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by jader201 3y ago
I’m not an engineer, but I’m not sure I understand why there is any fixed surface area once the mice enter the opening. That is, why isn’t the hole in the surface of the trap a rectangle (the shape of the cover) instead of a hexagon (the sh
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by jader201 3y ago
I believe smartphones have completely destroyed most people’s ability to be bored. Whenever anyone has an opportunity for boredom, they pick up their phone. Oftentimes it has even moved up the priority above the bottom — boredom — and even
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by jader201 3y ago
> If you switch between Google and Bing, you will immediately notice the difference. Again, I'd argue that this may not be true for a lot of people. And even if they notice the difference, I'm not sure that a) they'd car
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by jader201 3y ago
I’d argue these are very different, for at least two reasons: 1. This is comparing desktops/laptops to phones. Way more people have phones than computers, and most people that have phones and not computers probably don’t realize or kno
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by jader201 3y ago
> “The owner came out and told me he was adding $50 to my bill because of my children's behavior. My kids watched a tablet until the food arrived, ate their food and my wife took them outside while I waited and paid the bill.” Thi
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by jader201 3y ago
Previously discussed (and flagged): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37942022
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by jader201 3y ago
I’m not much on social media as it is (HN is about the only one left that I still visit regularly), but even when I was doing _some_ social media, it was Twitter and _rarely_ Facebook, but never LinkedIn. Not for years. The last time I prob
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by jader201 3y ago
If I’m understanding the feature you’re talking about, that’s not an automatic reaction based on expressions (like this article/feature). That was shown because someone clicked the thumbs up emoji on their Meet UI. I think these are co
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by jader201 3y ago
Technically, yes. But measurements of weight, volume, and temperature are also part of the metric system, and those didn’t derive from the meter. Seconds are also part of the metric system, but one of the few not based on decimal/base-
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by jader201 3y ago
It’s too bad it doesn’t take exactly 360 days for the earth to orbit the Sun. We should do something about that.
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by jader201 3y ago
My guess is the author thought this was an original idea, and just named it “metric” since that usually means some form of base-10 measurement.
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by jader201 3y ago
No, the parent is right. I watched over half of the video, and while nostalgia is a big focus, it’s a completely different kind of visual nostalgia associated with CRTs, and the very technical differences, down to how CRTs produce smoother
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by jader201 3y ago
I think you're getting constant feedback on it because that's the way almost all versions of Poker are played. Aces _can_ be low in the case of an A-1-2-3-4 straight, but they can almost always be high as well, and almost always b
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by jader201 3y ago
I’m not so sure the problem you have with this is inherently with the use of AI, but rather using the same content for all applications, without tailoring it to your company and role — and it also happens that it was AI-generated. That is,
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by jader201 3y ago
https://youtu.be/ZXsQAXx_ao0
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by jader201 3y ago
I have nearly all of our light switches on Casetas (except for things like bathroom and closets, where we're not sitting/lying down or care about dim levels). However... in some rooms (office and board game room), I do like having
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by jader201 3y ago
Yeah, I definitely am not on team “We’re Doomed”, but I also can’t say definitively that I’m on team “We’re Fine” either. I think there are merits to both arguments, and I think it’s possible that we’ll see things move towards either direct
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by jader201 3y ago
This feels fairly naive, ignoring how much progress has happened over the (short) span of one year. This doesn't sound like that tough of a gap to close in another year (again, projecting based off recent progress).
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by jader201 3y ago
Not at all, I actually wear a mask when just sweeping the garage. :) I certainly think there should be regulation requiring masks in industries like this — and I will definitely wear a mask the next time I’m around any sort of countertop du
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by jader201 3y ago
Not sure I agree/understand, but it seems like if I’m inhaling 2x the poison over the same amount of time, that has exactly 2x the impact/risk on your health. This isn’t the same as something like a virus, where it’s more binary.
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by jader201 3y ago
Do you have a source? Everything I’m reading [1] says that granite contains 10-45% silica, compared to quartz containing 90%+. [1] https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA37...
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by jader201 3y ago
I’m sure it’s not “good”, but from my limited understanding, it’s not equivalent to risks of quartz. This article [1] indicates quartz contains about 2x silica vs. granite. [1] https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2
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by jader201 3y ago
Not long ago, we had our countertop replaced (from quartz to granite). They ended up having to make a cut in it while it was sitting in our kitchen. Our home was in a cloud of dust for several hours, and when the dust finally settled a day
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by jader201 3y ago
The same game found also in the Negev Desert from 1200 years ago: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-soap-factory-in... I actually first learned about Nine Men’s Morris when playing Clubhouse Games on the Swi
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by jader201 3y ago
Yeah, not sure “async forums” conveys what OP is trying to convey. Maybe “real-time forums” or “live forums”. They’re async as in the technical ‘async’, vs. async as in “async communication” (which is what you’re saying). But the key is tha
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by jader201 3y ago
It’s like Yelp, though. If they’re just wielding power over manufacturers, they also have the power to give into negotiations to remove the labels if manufacturers pay enough. Which means it’s ultimately no longer about benefiting the custo
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by jader201 3y ago
> It makes sense they'd try to make it a selling point To an extent, but not this extent (i.e. the second listed feature in its second generation). Among the things I care about the iPhone featuring, this is probably somewhere b
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by jader201 3y ago
I am a satisfied owner of an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and every phone I’ve owned since the iPhone 3GS has been an iPhone. I don’t see this changing anytime soon. Having said that: The Dynamic Island has to be one of the biggest cons any large com
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by jader201 3y ago
I don’t think you shouldn’t comment your code, but in my experience, good code doesn’t need much, if any, comments. This is because I define “good code” as simple code. If code gets to the point that it needs to be explained with comments,
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by jader201 3y ago
> when I lived in the Midwest I could barely tell the water softener was there I guess it depends on how hard the water is, I suppose, but could also be the type of softener. I'm not sure, I haven't done a lot of research on

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