cobertos

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by cobertos 3y ago
I'm still partial to LearnXinYMinutes[0]. It's how I learned enough MatLab/Octave in a couple hours to test out of an intro CS course. Usually I just use that site in addition to the official tutorial when a concept really st
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by cobertos 3y ago
But English is not fixed, at the domain-specific level. Domain-specific words are created, used, and forgotten all the time. This is to the benefit of communication/problem-solving and detriment to outsiders, juniors, longevity etc. (i
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by cobertos 3y ago
After the anecdote, the vibe I got of the article was anti-intellectualism applied to the programming field. I'm all for simpler, communicable code and APIs. But at the same time not everything can be solved with a junior-level techniq
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by cobertos 3y ago
The ability to be more expressive, niche, and precise. As an analogy, it would be like removing the "big words" from the English language because they are not well understood, but then losing the specificity and expressiveness of
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by cobertos 3y ago
What would you want more of our of that map? It looks like a lot of zoning maps I have seen but I can't think of any way to improve them other than consistency and a better viewing medium (not PDF)
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by cobertos 3y ago
This actually makes sense. Alcohol regulation is extremely complex due to the prohibition era. I imagine it's a nightmare to try to legally advertise alcohol over a interstate medium like SMS. This regulational complexity is the same r
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by cobertos 3y ago
This is for bulk senders. I imagine it's hard to negotiate a new contract with a different provider on short notice, especially if your reason for leaving is "ahh, we got fined too much for sending unwanted messages".
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by cobertos 3y ago
"Inappropriate content" feels so vague as to cover any objections T-Mobile could ever have with a bulk send campaign. Though I imagine T-Mobile probably doesn't care if you keep paying and customers don't complain.
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by cobertos 3y ago
This is a code of conduct for ad campaigns and other bulk sending users. Not for consumers.
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by cobertos 3y ago
Ah, I'm having sun problems in my new office too. I just draped a blanket over the window, but a two tier system like you describe might give me the best of both worlds
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by cobertos 3y ago
Ah, I had the same sort of issues with temperature in my office when I moved into my tiny home[0]. Sunlight was a problem too. Much happier in my new office, even though it's shared! Luckily our schedules don't overlap and dual oc
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by cobertos 3y ago
I think it's true they won't offset the large platforms, but I also don't think those communities are rare. I too use Discord and YouTube (begrudgingly), but I also use IRC, wikis, and old school forums. There's also Mat
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by cobertos 3y ago
Which phone manufacturer is that? I hate having to remember all the apps I disable battery optimization for. I think I currently have like 5 apps or so.
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by cobertos 3y ago
But those "someone else's servers" aren't always commercial. Communities run on sweat/passion and donations feel a lot different than those that make their money more commercially. It's not always so black and
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by cobertos 3y ago
I feel with some niches this already happens. The art and monetization happen in lockstep. Partly, monetization is synonymous with release; a part of the consumption platform itself. You launch on Spotify and YouTube, monetization is alread
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by cobertos 3y ago
I already use it for a Gmap alternative because some of its data is better. I had no idea it did this. Thanks for the tip!
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by cobertos 3y ago
Very interesting! Thanks for this. I am worried about the same thing so might end up having to do this.
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by cobertos 3y ago
Any conflicts with battery optimization? Google's location scraping felt more bulletproof because they seemed to prioritize it at the OS-level on Android over how normal apps function
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by cobertos 3y ago
A GPS logger? What does that do over just your phone? I've been wanting an app to log my location outside of Google but was having trouble picking one to trust
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by cobertos 3y ago
I've used it for estimating driving miles for taxes (cause I suck at tracking it during the ride) I've also used it for remembering what I was doing on specific days. It's wild how the location movements can accurately prompt
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by cobertos 3y ago
Hopefully it can still be downloaded from the device? Then you could just upload the export to a tool and view it, like people do with GDPR exports of other services. I've already looked into OpenTracks and Locus. Trying to find anothe
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by cobertos 3y ago
> "This morning CET, a former Ledger Employee fell victim to a phishing attack that gained access to their NPMJS account." Ouch. A _former_ employee had active credentials to phish for. > "@Tether_to has frozen the bad
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by cobertos 3y ago
Huh, I found it instantly before reading this comment. I'm on mobile and skipped the "read book" buttons It really doesn't help on desktop that that wraps the table into columns. It is unlabelled and didn't "lo
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by cobertos 3y ago
Yup, correct, I use FastMail and Zoho. I used Zoho for my clients' emails because it's just so cheap to add extra users. $1/mo/user. Which makes it easy to resell to clients and not worry about margin. I just found more
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by cobertos 3y ago
I use Zoho for my client's email host and I like it for that, but I try not to use any of its clients except for necessary configuration. I configure Zoho into my clients devices for them in their phone mail app (with iPhone I use EAS
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by cobertos 3y ago
I've written this pattern 10s of times now. There's a lot of ways to get it wrong according to my normal[0] but going and doing something weird in the "boring" interaction handler code usually burns me. I'd argue fo
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by cobertos 3y ago
I miss having on-demand cheap college cafeteria food. It's hard to find places that have the same slightly above average food for bargain prices. IKEA's food is the closest I've found. Food courts at malls generally are no di
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by cobertos 3y ago
It doesn't seem like it was so simple as the open letter puts it? From the boards blog post https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/10/september-october-board... The first vote had 6 abstentions and 4 yes votes. Th
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by cobertos 3y ago
I wish they would have followed up more in the ending section with how the CEO (Wilke) felt about it in totality, specifically their decision to shoot. Their reflections on the events say a lot about if/how the park has learned from it
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by cobertos 3y ago
I made and maintained a geo-based chat app for a friend/client ( https://hihey.org , though they took it offline for now I believe). I used Matrix as the basis for it and started putting that on my resumes after finding it fu

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