cpcallen

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by cpcallen 7y ago
I should be interested in reading some examples of catastrophes causes by adoption of prediction markets.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Hopefully other manufacturers will follow suit. In my view the large touchscreen / lack of mechanical controls is the single biggest deficiency of the Model 3.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I switch users quite frequently and have never seen this or anything like it. (I see some others have mentioned that Firefox might be the culprit, though, and I don't use it.)
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Thanks for mentioning this. I've been looking for something that would let me do what Time Machine does, but to the cloud, for a while. I've been using BackBlaze, but it has poor metadata support and mandatory exclusions for a lo
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I still use a lot of software, like Aperture, for which there is no good replacement and no possibility of me recompiling it for 64-bit. I will probably never upgrade my personal machine to Catalina as a consequence. When it becomes infea
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Indeed. And since the tax caused the supply of bags to dry up, I'm very glad that I have a large stockpile that should keep me in bin liners for a few years yet.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Looks like the stylesheet failed to load. (On a lot of websites these days I actually find that improves user experience!)
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by cpcallen 7y ago
> I gravitated to those who were chill, and perplexed anyone who tried to play the Status Game by losing on purpose. I think this is also a sort of power play, but also an amusing one that I too enjoy - e.g., it's quite fun, when qu
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I really don't understand why everyone has spent the last decade trying to get rid of colour in the GUI. Google themselves are one of the worst offenders (e.g. Docs and Sheets toolbar buttons), but Apple isn't far behind (e.g. fi
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I'll take that bet! The correct fix is to add 1900.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Bah, what's the big deal? Just wait four years and the problem will go away by itself!
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Does this work? It's hilarious, but I'm not sure the reverse psychology is working on me...
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I'd love one of these wingback armchairs to sleep in—but I'd settle for more widespread use of the circa-2000 British Airways economy class seats with their three-part headrest, the outermost parts of which would fold down and for
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by cpcallen 7y ago
It's worth noting that in the UK until fairly recently bread could only legally be sold in either 400g or 800g loaves.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
This sounds just like how my friends at Google reacted when Gmail and Google Docs were given the "Kennedy" makeover some years ago. Apparently there were a lot of memes going round to the effect of "still have one tab with t
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by cpcallen 7y ago
> Around the equinox Solstice, surely? At the equinox the sun should rise and set at the same hour (on a 12-hour clock).
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Not necessarily. There's no way to know how much entropy is put in to the mix—it could be quite a lot.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
If you don't want to use electricity, why not just use a gas fridge? No electricity, not moving mechanical parts (except possibly a gas valve, if you want to get all fancy and have it thermostatically controlled) - just a bunch of fl
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by cpcallen 7y ago
It took you to Amazon? It to me to, of all places, Etsy!
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Not tried Elephant Chateau, but I have tried the Ahmad Earl Grey, and it was very disappointing compared to, e.g., Twinings.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Most 'biodegradable' plastic is PLA, which will compost but not in home composters, which don't get hot enough.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
All the photos on this page are just a blurry mess. It sounds like an interesting project; too bad I can't see it.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
The title of this post was edited. The original title—and the interesting part of the linked article—is "Only enterprise Chrome installs will have full ad-blocking." I think it's rather telling that Simeon Vincent has buried
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by cpcallen 7y ago
Indeed. Even if this is unquestionably the right thing to do from a quality standpoint, the timing of this news looks pretty bad.
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by cpcallen 7y ago
How about not having a modal dialog that prevents me from seeing / using the site entirely? Are the signups you get really worth driving away most first-time visitors?
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by cpcallen 7y ago
I'm 'old' too: when I finally decided to replace my 2010 15" MBP last summer I opted for a 2015 model. Keyboard durability, battery life and ports were the main considerations, but ease of repair factored in, too. (I m
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by cpcallen 8y ago
> Are people still bitter and upset at the 2016 elections? Yes.
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by cpcallen 8y ago
> If I can not watch a comedian because I don’t find them funny (which is, unfortunately, not a crime), surely I can skip their HBO special because I believe their accusers? Of course. But TFA asks: does it follow that everyone should b
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by cpcallen 8y ago
Indeed. And that is just an extension of the danger presented by electronic systems generally. When learning to fly sailplanes, I was always grateful that the "primitive" wood, steel and canvas gliders I flew had purely mechanica
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by cpcallen 8y ago
That makes it even more surprisingly counterintuitive. I think the important thing to consider is the relative velocities of the intake and exhaust air (the latter being much larger).

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