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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Another relevant podcast: in this episode of Adam Ruins Everything, Adam talks to Laura McAndrews, Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors at UGA and former PM at Gap and Urban Outfitters about "fast fashion" and what
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Basically what Netflix's Chaos Monkey is: https://github.com/netflix/chaosmonkey
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Here's a cool one: Much early (1985) development of Mac software was done on the Mac XL, which had a 10 MB HDD and 1 MB of RAM, vs the original Mac which famously had 128k RAM and no HDD. But, the Mac XL was really just a Lisa 2 runni
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Not really "make your own mashups," more like "explore this extensive list of pre-made mashups," but very cool nonetheless
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   NBC Sports's Super Bowl counter-programming was curling
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Carbon monoxide is "CO". CO2 is carbon _di_oxide.
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Just letting you know, this bug is fixed in STP Release 22
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   Yep, it's this one: https://openradar.appspot.com/30056643 Thanks! EDIT: Also just found this Firefox bug report for the same thing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328218 Discussion ther
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   by robotmlg 10y ago

   You might want to consider the Safari Technology Preview. Updates every 2 weeks! https://webkit.org/downloads/ (Although, it has had some pretty major bugs. There was about a month where commenting on Github was brok
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    > high-end carmakers invest R&D A lot of high-end carmakers these days are owned by big car-manufacturer conglomerates. For example, Volkswagen owns Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Audi, and Porsche; Chrysler owns Maserati and owned
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Asker found the full set of photos confirming that it's a landing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxQOwrukppp5WTlfaEFLTVNzTnc...
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1172/
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Homebrew tries to download a binary for pretty much every package, and only rarely compiles from source.
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Calendar on Mac, and I'm pretty sure on iOS too, lets you show the Islamic, Chinese, or Hebrew calendar along with the Gregorian calendar
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    only if they want to get sued by Nintendo...
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    If you really want to finger pick with your nails, you can try some clear nail polish to add a little strength. If that isn't enough, you can go for the old classical guitarist trick of layering superglue and silk to add some nail str
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    True, but finger picking doesn't really hurt your fingers (or at least it never has for me, a guitar player of 14 years now). It's definitely pressing on the strings with your left hand that's the pain point for pretty much
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Here he is making both styles of omelet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10etP1p2bU
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    My favorite Jacques Pepin video: Deboning a chicken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY0lrdXar8
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    I once scheduled an interview with someone on the West coast (I'm on the east coast). I emailed him in the morning "How about 4 o'clock?" That afternoon around 2 I checked my email again and got his response "grea
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    SF Muni has streetcars from all over the world running on the F line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Municipal_Railwa...
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Fun fact: The Lexington avenue line carries as many passengers in a day as the entire DC Metro
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    10.12.1 beta is already out
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    I'm using the latest Safari Tech Preview, and the example works fine for me. Maybe this is already fixed.
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    I mean, it's a non-diet soda. What did you expect?
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Let's see: 2.36 kg of sugar makes enough syrup for 24L of OpenCola, according to the wiki article. So, 12oz of OpenCola contains 34.9 grams of sugar [1]. 4 grams less than the equivalent amount of Coke [2]. Not to say that this isn&#
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    You might want to see a doctor about that...
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12306284
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Not totally relevant, but Better Call Saul isn't produced by Netflix, it just airs there outside the US.
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    by robotmlg 10y ago

    Node