jdeisenberg

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by jdeisenberg 1mo ago
Possibly waiting for a reasonable replacement for US tech. For example, if the US should decide to shut off MasterCard and VISA services to Europe, it would create non-trivial difficulties for the European banking system.
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by jdeisenberg 3mo ago
The restaurant was one of those “all you can eat” salad bars. It closed during the early part of the pandemic and had been vacant for several months with no buyers, if I recall correctly.
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by jdeisenberg 7mo ago
I think this is a reference to when Dropbox was first introduced. I recall posts dismissing it as “just something that could be done as well with a bash script”.
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by jdeisenberg 9mo ago
I’m looking at the currency block. Each box has a colored “drop shadow”. I spent a minute or so trying to figure out what the significance of the color is. Finally, I noticed that the color appears to cycle between cyan, magenta, and yellow
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by jdeisenberg 1y ago
I’ve donated to the Smithsonian in the past. I am now wondering whether to continue doing so. Other news accounts not behind a registration/paywall: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g-s1-80602/smithson
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by jdeisenberg 1y ago
Here in Graz, Austria, if nobody wants to get off at a bus stop and nobody is there waiting for the bus, it continues right on to the next stop. It all seems to work, somehow.
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by jdeisenberg 2y ago
This is perfectly wonderful!!!
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by jdeisenberg 2y ago
Having looked at some of the links in the article, I just realized that one extra feature of roundabouts is that they allow U-turns (which is not always the case at an intersection).
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by jdeisenberg 2y ago
I am learning German, and I will read something that I don’t quite understand, make my best guess at what it means, and run it through Google translate. Then I compare the results and it helps me see where I went astray. Similarly, I write
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by jdeisenberg 2y ago
Plain old JavaScript (without frameworks) holds up rather well. My simplified blackjack game from 1998 (modified in 2003) and a calendar program from 2001 (probably written before then) still work in a modern browser. The calendar program u
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by jdeisenberg 2y ago
Wondering how this sort would perform with Unicode input (given 256 buckets); specifically what the results would look like.
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
There are a few outposts of The Kebab Shop ( https://thekebabshop.com/locations/ ), and here in San Jose California area there are a lot of Mediterranean restaurants selling shwarma.
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
Addressed in the FAQ: https://github.com/SixArm/usv/tree/main/doc/faq#why-choose-u... Main point: ”USV provides typically-visible letter-width characters (such as Unicode 241F), whereas ASV provides
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
If you want something JavaScript-ish with strong type inference, take a look at ReScript ( https://rescript-lang.org/ )
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
I think the ending of Anathem is possibly one of his best; it’s an acknowledgment that it is the ending, it’s rather tender and sweet, and it fits the mood perfectly.
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
My EV has a “paddle” on the steering column that you can pull towards you to engage regenerative braking. I use the actual brake pedal maybe 20% of the time or if I need to do a quick stop to avoid hitting someone in front of me. I did like
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
Ah, now I understand. My apologies.
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
See http://worrydream.com/refs/Tesler%20-%20A%20Personal%20Histo... (specifically the sidebar “How Modes Degrade Usability”) There’s also a sidebar “Objections to Modeless Editing and Cut/Copy-Paste”
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
I don’t see a link on that page where I can download the software. (I am exceptionally slow-thinking today, so it may be in a very obvious place and I have overlooked it.)
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
Driving from San José California to Los Angeles with 20 or 30 minute recharging stops every two hours works great for me. I get to walk around, stretch, maybe do some shopping if the charging station is at a shopping center. Yes, it adds ti
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
A gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds, so your estimate of 10 pounds is about 20% too high. To add to what someone else posted in terms of metric to “intutive” equivalences, 1 km is about 600 paces (for me, it’s also the distance from my hous
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
That’s why NPR (National Public Radio in the US) uses a disclaimer: “This is a developing story. Some things that get reported by the media will later turn out to be wrong. We will focus on reports from police officials and other authoritie
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
Interesting application, but my license plate (yes, I did renew the registration earlier this year) appears to not exist. The VIN number search gives the correct results. [Edit: the results page should say “active lien” rather than ”active
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
You might want to look into ReScript ( https://rescript-lang.org/ ). It has strong static typing with type inference, and it is very fast.
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by jdeisenberg 3y ago
I would not be surprised if the students in my beginning programming class are using it; on a discussion assignment to give an example of a Python dictionary that you would want to use to solve a problem that interests you, about 60% of the
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by jdeisenberg 4y ago
I scripted a tutorial video, recorded it, and edited it. Then I used WhisperAI to generate a transcript for subtitles . The question is: can I use “not by AI” on the video, or did using AI for the transcript make it partially the product o
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by jdeisenberg 4y ago
Some interesting information about the BMI in this opinion piece: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268... (Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus)
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by jdeisenberg 4y ago
If your face becomes your password, what happens if you are in an accident and get a broken nose, lose a couple of teeth, and get some stitches? Will you be locked out until you heal? If there’s permanent damage to your facial structure, ho
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by jdeisenberg 5y ago
Citizen Bike ( https://www.citizenbike.com/catalog.asp?product_category_id=... ) has 20 inch wheels. Not ultra-compact, but the one I have is pretty good.
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by jdeisenberg 5y ago
Adding to the mix: `when` is used for “guard clauses” in pattern matching in Ocaml, Erlang, and Elixir, so it’s not entirely unheard-of in programming languages.

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