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by pimlottc 2y ago
Looks cool. Please allow high max zoom levels, it’s hard to see individual street details on mobile.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Yes, that’s it, thank you for finding it!
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by pimlottc 2y ago
I read something once that said there’s 4 main modes for interacting with any hobby: doing the thing, talking about doing the thing, collecting gear for doing the thing, and talking about gear for doing the thing
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by pimlottc 2y ago
> And their fax machine only answers during business hours; it's powered-off outside of business hours. Why? In some cases, privacy laws require that fax machines be actively monitored so that sensitive personal information is not j
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by pimlottc 2y ago
I’m confused, some of the colored lines only go through a few cells, shouldn’t they all go through 9 of them?
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by pimlottc 2y ago
This clickbait title makes it sound like it’s some sort of weird glitch, when they could just say “Uber partners with Waymo for SXSW”
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by pimlottc 2y ago
I feel like these sorts of turns-of-phrase, like "_blank_ was the original _blank_", are increasingly used like memes without any real thought of whether they are make sense or are correct. People are afraid to write without orna
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by pimlottc 2y ago
To be clear, this was well known at the time. It was advertised that 56k was for download only and required an ISP that supported it. For those living in rural areas, there often weren’t any local options (long distance was certainly not fr
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by pimlottc 2y ago
CompuServe used the term “forums” going back at least to the late 1980s
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Alternate link that’s not blocked in the US: https://youtu.be/9h9wStdPkQY?si=atHZI0pewp9ThV_Y
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by pimlottc 2y ago
And of course I had to go through an automated “are you human” check to open that link…
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by pimlottc 2y ago
The losses from a broken cable are more than just the cost of repair.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
It's truthiness for software. It doesn't matter if the code is correct, as long as it "feels" correct.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
My iPad is almost exclusively for watching movies on planes. And it's very handy for that.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
He also went on to serve as the second administrator for the United States Digital Service, which has just recently been hijacked and gutted by DOGE. Sadly it’s not just the cultural values of Google that have shifted since then.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Try ordering a “just a cup of coffee” in AU/NZ and they will look at you with a blank expression. Espresso is the norm there.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Why does the analysis progress bar pause if you switch to another tab? Please respect your user's time. They have other things to do besides stare at the waiting screen and read marketing copy.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Unless you're willing to write your own editor, that's not really a practical distinction
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by pimlottc 2y ago
It's buried under a drop-down in the "Information" section, under "In-App Purchases". I agree, it's not the greatest.
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What does that mean?
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by pimlottc 2y ago
> If the US government didn’t purge most of its software experts in the 90s on the basis that the US would be buying, not building I hadn’t heard about this before, would love to learn more. Got any good links?
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Reminds me of Panda Gourmet in DC. It’s near the edge of the city, not accessible by Metro, the name sounds it should be in a mall and it’s attached to a Days Inn budget hotel. And it’s probably the best Chinese restaurant in the city.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
> Some of the best savings rates are offered by app-only providers – made up of banks and “electronic money institutions” (EMIs), which do not have their own banking licence, but put your money in a bank that does. Okay, this wins for eu
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by pimlottc 2y ago
While we're all here, what are some good alternatives to Eight Sleep? The idea seems to have merit but the required IoT subscription is a dealbraker.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Thank you for highlighting this, skipped this article earlier because the vague headline made it sound like it was about a routine ad deal negotiation.
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by pimlottc 2y ago
This sounds apocryphal, do you have any sources?
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by pimlottc 2y ago
My grandmother had a very similar game to this, except it was multi-player. The game was shaped like a cross, with different "stations" on each end, so four people could play at once. Each station was different, focusing on a di
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by pimlottc 2y ago
Fun, but the icons (on mobile) are kind of confusing. The first icon looks more like some kind of reset button than submit
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by pimlottc 2y ago
You could always read one of USDS’s reports to Congress to get an idea on what they’ve done: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22report+to+congress%22+%2B...
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by pimlottc 2y ago
I appreciate the comparison to the leading existing tools, but it also assume a familiarity with them. This doc could also use a basic introduction for people who are new to this area and don't already use a hook manager. Examples of

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