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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
It's a complete mystery to me why certain YouTubers do this. I'll take the worst human voice (even Fran Drescher or Rich Evans) over a synthesized one, particularly for expository narration. It reminds me of phishing phone calls,
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
For all the quirks and facepalms to be found in the FAT logic, I have to give credit to the staying power of FAT, and its universal compatibility. Its relative simplicity makes it perfectly adequate as the default filesystem for short-term
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
A name like "Pedoscope Company" would certainly raise a few eyebrows today!
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
I did not, but I most certainly do not "use" it anymore, aside from the very occasional checkup on old friends (who still use Facebook and no other platforms), and the occasional laugh when an older relative posts "Happy birt
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
News at 11.
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
It's a gross, misguided oversimplification to indict "capitalism" in the fate of these (possibly real) people. Does personal responsibility no longer enter the lexicon of our progressive culture? No, it must be someone else
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
I'm fully on board for creating leaner websites and writing less code, but if we're measuring energy usage, then doesn't streaming video pretty much dwarf all other internet traffic? With perhaps blockchain syncs in a dist
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by dmitrybrant 8y ago
> If you're 10–20: These are prime years! I lol'd.
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
Methinks thou peepeth falsely, good sir!
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
A much, much more interesting observation (attributed to Ramanujan) is that e^(pi * sqrt(163)) is extremely close to an integer. In fact it equals 262537412640768743.99999999999925... The most remarkable thing is that this is actually not
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
...but first, learn how to right.
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
Not sure myself... It looks like the latest release (0.74) was nearly eight years ago. That's not to say that it isn't an extremely useful and well-made tool, and perhaps doesn't really need a whole lot of updating.
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
Just a nitpick, but wouldn't it be simpler to say "extragalactic planets" instead of "planets in extragalactic galaxies"? That's like saying "life on extraterrestrial earths."
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
By the end, the app no longer has any Activities, so there's nothing to be shown on the screen. The exercise is simply to create the smallest possible (valid, installable) APK.
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
In the case of Putin, are you seriously asking "Why are these leaders frightening people..."? But seriously, people whom we might call "visionaries" like Musk, Zuckerberg, and let's throw Ray Kurzweil in there, oft
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by dmitrybrant 9y ago
The plural possessive of entrepreneur is entrepreneurs' (apostrophe after the s).
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by dmitrybrant 10y ago
At least he's not selling anyth... oh, wait....
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by dmitrybrant 10y ago
"It's not a lie if you believe it." --George Costanza