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6y ago
EDIT: Aaaaand it's gone! That was a neat few minutes. --- EDIT: I've found a persons Resume which sheds some more light into this tool. It's meant for instant A/B testing. https://simranj3.github.io/faceb
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6y ago
I'm from the US and classrooms without windows were very common in public schools. I didn't know this was surprising or unusual.
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I'd recommend starting out with recipes, or books aimed toward beginners. I was in this spot, and Bittman's "The Basics" book was amazingly useful. It certainly takes a lot of time to learn, especially as an adult withou
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6y ago
For hobbyists, a big blocker is that one needs a Mac just to export for it. This probably isn't an issue for profitable companies, but $400+ for a MacOS device is a big ask for indie devs making games in their free time.
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Had -- Microsoft has essentially had a no-easter-eggs policy since at least 2002 as part of their "Trustworthy Computing" initiative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_computing They have a blog post
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6y ago
I don't believe Signal Desktop runs as a Chrome app anymore, can anyone confirm?
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I'm not sure. I work mainly within that 5% and that is where the name GIMP was a barrier for me. If Glimpse was around at the time, it would have been a good alternative. For what it's worth, the Glimpse FAQ claims to have checked
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This 95% is not homogeneously distributed across the world.
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I believe you're arguing against a strawman, as I never made an argument for a "global experience". My experiences indeed occurred in America, where the name GIMP was an obstacle to its adoption. It's a linguistic issue,
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Anecdotally, I've had three experiences so far where the name "GIMP" got its usage rejected. Two of these were in two different K-12 institutions.
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Wouldn't there need to be some business motivation to push that all the way through QA and localization and all the other steps before it hits production?
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I was reading through the privacy forms at a local medical office before signing them, and I found they were unfinished. Many parts were blanks with instructions to "Enter contact for head of privacy here."
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I'm also interested in a `.bash_history` kind of dataset. If you become aware of this, I'd love to see such a thing.
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I keep a few folders roughly organizing interesting links. I heard an old trick to avoid overspending. Bookmark an item, and look back in a week. If you still want it, buy it! I don't have that overspending problem, but I find it appli