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by bruxis 8y ago
Without the paywall: https://outline.com/bMxgSG
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by bruxis 8y ago
Here we go: https://outline.com/mk7hFT
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by bruxis 8y ago
The submitted link and title are all sorts of a mess, but there is also a repository for the iOS app: https://github.com/mesibo/messenger-app-ios
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by bruxis 8y ago
Considering the average adult male thumb length is ~70mm and female is ~63mm[0], that would be 7-8% of thumb length increased in height and 4-5% in width. That's not even including the very different screen interactions on XS vs the iP
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by bruxis 8y ago
Of course if they made an SE-sized phone with an XS-style screen, the keyboard would be as large as the 8 with the form factor of the SE :) I can dream...
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by bruxis 8y ago
The XS is larger than the 8: https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size#/phones/size/Apple-iP...
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by bruxis 8y ago
I must be extremely disconnected from this author's perception of the world (and their relationship with their daughter). This quote at the very top of the article really grinds my gears : "Few things are more painful than loving
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by bruxis 8y ago
More commonly in Japan, individuals will "lock themselves up" in their own home, very similar to what house arrest would look like. It's referred to as hikikomori[1], the practice of becoming a recluse to avoid the stresses o
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by bruxis 8y ago
Aside form a manual backup, it appears that Xorg will create an `/etc/shadow.old` file (at least on the system I tested) that can be restored once root access is gained.
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by bruxis 8y ago
I don't have enough exposure to the product (not available in my region) but I really liked the _idea_ of privacy.com where you can create a credit card proxy for every subscription you have. This seems extremely valuable for managing
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by bruxis 9y ago
I'd love to find these, as I'm in Japan and the only ATMs I've used angrily yell at me with a loud "ERRR ERRR ERRR" sound. It comes off more like "Get your money and get the hell out" than a pleasant tune.
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by bruxis 9y ago
Quick question: How are ~14% of all respondents from India, but 4.1% categorized as Middle Eastern in the Race and Ethnicity breakdown? This is just one example of a strange anomaly in the data.
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by bruxis 9y ago
Just to add a bit of a positive spin on this: even type-1 diabetics could take measures to both improve their health and reduce the amount of insulin they require. I consider myself moderately overweight at this point (maybe 10-15kg). If I
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by bruxis 9y ago
As a type-1 diabetic, your body no longer produces any insulin at all. This means even without eating any carbohydrates, your blood glucose rates will elevate every hour until you eventually succumb into a coma and shortly after, perish. I
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by bruxis 9y ago
As a type-1 diabetic of 17 years now, I can confirm that the price of Insulin has been steadily rising over the years. I can also state that the majority of my medical expenses go to insulin pump supplies, not insulin itself. On average, I&
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by bruxis 9y ago
If you're trying to confirm that flat panels are better (anecdotally) than CRTs, I'm not 100% sure I follow your logic here, because: - Most CRTs, generally, could operate at 75Hz on the low end and upwards towards/beyond 120
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by bruxis 9y ago
I did not know about these. They are so cool! I wonder how long a plutonium-powered cell phone could operate...
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by bruxis 9y ago
I suppose depending on where you're located, a name may be difficult to pinpoint gender. Though I think it's more common than not to be able to tell (or guess). I think it's important to understand the context of SV, and espe
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by bruxis 9y ago
I'm somewhat confused by your question, but generally it's not a secret what gender someone is based on their resume/application. You may also be able to glean race from this. This information is rarely anonymized. That said,
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by bruxis 9y ago
I think there are two core parts of the issue here: - he claims to be from a "unicorn startup" -- this matters a lot in SV for some reason - my impression , in SV, years of experience against salary seems to be a skewed bell curv
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by bruxis 9y ago
I see, this really threw me off: "Rsync over HTTP — zsync provides transfers that are nearly as efficient as rsync -z or cvsup, without the need to run a special server application. All that is needed is an HTTP/1.1-compliant web
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by bruxis 9y ago
This makes the claim that you don't need to run any additional software on the server, other than having an HTTP/1.1 compliant host. How does zsync diff against the local file without downloading the contents from the server?
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by bruxis 9y ago
In the tech sector at least, the relative salaries of employees located in India is still significantly lower than those in most America metropolitan locations. This overall reduced cost to a company is significant enough to invest in the m
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by bruxis 9y ago
It passingly mentions that the now entirely-green lights are still frequently referred to as blue, but living in Tokyo, I very rarely see a light that I would describe as blue-toned, which seems to be the focus of the history in the article
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by bruxis 9y ago
A side note, now that I've recently moved to Japan, purely green lights, be them street lights or cross-walk signals, (and fruit/vegetables, oddly) are called "あお" (ao, blue) and not "みどり" (midori, green). It t
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by bruxis 9y ago
I just want to note the caveat here that an extremely polite boss is by no means guaranteed to be a good boss.
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by bruxis 9y ago
Interesting that https://polymer-project.org/ does not load, but https://www.polymer-project.org/ works fine.
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by bruxis 9y ago
From a company's perspective here, they need to target the most common denominator. This means looking at various cohorts of users and determining a pricing model for the average duration those cohorts continue to pay for the service.
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by bruxis 9y ago
Yeah, I really don't want a voice assistant with the name of an ex.
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by bruxis 9y ago
That's probably not a fair question, given that you're an American. There's immediately some difference in expectations. A better question is what happens if a young college grad in Japan chooses work no unnecessary overtim

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