rolandog

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   by rolandog 7y ago

   Thanks for the informative write-up and explanation.
2. 542.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   Well, hasn't Android been doing something similar in the play store by changing how permissions to access storage are given? Or was that just a proposal?
3. 543.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   Bear in mind that some people are more visual, so I think the interactive visualization should serve as a complement to the 100-1000 words that describe it, not an in-place substitution... (Also, let's not forget about the visually imp
4. 544.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   Agreed, my only pet-peeve has been the default behavior of attaching modal dialogues to the parent window (thus preventing dragging capability, without resizing the text). This can be fixed with gnome-tweaks.
5. 545.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   You're right. The mentioned likelihood would be for 8.4 times in a row: 3:1000 → 1:333⅓ P = 1 / (1 + 333⅓) n = |log(1/334⅓)| n ≈ 8.3851
6. 546.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   Nice game! How do you refuel or collect debris? Is that discarded when another player dies? Edit: Nvm. It seems I wasn't noticing debris being generated by shooting it instantly.
7. 547.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   Agreed. A Recfiles is to CSV what YAML is to JSON (and what MarkDown is to HTML).
8. 548.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   I think the most current version is this one [0]; I submitted a bug report to request the GitHub repository be updated to point to the Savannah repository. Also, the Python bindings are here [1] [0] https://savannah.gnu.org/
9. 549.▲
   by rolandog 7y ago

   I imagine you could use recfmt templates [0] which generate valid Markdown, and use (pp [1] and) pandoc [2] to (pre)process into the desired final format. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/Templ
10. 550.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    Well, it's a relief that the world has always been absurd.
11. 551.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    Also, there's the situation of people who receive a lot of emails from services where the user mistyped their email, but the service doesn't validate the registered email. In my case, I always feel I'm fighting a losing battl
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    I don't mean to disagree... yak-shaving is fun, and you get to learn about the internal workings of so many tools during the whole process (I myself am trying to have every project 'make'-able, with self-documenting Makefiles
13. 553.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    If it becomes cheaper to re-use or recycle than to throw away—in theory—we will reduce wastefulness and come up with better ways to deal with our problem. But, humans being humans, some will start dumping illegally.
14. 554.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    Technically, that applies to everyone of us, and every product---or service---we use...
15. 555.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    That's one of the things that keeps me from buying TV's: it'll eventually be a big security hole that will be the probable main entry point for an intrusion; I'm looking into projectors for the moment.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    It does mention that it is very preliminary: Some studies suggest a link between exposure to light at night, such as working the night shift, to some types of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. That's not proof that nightti
17. 557.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    And if they properly configured their MX records, they may be able to contact them.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    This reminds me of the awareness efforts by the Nature History museum in Rotterdam with the celebration of Dead Duck Day [1]. The case study's[2] abstract documents: _On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided w
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    Bookmarked! Thanks for writing such an interesting and relevant dissertation. I just finished reading the linked homepage, and will take a jab at your paper when I get some distraction-free time. But it really seems impressive.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    My favorite podcast! I just might be fangirling, but I love how Stephen West builds up every episode masterfully and, at the end of each episode, you feel the bubble burst and are thrust back to reality where you get to ponder with the new
21. 561.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    Indeed. Waiting tables is a job. Tipping allows employers to assign a lower wage, thus having to pay less payroll taxes... And they'll even try to get a clear conscience by saying "they just need to learn to budget properly".
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    I think this is done systematically in Reddit, for example, where typos are inserted in reposts to bypass detection. A lot of the frontpage is riddled with creative typos and grammatical errors.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    I think that is a consequence of maximizing engagement.
24. 564.▲
    by rolandog 7y ago

    Couldn't agree more. I'm in awe.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    Thanks for the link. Those mechanical computers are really amazing; such an elegant solution.
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    by rolandog 7y ago

    Would PeerTube and Mastodon be considered decentralized?: 6. https://joinpeertube.org 7. https://mastodon.social
27. 567.▲
    by rolandog 8y ago

    > Work clothes discouraged.
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    by rolandog 8y ago

    What if there existed a standard protocol to (automatically) interact with website's CMSs for the buying and selling of ad space via an API? Maybe even programmatically allowing the upload of images or videos? (Maybe even ADsafe [0] sc
29. 569.▲
    by rolandog 8y ago

    Any public company has an incentive to cut costs, so I'd imagine that a federal company would have higher standards.
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    by rolandog 8y ago

    Pretty interesting. I wonder if bio-hackers from the future will tinker for fun and exchange very large steganographic 'files' that, if read in a certain order, produced the complementary DNA (cDNA) [0] of a patented organism. [0]