increscent

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by increscent 2y ago
A notable exception to the trend of poor/unknown quality in consumer products is the outdoor product market. I buy a lot of gear for skiing, canyoneering, climbing, cycling, backpacking, and other sports. In these sports, the safety an
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by increscent 3y ago
Perhaps the first people to be laid off are recruiters?
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by increscent 3y ago
> Signaling, however, grows stronger the larger the out-group is – as long as the out-group knows about the in-group. This is why luxury car manufacturers deliberately extend their advertising campaigns to people who will never be able t
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by increscent 3y ago
I recently switched from Android to iOS just for iMessage. SMS is quite unreliable even in 2023. SMS messages don't have the same delivery guarantees as IP-based messaging services. And often I have internet access, but spotty cellular
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by increscent 3y ago
I was just thinking of doing this myself. I'm hoping Apple doesn't shut it down. I recently switched to an iPhone because all of my friends use iMessage (I'm in the US). I'm not happy about having to switch, but it'
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by increscent 4y ago
Reminds me of this: https://xkcd.com/1425/
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by increscent 4y ago
I use Arch on my Pinephone ( https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch ) and I have used it for the last year. Call audio quality (outgoing) is very poor for me (I think I need to configure ALSA or something). SM
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by increscent 4y ago
I use US Mobile ( https://www.usmobile.com ). They're an MVNO on the T-Mobile and Verizon networks. I use their T-Mobile offering because I couldn't get MMS to work on Verizon. To fetch MMS, I use the T-Mobile APN (fast.
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Literate programming is much more than just commenting code(justinmeiners.github.io)
173 points by increscent 5y ago|107 comments
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by increscent 5y ago
Check out this project! https://trmm.net/Ikea/ Apparently, the firmware on some IKEA smart home devices can be easily flashed.
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by increscent 5y ago
Would it be possible to create a business where you: * Buy the cheap hardware at wholesale prices * Strip the surveillance tech and/or re-flash the firmware * Sell the "dumb" product for the same price as the "smart&quot
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by increscent 5y ago
I use amazon to buy DRM-free music, and I also buy used CDs on ebay.
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by increscent 6y ago
For me the theme of this narrative is that PG always relentlessly pursued what he wanted: AI, art school, Florence, Lisp, etc. He would often find out after pursuing those things that he didn't really want them, but that was helpful fe
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by increscent 6y ago
It seems reasonable to me for colleges to refund their students right now because they must be saving plenty of money on facilities management. But they still have to keep all of their professors on payroll, and my university is even offeri
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Growing a Language, by Guy Steele (1998)(youtube.com)
1 points by increscent 6y ago|0 comments
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by increscent 7y ago
Yes, The Soul of a New Machine is well worth the read!
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by increscent 8y ago
Thanks for posting this. I experience the same problem as the author. Heck, I didn’t even finish the article! :)
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How an eBay bookseller defeated a publishing giant at the Supreme Court(arstechnica.com)
1 points by increscent 12y ago|0 comments
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The Word "hacker"(paulgraham.com)
3 points by increscent 12y ago|0 comments