mvdwoord

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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   Spinoza used to live around the corner from where I live now, and I used to live a few hundred meters frome here, on the Spinozalaan (-lane). Another fun fact, a few houses down from where Spinoza lived, is the residence of the Huygens fami
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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   So they are strapping a nuclear power plant to a huge vessel of explosive liquids.. Will the first launch be on PPV?
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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   This has prevented me from quite a few impulse purchases of way too expensive laptops.. :)
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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   You are a lot of fun at parties I guess... Perhaps authors could explore more consumer friendly ways of distributing their work? You paint a false dichotomy.
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   Cedana – Real-time compute migration(ycombinator.com)

   2 points by mvdwoord 3y ago|0 comments
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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   Although I have never used any of their stuff, I had the pleasure of watching Russell from BeeWare at Pycon Colombia some years ago. It consistently presents itsself as an ecosystem I would like to work with, and if anything the naming of t
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   by mvdwoord 3y ago

   Guess it's time to update the uBlock filters..
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   Twitter a.k.a. X changes ad labels, makes promoted tweets less obvious(mashable.com)

   5 points by mvdwoord 3y ago|2 comments
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   The Number of Songs in the World Doubled Yesterday(honest-broker.com)

   3 points by mvdwoord 3y ago|0 comments
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Powershell... | Out-GridView
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    For newspapers/magazines, this existed in the Netherlands for some time. It was called blendle[0] and worked exactly as you described. It was a fantastic way to get legit access to a handful of articles from various sources without the
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    I remember growing up in the 80s in the Netherlands I used to get daily fluoride tablets, from a small pink bottle. Did not persist long I believe, but was definitely common back then.
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Perhaps this applies to tech news as well? https://medium.com/@lindynewsletter/is-culture-stuck-eb31712...
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Triggering fond memories... Thanks!
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Look at htmx, i find the approach refreshing and elegant. May not be a fit for you, and does not address styling but it's an interesting, powerful technology. https://htmx.org/ Nice essays too: https://htmx.
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Didn't this exist some years ago in the form of either a browser plugin, or built into some Firefox clone? My Google-fu is failing me atm.
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Admirable, but also because they're was no alternative most likely. Not necessarily a lifestyle to aspire to..
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    by mvdwoord 3y ago

    Just anecdata from a very simple user. I typically only read the following tab, in Firefox with uBlock and have seen zero difference in functionality or reliability and actually enjoy not being tricked into the algorithmic feed anymore. The
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    Encrypted DMs and other DM upgrades rolling out this week(twitter.com)

    38 points by mvdwoord 3y ago|69 comments
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Plenty to improve in food production, sure, but the current move towards hyper processed foods is dumb. They can take the animal meat (and eggs, and dairy products) from my cold dead hands..
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Very well done! On mobile now but will check out the site once home. Do you happen to have a writeup somewhere of your tech stack?
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Switching back to coal, great move.
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Let them eat yellowcake.
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    "the VHS of AI"
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Insanity in slow motion.
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    I did recently, and it is still as good as that first time I saw it, together with one other person in an otherwise empty arthouse movie theater. I picked it completely at random, on a day I skipped work, and the whole thing felt completely
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Mine or yours? :)
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    I think it is partially due to the fact that humans tend to impose their will over others. I guess a lot of people don't trust eachother enough that abundant resources will be shared adequately and fair enough for everyone to enjoy lif
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    Checks notes, yes... Just you.
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    by mvdwoord 4y ago

    "If I buy this book and it saves me one hour of time writing tests, writing better tests, debugging tests, or whatever, it will have paid for itself." Only if you have unlimited potential work for that rate, and are actually billi