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by fredley 6y ago
Very sad MSN Messenger did not open. This was still a hell of a nostalgia trip for me.
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by fredley 6y ago
I _don't_ want to work on spreadsheets from my couch. In fact, I don't want to be able to work on spreadsheets on my couch. I want my couch to be a completely spreadsheet-free area!
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by fredley 6y ago
Interesting how their coffee shop business did well not because of the coffee, but because they controlled the distribution of a certain type of valuable information.
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by fredley 6y ago
I know people blocked by this. Usually they're people who had an easy time at expensive schools, they now can't accept that they're anything other than brilliant and deserve the top jobs based on their raw 'talent'
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by fredley 6y ago
The piano and marimba doesn't quite have a full scale, consider using -, = and [, ] to add the extra couple of notes! I would love to be able to upload a midi to this...
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Eighteen year old Pokémon bug discovered by a fish(techraptor.net)
3 points by fredley 6y ago|0 comments
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by fredley 6y ago
For journey planners, knowing whether routes are step-free.
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Why so much coverage of Amazon Prime Day? The incentives, of course (2016)(theguardian.com)
7 points by fredley 6y ago|1 comments
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by fredley 6y ago
I want a smart speaker in the kitchen, because for a few functions (timer, weight conversions and arithmetic) it's really useful, and hands-free which in that particular context is really important. I feel like I could build something
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by fredley 6y ago
Reminds me of the Amstrad Emailer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_E-mailer It started out with a few innocuous ads, then it got worse and worse until at one point it started displaying adult ads on a device that
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by fredley 6y ago
How?
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by fredley 6y ago
Absolutely. If forced (as in there are no dumb tv options that are viable), I'd reluctantly buy a smart TV, but I'd never let it actually connect it up.
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by fredley 6y ago
When's the last time you checked if any of your electronics were emitting a jamming signal?
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by fredley 6y ago
Surprised not to see Pi Hole on that list!
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by fredley 6y ago
This seems very similar to Magic Wormhole which I've been using for years: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole . I'll admit the crocs README sells it better though.
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by fredley 6y ago
Beeware / Beware, not sure about that name!
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by fredley 6y ago
This will go great with my analogue terminal bell! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24432930
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by fredley 6y ago
This is a huge factor in early hiring success: can you effectively hire people whose roles you don't fully understand? Can you develop trust with the person you've hired and delegate effectively?
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by fredley 6y ago
Phosphine on earth is only created as a product of biological chemistry. This might be the case on Venus too, which would be a first sign of extra-terrestrial life.
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by fredley 6y ago
I remember the early days, when you could only join with a university account, and the only people you could interact with were others in the same network. Privacy controls were 'public' by default, but then the only people seeing
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by fredley 6y ago
Riding a bike I'm still interested in the volume of cars on the road, and probably more interested in the volume of cars than the volume of bikes to be honest.
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by fredley 6y ago
Yes, although charity is problematic: it means priorities are set by those donating (and more by those donating more), rather than by need. All private schools in the UK operate as charities, for example. https://en.wikipedia.org
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by fredley 6y ago
This is an extremely opinionated article: > People will always support charging more taxes, as long as it isn’t them paying. I would happily pay more taxes, personally, in exchange for better social care and schools, public services I do
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by fredley 6y ago
It depends on how noisy the surroundings are. In an office block with potentially many other iPhones and sources of interference, probably not far at all. Out in a suburban or rural setting probably much further. I wonder if it'll tune
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by fredley 6y ago
Would pay for this if you could customise the links on each platform rather than only have the robot suggestions. While it works fine for 'popular' music, like almost all music platforms and tools it totally sucks for classical mu
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by fredley 6y ago
MP3 to text? Why does it ask me to upload a video?
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The Last of the Zoroastrians(theguardian.com)
6 points by fredley 6y ago|1 comments
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by fredley 6y ago
This is the kind of content I've only ever seen previously in TDWTF (which is entirely this sort of content...) https://thedailywtf.com/
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by fredley 6y ago
Pay for quality, but understand the tilt. If you really want to, pay for two services with opposing tilts, but equal (high) quality.
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by fredley 6y ago
[Disclosure: Citymapper employee] We’ve been working on improving walking, cycling and scooting recently, so it’s good to hear people are finding it useful! We recently added turn-by-turn and voice instructions (in early access as part of C

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