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by eCa 5y ago
The same way it makes more sense to celebrate when a person was born[1] than to celebrate when the atoms of their body was formed. [1] Regardless of https://youtu.be/T5f8WoV0zbQ
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by eCa 5y ago
As someone who has used Firefox since v0.* I really, really, really dislike the language they have used lately. > relevant suggestions from our trusted partners The suggestions are not relevant to, and the partners not trusted by, me.
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by eCa 5y ago
What one considers a growth hack, another considers never-going-to-visit-that-domain.
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by eCa 5y ago
> impromptu walks Make them non-impromptu. Since the pandemic started I have made a 20 minute lunch walk, and a longer (30-90 minutes) walk part of my work-from-home routine. I have maybe skipped one if them five days the last 18 months.
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by eCa 5y ago
No, you can’t get me to scan a qr code found in the wild. It’s on Apple to convince us that it is safe to scan Airtags. And currently their messaging is that they don’t care? Then I ain’t scanning no Airtag.
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by eCa 5y ago
Not far out at all. The list of the world’s longest tunnels[1] is filled with water tunnels. Added: They are of course short whem compared to pipelines, but still. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_tunne
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by eCa 5y ago
I don’t think it’s reasonable to equate reddit with other EU member states. As an EU citizen I’m sorry that UK left. And I do hope that things will not get much worse in the UK, though I fear they might. I do think that brexit is the bigges
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by eCa 5y ago
Yes, Greenland is geographically in North America.
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by eCa 5y ago
> average person The average person can’t even draw bikes that work[1]. [1] https://twistedsifter.com/2016/04/artist-asks-people-to-draw...
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by eCa 5y ago
Exposure time was 1/640 of a second[1]. Must say I’m surprised it was that fast, but you fight both blurriness from the motion and the quite intense light reflected by a full moon. So first manually focus, then I aimed a bit ahead al
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by eCa 5y ago
The moon is also fun to photograph. The lockscreen of my phone is a photo of the moon I took with an entry level DSLR and 250mm lens. It’s reasonably sharp and detailed. I didn’t realize before that just how quick the damn thing is.
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by eCa 5y ago
I have seen things like: > The password is ’%>>~|]#^|,’ which is awesome. Which is, as far as I know, correct according to the rules.
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by eCa 5y ago
Nitpicking: Note that JScript[1] is not Javascript. The common abbreviation for Javascript is js. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JScript
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by eCa 5y ago
From the pricing page: it obviously isn't perfect — there are people making more than $40,000/year for whom $5/month is an undue burden, and there are people making less than $40,000/year who can easily afford $5/mo
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by eCa 5y ago
Yes, this is the reason why, IMHO, the American way is objectively wrong. Aesthetics is in the eye of the beholder, but a quotation style that enforces incorrect quotations is not good.
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by eCa 5y ago
As a developer, I agree. With perhaps, like the sibling from ’city41, the responsibility. I wrote it, it’s my code. Maybe QA can have their share if responsibility, if any later issue is something QA could have found. But it requires an env
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by eCa 5y ago
The Freaking Article, in other words, the linked article whose thread this is.
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by eCa 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounding
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by eCa 5y ago
> People may prefer the English experience because they expect the translated version to be inferior No, it is not about expectations. In +95% of cases[1] the localized[2] version is objectively worse, to the point where it often only is
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by eCa 5y ago
As an outsider, I certainly assumed (and expected) that the magazine is published by MIT. I really don’t understand why a reputable institution would sell their name that way, unless strapped for cash.
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by eCa 5y ago
> will be built from scratch on a desert [...] with lush landscapes Will be interesting to see how sustainable that is.
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by eCa 5y ago
> But even that would still only put us where we were less than 200 years ago. With the exception that all easily accessible resources are gone. Might be a net positive - we will see.
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by eCa 5y ago
I think most EU citizens thought it was about as likely as California seceding the US.
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by eCa 5y ago
A lot of British people living in Spain certainly have expressed a similar entitlement. And many of them voted for Brexit.
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by eCa 5y ago
> I'm not even sure if I need a passport to cross the border to France for a day trip. You should always bring EU-approved ID when crossing EU borders (even internal). There can be checks for a number of reasons. For example, many m
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by eCa 5y ago
For gamers, this[1] is probably the best extreme gaming equivalent. Playing horror games alone in the woods at night. [1] https://youtu.be/UCvnrkN9Jjw
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by eCa 5y ago
A portable power station (eg [1]) should be an expected part of a working ironing setup.. [1] https://www.bluetti.com/products/bluetti-ac50s-500wh-300w-po...
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by eCa 5y ago
Found a typo on the landing page: > so you can used your favorite IDE
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by eCa 5y ago
I think ’users’ should be ’used’ here: > Therefore the products can be users as loss leaders
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by eCa 5y ago
Switzerland even has four official languages :) If the US had as many official languages per capita, it would have over 150.

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