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Ant Mill(simple.wikipedia.org)
3 points by red369 5d ago|0 comments
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Rally English(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by red369 5d ago|0 comments
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by red369 8d ago
I love walking - checking distance tracking on my phone, I walked over 20km in a day a couple of weeks ago. But when it's hot in Singapore, the distances I don't want to walk can become crazy-short at times. I'm hesitating to
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by red369 8d ago
Are taxis exempt, but car-sharing like Grab not exempt? I have seen Grab drivers turn down taking a child without a car seat a few times.
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by red369 8d ago
I've just remembered whichever version of Sim City I played as a kid used to have the option (and encourage?) to take on debt. I found the interest a killer. I don't envy politicians having to run a country, knowing that 10% + of
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by red369 8d ago
~$100,000 every 10 years is expensive, but I think even in a lot of countries with good public transport, there would be a large number of people who would consider paying $1,000 a month to be able to have a car if that was the only way to
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by red369 8d ago
Thanks for looking into that - that claim also surprises me! It makes sense to subtract the taxes for a comparison between pension and salary, but by taking investments into account, and probably living expenses too, since they depend upon
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by red369 9d ago
I 100% agree regarding Apple charging adapters. It is mostly their cables I have a problem with, and even that seems mostly around strain relief. I don’t mind being careful with the stain on cables, but I don’t want to have to convince othe
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by red369 10d ago
Why such a personal attack? I don't think I even know you! I'm kidding, but what you say is hitting pretty close to home. I always mean to vote with my wallet, and I usually try, but for every Mikrotik router or Framework laptop I
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by red369 11d ago
Thanks for the comment - I love the assumption about choosing to see black. I find it a very amusing reversal of the usual Aphant confusion about whether people are "literally seeing something with their eyes closed or not". I&#x2
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by red369 11d ago
I've never been quite clear that the numbers are completely trustworthy, but at least the counting is more solid than the restrictions and the passwords. One thing I've noticed on my own device, that, counter-intuitively, screenti
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by red369 15d ago
I wouldn't criticise that view, because it was better than the 1st Gen SE (2016) in many ways, but did you ever use that first SE? It was even nicer to hold, and I preferred Touch ID. I think most people would agree the 13 Mini is the
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by red369 15d ago
I regretted it too after I went with an SE 2022. I thought the battery life would be better, and I thought I didn't want to swap Touch ID for Face ID. 18 months ago I bought a used iPhone 13 Mini, and much prefer it. I used to feel unh
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by red369 16d ago
At least some of the time, when people refer to using their phone as a computer, I think they're talking about plugging into an external monitor through USB-C, and using the phone as a desktop with a keyboard and mouse. I've tried
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by red369 17d ago
I also remember reading this - that unless there is oil and grease which requires soap to remove, then water alone is effective. At the time it seemed to me it was somewhere fairly reputable. From memory, the idea was that soap reduced the
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by red369 23d ago
Thanks! That makes it more understandable how he ended up in that situation.
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by red369 23d ago
Love this story. There is something interesting that nags at me though. - There's a test pilot on staff at the base, but they're not qualified for the Lightning. - There's a test that needs doing, which doesn't require a
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by red369 24d ago
Safari with the uBlock Origin Lite extension works well for me - even with "Web page Contents and Browsing History" permission set to 'Deny' for all websites.
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by red369 24d ago
I like "Vinegar - Tube Cleaner" for this. It's not a perfect solution - I have occasionally noticed it leading to some buggy behaviour in the YouTube/YouTube Music sites using Safari, but nothing anywhere near as bad as
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by red369 25d ago
Even further off-topic, but I recommend you and the parent poster watch the Buffy episode Normal Again, and the 116 episodes before it. Not waking up, but also an example of the "none of this is real" idea. I'm not sure if I&
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Stonehenge – From Restoration to Conservation(english-heritage.org.uk)
2 points by red369 25d ago|1 comments
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by red369 26d ago
I haven't got any experience with talking to Opus in different styles, but was surprised by the difference in style ChatGPT had talking to my niece. Lots more crying emojis for a start.
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by red369 26d ago
That's not a good sign. Have you checked that you're not a robot? I liked this short movie on the theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrLQXR7mKU
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by red369 29d ago
Sigh! I am so far from having this ability. Reminds me of the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Andy talks about having an easy time in the hole because he could listen to music in his head. It's interesting to think each person
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by red369 1mo ago
Also I've often heard, and now seen one example myself, that it's easier to dispute a credit card transaction than a debit card transaction.
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Cookie started its life as a plastic bottle(acs.org)
5 points by red369 1mo ago|0 comments
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by red369 1mo ago
Yes - sadly extinct. There are still a few seeds that mostly fail to grow. I know next to nothing about it, except that the seeds must be very rare.
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by red369 1mo ago
Agree trees are awesome! Wood the rarest material? Pfft! I know you're joking, but I'm glad you raised that things that are common on Earth can actually be rare in the universe, and vice-versa. I forget that unless reminded. There
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by red369 1mo ago
Interesting that this works. I know I have been frustrated recently when trying to take a screenshot of a bank transfer or something similar, but I couldn't find which app that was to test again. I tested on the iOS Passwords app, and
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by red369 2mo ago
I'm bitterly disappointed with the shape (aspect ratio) of that front screen, if the one on the iPhone Ultra is likely to be similar. I got my hopes unrealistically high based on a single comment I saw somewhere here on HN, that if App

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