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811.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
It's really really uncommon to use "contribute to society" in any sense other than "contribute positively/constructively to society". It's clearly a misunderstanding here.
812.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
Yes, if you assume that author knows the extent of OPs exposure to the fumes and what was in them. I assume no such thing.
813.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> You've probably inhaled far worse if you've ever been to a barbeque, gas station, or just took a walk in one of the more crowded areas of the city. That's just dismissive attitude that accomplishes nothing and adds nothi
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
I'm getting really angry at companies squatting names that are basically common nouns. This practice should be banned. It's something I though was more cyberdystopian-esque not reality, but here we are in the future.
815.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
It's not the VPN itself but the software that makes the traffic
816.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
It just assumes that more heat needs more fuel therefore more cost. It's a finite resource. What you do with the heat is irrelevant
817.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> [About personal internet service at home] So, if your employee is going to have that facility anyway, then is it fair for you as an employer to derive the benefit without paying for it? I know it's a technicality, but for me it&#x
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Why offer less features?
819.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> In traditional flat spread sheets, you have to have the ability of hiding columns or rows to hide intermediate results. This indicates that two dimensions are not enough, which is why teapot is three-dimensional. The third dimension ca
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
My passwords are long because I don't actually use a password manager. I generate my passwords with a help of my algorithm that makes them easier to type in wherever I might need them (resemble real words) like in a terminal.
821.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
My passwords are all 20+ characters long
822.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
I honestly think it's quite far fetched to connect the two - open door; and trendseeker.
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Your resentment is understandable. Though, hardly anyone is led to believe nowadays that cannabis will make you a great person. Lots of people use it to unwind, which is the opposite of pushing oneself further. I think that if you give your
824.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
I think it's kind of the point, as we can't really quantify "character". And that's phrasing straight from Microsoft. > Yes, your company will soon have extra-special robots to crawl along after you and observe y
825.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> but do you really want to draw borders around a fixed and unmoving set of allowed topics? second-order effect: having a #games channel and not a #movies channel discourages discussion of movies because there’s not a “proper place” for
826.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
> and watched They weren't touching, tasting, smelling or hearing.
827.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
Accessing from EU results in a 403.
828.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
Glass disks could reflect light towards the mold. Otherwise this experiment results seem contradictory to physics.
829.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
That's an example of a suboptimal program but it's not a memory leak. This memory would get freed eventually. Otherwise a very nice article. With both Haskell and valgrind being a bit "scary" this is something I'll
830.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
I miss sites that aggregated links to various other sites. Nowadays I read comments etc. to find new stuff
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Electric cars are helping in two ways: they move the carbon emissions from our playgrounds to the powerplants, and also said powerplants will have better filtering and efficiency than a mobile unit optimised for weight and dimensions.
832.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
Spawn an X session with a virtual framebuffer and arbitrary resolution, spawn a VScode instance and make a screenshot.
833.
by loa_in_ 5y ago
Don't know about Windows but on Linux I spawn an X session with a virtual framebuffer and arbitrary resolution, spawn a browser there pointed at URL and make a screenshot.
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The most complicated orbit in history:The ISEE-3 mission (1980) in KSP (2019)(youtube.com)
2 points by loa_in_ 5y ago|0 comments
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
They are very precise. Take note of this video, recreating one of the real missions that took place four decades (!) ago. It recreates the orbit in Kerbal Space Program with a mod called Principia that enables N-body simulation using origin
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
People wouldn't abandon Facebook et al. even if Zuckerberg was outed as a creature from outer space. Many people just wouldn't care.
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Internal error bubbling code is slow and can change from release to release. And it's definitely not intended for the job.
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
M$ terms and conditions, just like Android's terms and conditions, are very verbose and do tell you that you can either accept those terms or decline. But if you decline you can't install/setup the OS. So basically agree or g
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Facebook to develop tools to track coordination across accounts in all matters
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by loa_in_ 5y ago
Yes. Scroll all the way down on your server list and the final entry is "Discover"

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