d ago
It really is a testament to the power of mindshare and vendor lock-in. Git is GPL-licensed, the format is a de-facto standard, the commits and tags live in an on-disk format, merging and collaboration doesn't require a server, and yet
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by bariumbitmap 29d ago
This comes up every so often. I think there are good reasons it hasn't caught on. Here's a relevant comment from ten years ago: > whole point is to be roughly human-readable and using non-printing characters defeats that. You
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by bariumbitmap 1mo ago
In your opinion, can people imitate passion for their work? If not, how would you know?
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by bariumbitmap 1mo ago
I'd say a lot of the value in "explain it to me like I'm ten" is just expending more time and effort in explaining something. People of all ages respond to engaging writing and clever analogies, and that tends to accompa
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by bariumbitmap 1mo ago
I'm not the GP but I bought a wooden lapdesk on Etsy that I use every day.
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by bariumbitmap 2mo ago
I'm not disputing that the e-marker is required by the USB-C the standard, I'm saying that conceptually it's confusing that an e-marker is required for USB-C cables but not for a USB 3.0 Micro-B cable with the same wires and
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by bariumbitmap 2mo ago
> Any cable that can transfer data faster than USB 2.0 speeds also requires a chip to do so. I always found this confusing because USB 3.0 Micro-B cables can transfer data faster than USB 2.0 without needing an e-marker, so why do USB-C
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Theory of Operation of the Quarter Shrinker by Stoneridge Engineering (2025)(capturedlightning.com)
1 points by bariumbitmap 2mo ago|0 comments
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Disney Data Dump: What's the Best Day of the Week to Visit the Magic Kingdom?(touringplans.com)
2 points by bariumbitmap 2mo ago|0 comments
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by bariumbitmap 2mo ago
For those who are curious, this is the same Robin McKinley who wrote The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_McKinley

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