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by raynr 4y ago
The main difference between this, versus using a web search engine, appears to be the readability sorting of definitions and the fact that the definitions are scraped from government resources. The sorting is quite a bit of fun to see in ac
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by raynr 4y ago
Meh. If tournament organisers want, they can run tournaments where inspections count in the total time, get enough steam and I'm sure it will be exciting enough. Competition is based on the details in the format, which competitors will
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by raynr 4y ago
After years of lurking, I wrote a post over on /r/android on this... in 2019. By then the small phone minority had been loud and vocal for some years already. Based on the responses and trends observed since then, I don't thi
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by raynr 5y ago
I feel you. The illegibility of UI elements are a pet peeve of mine. I don't mind the aesthetics of a modern design so much as the illegibility it usually brings. I wonder why this is happening, and am constantly surprised at how readi
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by raynr 5y ago
After the first few questions in that link, I decided to choose the most cynical answer instead of the one I thought was "correct". Apart from one or two, most had answers that I could classify as more cynical than the rest. 32&#x
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by raynr 5y ago
Formatting isn't just looks. Formatting can cover properly numbered paragraphs, with a hierarchy so that you always know which subsection you are referring to. So that when you have to insert new paragraphs in the middle of 50, 500, 10
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by raynr 5y ago
The author's point is that being named a "digital native", a term that is often used to describe young people who seem to be very comfortable with using "technology", does not actually mean that digital native is pr
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by raynr 5y ago
If by highway he meant the section of the East Coast Parkway that is straight and wide (the median has potted plants rather than planted trees), my recollection is that this is a myth, that section of the highway may have been intended for
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by raynr 5y ago
Me before reading the article: is it wolbachia? Me after reading the article: it's wolbachia. We've been using these here in Singapore for a while now (looking at it since about 2016 [0]), and it's not like it was a secret [1
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by raynr 5y ago
I wasn't suggesting to give up, rather it was a response to the poster above, who was trying to build some kind of mental model of how progressives viewed the world in contrast to conservatives. I was trying to highlight that there are
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by raynr 5y ago
Not the poster you were asking, but I did appreciate the stress you put on trying to ask a non judgmental question and I thought I'd add a personal observation, which is: disillusioned progressives also think that way. You try and you
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by raynr 6y ago
I have no evidence, but I suspect because it rhymes with, is only one letter off from, and has the same connotations vis-a-vis its subject matter as, "weeb".
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by raynr 6y ago
Title is misleading. YouTube is testing removing the ability for viewers to see the dislikes. Video owners can still see the dislikes. I am skeptical about this design change fixing the stated concern, which is creator "well-being&quot
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by raynr 6y ago
Yeah. The BBC is reporting that while there was movement, the front is still stuck "rock-solid at the moment in the slightly sandy clay" [0]. Sounds like there is some difference in opinion. This linked article is rather light on
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by raynr 6y ago
From my layman's understanding, it's relayed via the orbiters. There are a few orbiters around Mars. NASA appears to have an arrangement with the ESA to upload data from the rovers to the ESA's orbiters, depending on whose or
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by raynr 6y ago
Delphi 2 was my introduction to programming. It was on a pirate CD-ROM together with many other programs - Office, C++ Builder, Visual Studio. Once I discovered it (because of course I'd play with all the programs on the pirate CD), I
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by raynr 6y ago
As the other commenter said, the venue owner should pay the musician in the context provided by the parent poster, because the venue owner is the one asking the musician to play at their venue. Context matters. The situation being called ou
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by raynr 6y ago
Oh wow this is great, very smooth on my PC! Lets me look at various colour combos. Is this just meant to be a visualisation tool? Imports from http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com would be even better. There are so many layout
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by raynr 6y ago
Wow, I did not expect this. I started looking at Fusion 360 a couple years back because it seemed very hobbyist friendly, and while I primarily use it for 3d printing, I've dabbled in laser cutting and CNC too. I always had the impress
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by raynr 6y ago
> Well, when nations that grow durian natively have signs banning durian from public transport and hotels, it's probably a good indication that enough of a majority finds the smell unpalatable. What "majority" do you speak
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by raynr 6y ago
The article makes it sound like BlueDot is some kind of advanced AI capable of sifting through the tea-leaves of news and alerting the world of a possible pandemic well in advance of official, governmental organisations. But at least in t
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by raynr 7y ago
"Never let a serious crisis go to waste" - Rahm Emanuel. I agree with this and your sentiment, but I think it is misplaced in this instance. As I understand it, the TraceTogether app collects (and stores locally), information on o
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by raynr 7y ago
I can totally see where your comment is coming from. That speech was carefully and deliberately written and targeted and pandering to its audience, the meritocratic elite. Each sentence phrased /just so/, like the historical refer
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by raynr 7y ago
> We’ll be reaching out to her directly to apologize for the lack of process, privacy, and to discuss next steps. We’ll keep those discussions completely private unless we both agree to share any of it with the community. I don't kn
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by raynr 7y ago
Yeah, it's not comparing like for like. Feels like the system is trying to collect training data from users. To elaborate on your last sentence, context is critical in assessing whether a clause is pro- or anti- privacy. Is the collect
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by raynr 7y ago
The xz2c was a step down in many ways from the xz1c. Just off the top of my head, no headphone jack (I use mine almost daily), back-mounted fingerprint sensor (that's not how I use my phone), fatter and bigger, less battery life, and f
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by raynr 7y ago
I don't agree. A more apropos analogy to flight, based on the article, is if you do all your full scale due diligence, including following all rules set by the FAA, and then you get fined because buried in a small town's ordinance
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by raynr 7y ago
The biggest problem is: how is said review site going to be sustainable? Even apart from what you've mentioned, white goods are a minefield of scummy business practices. Just a few I've seen: (1) Consolidation: reputable companies
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by raynr 7y ago
I can't find the reddit comments now, but /u/AhmedF and /u/silverhydra have actually spoken about this before as a challenge they faced when starting examine.com. Nobody will accept strength training advice from a s
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by raynr 7y ago
As an additional potential recovery mode: ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control [0] has done amazing work on quadcopter recovery after rotor control loss [1] (I believe they are down to controlled flight with only one

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