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by dmi 9d ago
I think their point was that map/filter _individually_ look identical in most languages, i.e. map looks the same across most languages, and filter looks the same across languages, not that map and filter look identical to each other in
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by dmi 8mo ago
It's a phrase that's been around for years to mean "poor quality" ( https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/recorded-with-a-potato ). One theory behind the term is that the recording device was so bad/low
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by dmi 9mo ago
Yes, it's amazing how often hearing assistance systems are either unusable (due to bad sound, e.g. hiss or distortion or volume issues) or just flat-out don't work here in the UK.
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by dmi 9mo ago
Not a bad option for a lecture theatre, but it's worth noting that IR is line-of-sight and can be easily interrupted by people moving or the receiver twisting as you shift position. Multiple emitters can help with some of this, but the
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by dmi 9mo ago
There are wifi-based systems (like Sennheiser MobileConnect or Williams WAVECast), and my experience has been universally awful. The latency is so high that if you have any ambient hearing you get an echo that makes sound impossible to unde
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by dmi 9mo ago
It's a chicken-and-egg thing. Not many devices have it, so not many venues install it. Not many venues have it (perhaps because they've invested in other systems), and there's no pressure to change until there are many people
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by dmi 9mo ago
FWIW, it is also possible to get standalone induction receivers that you can plug headphones into, which can be useful for "is this working" checks (for example https://www.ampetronic.com/products/ilr3-audio-i
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by dmi 9mo ago
Hearing aids are at a frustrating crossroads at the moment, IMO. In my experience, a lot of the recent hearing aids don't seem to support induction loops. It often seems to be a choice between that or Bluetooth... and Auracast isn&#x27
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by dmi 3y ago
> If all you want to send is an array of integers, why should you have to put it into a struct first? If you're sure that's all you'll ever have to do, then sure. But unless you're 100% certain that the protocol will
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by dmi 3y ago
I've been using Ctrl-[ instead of Esc for so long that I forget that a lot of people don't know about it. This may not be convenient on non-English keyboard layouts. More alternatives: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki&#
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Google’s Russian branch plans to file for bankruptcy(theverge.com)
3 points by dmi 4y ago|1 comments
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by dmi 4y ago
Ah yes, I forgot they do that. That's a really helpful idea, thanks! I'm based in Herts/London, so a bit out of the way for a casual meet :-)
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by dmi 4y ago
Is anyone aware of similar resources for learning BSL (British Sign Language)? I've done a couple of in-person courses, but I'd really like to learn more vocabulary at my own pace. So far I haven't found much other than a cou
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by dmi 5y ago
To add to this — I suffer from Ménière's disease, which manifests for me as variable hearing loss. Some days are bad, and I can hardly hear/understand speech even when someone is right in front of me and I can lip-read. Some days
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by dmi 5y ago
The app for my hearing aids allows my audiologist to make remote adjustments, so I don't even need to visit their office for straightforward changes. I really want to reverse-engineer it so that I can modify some of the details of the
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by dmi 5y ago
My (Phonak) hearing aids had a multi-week ramp-up to full power, in order to give my brain time to slowly adjust. Dealing with things like the occlusion effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occlusion_effect ) just take
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Vaccine for major common cold virus could be ready for use by 2024(newscientist.com)
2 points by dmi 6y ago|0 comments
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by dmi 6y ago
Interesting; I learned a slightly different set of associations with mnemonics for the sounds as well. 0, 2, and 3 were the same as this system: 0 = the word zero has an s/z sound 1 = a single line, like lower-case "L"
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by dmi 9y ago
I think it's important to highlight that it's definitely about context rather than ownership when adding a name or bug number to a TODO comment. "// TODO(dmi): update after moving to Java8" doesn't necessa
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by dmi 9y ago
I had exactly the same situation while at a startup, which got spotted by myself ("Woah why did my taxes jump?") and my employer ("What's this weird tax code?"). Getting it fixed with HMRC was almost trivial, and th
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What do you get if you combine liquid nitrogen and 1500 ping pong balls?(youtube.com)
2 points by dmi 14y ago|0 comments