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by doersino 6y ago
This infuriates me every single day, and it also happens when just editing the URL of the current page. Typing a space at the end of the URL and waiting a second before hitting enter seems to circumvent this issue.
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by doersino 6y ago
Right angles with regard to the latitude-longitude coordinate system, but not with regard to the surface of the earth. Recall that all meridians intersect at the poles.
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by doersino 6y ago
Thank you – approachable readmes are really important to me, so this is validating!
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by doersino 6y ago
I've recently written a Python app that selects a random location in an area defined by a user-supplied shapefile [1], grabs corresponding aerial imagery from Google Maps, and posts it as a geotagged tweet: https://github.co
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by doersino 6y ago
I am a giddy goat.
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by doersino 6y ago
Python 95 is gonna blow everyone's minds.
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by doersino 6y ago
I'm sure these already exist in some shape or form, but anyway: 1. Grep, but as a web service for RSS/Atom feeds. Allows to filter a feed based on search terms, or by author, or by length of post, etc. 2. A feed reader (as a web s
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by doersino 6y ago
The introduction at the top of the Readme is great – it succinctly explains what the project does, how it relates to existing languages, and why the reader should care. Way too many projects on GitHub and the likes don't do this well (
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by doersino 6y ago
You're observing the effects of this: https://blog.chromium.org/2020/03/updates-to-form-controls-a...
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by doersino 6y ago
I'm not an expert (y'know, like everyone in any given HN comments section), but surely there must be automated systems in place that warn the pilots if the landing gear is not deployed when within x meters of the ground?
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Show HN: Python-based Twitter bot that posts aerial imagery of a random location(github.com)
2 points by doersino 6y ago|0 comments
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Drawing the Sierpiński Triangle with Recursive SQL and SVG(excessivelyadequate.com)
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by doersino 6y ago
Assuming you're using Safari on your iPad Pro, you can in fact adjust the font size. See here: https://osxdaily.com/2019/10/04/how-increase-font-size-safar... This setting is site-specific and is persist
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by doersino 6y ago
I use Uberspace [1] – they're a Germany-based shared hosting provider with proper shell access, a pay-what-you-want model and they're generally very nerd-friendly – to host a fairly basic Jekyll blog [2], among other things. The d
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by doersino 6y ago
Good comment – ærialbot actually does increase contrast and saturation a tiny bit, but I've kept this very conservative for a couple of reasons: * Some areas of the world are just naturally fairly flat and monochromatic, so a dynamic
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by doersino 6y ago
I've recently written a Python app that selects a random location in an area defined by a user-supplied shapefile [1], grabs corresponding aerial imagery from Google Maps, and posts it as a geotagged tweet: https://github.co
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by doersino 6y ago
I reported the same bug about four years ago, with exactly the same outcome.
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by doersino 7y ago
Since SQL (with recursive CTEs and window functions) is Turing complete [1], one can implement all kinds of algorithms with it. I've replicated an ancient handwriting recognizer in Postgres: https://github.com/doersino&
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by doersino 7y ago
If drained over a year (which is as long as the battery from the post you're responding to is supposed to last), it works out to: 390 mWh / (24 h * 365 d/Y) ≈ 0.061 mW = 61 μW
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by doersino 7y ago
Define "a little weird" – I've been following Jimmy's other blog, The Analog Antiquarian [1] (and also read a few of the non-gaming focused posts on this blog), and so far nothing "a little weird" has stood out
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by doersino 7y ago
Aviate, navigate, communicate. They would have been rather occupied with the first two.
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by doersino 7y ago
Markdeep [1] does something very similar. (Disclaimer: Not my project, but I've developed several Markdeep-adjacent tools [2][3].) [1]: https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/ [2]: https://github.com/
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by doersino 7y ago
That, apart from the political and practical issues surrounding nuclear power, ignores the significant amount of pollution created during nuclear fuel enrichment.
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by doersino 7y ago
Presumably, it's down to simplicity of implementation: A single servo motor that directly rotates an attached blade vs. a necessarily, due to the curvature of the windshield, curved linear rail (which ought to be more difficult to seal
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by doersino 7y ago
Yup. Around 15 minutes' worth of losses.
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by doersino 7y ago
Quite the opposite, in fact: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/ex-german-defense-chief-ques...
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by doersino 7y ago
IKEA's use of Verdana everywhere began in 2009 – they used Futura before then (for their catalogue and in-store signage, anyway): http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/
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Operation Gold(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by doersino 7y ago|0 comments
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by doersino 7y ago
You're thinking of Zdog: https://zzz.dog
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by doersino 7y ago
I'm assuming you're being sarcastic, but for anyone who didn't check out the links: Zalando: > On top of this improved focus, we remain committed to increasing female leadership – our target is to have 25% of positions at

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