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Farmer’s Diagram: Representing society’s degree of catastrophe aversion(risk-engineering.org)
3 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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A Taste of Futures Past: The Rise and Fall of Spun Soy Protein(nadiaberenstein.com)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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Berkeley Graphics(berkeleygraphics.com)
1 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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by eiiot 4y ago
I've used Citymapper for maybe 5 years, and while I remain a fan, Transit[0] just seems like a much better product. They support more cities, their user tracking is (generally) more accurate, and (at least in my opinion) their app just
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by eiiot 4y ago
YouTube doesn't have a huge incentive to remove these ads immediately (after all, if they're working, YouTube is making money). YouTube just generally isn't known for being the best about spam stuff (comments, ads, etc.), so
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by eiiot 4y ago
Wow, I forgot just how many ads are in older magazines. Somehow still better than most of the internet.
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by eiiot 4y ago
There’s a great freakonomics episode on exactly what’s going on with bananas. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-most-interesting-fruit-...
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by eiiot 4y ago
Layoffs in the tech sector are happening now, but won't be happening forever. The world is relying on more software, not less. Understanding programming will still be valuable in the future. Also, just a note on the specific comparison
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by eiiot 4y ago
Are you getting full use out of VSCode? The main advantage of VSCode (in my opinion) is the community plugins (Vim Keybindings, Tailwind, etc.). What do you feel is missing from your VSCode setup? Also it's interesting that you find VS
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by eiiot 4y ago
It's a lot harder to get rid of a spy satellite than a spy balloon. Also, according to the Outer Space Treaty[0], "outer space shall be free for exploration and use by all States". A spy balloon is invading your airspace, a s
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by eiiot 4y ago
Flightaware link: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N863GT (FR24 makes it difficult to see on mobile & in general)
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Dockhunt(dockhunt.com)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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The Depths of Wikipedia(depth.wiki)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|1 comments
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ChatGPT Has Passed the United States Medical Licensing Examination (Usmle)(twitter.com)
1 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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Display Rain in Google Calendar(eliothertenstein.com)
3 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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US flights grounded because engineer accidentally 'replaced one file'(abcnews.go.com)
10 points by eiiot 4y ago|7 comments
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et al. – Google Scholar(scholar.google.nl)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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Steve Jobs introduces the MacBook Air (2008) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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by eiiot 4y ago
Can anyone really name a reason why you would need a standalone MP3 player in 2023? With services like Tidal or even just Spotify it seems like there are so many downsides, with little to no benefits. (Other than maybe owning your own physi
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CodeEditApp Alpha 0.0.1(github.com)
1 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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Jet Lag: The Traffic(blog.nebula.tv)
4 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What are some of your “buy it for life” purchases?
73 points by eiiot 4y ago|196 comments
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by eiiot 4y ago
I learned SwiftUI by taking an app that I admired on Android and attempting to recreate it in Swift (along with the help of the official tutorial[0] and hacking w/ swift[1]). [0]: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials&#
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by eiiot 4y ago
- adguard home (ad blocking) - plausible analytics (open-source analytics) - assistant relay (depreciated) - duplicati (backups) - changedetection.io (change monitoring for websites) - ESPHome (control microcontrollers for smart-home) - Hom
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by eiiot 4y ago
https://eliothertenstein.com/ Inspired by an iPad-style layout, along with some other personal sites I admire. Not too fancy, just a home for my photos and some (not very much) writing.
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by eiiot 4y ago
I bike with them, and while they fit me fine, the wind noise is a bigger issue. Shokz[0] are probably better for biking speficially, but AirPods work fine if you just pause your podcast on the descents. [0]: https://shokz.com&#x2
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Libby(libbyapp.com)
2 points by eiiot 4y ago|0 comments
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by eiiot 4y ago
The best thing about a Kindle is that it removes the barrier to reading. When I have to carry around a paperback all the time (and a bookmark) I just end up taking out my phone instead. The Kindle allows for replacing the phone with a book,
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by eiiot 4y ago
Are there really any concrete advantages to the Oura ring over something like the Apple Watch? I used to own an Oura ring, but I returned it after I found basically no difference between ring's data and the watch with an app like Train
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by eiiot 4y ago
I never used pock because I felt like I lost a lot of the default functionality that comes with the touchbar. What did you use it for specifically?

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