fnordian_slip

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by fnordian_slip 16d ago
As a non-native speaker, you have to sound it out. It's a pun of "can't have your cake and eat it". HN has been overrun with puns and attempts at humour in the past few years, while substantive comments have declined imh
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by fnordian_slip 1mo ago
Firefox mobile has extensions. I didn't get any ads because of ublock origin. No idea how people browse the web without adblockers. Not only because they are an assault on your attention, which is an important resource, but also becaus
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by fnordian_slip 2mo ago
>Amusingly, the 'histrionic' Reddit post linked to in the article smells very AI generated to me. The whole text was a smorgasbord of the worst, most boring AI clichés possible. It was hard to finish for me, even though it is n
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by fnordian_slip 2mo ago
If the current Reddit Enhancement Suite workaround for the horrible UI stops working, I'll just stop using it. Outside of small communities like small city subs and subs like /r/reeftanks or /r/fountainpenpals, it&#
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by fnordian_slip 2mo ago
Works for me with Firefox on android and ublock origin.
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
>What does the German Green Party say in their own political platform today about the use of thermal power plants? Doesn't matter, at least in Germany. Maybe it's different in other countries, though this would surprise me. Her
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
I recently wrote a reply to someone else with the same argument about the German greens, which I'll recycle here: "It's bad enough that nuclear proponents ignore the massive cost of nuclear compared to renewables once you fac
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
Does he have a saltwater aquarium, or any other hobby that can make use of it? If not, I can highly recommend that he get into it, if he's into that kind of overkill :)
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
As we are supposed to strongman other commenters arguments here, I'd say they are not posting to produce a narrative, but rather that they have allowed themselves to believe that they are the "obviously right", and everyone w
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
Why does this obvious falsehood get repeated so much on hn Everyone can look up what the CDU did, it's not like they did it in secret. It's bad enough that nuclear proponents ignore the massive cost of nuclear compared to renewabl
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
Reference for today's lucky 10.000: https://xkcd.com/1897/
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
Why do so many otherwise seemingly rational people pretend that nuclear is the answer to our energy needs? It doesn't make sense economically, it's just wishful thinking. The only cheap nuclear energy is from plants that have alre
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/amazonbrandfi... The original is available on Firefox. The dev has even replied on the current top comment, if you want to check it out.
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by fnordian_slip 3mo ago
Me neither. I added clearflow on gboard for English (US), but it didn't give me the same option for German.
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by fnordian_slip 4mo ago
That's what happens when you ignore critical infrastructure for three decades. Of course, if the government were to correct the mistakes of the past, it would get worse for another decade. The necessary repairs would cause a lot more d
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
You can look at the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whEIvsU4ft0
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
I can give a recommendation for /r/fountainpenpals, if you're into fountain pens. And if not, check out/r/fountainpens or the fountainpennetwork forum and get into it, it's fun and doesn't have to be expen
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
There's a workaround for this problem on PC, just in case you're not aware of it. Just press "2" or "3" to skip forward to 20 or 30 percent, which just usually long enough for the filler. And if not, you use &q
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
I clicked the first link, expecting something akin to cycleball [0], and was rather surprised by the fact that it was so different from that. We really should have an ocho channel for sports like this (of course /r/theocho exists,
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
>German anti-nuclear "greens" destroying the country's economy by disabling green power generation will go down in history as one of the worst political blunders in this century, The sad thing is, you might be right. With
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by fnordian_slip 5mo ago
Wouldn't that be rather inefficient, from a resource perspective?
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by fnordian_slip 6mo ago
I've long disliked all the "nudge" hype that was prevalent 10 years ago, but what really sent me over the edge was the "if books could kill" podcast episode about it [0] It's incredible how this stuff even made
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by fnordian_slip 6mo ago
I agree with you, but as to your addendum: Niche hobbyist forums are still safe, for now. There's just not enough commercial interest in petroleum lantern restoration to make it worth anyone's time to poison this particular well.
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by fnordian_slip 6mo ago
That assumption is only true if there is no manipulation of likes. I believe that the presence of bot farms has been extensively documented by now, which should disprove the usefulness of likes on any social media platform nowadays.
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by fnordian_slip 6mo ago
Forums. Budgetlightforum, geekhack, backpackinglight, fountainpennetwork for flashlights, keyboards hiking gear and fountain pens, for example. The first two even organise group buys like massdrop, and have done so for a long time.
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by fnordian_slip 6mo ago
Some of these things are genius if you create overcomplicated marble runs, like https://karakurist.jp/?p=2196 A bit too annoying to build with wood, but if you're into 3D printing and whimsy, this page is a goldmine.
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by fnordian_slip 7mo ago
It's incredible that about 80% of people in this thread seem to be commenting without having looked at the website. In defense of Deutsche Bahn, countries with comparable infrastructure but more reliable transport have put in about twi
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by fnordian_slip 7mo ago
It's rather off-topic, but the linked blog is by the guy who made .kkrieger, the tiny first-person shooter (only 96kB) in the early 2000s. Though the website for it is now gone, as .theprodukkt doesn't exist anymore, apparently.
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by fnordian_slip 7mo ago
What's your browser? On Firefox mobile with no add-ons except for ublock origin enabled, the site works perfectly for me. For me, the page contains a number of categories like compass roses, fauna, labels, rivers, monsters etc. under t
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by fnordian_slip 8mo ago
I have the Amaran 200d S, which is about 250 pounds I think. It's not as stylish, but has not only a CRI of 96+, but more importantly an SSI (D56) of 87+, which is hard to beat imho. I rather like the way it releases concentrated light

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