macintux

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   by macintux 1y ago

   I can see arguments that it's worse for the family, but why is it worse for the economy to have two parents working?
2. 632.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   And it's not like it would hurt the developers to be conscious of their choices.
3. 633.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   Volunteer work is so very good for my mental health. The pandemic directly and indirectly caused me to stop it for a few years, but now that I’m volunteering again, I’m much happier.
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   by macintux 1y ago

   I tried to use a coupon recently at a major drug store chain, one they had just given me for getting vaccinated, and despite the fact that the coupon said nothing about this requirement, they wouldn’t take it without also using a frequent s
5. 635.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   I had a similar question: to me, the output format “or” statement looks like it might deterministically pick one winner instead of alerting the user that they erred. A good parser is terrific, but it needs to give useful feedback.
6. 636.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   Yep. One more excuse to kill the USPS.
7. 637.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   The problem is that RFK, like Trump, has effectively created a situation where anything they say is immediately discredited by a huge portion of the population.
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   by macintux 1y ago

   > For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means any communication carried on in circumstances as may reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto, but exc
9. 639.▲
   by macintux 1y ago

   Because I know how to use search engine bangs, and I have no idea what a “custom search” would look like. After probably 15 years of using DDG the bangs are just part of my muscle memory. Why bother changing things?
10. 640.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Thanks for reminding me that I have a gist I (occasionally) keep updated with resources like yours. Added to https://gist.github.com/macintux/5354837 .
11. 641.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Discussed yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095849
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    by macintux 1y ago

    Interesting look at the controversy surrounding Microsoft, IBM, and CP/M. https://spectrum.ieee.org/did-bill-gates-steal-the-heart-of-...
13. 643.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    I've long lamented that I'll never have grandchildren to tell true stories about walking a mile to kindergarten during Winnipeg winters.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    It was both a suggestion for an alternative mechanism that might prove less frustrating and a gripe that Siri is still, after so many years, mostly incapable of being a useful assistant.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    Setting alarms is one of the few tasks I can rely on Siri to handle correctly, so I haven’t used the app in years.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    Speaking as someone who despises Ted Cruz to the bottom of my soul, I decided in 2016 that if Trump had decided to run as a Democrat, I would have voted for Cruz. At least he has some sincerely held beliefs that do not involve his own walle
17. 647.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap
18. 648.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Probably because that's the user's only comment. I've vouched for it.
19. 649.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Only one of those options seems financially practical, unfortunately.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    The key difference seems to be that this time: * Groups like Project 2025 spent years preparing an assault on our legal system * This time Trump populated his administration with sycophants from day 1, instead of starting out with establish
21. 651.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Probably the other way around, so he can send FEMA and money to Florida and ignore blue states.
22. 652.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    How do businesses hire local labor for non-existent manufacturing facilities? Why would anyone spend the massive amounts of money over years required to make new factories when people expect that eventually sanity and rule of law will ret
23. 653.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    I’m curious whether it’s more the tariffs, or the uncertainty. No one knows what will happen on a day-to-day basis: the chaotic (and illegal) decision-making leaves everyone wondering what’s next.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    A big reason why Trump is firing anyone responsible for tracking or reporting facts.
25. 655.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45062683
26. 656.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    I like human progress. I don’t like the apparent end goal that the entire wealth of the planet belongs to a few thousand people while the rest of us live in the mud.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    That assumes the good developers can find work. May not be so healthy for all of them.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    That doesn't mean they're going to achieve full reusability, although obviously it looks more and more likely.
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    by macintux 1y ago

    Now that we have lawmakers openly declaring they would pick capitalism over democracy if forced to choose, I have little hope that the government will be receptive to changing anything structural.
30. 660.▲
    by macintux 1y ago

    Possible, but they almost certainly had functionality to automatically convert from a number of seconds to text like “15 minutes” for rendering.