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by n8cpdx 4y ago
While I personally agree with you, this sort of thing is closer to a political position than a fact. There’s plenty of people who will push a low fat, plant and carb-based diet as evidence-based even today.
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I used to be a big fan of desktop Microsoft office, primarily because of stability, reliability, and ux innovation. They've clearly stopped investing in quality, every time I go back it is buggier and less reliable than before. I don&#
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Synology has a full Google Drive replacement with apps built-in. I think the fact that I'm The first person to mention it here, and the fact you didn't find it yourself, is revealing about the true level of demand for such a produ
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I think people start with the premise that consciousness is a specific “thing”, that it is unique and special to humans (and maybe dogs because we like them but definitely not spiders and flies because we don’t) and then try to work backwar
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
It sounds like the Android app is worse than the iOS app. Unfortunately, that means my recent discovery won't help you, but will hopefully help others: With the Apple News app, you can log in to your Economist account and get access to
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
+1 Economist - When they cover something I’m knowledgeable about, they get the facts right, so I trust them in other areas - App lets me listen to the weekly edition read by humans - Only comes out weekly (so no daily bullshit treadmill, an
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
The app could be better, but the access to actual human narration of all articles outweighs the downsides IMO. Maybe the reading experience is bad? For listening, I download the weekly copy and that makes it a bit more reliable. If anyone f
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
CityEngine is a procedural generation tool, it isn’t really meant to compete with real world data providers. For something like Google Earth but available as GIS data, you can use a provider like NearMap. CityEngine is better for planning o
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Not sure about the trial. It’s included with ArcGIS for personal use now, which is $99/year and includes the rest of the ArcGIS system (except enterprise server and the like). Obviously for personal use only. We also released our maps
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I’m writing Windows apps for work, and I’d like to use my MacBook to do it. Currently everything has to be done through Remote Desktop, which works well enough, except on cellular or public Wi-Fi. With Parallels, I’ll be able to work from m
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Performance is great in parallels on a 14” MacBook Pro, at least for my use case. I can’t wait until it’s legit so I can use it at work.
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
What do you consider to be a “normal” dose? I’ve heard of people using 60+ mg of Ritalin and thinking that’s normal. Ritalin is a powerful stimulant at 5 or 10mg. You can get lower doses or different formulations - e.g. 5 or 10mg at extende
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
If you’re getting a high from it, your dose is too high. If there is a “brutal” come down, your dose is too high. What do you consider a “small” dose?
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I don’t get it. Microsoft just refuses to license windows on ARM to end users. There’s a VS community post about it, and I think there must be some denial or something going on. Lots of deliberately obtuse thinking and circular reasoning fo
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Be careful if you ever get a suspicious billing email. Apple decided my credit card expired (it didn’t). Unlike other services, if you stop paying, it deletes your entire library (including playlists) from all your devices. So if you want t
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I’m paid by the hour and I posted in my personal time. I don’t own stock or have any financial interest in the company. I’m also a satisfied customer. I’m not sure it’s relevant though; everything I mentioned is factual and backed up with s
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Esri, the leader in corporate/enterprise/government map-making (GIS), recently launched its first direct-to-consumer product, StoryMaps. It fits a slightly different use case from Felt - it is oriented to storytelling - but in som
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I don’t have the pleasure of working closely with him, but he occasionally presents to my group. I agree, he’s very cool :) That’s one of the better parts of working at Esri - it is a diverse company with lots of cool people, often with ver
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Esri makes mapping software, with a focus on business-oriented mapping; the stuff militaries and corporations and governments of all scales rely on. My own contribution is small but there is flexibility to shape outcomes and push for improv
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I don’t care about the design language, but what bothers me about it is the idea that they paid someone to come up with an illustration, when they could have used a screenshot. Showing me corporate Memphis and hiding the product is a major
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
There’s a housing emergency in most places people want to live. If society wanted to have moderate solutions, they should have tried these conservative solutions before crisis point. It’s like saying pouring water on a house fire is too ext
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
People are complaining about Trello being old. I just set one up yesterday, because I couldn’t find a good casual/flexible alternative. And no, I’m not going to set up a whole notion just to put cards on a board. Coming from a place of
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
It’s true, Portland isn’t nearly as dense as it should be. The result is that (hundreds of) thousands of people who would like to live here can’t afford to. But everything I shared about access to nature would be just as true if the urban c
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
Portland, OR.
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I’ve been searching all over and I can’t find any evidence that any Japanese cities are among the most expensive, when looking at housing costs. Can you please share your sources?
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
What is the right amount of housing to lower rents? How many units should we destroy or prevent to make housing affordable? Does spreading houses further apart make infrastructure per unit more or less expensive? Are you seriously anti-hous
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by n8cpdx 4y ago
I was just in the forest this weekend. I can take a train to get there - it runs every 15 minutes or more often depending on time of day. I got nervous towards the end of the walk because I was seemingly in the middle of nowhere - no one in
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by n8cpdx 5y ago
Tethering to iPhone is extremely easy, what’s the point? You don’t even have to set it up, the system just suggests it as an option in the Wi-Fi menu.
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by n8cpdx 5y ago
You might be surprised at how many companies get comfortable servicing a commercial niche and just choose not to pursue consumer growth. Without pursuing it, the potential value is hypothetical and internally it can be hard to build a compe
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by n8cpdx 5y ago
There’s a huge labor shortage, they could do just about anything and get a pretty sizable bonus to sign up. I’ve heard $20k bonus for trucking, local transit agency is offering 7.5k to sign up as a bus driver, police nationwide are despera

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