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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   WYSIWYG is a concept that pre-dates the web and what this article is talking about is not the same thing. WYSIWYG was coined as a term to describe word processing and desktop publishing software where the appearance of your text matched th
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   I wonder if that’s an artistic decision or a reflection of how the work is split up between the painter and the resorts. But I agree, it’s more interesting to see the finished maps with all the runs and lifts.
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   Just seeing .lha archives really takes me back!
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   BM?
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   That's true, you can still type them using fn + up / fn + down, but it's not obvious.
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   Sometimes it feels like the entire world forgot about using the pgup/pgdn keys for scrolling
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   It says “entire history” but seems to start at Jan 1, 2025?
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   There is a pyramid that you can see entirely only at two precise scroll points, but it’s not labeled with any recommended amounts.
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   by pimlottc 9mo ago

   This website is far too complicated, just show a clear, labeled image of the new pyramid. This is designed to scare people, not inform them.
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    by pimlottc 9mo ago

    You could also use a screen recorder with a non-lossy codec and grab the frames from that
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    by pimlottc 9mo ago

    I got one that ended with “minus ninety halves”. How is “ninety halves” better than “forty-five”?
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Broken how? It’s one of the simplest recipes I can think of. Boil pasta until done, drain, add butter, milk, powder, return to heat, mix.
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    The hero image makes it look like the phone is an inch thick. I didn’t realize it was actually showing two phones (front and back) until I saw the rest of the gallery.
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    You can (usually) specify the input file name as “-“ (single hyphen) to read from stdin
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    I like having an archive of PDF statements but the downside is that it’s usually a tedious manual process to download them. There’s so many to track - bank accounts, credit cards, investments, utilities, doctor bills… Every website is diffe
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Statistical rockets?
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Ah, the pre-Amazon days of checking dozens of online retailers for the best prices. And seeking out the ones with specific batches of CPUs known to overlock well…
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    It’s a complete puff piece. Poor guy, surrounded by crooked and incompetent people. 80,000 bitcoin just disappeared somehow! Oops! Fortunately he’s sleeping better and shredded now. Love a story with a happy ending!
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    It’s possible to make a pass with location info so that it pops up on your Home Screen when you’re nearby a relevant location (e.g. a store, library, train station, etc). Doesn’t seem to be supported by this tool, though.
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Note that this is not talking shipments by rail, it’s talking about shipments _of_ rail
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    I miss n-gate’s webshit weekly. http://n-gate.com/ EDIT: open the link manually, they put a mock "security check" on referrers from HN
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Yes! I had a similar confusion. I thought perhaps it mean “how we made Google Sans impressive” or something like that. It’s not until halfway into the article that “Google Sans Flex” is mentioned specifically as a different font from “Googl
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    I'm reminded of the song Small Bill$ by Regina Spektor: His destiny was just too big to spend / So he broke it into smaller bills and change By the time he'd try to buy the things he needed / He had spent it all on lo
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Ah, okay, you’re right, it’s been a long while since I used those tags…
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    The article mentions that in the very next sentence > You either copied and pasted your header into every single HTML file (and god help you if you needed to change it), or you used <iframe> to embed shared elements. Neither option
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    According to setlist.fm, that show [0] is indeed the only time he’s played “Heartbeat” and “Blueberry Hill”. For the other, he’s only played them 3 or 4 times each, and it’s the last show for both. 0: https://www.setlist.fm/
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    More seriously, one big difference is that USDS recognized that design is as important as technology. This org only wants engineering-types. > We're looking for expertise in software engineering, artificial intelligence, cybersecur
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Fortunately that's addressed in the extremely fine FAQ: > How is Tech Force related to other government technology programs, including ones at GSA or the United States DOGE Service? > While Tech Force will coordinate across all o
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    And for the privacy aspect: > At Matic, we believe your data should stay within your home. > Matic's intelligence is localized on the device, and it never sends any of your data to the cloud for processing. That means no user inf
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    by pimlottc 10mo ago

    Did the startup reach out to the city before deploying the robots?