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by nox101 3y ago
They mention both Android and Microsoft have some apps that don't launch the user's browser choice. I have a related problem which is apps that launch their own web view as a builtin web browser when you click a link in the app. T
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by nox101 3y ago
I guess that's not the question I need answered as much as something more like "If I used feature X or require limit Y, what percent of the world market will be excluding". Given the list of sites, I don't think the data
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by nox101 3y ago
Worst docs I've used recently are the chrome extension docs. They're auto generated and practically incomprehensible, to me.
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by nox101 3y ago
That doesn't work for me. I want a conversation, not an announcement. My experience in chat is I post something "BTW ... " and it's crickets. Quite often no response. I feel unappreciated and like I wasted everyone'
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by nox101 3y ago
Can you explain how you would know the data is right if you don't have actual data from a site popular with non-techies? Like I go to a tech meetup it will generally be 95% male and mostly white and asian. If I surveyed anything there
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by nox101 3y ago
I'm pretty sure the numbers on web3dsurvey are skewed. AFAICT only sizes about webgl and webgpu development are surveyed. To get real numbers you need their survey script to run on popular non-techie sites right?
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by nox101 3y ago
I think it's going to be both different for different people and different for different types of jobs. maybe making web apps is not affected at all by work from home where as some other jobs, say game dev, where you'd like to twe
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by nox101 3y ago
I've chatted with a co-worker about all kinds of interesting topics related to our with the last few days. We both work on GPU related stuff, he's been optimizing compute shaders and finding out new and interesting things. The con
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by nox101 3y ago
I don't use the apple podcast app but I can verify I subscribe to 3-4 podcasts I rarely listen to. One is a news discussion podcast. Every episode is 1hour they post 7 days a week. Another is Escape Pod (scifi stories). I love but I ra
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by nox101 3y ago
TL;DR Incels over estimate how much attractiveness and money matters and it might be nice to educate them Also: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/31/radicalizing-the-roman...
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by nox101 3y ago
not really though. In the real world you can see the results of action over time. So, if you stop simulating what the user is observing, when they actually do observer it later, you're required to run the entire simulation to get that
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by nox101 3y ago
I'm curious what is a good quality toaster in your mind? Also, why does it need to be "made in the USA"? There seems to be lots of expensive "high-end" toasters. Is your only setting point "made in the USA&quot
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by nox101 3y ago
because they're doing different things. Web page: Wait for data from server, update page to match, this usually happens at most every few seconds. (or if it's server based) Fetch data, format into html, set to browser Game: For 10
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Ask HN: Could Twitch pivot into a YouTube competitor?
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by nox101 3y ago
Japan puts tall fences around highways. I've assumed that's for the noise but never checked. Example: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.webca...
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by nox101 3y ago
is it impossible for the government to regulate this stuff with fines for data breaches or something? Effectively incentives not having the data? I rented a new apartment recently. They wanted so much info including pictures of my driver&#x
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by nox101 3y ago
not the same since it's not for compression but there are lots of examples of encoding text or data into the low bits of an image. For example pico-8 does this. The "cartridges" it saves are a PNG file that is a screenshot of
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by nox101 3y ago
The roll method has been working for me since I learned it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OdRNW0aW4o (not sure this is the best video) I've never had to climb into the cover. I'm not sure what the author's
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by nox101 3y ago
I can't help but think of someone downloading "Best Assistant Ever LLM" which pretends to be good but unlocks the doors for thieves or whatever. Is that a dumb fear? With an app I need to trust the app maker. With an app that
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by nox101 3y ago
I've watched Blade Runner 2049 multiple times, mostly for the effects and some of the neat ideas. I still don't get it. The original makes some sense to me. 4 artificial "slaves" want more life than then 4 years their cr
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by nox101 3y ago
I'm totally with you. Watching the Villeneuve version and the hunter seeker scene, there was almost zero tension in the Villeneuve because you don't know what the probe can only see motion and you don't know it's slipper
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by nox101 3y ago
Is it a single "family" home? Japan has tons of studio apartments of 200sqft or less. They're about the size of a college dorm room but usually have a bathroom/shower, kitchen sink, and a single burner stove. To an Ameri
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by nox101 3y ago
Is Lit and some of the libraries made with it what you're looking for? Like maybe https://bui.js.org/
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by nox101 3y ago
Is it possible managers were afraid of offshoring but forced WFH via COVID opened them up to it more?
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by nox101 3y ago
> I was told I need to return the car charged or I would be billed for "filling it up". I was confused why they couldn't charge at the airport and also explained that if I charge near my hotel it will likely not be 100% wh
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by nox101 3y ago
I feel like I'm the only person who hates Spotify, Youtube Music, Apple Music, etc... None of them give me music I want. I pick some old 60s vocal jazz and within 40 songs all of them try to stick some pop music into my "radio&qu
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by nox101 3y ago
I definitely refer to months old command lines. I work on 10-15 projects ~2 are every day projects, ~6 every week projects, the rest every month or 2. I often recall commands I used on those month ago projects. I often remember the first fe
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by nox101 3y ago
I know the various social media companies supposedly optimize for engagement and angry posts supposedly do best as that ... I can't imagine an entirely neutral social media platform would be any different. people are going to follow wh
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by nox101 3y ago
It's arguably more expensive in West Los Angeles (where tech is in LA). Most articles compare LA to SF but LA is giant. If you lived in La Verne (cheap), the east most side of LA, your commute to tech companies on the West Side would b
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by nox101 3y ago
Or every customer service phone line where the automated system asks for your info (account# or phone#) and then the customer service rep asks again >:(

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