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by exodust 5y ago
> Why do people like that clunky interface? For me, more posts fit on the screen in old reddit. In this case, it's 10 posts in old reddit vs 6 in new, (desktop monitor). No infinite jank-loading and nudging more content I never re
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by exodust 5y ago
> If I'm in the store, I'm already looking to buy. Yep exactly. In the big chain supermarket near me they continually play their brand jingle, along with ads for themselves. The jingle is repetitive and simple, just 7 notes tha
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by exodust 5y ago
My Bosch dishwasher does it the right way. The app is optional, and WiFi can be disabled via the front panel settings so it doesn't scan for networks every time it powers on. Well done Bosch. Not so well done is my "Beddi" al
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> " We all know what happens when content isn't curated " Curation is about selection, not exclusion. As in selecting art for an exhibition on the basis of its value or quality. Curating is not about excluding or banning c
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In my earlier 20-something days of office work, the social interactions were important. After work drinks were incredibly good times, as were group lunches and office banter. Sometimes people meet their partners at work, or make good frien
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> " I think that an environment where someone can tap me on the shoulder when they need help leads to overall higher productivity " First of all, not everyone is in same building or on same floor, or in same country of a large
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by exodust 5y ago
Virtual spaces in the browser, easy to make, share, invite participants... all without anyone needing to pay anything or login anywhere. That's worth supporting. Imagine if Google or the other tech silos did this. You'd need a pho
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by exodust 5y ago
In 1998 no game had floorboards that looked like this, or smooth sunset gradients: https://hubs.mozilla.com/docs/img/CoastalCliffHouseShot1.jpg Besides, you could make your own scene and increase texture detail an
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by exodust 5y ago
> "boring as hell" Conference calls can be boring as hell too. I don't get why people stare directly into the camera, mug-shot style for the whole meeting. I place my camera on my second monitor off to the side, and glance
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> " And dis-information is more engaging (people argue about it) than straight facts. " Odd statement. People generally don't enter a discussion with the intention of "engaging with disinformation". They are inte
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by exodust 5y ago
> "3. Sticky Positioning" Yes but javascript can enhance a sticky top nav by watching the scroll position and updating the nav with whatever is intended by design, relative to the scroll position or direction. Such as hiding&#
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by exodust 5y ago
So when you didn't find any substance in the article, you filled the void with "Google changed the world"? I wouldn't miss I'm Feeling Lucky if they bin it. What I do miss is the option to show "forum results o
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by exodust 5y ago
The "thinking" aspect of plants might be reclaimed in respect of the overall foundations of mother nature's connected biodiversity. As the maker of the octopus doco put it, the "giant biological mind". This intervie
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by exodust 5y ago
> "Yes they were long, because for most of the pandemic we didn't have vaccines." You're just repeating the Vic government's explanation for their unreasonably long lockdowns. If I wanted that, I'd go to t
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by exodust 5y ago
Better milk chocolate than Cadbury: Green & Blacks, 37% cocoa. If you haven't tried, you should. It's in the supermarket but not everywhere. https://www.greenandblacks.com.au/milk-chocolate Bought by Cadbury y
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by exodust 5y ago
> Australia and New Zealand were pretty much at the herd immunity threshold from vaccination. This is false and shows you don't understand how the covid vaccines work, and you don't know what happened in Australia. I live in Au
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by exodust 5y ago
He had the option to simply leave Spotify and state the reasons why. But instead he chose to make threats about leaving unless someone else was cancelled. When that didn't work, he moaned about Spotify's poor audio quality on his
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by exodust 5y ago
Neil Young insulting young people: " Most of the listeners...on SPOTIFY are 24 years old, impressionable and easy to swing to the wrong side of the truth. " [1] 24yo's don't need informational protection by the actions o
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by exodust 5y ago
> " The study found that cannabis intoxication leads to small to moderate cognitive impairments in areas including: suppressing inappropriate responses. " Amazing how they know whether someone has successfully suppressed an in
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by exodust 5y ago
Recently signed up to mailbox.org after losing one of my longtime Gmail accounts due to this Google nonsense. I had correct password AND correct secret answer to my own secret question I set years ago, but was denied entry because of new de
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by exodust 5y ago
> That's a sweeping statement, so where's your evidence - as most of the world disagrees with you - so too does the science. The sweeping statement is yours: that "everyone" needs the vaccine. You're trying to
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> nearly everyone will say that the most moral thing to do is pull the lever and redirect it to the single person. But can moral principles be a numbers game? I don't think so. Otherwise a serial killer who murders 9 people could
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I was responding to someone who accused the parent comment of "feigned confusion". They seemed to be justifying the flagging of the story as an "overreaction but understandable" measure to counter anti-vax narratives. Fi
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> The unvaccinated get admitted to the ICU at staggering rates compared to the vaccinated. Without breaking that down by age group, we are no better informed. Emotive words like "staggering" without mentioning the data, is un
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> ...considering the state of things The state of things is that highly vaccinated countries like mine are experiencing the biggest baddest infection and death rate yet. This isn't the outcome projected when they were nagging, bla
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> "Making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory is an emergency exit... out of the constant restrictions on our personal and fundamental rights" - leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, who is also a doctor
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by exodust 5y ago
> I used to use Modo, but again, the monthly fee was too high With Modo they do offer a perpetual license option where you can keep using the last version you paid for. Thanks for your insights into your process. I agree, DaVinci Resol
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by exodust 5y ago
That's a very thin hot water bottle. The hot water bottles commonly available where I live are made of thick rubber, and would be impossible to inflate in this way.
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Where should I book a plane ticket to, so I can view this article? edit: https://archive.is/aAf3K
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I don't use visualisation tools but I sometimes need to write in plain English the code's intention. When my brain is in a feedback loop from the complexity, writing simple descriptions can bring calm and help me grasp the require

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