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1. 151.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   All of those phones should have been within warranty and swiftly replaced.
2. 152.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   I get the impression that the 'handheld scanner' may be tethered to the till (like in B&Q) rather than one you can carry round with you (like Sainsbury's/Asda/Tesco)
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   by bcraven 1y ago

   And after meeting that person you thought, "wow I wish this person didn't have an alternative income stream that allows them to feed their family"? Many people in this world wish they could do something different with their l
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   by bcraven 1y ago

   I have used this tool to run the same analysis with Lightroom: https://www.lightroomdashboard.com/ (Turns out I love 35mm on my Fujis)
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   by bcraven 1y ago

   The _one_ thing I wish would be improved is the georeferencing pipeline. The fact Arc gives you a transparent live preview of where your image will end up is 1000x better than QGISs, "save a tiff, load it, check it, do it again" a
6. 156.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   Where on the page are you quoting from?
7. 157.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   I know HN takes a dim view on them, but that post was a joke. Of _course_ China isn't a bastion of free speech, that is why the joke is funny.
8. 158.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   There are some known bugs even on Pixels (I, for instance, can't always open my Recents menu when using Nova) An example: https://issuetracker.google.com/u/0/issues/296108449?pli=1
9. 159.▲
   by bcraven 1y ago

   I can only suggest switching to Firefox then, or finding an 'open external links in browser' setting perhaps?
10. 160.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast-shaped_hill A marvellous list
11. 161.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    I am quite sure Starling Bank requires an app if you still wanted an example.
12. 162.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    "Losing hope" after saying you "can't be bothered" to buy batteries feels very self-inflicted.
13. 163.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    This is an important observation as you now have a mechanism to obtain free things from the megacorp of your choosing.
14. 164.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    I went for an 8a in a compromise of weight and size Vs an-actually-modern-phone. After 2 weeks I was completely comfortable with it. Check gsmarena's 'Compare' tool to find what works for you.
15. 165.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw... Gamers only, but that's not a bad selection imho
16. 166.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2025&idCardslot... 195 results
17. 167.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/miscellany/fermats-last-mar...
18. 168.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    Sounds like a use case for a fitness watch, not a Pebble.
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    by bcraven 1y ago

    "This was the cannibalism Oswald de Andrade had in mind. Here, he was informed by what he had learnt about Indigenous practices of anthropophagy, where the consumption of human flesh was not indiscriminate or driven by mere hunger, but
20. 170.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    The platypus was called Winston. Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister at the time. The two should not be confused.
21. 171.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    Fewer abbreviations would make this easier to read, understand, and perhaps take seriously.
22. 172.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    I must say, "Fig tree in Africa. Credit: Mike Rowley" is one of the shittest photos I have ever seen. Wow. https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2025/fig-trees-convert...
23. 173.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    I understand that thermal imaging cameras can pick up anomalies in the frame where the motors are housed during the race.
24. 174.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    I keep a small backup drive at my office which I bring home each month to copy my most sensitive documents and photos onto. All my ripped media could be ripped again: I only actually have a couple of Tb of un-lose-able data.
25. 175.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    Please check the HN guidelines, particularly the final one.
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    by bcraven 1y ago

    Video recreation from The Action Lab: https://youtu.be/ZvnCQg4w4o8?si=xH_4RRToC-yRIuqC&t=200
27. 177.▲
    by bcraven 1y ago

    The 'Win' in Winamp was referring to Windows. This is a Mac application.
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    by bcraven 1y ago

    Turbo was designed to mitgate those issues, was it not?
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    by bcraven 1y ago

    There's also a full-size plaster cast of David in 'The Castle Courts' at the V&A in London that's been there since 1857! https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-story-of-michelangelos-da...
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    by bcraven 1y ago

    The full loans process is outlined on the British Museum YT: https://youtu.be/XuW2wSKOgtU