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811.
by imron 9y ago
> “Is this text secondary? Let’s use a lighter color.” Please no. Light grey text on not very dark grey background? Can this design trend just die? See: http://contrastrebellion.com/
812.
by imron 9y ago
More than a few unicorns are trying though.
813.
by imron 9y ago
Not at all. Having to slip the doc and the anaethetist a red envelope and hoping it's the enough that they'll take proper care of you is not a good system to live under.
814.
by imron 9y ago
And let me guess, it was an intern who did it (or a 3rd party contractor).
815.
by imron 9y ago
> I might buy this. Maybe. But she's a policy wonk in a time where "TV Charisma" matters more than competence. It wasn't TV charisma that did it. According to Donna Brazile, Hillary thought she had the electoral colle
816.
by imron 9y ago
> RestructuredText has generally worked nicer for me that Markdown Agree. As soon as you want to start having references to other parts of your document(s) RestructuredText wins out over Markdown.
817.
by imron 9y ago
I found Markdown quite lacking for things like documentation. Restructured Text with Sphinx was similar to Markdown in usage but significantly more flexible (especially references other parts of the documentation).
818.
by imron 9y ago
> But wouldn't you agree it's still a bad thing that Russia is trying to influence our elections? Yes, but it's a fact of life that won't change regardless of any new social media laws. It's not just the Russian
819.
by imron 9y ago
> and there’s no way to have that without the notch. There is, the notch could instead be a black bar that extends across the width of the screen. whether that's a better decision is arguable, but it's definitely possible.
820.
by imron 9y ago
> Now they're trying to keep their customers happy (who paid $1k for a phone) by forcing everyone to design for it. Sounds like Apple It does, because this is not a new phenomenon. Apple regularly enforces that Apps are built to sup
821.
by imron 9y ago
> Luckily for those of us who cannot speak Chinese, even papers from Tsinghua University are generally published in English. Generally published, so already not always, and I sometimes wonder for how much longer it will be until the ra
822.
by imron 9y ago
Have at look at most recent CS research papers. There is invariably one or more authors who are Chinese - especially so in the fields of AI and NLP.
823.
by imron 9y ago
To be fair to Buzzfeed it turns out I remembered it wrong and it was Gizmodo who originally published the memo, I've corrected that in my comment, but we do know that they stripped it on purpose, stating in the article: "The text
824.
by imron 9y ago
> Damore did not note this in his memo, He kind of did - in fact when he used the word 'Neuroticism' he linked to the exact article you linked to above (the main article, not the sub section on age sex and geographic differenc
825.
by imron 9y ago
> It does not support (let alone prove) the idea that they are less capable engineers because of this So you agree with what James Damore was saying then.
826.
by imron 9y ago
> The 'biological differences' argument falls flat because it implies that somehow women changed on a biological level between 1984 and today. This article has an alternative explanation as for why: http://slatestarc
827.
by imron 9y ago
> Do you believe any of these statements? Well, technically "to help connect users and useful websites" is true. You now have to visit the website that had the photo if you want to download the full-size version, whereas previo
828.
by imron 9y ago
> Graphing lede,lead shows that 'lead' has always been in the lead with respect to usage. Because 'lead' has many other meanings and sees more usage in entirely different contexts.
829.
by imron 9y ago
> I currently have it bumped up quite a bit for Chinese It really annoys me when websites/apps keep the same font size for Chinese that they use for English. 8pt Chinese is awful to read.
830.
by imron 9y ago
I would say the idea is higher chance of survival on a small island nation (inaccessible except by sea or air), in a remote location, with clean air, land and water, that is not a major military target, that is also a first-world country wi
831.
by imron 9y ago
Optional micropayments incorporated in to the browser, paid out to content creators based on site usage.
832.
by imron 9y ago
> Any rational explanation? One person does it, then other does, and then everyone else with the means does it too because they've all got more money than they'd ever need, so why not hedge against an apocalypse.
833.
by imron 9y ago
> How long can he really expect to survive there and with what quality of life if Armageddon happens? And the answer to that question is, longer and with a better quality (and guarantee) of life than in Silicon Valley.
834.
by imron 9y ago
> He was told that he is naive back then and dismissed. People said that about his electric cars and rocket ship ideas also.
835.
by imron 9y ago
> We strongly believe that our customers stay with us because we’re the best, not because it’s hard to leave That's why I stay with them.
836.
by imron 9y ago
Agreed. When I did my undergrad, Ada was the primary language of instruction for first year, with x86 assembler taught as a subject in the second semester. The idea being to get us thinking about programming correctness from the beginning,
837.
by imron 9y ago
Try this link: https://www.brave.com/publishers/
838.
by imron 9y ago
> We conclude that ad blocking poses a threat to the ad-supported web. Good.
839.
by imron 9y ago
Check out the brave browser and its payment settings.
840.
by imron 9y ago
Check out brave and brave payments.

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