mjhagen

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by mjhagen 3y ago
I like some things reasonably smart (boiler, ventilation), devices that learn from the occupant’s behaviour in order to be more economical with energy for instance. I'm not a fan of other "smart" tech, like lights, stoves, ov
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by mjhagen 3y ago
300 buys you a fantastic second hand bike with all standard parts that any shop can repair or replace.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
There are kids in Amsterdam getting children's e-bikes for a 5 minute ride to school. I'm still not seeing this as good development, at least not in most places in the Netherlands.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
> This is not expensive at all. > If they can’t find it you get a new one. Can't figure out why they weren't profitable.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
My 90s developer setup: - Macintosh Performa 5200 - BBEdit - Fetch
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by mjhagen 3y ago
One that they actively discouraged users to use and reset every once in a while.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
The pure chronologic feed is why I used Tweetbot and is why I'm on Mastodon.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
The twitter I used was way more text than media, I had Tweetbot set to small thumbnails as well. For me at least, Twitter started as text only and ended as text mostly.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
> The gui on the mac was another program like a game running on top of the OS. I presume you speak metaphorically, but just in case. Macintosh wasn't like that, the GUI was the OS, which is what made it so different from Microsoft&#
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by mjhagen 3y ago
Same, but I'm in the same circles :)
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by mjhagen 3y ago
It's at least part of a community that's moving.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
That's nice for people (like you, apparently) who don't have a problem with the direction reddit chose with their website and app, but for those who enjoyed old.reddit and Apollo it's too bad. This whole situation reminds me
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by mjhagen 3y ago
Aren’t power users the ones who make Reddit? They submit and moderate most content.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
This hurts.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
I'm extremely lazy, the commute "forced" me to do some exercise and I promptly stopped when the WFH lock downs started.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
I'm the exact opposite, I love having a 5k bike ride as my commute. It helps clear my head and it keeps me healthy. During COVID I even rented my own office away from my home just to have an excuse for a daily ride.
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by mjhagen 3y ago
“But, not as much as our bottom line.”
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by mjhagen 4y ago
Couldn't ML be utilised to recognise furniture and remove it from the model?
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by mjhagen 4y ago
I learned the name "Akamai" when I saw it in the URL for the ~~first~~ second trailer for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 1998. edit: it was actually the second trailer in '99
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by mjhagen 4y ago
Also available in podcast form on the great Mac Folklore Radio: https://macfolkloreradio.com/2022/03/01/next-cube-aa001032.h...
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by mjhagen 4y ago
They both have 5 letters... I think you're on to something!
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by mjhagen 4y ago
And don't forget about the Heisenberg compensator!
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by mjhagen 4y ago
Funny thing is that exactly that last bit is how it lured me into CS. A bit of friction is an excellent motivator.
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by mjhagen 4y ago
Slow loading times, 8 GB images, animated gifs, crazy dull pages, pages optimized for mobile, for a special browser,... no thank you, i stay on the old web ;-)
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by mjhagen 4y ago
My God, it's full of pixels!
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by mjhagen 4y ago
It’s actively trying not to have all the associated faults. For instance, there is no company behind it that needs to make money, so no ads, no algorithmic timeline.
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by mjhagen 4y ago
That was how twitter was and that was how I liked twitter.
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by mjhagen 4y ago
I have a couple of those flaked/peeled disks, those are gone beyond hope, right?
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by mjhagen 4y ago
Leonard Nimoy in the second Star Trek pilot vibes.
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by mjhagen 4y ago
“I need the body” is still a running gag between me and my partner.

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