oceliker

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by oceliker 7y ago
I read somewhere that American and British usage of “quite” is different — Americans use it to mean “entirely”, while British use it to mean “fairly”.
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by oceliker 7y ago
Ha, that's fair. I actually think I have a very low tolerance for awkwardness. I think people quickly grasp the reason why I'm doing it -- we all wear gloves, so the benefits are obvious to my fellow labmates.
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Ask HN: Will there be a dark mode for HN?
3 points by oceliker 7y ago|2 comments
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by oceliker 7y ago
Both. The watch doesn't require a normal speaking level voice, so it's less awkward than speaking to Siri on my phone. It still feels a little weird, but people in the lab are used to it at this point. The most awkward time is whe
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by oceliker 7y ago
Not exactly a public setting -- but in the lab, I use raise-to-activate Siri on Apple Watch for setting timers and doing basic arithmetic (e.g. "what's 3% of 42 ml?"). It's been really helpful, since I have to have glove
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by oceliker 7y ago
> uses a bracelet to measure neuron activity in a subject’s arm to determine movement that person is thinking about, even if they aren’t physically moving I don't understand how this could possibly work with an armband. They presuma
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by oceliker 7y ago
It’s drawn by a guest artist.
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by oceliker 7y ago
Can confirm -- I checked it out on my phone and the street view location is 10 meters away from where I currently stand (Davis Sq, Somerville, MA)
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by oceliker 7y ago
This is quite a stretch. Can you provide sources for any of your claims?
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Bill to scrap per-country green card limits blocked in Senate(mercurynews.com)
4 points by oceliker 7y ago|0 comments
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by oceliker 7y ago
When I read the headline, I thought "that's not too bad, she just thinks they are a bad cultural fit with the company". Then I read the article and went "ohh, she means THAT kind of energy".
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by oceliker 7y ago
It sounded like a mini-draft to me, so I'd say it's probably as legal as a draft is.
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Californians Can No Longer Be Forced to Join a Posse(loweringthebar.net)
18 points by oceliker 7y ago|8 comments
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by oceliker 7y ago
Fair point. I think humans having (usually) 5 fingers on each hand makes it familiar to us.
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by oceliker 7y ago
If you don't mind me asking, is there a reason why it's 7 minutes and not, say, 5 or 10?
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by oceliker 7y ago
https://twitter.com/peterwallhead/status/1168988035846934533... The ads shown in this tweet have Basecamp in their url. I don't think they should have allowed this.
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by oceliker 7y ago
This is one of the websites that think you're using a private browser if you use the iOS 13 beta. I wonder if it is because of new privacy features, or just because they don't recognize the user agent.
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by oceliker 7y ago
The blog post doesn't make it clear: In 2015, did Slack let the users know that the plaintext passwords were captured as well?
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by oceliker 7y ago
> Displaying a starred out email address and asking for a re-type solves both problems. Sure, but why not simply show the starred out email without asking for the re-type? I agree with the Xbox idea, that would perfectly solve the proble
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by oceliker 7y ago
This is somewhat unrelated, but I think the Microsoft 2FA (in Outlook, Skype, Xbox, etc.) has a lot of unnecessary friction. After entering my password, the app usually takes me to a second page where I am required to type out my email addr
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by oceliker 7y ago
That's an accessibility feature and has been around for at least a couple of years, I believe.
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by oceliker 7y ago
You are correct about dual apps and widgets, but iOS had customizable keyboards for a while, and iOS 13 adds a built-in swipe keyboard.
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by oceliker 7y ago
Steam breaks in Catalina because of the 32-bit issue. Online forums say uninstalling/reinstalling solves the problem.
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by oceliker 7y ago
I'm a little concerned by the tone of this article. It keeps talking about "punishment" by a massive corporation, which gives me dystopian chills. I agree with the argument that Youtube does not want to monetize his content (
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by oceliker 7y ago
The argument is that the 85% tax bracket was never really 85%, so it doesn't set a valid precedent.
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by oceliker 7y ago
I'd actually love to see politicians who voted for overseas wars visit the war zone (though I know it's impractical). The point is that nobody will take you seriously until you show some concrete action. It's easy to claim th
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by oceliker 7y ago
It's not linked in the article, but the number comes from a committee report [1] related to the TSA Loose Change Act (which _is_ linked in the article, but finding the report from that link is indeed nontrivial). I think the interestin
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TSA is keeping your loose change(loweringthebar.net)
6 points by oceliker 7y ago|4 comments
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United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by oceliker 7y ago|0 comments
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by oceliker 7y ago
Honestly, just the apology would be better. I felt I was being tricked. I end up paying each month anyway; it changed nothing for me.

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