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   by riffic 2y ago

   are lithium batteries known to expand or catch fire in the AA form factor?
2. 212.▲
   by riffic 2y ago

   N11 codes are a particular curiosity of the electromechanical switching systems used to set up circuits: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N11_code
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   by riffic 2y ago

   a structured approach is better than a thoughtless one. and many teams approach documentation from a very haphazard and ad hoc sort of place.
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   by riffic 2y ago

   here's what really matters: https://endoflife.date/react
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   by riffic 2y ago

   and I'll upvote it every time it comes up.
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   by riffic 2y ago

   I pity the giganto-corps. Everyone saw this coming though.
7. 217.▲
   by riffic 2y ago

   everything is a hypervisor these days so I'm not seeing a problem for anyone who isn't Broadcom.
8. 218.▲
   by riffic 2y ago

   "request for compliance" is the alternative interpretation.
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   by riffic 2y ago

   would love to use collective sensor data to shame operators who accelerate or brake too harshly. that's kind of my transit annoyance these days.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    wikipedia does
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    by riffic 2y ago

    I was gonna ask how do you do this whole thing if you have a workplace that uses Teams instead of Slack, but I guess you answered in a way.
12. 222.▲
    by riffic 2y ago

    the thing is if you point this out people just treat you like a debbie downer
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    by riffic 2y ago

    embodied cognition is definitely an interesting concept to explore. I know I get really interesting thoughts when I go for a walk. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/embodied-cognition/
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    by riffic 2y ago

    could even be a little from column A, a little from column B
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    by riffic 2y ago

    a large crater the size of a small crater. the reference: https://time.com/5772944/large-small-boulder/
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    by riffic 2y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_of_the_sea
17. 227.▲
    by riffic 2y ago

    wait this is a crime?
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    by riffic 2y ago

    are we now conflating Automattic with the WordPress Foundation?
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    by riffic 2y ago

    I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus's garden in the shade.
20. 230.▲
    by riffic 2y ago

    you could have always signed out to view the posts so?
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    by riffic 2y ago

    pay attention to this space. the puck is moving to this direction (finally!!) and like wayne gretzky and steve jobs famously related it's good to skate in the direction it is going to be.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    in the court of public opinion I think I know who I'm going to side with.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    Is there any reason why the FedEx building has such a tight relationship with police?
24. 234.▲
    by riffic 2y ago

    Mastodon is not just Mastodon alone. The network consists of something more fundamental: ActivityPub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
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    by riffic 2y ago

    anecdotally electric scooters are quite popular in my neck of the woods and if I were to "skate where the puck is going to be", that'd be a place worth skating to. This seems like a similar situation.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    no, it really wasn't that long ago.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    societal roles and expectations have certainly changed.
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    by riffic 2y ago

    Caltech didn't even admit women until 1970.
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    The Future of Pi(inflection.ai)

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    by riffic 2y ago

    engineering the appropriate idiom is "development effort" -- engineering as a discipline is not at all applicable here.