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by pi-err 11y ago
> it’s tragic that Aperture and iPhoto were axed in favor of the horrifically bad Photos app (that looks like some Frankenstein “iOS X” app) I find Photos.app to be the best Apple app I've ever used. It's simple, modern, work
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by pi-err 11y ago
TIL that the DCX was canceled by Nasa not for technical reasons - looks more like politics. The program was 21 months old and cost $60M. Is that correct? Amazing that this was achievable 20 years ago. Why no other re-usable rocket since
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by pi-err 11y ago
Agreed. Strangely, this concept seems to replicate with bikes most mistakes done previously with cars (and 60's concepts around planes). The designer is actually sort of aware of this, not understanding the consequences: > "Res
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by pi-err 11y ago
> diesel maintenance vs petrol Diesel engines are more vulnerable when driven cold and on short distances (i.e.: typical european city usage). They do need periodic fine tuning, which is mandatory here in most european countries. If the
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by pi-err 11y ago
Modern Diesel technology requires maintenance, fine tuning and specific temperature ranges to live up to its hype. Outside of this envelope, the engines run noisy and produce high amounts of particules. Most people buy a diesel car because
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by pi-err 11y ago
I'm pretty sure it has. I always feel jet-lagged in Paris, in a way I never felt in London or Berlin (both closer to their solar noon). Also felt deeply unwell in Bilbao (although the city's so brilliant). The most noticeable thin
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by pi-err 11y ago
TL;DR: friends had a bad experience once with Airbnb, will not use again. This is not about Airbnb as a business strategy or work place or UX etc. Speaking of UX, I do find that Airbnb does a pretty good job at managing expectations and mak
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by pi-err 11y ago
Yes and yes. For all its shortcomings and challenges, bike sharing led millions to re-explore their city and question the role of the car in commuting.
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by pi-err 11y ago
Yes and no - streaming and iTunes are pretty good for most things "mainstream" music. Soundcloud though: there's no excuse for them at least not to _try_. Just like for her, ads and passive aggressive song selection are killi
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by pi-err 11y ago
Or it says that there's an untapped opportunity for low friction, micro-transactions instead of "ads" or full-fledged purchases on unknown websites. It's clear by now that ads are for lazy. If your plan is to monetize yo
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by pi-err 11y ago
19th century long form fiction is TV show for the time. Weekly episodes in mainstream newspapers. Hugo, Flaubert, Dumas, Zola used the format for decades. People will find Game of Thrones "too little into a show" soon enough, too.
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by pi-err 12y ago
From the article: > a stealthy fighter jet years that is often called a flying computer because of its more than 8 million lines of code For all the critics, all the hate vs drones and leaner fighters and bombers, the F-35 _is_ an impres
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by pi-err 12y ago
My reaction was based on the interview where they say that the 30k$ charge was harming, not killing them. You're more knowledgeable than me on CloudFlare and it may very well be a strong option. Now in a way their $ penalty with this a
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by pi-err 12y ago
Not sure that turning the light off is the first thing you want to do when you're bullied. And pretty certain that there's zero PR value in those stories.
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by pi-err 12y ago
> The industrial revolution was the same as other technological revolutions and not distinct from them in that it reduced the exertion and strain put on workers ... the condition of workers improved dramatically in the 19th century Indus
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by pi-err 12y ago
Refreshing. After a burnout, I set to work 25h a day (program management role). I realized soon enough that I was crazy more efficient. I was also less stressed, less verbose, left all frustration behind, and started to see people change th
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by pi-err 12y ago
> But I've been using OS X all this time, and honestly I don't think it's any worse than before. Agreed. Yosemite has been flat out the best OS X version I used. Zero bug except a few Airplay issues. I'm even using be
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by pi-err 12y ago
It's easy to laugh off those freaks, I did it too before I became one. TL,DR: OCD behaviors are boosted by physiological stress, we can redesign our world for less stress, and there is in fact a big risk that medicine doesn't help
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by pi-err 12y ago
I was as excited to see Phillae land on a comet as I would have been if it were a human. It feels irresistible to me that robots are human's presence outside Earth. We're sharing the same network. Still I'm not surprised if a
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by pi-err 12y ago
It took >300 years for transatlantic marine routes to reach acceptable levels of safety - and it really had to wait for modern navigation system + coal propulsion + metal. I wonder if going to space will become routine before supraconduc
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by pi-err 12y ago
Agreed, being present is _the_ thing. You don't get there in a day though. In my experience, working on a screen blurs my awareness at some point and I can fall in limbo even when I least expect it. Even after days of flow. If you want
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by pi-err 12y ago
Well $1,000/trip is a super low premium to chase. 50 years of commercial airline operations have been hard for niche aircrafts. I'm not bullish on the hopes of a LEO commercial plane in our lifespan. It's a tough equation: -
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by pi-err 12y ago
The screenshots on github use the thin variant of San Francisco - the equivalent to the current Helvetica Neue would be regular San Francisco. I also suspect they use the "Display" instead of "Text" version, which makes
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by pi-err 12y ago
I have found a few sites reject the + in gmail addresses. I also suspect most DB (or wannabe spammners) would know about this and remove anything after the + sign. Same goes for the "." trick. Still good to know though. I'm n
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by pi-err 12y ago
Didn't the Bush vs Gore election prove this tragically wrong? Each vote counts. Outcomes _are_ different. I thought this was a hard learned lesson for our generation. I'm not a US citizen, though.
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by pi-err 12y ago
Agreed - the article feels anecdotical. Or does JLP have insider knowledge on something deeper? I can relate in London on how Google's culture obsesses with IQ, compared for instance to Apple who's more on the EQ side. Yet I don&#
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by pi-err 12y ago
The vortex gave some hype to backup 10 years ago. Was it enough to make backup widespread? Interestingly: no - backup is still under 50% among Mac users. And for those did use TM, it made the thing slower. So moving on, cloud looks like a s
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by pi-err 12y ago
I get that building a _new_ automated metro is easy. Converting an _older_ line to automatic and fully driverless is what's hard. AFAIK, there's only one conversion so far to full auto: Line 1 in Paris. It took 10 years and billio
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by pi-err 12y ago
I see Google as an automation company based on data and monetized by advertising. Does it make Google an advertising company? Yes by the bottom line, no by this strategy. It just happens it's the best way to monetize what they have so
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by pi-err 12y ago
You're not helping the Scottish cause with junk info like this. (I'm French and pro-independence) "EU is a business", "north pays for south", "zero chance that the EU..." - all parts of a thought proc

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