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by mwexler 4y ago
Maybe. But we use "last updated" as a useful signal in many, many places, across code, documents and books, and entertainment. We like recent, new, updated stuff, and we like "authentically old" stuff. As a signal, th
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by mwexler 4y ago
I find that having an up to date year on a copyright line (pref a range from first pub to now) is a "remove the brown m&ms" signal ( https://www.thewrap.com/van-halen-brown-mms-remove-concert-r... or a zillion
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by mwexler 4y ago
To paraphrase a trite and old SNL line: "Simple Modern JS from last year is neither simple nor modern. Discuss amongst yourselves" Ala https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Talk_(Saturday_Night_...
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The C++ Killers (Not You, Rust)(hackernoon.com)
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by mwexler 4y ago
The AP has been doing this for years. Play by play for sports teams and summaries of earnings reports have been "ai-written" and shared out with nary a peep. See, for example, https://automatedinsights.com/custome
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by mwexler 4y ago
Loved Pipes. When I was at Yahoo!, folks kept showing such clever uses for it, all with minimal coding. It just worked. I miss it even today.
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by mwexler 4y ago
For sequence diagrams sure, but for many other diagrams, mermaid is a easier to get started in. PlantUML gives more control and variety of images, but with that power comes some complexity. But both are pretty handy.
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by mwexler 4y ago
Funny enough, this was original list pricing for the personal edition of OS/2 Warp. See https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-10-17-19942900... for example.
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by mwexler 4y ago
I've seen this little "handy feature" bite every company I've ever consulted or worked with.
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by mwexler 4y ago
On iOS, there is the "Weather on the Way" app, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/on-the-way-road-trip-planner/i... . I bet there's something similar on Android: perhaps search using terms from this
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by mwexler 4y ago
I love DarkSky. It's the first app I paid for. I'm going to miss it, it's API, and it's approach to making weather data quick and easy to comprehend. It's how I felt the first time I used Hipmunk and it's ga
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by mwexler 4y ago
Yeah, I jumped to a conclusion. You make a very valid point about inclusivity of listing all the products recommended (or recommended highly enough), not just the ones that pay a vig.
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by mwexler 4y ago
Fair point, but it still highlights the issue that bugs me: the reason why they are amazon only is to pay for the site. If there was a business model that supported this aggregation without pay-for-traffic, I bet we'd see a lot more p
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by mwexler 4y ago
Looks awesome. But it's pricey and afaik not wireless. Still want it and the moonlander https://www.zsa.io/moonlander ). I look forward to full wireless options for these so I can just give them my money.
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by mwexler 4y ago
It's a good one, but worth also making a collection of alt model numbers. Costco, for example, gets custom models just for it's stores, as does Best Buy in the US. Often the products are the same except for a color, though some
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by mwexler 4y ago
Ah, the old "the internet can solve information aggregation, for free, for all" case. From price search engines to review aggregators to services-searchers, the vision of the internet was that it would allow us to find anything,
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by mwexler 4y ago
This was going to be the next Pascal... back when Pascal was a thing. I do remember chatting with some Borland folks about how they would be supporting it (Turbo Oberon?), but they weren't really very enthusiastic about it. Of course,
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by mwexler 4y ago
For those like me who didn't know: https://bun.sh/ . "Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime. Bundle, transpile, install and run JavaScript & TypeScript projects — all in Bun. Bun is a new JavaScript runt
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by mwexler 4y ago
It's so intertwined with firefighters in media (well, US TV of the 70s on up) that I assumed it had been around as long as the axe, originally carved from stone and flint :-). Surprised to learn that it was only invented in 1948. It
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by mwexler 4y ago
Thanks to OP for sharing. I'd not heard of this source before and would never have found it on my own.
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by mwexler 4y ago
There is a UX benefit I've found, and maybe the app folks felt it as well. Android has a nice universal "back" button which can close an opened tab and return you the app that spawned it. iOS tried a similar option with a &q
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by mwexler 4y ago
This is non-standard and highly dependent on the sql engine. If you believe in portability, your where clauses should (sadly) use the long form. If that's not a requirement, this approach can add some clarity
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by mwexler 4y ago
These are phenomenonal books. Your understanding of sql as both a language and as a tool will be transformed. A bit dated in places but that also is helpful as you learn how a technique works instead of just relying on a vendor specific ex
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by mwexler 4y ago
I hadn't seen the name change yet. Becoming to "Posit", see https://posit.co where they share their vision for their new future.
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by mwexler 4y ago
Did you mean arbitration?
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by mwexler 4y ago
If one isn't tied to open-source only, but hates the QuickBooks hegemony for small biz accounting, we had some good experiences with Wave ( https://www.waveapps.com/ ). Very easy to use, cheap, and if your needs aren&#
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by mwexler 4y ago
One of the better demo gifs: clever naming, clear utility, clear understanding of how to use the tool.
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by mwexler 4y ago
Finally, a reason to avoid upgrading my 800 to an ST!
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by mwexler 4y ago
(This comment refers to the text questions, not the picture one where it clearly gives instructions to memorize) Are we to assume that the real test doesn't allow the taker to go back to the passage? Many passage-based questions are d
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by mwexler 4y ago
As a long time BMW buyer, the brand lost me when they floated this plan. The writing was on the wall: they see themselves as a lifestyle, not a car brand, and we'll see more desperate attempts to make consumers a subscription instead

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