etchalon

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by etchalon 3y ago
Opting out of tipping doesn't change anything but people's opinion of you.
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by etchalon 3y ago
You can't "disagree" with tipping culture where it exists. It exists. The driver's compensation is based on the assumption people will tip.
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by etchalon 3y ago
"I could build Facebook in a weekend."
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by etchalon 3y ago
Apple doesn't like to do things unless doing so somehow makes or saves them money.
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by etchalon 3y ago
This is the second low-quality article from this website to hit the home page today. I'm wondering what's afoot.
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by etchalon 3y ago
This is a much larger issue than just a media related one. There's a friend I've had for years. He's a physicist. I always ask him questions about physics. I've often referred to him as the smartest guy I know. I have an
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by etchalon 3y ago
Judges are assigned randomly. They have other cases. It's the lawyer's job to inform the judge on what they need to know.
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by etchalon 3y ago
It depends. In theory, it means a process in terms of how work is assigned, resolved and reviewed. In reality, it's meeting seems to be completely different between different organizations.
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by etchalon 3y ago
The Newton was a fantastic example of a non-Apple product that came from Apple.
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by etchalon 3y ago
Having worked with WordPress VIP, I have no idea why anyone would partner with them. They did nothing but disappoint our client.
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by etchalon 3y ago
Was it that Postgres became cool or that MySQL became unreliable post-Oracle and developers were looking for an alternative?
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by etchalon 3y ago
Behavior changes, circumstances change, laws change. And thus entropy continues.
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by etchalon 3y ago
You can't really "generate" a high-DPI segment. The display either has a sufficient pixel density or it doesn't. Foveated rendering let's you cheat the details you render outside the focal point, but since your eyes
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by etchalon 3y ago
"I've done the math."
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by etchalon 3y ago
The problem is that it was high-volume users who were impacted. And high-volume users are who create content for the site.
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by etchalon 3y ago
It is incredibly frustrating that people seem to be operating and commenting from a place of: 1. Twitter is going to fail quickly. 2. Threads is going to succeed quickly. Neither is true, and constantly re-checking the narrative against tho
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by etchalon 3y ago
Android phones could not run Flash "just fine". There was no version of Flash released for any mobile device that was what anyone would call "good". I was writing Flash-based apps/sites at the time and there wasn&#x
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by etchalon 3y ago
Depends on the company size, really. Large companies will invest significant resources with us to achieve AAA compliance with WCAG 2.1 Smaller companies will spend SOME additional budget to achieve AA. Tiny companies will spend nothing unti
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by etchalon 3y ago
A rare counter-example to Betteridge's Law of Headlines! (The answer is Yes) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by etchalon 3y ago
The only laptop I've ever considered perfect was Apple's Pismo Powerbook G3 line. Hot-swap modules, a sturdy build, a great screen, keyboard and trackpad.
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by etchalon 3y ago
It's odd they're suing for release of customer information behind 4 specific IPs. If they knew the 4 specific IPs were degrading the experience, they could easily block them.
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by etchalon 3y ago
“Bill in IT says we need to reboot the router but no one knows the router password and Comcast says the password is on the router but Bill says Jim must have torn off the sticker so we called Best Buy and the soonest the Geek Squad can get
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by etchalon 3y ago
Who is the target audience for this app? Influence bloggers who need to issue public apologies?
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by etchalon 3y ago
YouTube Premium is one the best deals in tech. For 10/mo you get a functionally infinite content library that's refreshed every day, and you never see an ad.
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by etchalon 3y ago
At some point, the only option left will be to bake the ads into the video, so they can neither be skipped nor blocked. I assume the only reason this isn't done is dynamic insertion, but at some point the CPU horsepower necessary to do
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by etchalon 3y ago
It would be great if the iPad could be used for local development, but outside of static markup, I don't see that happening until Apple allows virtualization environments. The sheer number of tools a developer needs to install for most
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by etchalon 3y ago
You weren't kidding. Eeesh.
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by etchalon 3y ago
They did.
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by etchalon 3y ago
Not "patently false", but, complicated: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-benefits-from-af... The central argument, and what Zimmerman backs with data, is that affirmative action benefited white men
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by etchalon 3y ago
They discussed those options in the WWDC session. They're fairly extensive, including support voice, head movements, and alternate hand movements.

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