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by micheljansen 2y ago
The article briefly touches on the links between the "tradwife" movement and the alt-right, but doesn't really press on, even though it also contains these poignant examples: ... Estee Williams, a quasi-Marilyn Monroe wit
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by micheljansen 2y ago
There is hope after a dual vector foil strike after all.
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by micheljansen 2y ago
In the Netherlands there was a brief period where “Maxers” [1] were all the rage. They were like pagers, except you could send text messages to them by calling to a specific service number and leaving spoken messages. It was outrageously ex
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by micheljansen 2y ago
The best part of Winamp visualisations, was that you could code/customise your own visualisations [1]. With a few equations and some variables in a limited context (frame, loop, pixel) you could create wild things. It was the first tim
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by micheljansen 3y ago
This article was way more interesting than the title suggested. Well done!
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Not a physicist, but apparently the planet does not really have enough mass to matter: https://www.reddit.com/r/threebodyproblem/comments/15cgd51/i...
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by micheljansen 3y ago
I've been re-reading the trilogy lately and it also lead me to search for some three-body simulations. I noticed that a lot of them are simulating only a 2D space. Any good (animated) 3D simulations? Best I've been able to find so
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Interestingly DECT seems to be alive and kicking in some areas. In my circle DECT baby monitors are popular, because they people don't want them to be connected to the internet.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Most of Europe is in the fat long tail though, as those countries are counted individually.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Their patents have expired, so now anyone can make the simple kits and compete with LEGO. LEGO avoided this by building lots of exclusive IP partnerships: https://iposinternational.com/resources/articles/the-buildi
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by micheljansen 3y ago
The cynic in me thinks this is just Google protecting their precious training data from getting tainted but I’m glad their goals align with what’s better for consumers for once.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Most car manufacturers (with the notable exception being Tesla) think like this. A lot of the in-car software comes from third parties like TomTom. It makes sense until what happened to phones happens to cars and the hardware becomes increa
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by micheljansen 3y ago
It’s all fun and games until Apple wants 30% of your revenue. I feel Apple has seriously harmed the trust of potential partners too much for them to bet the farm on deep integration.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Interestingly, power grids also made a lot of clocks possible that relied on a fixed AC frequency.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
"Fair local rate" is indeed a bit ridiculous compared to actual local rates in some countries, but compared to roaming these rates are quite good. If I want to use my NL plan in India, my provider charges me €20 for a 2GB bundle o
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by micheljansen 3y ago
It used to (see control.js) but it doesn't seem to be working anymore.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
The first version is from 2003: https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/18377456#1... It got taken down shortly after that by BREIN, the Dutch copyright watchdog, but it lives on as Pumpkins. Amazing tha
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Nielsen's usability heuristics, arguably his most impactful work, still hold up surprisingly well after more than 30 years. It's hard to understate the impact he has had on my own career, as well as the UX field as a whole (togeth
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Well this was more than 21 years ago and I still barely scratched the surface (though nowadays I also have less need for it)
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Kind of amazing that you can get a whole controller (including buttons etc.) for a fraction of the cost of an adapter. Probably a less authentic experience though: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005998083106.html
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by micheljansen 3y ago
This brings back memories! Back when I wanted to get into programming, I had no idea where to start. I found a book about C++ at the library and it was one of the only programming languages I had heard about before (little did I know!). I b
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Thanks, this sent me down a rabbit hole of NeoVim plugins, but I've enabled it now :)
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Nice! I have memorised a lot of Vim actions over the years, but this would still absolutely help me a lot. I would love to have this for (Neo)Vim.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
The comparison to CSS for separating style vs (semantic) data was also the first thing that came to mind for me.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
ISDN was quite popular (albeit expensive) in the Netherlands. I remember enviously watching at a friends house how you could connect instantly without dialling up and how 64k was significantly faster than “56k”. Then we bundled the lines to
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Almost. Every domain (or rather “zone”) has an authoritative name server that maintains the dns records for that zone. When you perform a lookup from your device, it will ask your configured name server (from your ISP or 8.8.8.8 and friends
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Rental cars are actually the perfect use case for CarPlay and Android Auto. No faffing about figuring out an unfamiliar interface, just bring your own and take your presets and preferences with you.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
Somehow these ligatures trigger subvocalization in my brain, with the silent "author's voice" speaking with a lisp. Probably not what was intended.
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by micheljansen 3y ago
I pirated it, liked it, then bought it three times (one copy for Wii and another for Linux I think and then later for iOS). I do feel times have changed. Not just because I have more disposable income, but the UX of buying digital games has
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by micheljansen 3y ago
My wife and I wanted to give our son a name that would intuitively be pronounced the same by both sides of the family (who speak respectively Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch). Turns out that really does limit your options a lot (aside from t

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