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91.
by hwc 5y ago
Would a `<details>` block also work?
92.
by hwc 5y ago
I have two robots in my house that sweep & mop the floor.
93.
by hwc 5y ago
I considered an _Economist_ subscription twenty years ago, but I was put off by their endorsement of George W Bush in 2000. I now notice that they have not endorsed a single Republican for US president since then, so maybe I should give th
94.
by hwc 5y ago
No. Laptops should all become more energy efficient.
95.
by hwc 6y ago
it's a max-width. and the viewport is set sensibly, so it looks great on a phone.
96.
by hwc 6y ago
All of those changes *should* be the *default*! i.e.: - dark mode should change default colors to white on black. - viewport default should be "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" - HTML's only supported charset should
97.
by hwc 6y ago
Um, dumb question here, but how do I use c++20 modules with makefiles in such a way that dependencies are handled correctly?
98.
by hwc 6y ago
I miss my nexus 7.
99.
by hwc 6y ago
MicroSD, I think. Those can be a TB, if you want to pay for it. Would be nice to load up on movies copied from DVDs I own for the kids to watch on road trips.
100.
by hwc 6y ago
Maybe SpaceX should make it up to the scientific community by promising to (at no charge) put 100T of satellite telescopes in a high orbit every year once Starship is functional.
101.
by hwc 6y ago
What they describe is how I thought cookies worked already.
102.
by hwc 6y ago
An "orbital Starship" plus a successful orbital refueling is the real game changer. Goes from 150T to LEO TO 150T anywhere in the solar system. SLS block 2, which is another decade (?) away, can only send 45T to Earth escape veloc
103.
by hwc 6y ago
Python is nice in that it works fairly well in Windows too.
104.
by hwc 6y ago
That's great! Is the driver also performant?
105.
by hwc 6y ago
I wrote something dumb that downloads large files. The idea was to check the index file into a git repository. https://gist.github.com/HalCanary/9abb045bf047da118c2467266b...
106.
by hwc 6y ago
> I have significant doubts that we will see it launch at that price-point within the next 10 years. But what if it is only half as expensive per ton to low-Earth orbit as Falcon-9/Heavy? And if it can only deliver 100 tons at a ti
107.
by hwc 6y ago
From May, 2020. Seems like 50 years ago.
108.
by hwc 6y ago
See also ”Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful” from 2007.
109.
by hwc 6y ago
I really hope *all" natural gas plants emit less CO2 than coal. Joule for Joule, burning C produces more CO2 than burning CH4.
110.
by hwc 6y ago
Why does the author use "sound" instead of "consistent"?
111.
by hwc 6y ago
This is why I always design 3-dimensional mazes.
112.
by hwc 6y ago
They have flashing lights that go off if your vehicle is too tall.
113.
by hwc 6y ago
Technically, all android devices run the Linux kernel.
114.
by hwc 6y ago
Yeah, I've been using github pages for my personal site. It even supports HTTPS these days. I only pay for the domain.
115.
by hwc 6y ago
I want to sue the credit agencies for stalking me.
116.
by hwc 7y ago
I just printed the pages I needed to sign, signed them, scanned them, and then stitched them into the original PDF.
117.
by hwc 7y ago
I'd rather have a manual switch for both the microphone and the camera.
118.
by hwc 7y ago
math.sqrt(x[0] 2 + x[1] 2 + x[2] 2) can be simplified to: math.sqrt(sum(v 2 for v in x))
119.
by hwc 7y ago
Nine out of ten things I need a teller for a bigger ATM could handle. Like an ATM that will dispense any denomination of coins or bills or cashier's checks. I've seen ATMs that take checks, too.
120.
by hwc 7y ago
Yes. On the other hand, ten fuel tanks will mass more than a single fuel tank with ten times the volume.

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