kmoser

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by kmoser 2y ago
123 + 0.5?
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by kmoser 2y ago
> Would your customer representative be able to pronounce my name somewhat correctly? Are you implying the CSR's lack of familiarity with the pronunciation of your name means your name should be stored/rendered incorrectly?
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by kmoser 2y ago
Agreed about the date. Some maps have the author/publisher's name (look at the top or bottom of the map).
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by kmoser 2y ago
What does that have to do with porn?
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by kmoser 2y ago
There are many criteria for "best" that are acceptable to many people, e.g. lowest price, proven high quality ingredients, efficacy, etc. "Website with high reputation that happens to be running ads for company XYZ" is u
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by kmoser 2y ago
Were those organic results, or the paid ads that always appear first?
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by kmoser 2y ago
Google has reams of company reviews, both those they've scraped and those they've solicited from the public. How hard could it be for them to downrank sites that advertise companies with relatively bad reviews, and uprank sites th
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by kmoser 2y ago
Pantone colors as CSS variables: https://github.com/Margaret2/pantone-colors/blob/master/pant...
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by kmoser 2y ago
This failed because it doesn't do math: int *x[10/2]
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by kmoser 2y ago
Automatic formatters and pretty printers never seem to be able to make the exceptions necessary for me to use them. For example, I want the contents of all my HTML tags to be formatted as one long line (think of <p> tags), except wh
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by kmoser 2y ago
Related to that: during WWII the US commissioned a fleet of inflatable decoy "tanks" https://ghostarmy.com/bio/f/Equipment/418 . They were built by the Patten Company (no relation to George S. Patton
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by kmoser 2y ago
For a minute I thought PWHL was short for "pwn-NHL".
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by kmoser 2y ago
Theoretically, what they pay you should have nothing to do with your current salary, given that your current salary could be anywhere from $0 (e.g. if you're an unpaid intern) to INT_MAX (if you're being vastly overpaid). As a fre
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by kmoser 2y ago
>Ticketmaster’s Terms state they may be changed without notice and changes apply retroactively. The use of passive voice in "may be changed" leaves open the opportunity for you, the end user, to change the terms in your favor.
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by kmoser 2y ago
When lies of that nature are permitted by law, it throws into question the entire legal process. How is a defendant to know whether, say, the plea bargain they're being offered by the DA will in fact be honored, when the previous (fals
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by kmoser 2y ago
There is something about bicyclists, and especially skaters, that leads to active hostility from drivers. On at least two occasions, I've had cars purposely try to hit me when I was skating. I know it was on purpose because in one case
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by kmoser 2y ago
A smart consultant will include milestones like this in the contract: not just milestones for what they are expected to deliver, but milestones for when the client is expected to pay them, as well as milestones for when third parties (and&#
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by kmoser 2y ago
Which begs the question: is Windows' NVIDIA driver even affected by this recent flaw? Because I don't use my PC to play games and thus don't need anything more than run-of-the-mill graphics acceleration, I'm loathe to do
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by kmoser 2y ago
I can't find anything on that page or https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5586#sec... that describes whether Windows Update will update the drivers automatically. I just did a Window
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by kmoser 2y ago
Not valid why? Lack of political will, or logistically unfeasible?
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by kmoser 2y ago
As more people consume a higher amount of sugar (regardless of form), the overall rate of societal diabetes increases. Other factors like reduced exercise, increased consumption of junk foods, exposure to more chemicals like endocrine disru
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by kmoser 2y ago
Also, just speculation on my part, but their daily caloric intake may be less than that consumed by a Westerner. Combined with their (presumably) greater expenditure of calories than Westerners, that sugar is not going to result in any sign
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by kmoser 2y ago
> The starting slope of the line in your carefulness graph has no slope. Which means you’re basically telling X that we can turn carefulness to 6 with no real change in delivery date. This strikes me as a pedantic argument, since the gra
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by kmoser 2y ago
What do you mean? Most browsers support <input type="date"> natively just fine.
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by kmoser 2y ago
It didn't occur to me to ask; I was staying in a youth hostel that was something like $20/night (maybe less). In any case, the way the USARail pass worked, you had to reserve individual tickets to each destination you wanted to tr
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by kmoser 2y ago
In the early 1990s I did a round-trip, coast-to-coast trip on Amtrak (basically NYC to Seattle and back), stopping at major cities for a few days each. I had a USARail pass (equivalent to a Eurail pass), which at the time was only available
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by kmoser 2y ago
As a kid I had a hand-me-down World Book Encyclopedia that was published in the late 1950s and I clearly remember the entry for "Sugar" starting with something very similar to, "Not only does sugar taste good, but it's g
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by kmoser 2y ago
Not caring isn't the same as being anti-social. Anti-social means not participating.
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by kmoser 2y ago
Long-term freelancer here (several decades) who has almost never been a full-time employee. While the points in this article are generally true, there is much variety in the world of freelancing that isn't touched on here. My first few
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by kmoser 2y ago
Being honest with yourself about your motivations is huge. If I had to give advice on the art of conversation, whether online or off, it would be these points: - Be honest with yourself about your motivation: while you may be saying X, ar

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