nicky0

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   by nicky0 4y ago

   I highly recommend the excellent Broadcasts[1] app for streaming radio. 1: https://apps.apple.com/app/broadcasts/id1469995354
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   by nicky0 4y ago

   Is it called Swift Quit because it closes apps swiftly, or because it is written in Swift? Or maybe both.
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   by nicky0 4y ago

   You say that, but then I counter with the complete reliability and brilliance of Rosetta 2.
4. 184.▲
   by nicky0 4y ago

   For the purpose of filling in the tax form.
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   No becauase in some language the forms of words used to describe people vary depending on whether the person is male or female. It's not just a case of picking the right pronouns, it's the gender agreement of the other parts of sp
6. 186.▲
   by nicky0 4y ago

   Turns out you need to pick a side for tax purposes.
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   by nicky0 4y ago

   You make it sound like a £3 transaction fee is evidence of some kind of scamminess or preying on naivety but most normal, regulated investment platforms, crypto or not, come with transaction fees, account fees, fund management fees and so o
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   by nicky0 4y ago

   I guess they need the other 4684 employees for legal and compliance.
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   by nicky0 4y ago

   You can’t claim us we live here
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Pro tip, right click the app and click "Open" in the menu to get a version of the dialog with an approve button. No need to go into settings.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Ah yes the old X is friends with Y and they are all the same.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    "Cancelling" is more about people in the public eye. Pressure groups use bullying and boycotts as a way to keep celebrities and companies saying the right thing and demonstrating the right virtues (however shallowly). If you don&#
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    The real elite are wearing F-91W's thanks very much. :) But Apple is not necessarily selling to watch aficionados, they are selling (partly) to people who want to be seen as fashionable in a general sense. Calling it "Apple Watch&
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Ah yes, Harnly's law
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bike.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Your proof sketch actually suggested that it was not possible to construct a map with five regions that require five colours. Now you need to generalise that to maps with infinitely many regions.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    This whole subthread reads like an HN parody.
18. 198.▲
    by nicky0 4y ago

    How about the title and subtitle be taken together, as intended.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Hard agree. The proper place for cookie permission management is in the browser. The web as a whole needs need to move on from these obnoxious pop-up cookie warnings ASAP.
20. 200.▲
    by nicky0 4y ago

    Is it just me or is the "massive hero + social proof" convention feeling tired out?
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Not now but there is work going on in the JS standardisation process that will mean valid typescript is interpreted as valid JavaScript. (Basically run it and ignore the type annotations)
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Your relatives won't need a password or login to access your financial stuff. once you die the executor of your estate will be able to apply to the relevant companies manage your affairs. Of course, if all your assets are in bitcoin th
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    That's an interesting position. Is there currently any country on earth which has a general law against telling lies?
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    > resilient but appear resilient You mean "appear chaotic", right?
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    I assumed they just cloned the stylesheet.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    In 10 years of reading hacker news I never thought to press the [-] until this moment.
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Computing was created because of the demand for calculating artillery trajectories and code breaking in the 1940s
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Can you elaborate on the sports thing? What effect did showing the sports had and do you have a thoory on the mechanism?
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Pass the mustard?
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    by nicky0 4y ago

    Pretty sure this page was originally published in early 2022, well before Elizabeth’s demise. No doubt Charlie will be appearing on the next batch.