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by bcraven 3y ago
This looks close to Quadro: https://quadroworld.com/en
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by bcraven 3y ago
Photo (2016), article updated (2020).
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by bcraven 3y ago
I assume this is it for international audiences? https://seventh-art.com/product/hopper/ I saw it in the cinema and it was really well done.
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Then again you never look at Mt Everest from sea level.
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by bcraven 3y ago
How on earth would you get them confused?
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Light at the top lit = Stop Light at the bottom pit = Go
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by bcraven 3y ago
A relevant podcast: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2023/08/the-homemade...
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by bcraven 3y ago
The other drawback is creasing all of your clothes.
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by bcraven 3y ago
Hindsight is a fabulous thing
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by bcraven 3y ago
If you look at the previous entries under 'Blog' you'll see an annual update is normal.
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by bcraven 3y ago
There was a similar phenomenon in the UK: Masquerade. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-47671...
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by bcraven 3y ago
'Straight down' is how the UK gameshow 'Countdown' finishes its iconic period, perhaps this is an influence.
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by bcraven 3y ago
This rule applies to the US only. Everyone else uses WhatsApp.
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'Bridge' https://xkcd.com/1170/
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by bcraven 3y ago
The Wellcome Collection is well known for such objects too: https://wellcomecollection.org/search/works?query=memento%20...
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How to Be Blind(newyorker.com)
97 points by bcraven 3y ago|28 comments
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by bcraven 3y ago
12ft link: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fcu... Andrew's old podcast is highly recommended, later episodes even reference his increasing blindness. https://www.kcrw.com/cultur
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by bcraven 3y ago
>Do you already own all of the music you are going to listen to for your life? Statistically, yes! This was covered on a recent episode of 'Search Engine' (rising from the ashes of 'Reply All'): https://pjv
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by bcraven 3y ago
You may mean "lede"?
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by bcraven 3y ago
iPhone (13) mini: 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.7 mm 14 results: https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nHeightMax=132&nWidthM... Answer, yes (but they're shit).
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by bcraven 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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I enjoyed it, it was entertaining. If you only want the facts then I'm sure Wikipedia could service you.
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The ABC (Aussie) documentary _First Footprints_ is one of the most mind-boggling documentaries I have ever seen. It covers 50,000 years of Australian history. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/australia-culture-b
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by bcraven 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35343748 This HN thread a few months ago about the removal of i.reddit feels prophetic.
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The (fantastic) Reply All podcast episode #144, "Dark Pattern" covers tax returns.[0] In summary, the US government made a deal with private industry that as long as that industry offered a free tier of tax returns, the government
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by bcraven 4y ago
Indeed they are, as they're recordings of Pulsar CP 1919: >“EIGHTY SUCCESSIVE PERIODS of the first pulsar observed, CP1919 (Cambridge pulsar at 19 hours 19 minutes right ascension), are stacked on top of one another using the averag
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by bcraven 4y ago
Yes, what a bizarre comment! I'm not some nutter who goes out to learn how to make fire with sticks in the woods, but I can certainly readily light a barbecue with matches and kindling.
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by bcraven 4y ago
At no point is a "moat" defined! Perhaps I am in the minority but I thought this was going to be about medieval castle defences.
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The first thing in the article is a video.
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I know the science advisor for The Core. He apologises for it regularly.

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