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811.
by pohl 6y ago
In a way, “cancel culture” is a label used to vilify the last vestiges of shame as a useful force for curtailing abhorrent behavior.
812.
by pohl 6y ago
Now we just need a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators, or at least one experienced in programming binary loadlifters.
813.
by pohl 6y ago
“Someone from the Rust community” is super vague.
814.
by pohl 6y ago
That would make sense for anyone who doesn’t think democracy is worth preserving, or doesn’t know the dependency it has on the degree to which citizens are informed. Brandolini’s Law implies that there is a latency between disinformation an
815.
by pohl 6y ago
The latest stuff in beta since WWDC makes a world of difference. It’s a joy to play with, and I haven’t encountered any of the impenetrable compiler errors that the last version had.
816.
by pohl 6y ago
Before “meme” implied GIF or JPG it was just the idea of self replicating ideas that propagate from brain to brain. Text is a medium for meme propagation. The meme itself is independent of the medium. One could catch QAnon from a GIF and pa
817.
by pohl 6y ago
They’d still happily wield him as a rhetorical cudgel, probably, though.
818.
by pohl 6y ago
But that’s also sad, that the amount of a signed contract is what makes someone worth emulating today. Beyond sad: it’s tragic. The world is full of all kinds of people who happen to make money. That shouldn’t make them all models.
819.
by pohl 6y ago
What’s not sad about mediocrity being held up as a model? Someone once asked “Is Joe the smartest dumb person or the dumbest smart person?” That question captures him so well.
820.
by pohl 6y ago
They’re not alternatives to each other. It depends on how nice you want your experience editing Rust within Sublime to be. You could just try it out: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#sublime-text-3
821.
by pohl 6y ago
Not always. COVID-19 was described as “mild” at the outset. Turns out their operational definition of “mild” was something like “doesn’t require a trip to the ICU even though it may require hospitalization.” Not everything you read will use
822.
by pohl 6y ago
We don’t even know if individuals can acquire immunity from infection, yet. (That’s a prerequisite to herd immunity.)
823.
by pohl 6y ago
My heuristic is something I'll call SMS sniff test... That's certainly a useful sniff test, and I think you've made a good case with it. I wonder, though, whether one should also consider a "documentation sniff test&qu
824.
by pohl 7y ago
You sure about that? An overburdened health care system will cause people to die that otherwise would not have. A patient, for example, who needs a ventilator for some condition other than COVID-19, but can’t get one. These are not reflecte
825.
by pohl 7y ago
There’s a brilliant animated gif that explains this visually https://twitter.com/SiouxsieW/status/1236721200291655680
826.
by pohl 7y ago
How did a comment that must be from 2015 leap into this thread?
827.
by pohl 7y ago
> It is a government that puts American interest ahead of any other concern Usually, that's the case, but these days: all roads lead to Putin.
828.
by pohl 7y ago
I bet maps rocky mountain states get used more, though, as folk don’t go out of their way to see corn fields the way they do mountains.
829.
by pohl 7y ago
The headline got this Nebraskan’s hopes up. The term “Midwest” should be retired.
830.
by pohl 7y ago
I read it cover to cover in high school (85-86, maybe) and another time through in college. I loved it. I don’t get the modern backlash against it.
831.
by pohl 7y ago
> ...if anything from that perspective Apple is more tightly coupled to an ISA than before this choice. That really depends on what their long-term goal is. If the speculation & rumors about an eventual ARM transition have any merit
832.
by pohl 7y ago
Do you consider efficient use of battery to be a dimension of “performance”? I do.
833.
by pohl 7y ago
Miniaturization carries a stiff penalty. I'd expect the size-class needs to be similar before one can make a meaningful comparison.
834.
by pohl 7y ago
Why would AirPods usage be a useful model for estimating the expected lifetime of Powerbeats pros?
835.
by pohl 7y ago
How about wind noise?
836.
by pohl 7y ago
Play/Pause is an option, and serves that purpose
837.
by pohl 7y ago
This is where the discipline of asking yourself “why” becomes useful.
838.
by pohl 7y ago
> Or did it expand the open and experimental internet to also include profit-making ventures? Why not both?
839.
by pohl 7y ago
Compiler errors in SwiftUI have been especially unhelpful. Is this something that this effort is intended to improve?
840.
by pohl 7y ago
Brilliant first game! How does one make the in-app purchase? Do I have to complete multiple levels in an on-boarding flow first? Edit: I found it: I needed to play 10 holes.

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