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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> Even if i would have mac it would still be running Linux This was my plan, any solid distros that support the ARM64 silicon (M3 & M4 specifically) OOTB? I've concerns about support for the touchpad, webcam etc.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Oh man people will argue about anything. You had to change "dropping things out of a window in midtown Manhattan" (fairly high up as we see) to "dropping things" even to argue :) > the details would affect whether so
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
You're asking why dropping things out of a window in midtown Manhattan might be illegal? It's a boring question anyway; this is HN.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Strange article to be so offended by. Do you work or develop things that don't "feed the world?"
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
There's even an "eastern" equivalent. `ic` ("ideograph count") is the width of 水 ("water" in Chinese/Japanese/Korean).
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Yes, viewport units (like vw) don't always respect user settings, such as zoom levels or custom font sizes. It seems like a good idea at first (larger viewport? larger text!) but not a recommended practice.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Side note: we have the `cap` unit now as well, the height of a capital letter (ignoring descenders).
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Yes, prefer rem. em is fraught with peril especially once you get to deeply nested elements.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Awesome! Next step is mash it up with Pong and Guitar Hero so you have to use a paddle to hit the balls in the right direction to play a song.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Kagi is great, note it's not free. They use Google's AI to provide reasons why :) https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/why-pay-for-search.html#... DuckDuckGo is a a good, (free) alternative as well
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> which is apparently pronounced similar to "cootie" Which is slang for "vagina." Why not "cutie" or "cutty?" Did we learn nothing from Quibi's failure?
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Oops, I fat-fingered a URL for serotonin and ended up with a sleeping pill instead: https://pillser.com/supplements/merotonin I am surprised that more websites do not implement this!
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
If you read more than the title you'll notice this is already mentioned > similar efforts are often derailed by corruption, and there’s no guarantee the money guaranteed for useful things actually finds the way it its original dest
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
The word "diverse" is flamebait on this site
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Yes, and the problem didn't start with facial scanning. > This has become a growing problem for decision making as intensive care units, nuclear power plants, and aircraft cockpits have increasingly integrated computerized system m
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
That's discussed in length in the article. > Other than a photo lineup, the detective did no other investigation...he relied on [face recognition], believing it must be right. That’s the automation bias this has been referenced in
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Even just cynically, it doesn't even work: > in many cases, that hack does not drive sustainable growth in the long term
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
I agree—to repeat: the feature did not work system-wide on release; only in Safari (iOS 1 being 2008). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_OS_3
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> Apple would not have released the feature in a state where it does not work system wide This is false. They released it in Safari in iOS 1, in a state where it did not work system-wide (across iOS). No one used Samsung Browser, the
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> everyone I’ve seen in real life who use one lack taste [sic] Thank you for sharing your anecdote. An insight into the ever-growing trend of conspicuous consumption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consu
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
This wasn't a leak, it was filed as part of the Apple v. Samsung trial
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Not sure what you mean, iPhone 1 didn't have it because "[Ken Kocienda] didn’t have time to do it right." https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/1538536958258909184 Once it was added (2 phones later) i
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Every company does do it. I'd like to see Apple's 2010 version for comparison. Something like: 1. Samsung has copy and paste
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> contribute something: docs, triage, whatever > whatever you work on doesn't need to "ship to prod" The author walked that back pretty quickly. My understanding is "ship to prod" is redundant, "shipping&
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Those vary by OS, but the OP only said "my preferred fonts" (not "system")
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Bummer. User-in-control is best.
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
Cool. Any thoughts on the article? (How'd you install those fonts on all your devices?)
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
> Every time you email a file to yourself so you can pull it up on your friend's laptop, Tim Berners-Lee sheds a single tear. https://xkcd.com/949/
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
That's incorrect. > one might argue [bitcoin] is [a Ponzi scheme] by its current holders Going on Twitter and saying "buy BTC!" isn't a Ponzi scheme... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme
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by cantSpellSober 2y ago
A decentralized "Ponzi scheme?" Do you understand what Charles Ponzi or Bernie Madoff did ?

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