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by dddddaviddddd 8mo ago
> Word of mouth and maybe trusted communities like HN is the only way to reliably discover new things. Any sufficiently trusted (online) community will find many attempts to exploit its trust for profit.
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by dddddaviddddd 8mo ago
Anki uses a SQLite database for all its data, so it's already an open format.
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by dddddaviddddd 8mo ago
I host immich inside a Linux VM on FreeBSD, with 6 GB of RAM. Fourth generation Intel processor. The initial jobs to parse metadata took a day or two, but now it’s perfectly snappy and useable.
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by dddddaviddddd 9mo ago
Canada: 30% on-time https://media.viarail.ca/en/press-releases/2025/q1-2025-time...
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Bypassing a Clever CD-Check(davidschlachter.com)
24 points by dddddaviddddd 9mo ago|4 comments
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by dddddaviddddd 10mo ago
I think this is a part of work that now allows you to run System 7 on machines as new as a Mac Mini G4, which was discussed more broadly in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46084956
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Creating recurring tasks in Todoist with cron(davidschlachter.com)
3 points by dddddaviddddd 11mo ago|0 comments
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by dddddaviddddd 11mo ago
For urban gyms, at least in Montreal, a slider for bicycle parking is more useful than a checkbox. Some gyms have many more bicycles parked than cars, sometimes in winter too. Many gyms don’t even have car parking because transit/bike&
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by dddddaviddddd 11mo ago
I've started using Bastille recently, it allows using Dockerfile-like 'templates' to provision jails. I like this because I can destroy and recreate the jails easily, particularly to move to a new release (without having to d
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
Overlapping zigzags quickly trap them. Since ‘trapped’ appears to be determined by the rate of bounces, you just need to divide the area as much as possible.
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
Reminds me of the Brandon Sanderson novel, The Rithmatist, where creatures are also trapped in drawn shapes.
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
I would support re-testing on some interval like every 5 years. That said, so much could be done to make the environment safer. Lower speeds, more traffic calming, safer intersections, safer alternatives (public transit, walking, bicycle).
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
Better to design a street that can generally be crossed safely, than to make a road so dangerous that pedestrians have to use tunnels and bridges. People should be able to cross a street safely anywhere.
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
I'd be happy if whoever built the road (municipality, state, etc) had civil liability for deaths and injuries, in cases where it could be shown that an inadequate effort was made to protect pedestrians, drivers, and cyclists (nearly al
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
Who builds five lanes of high-speed traffic where people live and would want to cross the street? The problem is the design that puts danger where people want to be.
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WestJet says some passengers' personal information stolen in cyberattack(cbc.ca)
1 points by dddddaviddddd 1y ago|1 comments
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Dynamo Light Reviews(davidschlachter.com)
1 points by dddddaviddddd 1y ago|0 comments
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
I was looking at the Wikipedia article for the "Global Organized Crime Index" today, and Myanmar is #1, above Colombia and Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Organized_Crime_Index
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
> You either need to have a designated driver, find a taxi (which doesn't exist in most rural areas), or just not drink. Or live in a place where you don’t drive to get around.
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
Or walkable neighbourhoods, or public transportation.
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by dddddaviddddd 1y ago
> And don’t even get me started on logging into accounts at the Canada Revenue Agency. At least they support standard TOTP now. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/e-services/...
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
> The Americas had no horses before Europeans brought them. > Long since debunked I mean, the linked article says horses were introduced in the 1600s (brought by Europeans), and then spread throughout the Americas without requiring fu
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
Depends what your community needs. I'm part of a dance group that only needs to communicate events, so most communication happens by email (BCC from organizer to everyone). Then, anything more complicated happens in-person or through o
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
This should be about what you want in your career now, and not about your age. Once you can clearly answer the first question, it will be easy to find the right place.
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
Some of my favourites from this year: * The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs. Classic urbanist book that changed the way I see my city, and elegantly described so many things I didn't know I knew. * A Psalm for
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
Even if kei trucks imported from Japan perform poorly in crash tests, they demonstrate that there is a market for smaller, more utilitarian trucks in North America -- a market that could be filled with something a little bit bigger perhaps
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
The “Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean” podcast is excellent. It’s mostly cut-up university lectures by the author, who teaches at York University in Toronto. https://www.philipharland.com/Blog/religions-of-the-anc
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
The release notes: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.2R/relnotes/
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How much space do Montreal's cars take?(davidschlachter.com)
2 points by dddddaviddddd 2y ago|0 comments
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by dddddaviddddd 2y ago
I have no specific experience with Waterloo, but sometimes towers follow a Corbusian ideal of a tower surrounded by nothing; or worse, a tower surrounded by high-speed roads/highway — essentially a stacked bedroom community with no wal

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