redler

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by redler 5y ago
The persistence of affront at the removal of the headphone port never ceases to impress, even on a time scale of many years.
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by redler 5y ago
In a sense, this move elevates the uncelebrated Gil Amelio to the pantheon of CEOs who made world-changing decisions.
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by redler 5y ago
That clip sounds like something straight out of the soundtrack from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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by redler 5y ago
The ever-relevant Chesterton’s Fence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence
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by redler 5y ago
It works the same way on iPhones. The lock screen includes a camera button. When tapped, the phone enter a camera-only mode in which only photos taken during that session are accessible.
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by redler 5y ago
What works for me is to not attempt to time it at all. Simply place two fingers directly on a message. Leave them there. Wait a second, then start sliding down. The message list should immediately shift to the right, exposing selection &quo
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by redler 5y ago
What, you’re writing off the other nine?
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by redler 5y ago
I've found this "story" by Michael Wolfe [1] (warning: Quora link that you may need to open in an incognito window) to be a fun way to explain why accurate software estimation is so difficult. [1] https://www.quora
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by redler 5y ago
One notable exception is the cover of every week’s New Yorker.
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by redler 5y ago
Since we will all likely be exposed, I find it hard to fathom the logic that it’s not better, from a risk perspective, to encounter it vaccinated.
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by redler 5y ago
The corporate leaders that make the decisions are the ones that should resign on principle. Not the theoretical H1B employee who would uproot their family, derail their career, distress-sell their house, leave the country, etc., over the se
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by redler 5y ago
Not just aiding and abetting. Also “anyone who intends to engage in the conduct”. That is, literal thoughtcrime. Literal pre-crime.
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by redler 5y ago
I’ve seen 155 mph on the Acela, but it only cruises at those speeds for a few minutes on the NY to Boston leg. On these routes it’s not so much freight priority as track quality, segment grading, turn radius, etc. The old Metroliner trains
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by redler 5y ago
If it’s a choice between paying Americans to dig and fill 2.5 trillion dollars worth of holes and the only deliverable after 20 years is dead Americans and Afghanis, versus paying Americans 1/3 that amount, and the deliverable is a dur
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by redler 5y ago
Can you give the name of one of these agencies?
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by redler 5y ago
It’s obviously reductive and unfair to say so, but sometimes it seems like strategy is an emergent property at Google.
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by redler 5y ago
“Tower” is quite good. Highly recommended.
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by redler 5y ago
And when you have an answer that exceeds the height of the tiny cell, you can't turn on "Wrap Text Automatically" so you can see the content -- because they've locked any changes to the sheet structure.
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by redler 5y ago
I'm not sure about type enforcement, but there is the concept of "named ranges" you can apply to columns. So instead of C1:C99 you can refer to PRICES.
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by redler 5y ago
At what point does an explanation like this turn into "here's an inside look at exactly how their platform outcompetes you in area X"? Where does one draw the line?
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by redler 5y ago
The article is attempting to follow in the satirical tradition of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which suggested feeding children to the poor in 18th century Ireland.
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by redler 5y ago
Soundcloud could claim that their roadmap includes music-based games for mobile devices.
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by redler 5y ago
It’s commit mining.
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by redler 5y ago
Notwithstanding the humor of your assertion, Amtrak and the USPS are indeed perpetual GOP targets for hobbling, creatively destructive encumbrance, and dissolution.
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by redler 5y ago
The extra 60 could get you just over the big hump.
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by redler 5y ago
That particular wildlife was actually not local.
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by redler 5y ago
Yup, at least not whole.
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by redler 5y ago
> "...Globish – that ersatz of the English language, which narrows the scope of one’s thoughts..." So the EU's argument in Le Figaro is basically the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
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by redler 5y ago
Leave it to Microsoft to use cryptic abbreviations and character limits even in URLs…
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by redler 5y ago
I think you just described corporate taxes.

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