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by pimlottc 1y ago
I think there's a middle ground here that would be best. The "bad" example tells you exactly what changed, but not why you might care. The "good" example attempts to give lots of context but takes a while to tell
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by pimlottc 1y ago
These are two separate strings. You can see in the hexdump that the character between them is not a space (0x20) but an unprintable control character (0x1D). The article refers to these as "Pascal strings". Unlike C-style string
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Fast Company did a famous article about this back in 2003, with the example of a gallon jar of pickles priced at $2.97: https://www.fastcompany.com/47593/wal-mart-you-dont-know-2 https://archive.is/e25n
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by pimlottc 1y ago
This is basically what Google Shopping does, although it's mostly limited to major chains. Here's an example: https://www.google.com/search?q=rubbing+alcohol+nearby&udm=2...
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by pimlottc 1y ago
They're almost certainly not using the same version as the general public. Most major service providers have a specific version for government with additional controls and restrictions and have undergone certification through FedRAMP,
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by pimlottc 1y ago
As another tall person, that’s good to hear, but the pictures still make me skeptical. It would help if there were some actual dimensions listed.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
“More Dunkin”? Is that an auto correct type for “more common”?
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Aka perfect information is a myth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information
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by pimlottc 1y ago
On a technical level it’s trivial, but you’re taking about having a shop replace their wifi router and/or update firmware, create some way for staff to see the current password and/or integrate with POS systems to print it on the
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Misread this as MMOndain [0] and thought it was going to have to do with the Ultima games 0: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Mondain
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by pimlottc 1y ago
I would also find such a tool useful, but names like “Watermelon Sugar”, “Tidal”, or “Singapore Orchid” don’t really help me at all. Just tell me something like “dark brown”, “pale green”, “hot pink”, “tan”, etc.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Ideally you’d verify against an in-person count of yurts over some control area. Otherwise this is just based on an assumption of what yurts look like on satellite.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
There is a workaround for using SVG in Google Slides by using Google Drive to convert to EMF (a format I’ve never heard of anywhere else). It’s a pain, though. https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/115814&#x
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Definitely, I had this problem on an old iPad where it would often decide to unload my password manager...
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Note that this should only happen when you're running low on storage. [0] But yes, it can be very annoying. 0: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/manage-storage-on-iph...
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by pimlottc 1y ago
The downside is that it’s not very mobile friendly. Reader mode works okay on Mobile Safari, although it does lose the images.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Get a load the big shot over here with two floppy drives! No mid-game disks changes for you!
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Don’t forget there was already a team of industry-sourced (non-commissioned) tech experts in the Pentagon, the Defense Digital Service, that operated for almost a decade before being sidelined by DOGE: https://www.politico.com&#x
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Given how much AI was used in this, it really should be noted prominently on the main page, not just the making of page which most people won’t see.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
“Crisp text” would be more accurate, I thought maybe this was going to be about rendering intentionally degraded text, like in memes
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by pimlottc 1y ago
“Right to repair” is commonly understood to refer to a broader political movement that’s about allowing /everyone/ to repair the things they own. Not just large commercial clients with the leverage to demand custom contract terms.
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by pimlottc 1y ago
If you’re on iOS, you can track this information directly in Apple Health [0]. Their privacy policy [1] requires explicit opt-in for third party sharing. 0: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120356 1: https://
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by pimlottc 1y ago
I agree that anything that requires tripmates to make an account is going to be a hard sell for most groups. At least most people are already on Google Docs these days. It's not clear to me how much of this requires an account, but I
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by pimlottc 1y ago
At the very least, you have to consider time zones for travel to/from your destination, as that's quite often a different time zone for international travel. Don't want to miss your flight...
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by pimlottc 1y ago
What song are you referring to?
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by pimlottc 1y ago
I didn’t mean to cast aspersions on this project in particular, just to note that while we often expect nature to conform to our specifications, it may have other ideas…
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by pimlottc 1y ago
More like “heavens to Wupper”
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by pimlottc 1y ago
> some foxes had begun to dig burrows in the perfectly manicured grounds Obviously the landscaping was designed to look pretty and win awards, not to host actual wildlife
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by pimlottc 1y ago
Some classics: - sci.fi - cr.yp.to - assimilated.b.org - tpc.int [0] 0: https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_Phone_Company
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by pimlottc 1y ago
How does this compare with other types of engineers/employees?

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