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by g8oz 3y ago
It takes quite a bit of nerve to ignore skyrocketing grocery and rent costs.
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by g8oz 3y ago
Excel has raced ahead with LET()/LAMBDA() functionality and a JavaScript api. It seems that Libreoffice Calc has stood still in comparison (although to be fair it does feel more stable and responsive).
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by g8oz 3y ago
Which is the philosophy behind Gerrit as opposed to Github.
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by g8oz 3y ago
I'll never understand why comments like this are upvoted at the expense of those that actually address the topic.
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by g8oz 3y ago
The ship of complexity has long sailed for many projects.
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by g8oz 3y ago
Does Kate have a function list panel that supports Markdown headings? And the ability to define projects that include files from all over the file system rather than just one directory? Those are killer NP++ features for me.
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by g8oz 3y ago
This article is an excellent riposte to the nauseatingly worshipful interview with Kissinger that the Economist published this week. https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/05/17/henry-kissinge...
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by g8oz 3y ago
I'll echo your complaints. A recently purchased monitor started going dim and they refused to replace it because it could "possibly have been from physical mishandling" in their words. Just getting to that decision was an ord
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by g8oz 3y ago
I had the same experience until I rolled back the Windows display zoom from 150% back to 100%. It does make using the app a chore and I end up using it less than I would otherwise.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Some changes have been detrimental like trying to force Snaps onto people.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Could this mean a F-Droid type app store on the iPhone? That would be a big deal.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Igalia is doing amazing work shipping native MathML support for Chromium based browsers. https://www.igalia.com/2023/01/10/Igalia-Brings-MathML-Back-...
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by g8oz 4y ago
How did you catch it listening?
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by g8oz 4y ago
The performance knobs for SQL Server are there but someone has to take the time to turn them.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Further to your point - South Korea built 4 reactors for the UAE at the Barakah site. Took 11 years from deal to first grid connection and cost $25 billion for 5.3 GW of nameplate capacity. It's expected to cost another $20 billion fo
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by g8oz 4y ago
What they will hopefully invalidate is the junk content sites business model. Just a personal preference but I would like to see all those companies go under and make more room for those creating content because they truly care about the su
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by g8oz 4y ago
Opportunities for price gouging increased due to supply chain disruptions. This article lays out arguments for and against this theory: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/business/economy/price-go...
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by g8oz 4y ago
This should be required reading for policy makers and technologists with any sense of ethics.
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by g8oz 4y ago
These are great
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by g8oz 4y ago
Not for lack of trying. And debunked is overstating it. Their dirty tricks campaigns have touched elections all over the world
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by g8oz 4y ago
That was quite a long list of questionable objections.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Excel now has a JavaScript API and the new LAMBDA function is amazing. I hope Calc can borrow these ideas.
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by g8oz 4y ago
I wouldn't hold my breath. They've been around in various forms since 2005 and have a track record of cool prototypes and no market impact. The EV world is way beyond this sort of gee whiz gadgetry.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Romance scams are definitely going to benefit from this.
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by g8oz 4y ago
Given that Zeihan used to work at Stratfor the similarity in arguments and style are not surprising. I wouldn't call the style hyperbolic exactly but there is definitely a pattern of undue certainty, sweeping conclusions and geographi
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by g8oz 4y ago
Also see Syria: Syria’s Surprising Solar Boom: Sunlight Powers the Night in Rebel Idlib https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/syria-so...
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by g8oz 4y ago
Hemp underwear is considerably tougher than the merino wool offerings and also has anti-bacterial and anti-odor properties. WAMA is a good brand.
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by g8oz 4y ago
"If everything is “violent,” nothing really is. If every slight is “oppression,” nothing is." -- Building Resilient Organizations https://forgeorganizing.org/article/building-resilient-organ...
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by g8oz 4y ago
TextAdept is another lightweight editor written in C and extensible with Lua. Mature, cross platform and speedy.
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by g8oz 4y ago
On the other hand I just installed Chrome Flex OS on a 2011 HP laptop with 4 GB of memory and am in shock at how responsive it is.

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