joshuapants

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by joshuapants 11y ago
> There is no excuse for this when there are plenty of lower speed locations available. They should have used a large parking lot or similar. At some point you probably want to test it at highway speeds. I agree that a closed course woul
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by joshuapants 11y ago
I believe the RAM is soldered in, so it's not like you could replace it later.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> almost everyone under 30 subscribes to this [citation needed]
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> "Microsoft needs Wizards" This is tangential, but I'm surprised to learn the "rockstar programmer" thing people complain about goes so far back.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
I agree, the Trackpoint was all I used. I always disabled the touchpad so I wouldn't accidentally brush it with my hand.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
My X220 was one of my favorite laptops. Only downsides: - Low res TN screen. It's atrocious. - Lenovo nerfed the Trackpoint drivers at some point, making it impossible to configure the middle button behavior.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> Very neat, but it's specs are a little lack-lustre It's kind of the nature of the beast. It's one of the only (or is it the only?) laptops they can do this with, so if you're committed to a FSF-approved machine yo
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by joshuapants 11y ago
I think the way conversations thread would be pretty hard to do comfortably on mobile
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Kind of hard to make recommendations without knowing why you're looking for an alternative. Is it price? Do you prefer to use Windows/Linux and want something with one of those installed out of the box? Don't like Apple keybo
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by joshuapants 11y ago
This is a piece of software, yes, but it is a piece of software portraying a fictional female character. "She" makes perfect sense in this case, not to mention all the other instances where gendered pronouns are used to refer to i
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by joshuapants 11y ago
I'm actually reading the book Brothers by David Talbot right now. It covers the relationship between John and Bobby Kennedy and includes a pretty good section about how in the 50s the Dulles brothers basically dictated foreign policy
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by joshuapants 11y ago
How on earth is that weird?
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Thanks for sharing these!
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> Handmade candies aren't popular, they're trending. Just like artisinal pickles. Things trend because they're... wait for it... popular . > Also, there's a reason why orchestras all over the country are going on
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Handmade candies are certainly popular. I have several handmade baskets, though I confess that they were handed down to me from my parents. They don't have to be a staple, however, to still have a place these days. > Really? Have yo
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by joshuapants 11y ago
And I bet everyone else would be quite happy to buy them rather than setting up their own factories.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. I agree, but I doubt this project took any manpower or resources away from the Model 3. If anything, it'll generate some ext
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> I think it's silly when people use monopoly as a synonym for bad. Sometimes monopolies make sense. Theodore Roosevelt's policy on monopolies was pretty much this. Monopolies that provided good service at reasonable prices wer
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> The Surface itself gets quite hot under the kickstand and doesn't seem to dissipate heat well enough I believe this is not a concern on the Surface 3 in question. One the Pro model, especially with the higher end processors it def
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> Yeah, a reddit paywall is going to go over real well. (And if the free version doesn't compromise basic functionality, good luck convincing anybody to pay for frills) Reddit is already addictive. I'm sure they could take a bi
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Then advertisement isn't the best monetization strategy for Reddit. "Abuse your users or go bankrupt" is a false dichotomy.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> Ad-blockers are silly No, ad-blockers are necessary because ads (as they exist right now) are security risks that negatively impact performance and the the user experience of the site. I'm more than happy to disable my ad-blocker
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Do they actually pronounce it as "vee-ay-tee" instead of just "vat?"
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> Courier could have done that for mobile devices I think we see the DNA of Courier in the Surface line. Of course it's not all that the demos for Courier were, but it's a step in the right direction and I hope we see a lot mor
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> You know what can translate into success for developers? Supporting Vulkan, instead of pushing unportable DX12. Will it really? > Reduce lock-in, support better cross platform development, and more developers will come to Windows Th
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by joshuapants 11y ago
They acknowledge that anti-GMO people are often considered anti-science. They don't really address it in any meaningful way other than to make a few snide swipes about snake oil peddlers.
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by joshuapants 11y ago
I was going through this point-by-point, but I don't really want to leave a huge wall of text. In short, many of the arguments they present are attacking strawmen, others are intellectually dishonest for other reasons, and they really
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by joshuapants 11y ago
> I learn new programs like Sketch, take classes on Udemy and Coursera, but do not feel like I'm learning as much as I'd like Maybe you're not challenging yourself sufficiently. Try to find something that will be very diff
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by joshuapants 11y ago
Looking at that (and Pharo) it seems like all applications run inside the development environment. Is that correct?
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by joshuapants 11y ago
It does seem likely that this could end up being Aptera Part II.

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