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871.
by rzzzt 3y ago
No tads? Edit: hmm, apparently labeled measuring spoons exist that were calibrated for tads and smidgens.
872.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I see "self-healing" cutting mats all the time in tech videos, with the measurement grid and angles printed on top. I'd like to get one at some point.
873.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I thought the interest revolved largely around space mines and industry. Helium, solid gold asteroids, etc.
874.
by rzzzt 3y ago
It's a tiny algorithm listening to output volume and reacting to drastic changes via the VolUp/Dn buttons on your remote (figuratively): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression "Night mod
875.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I see your Kenny G (in fact I was Ctrl-F searching for his name) and raise you Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute.
876.
by rzzzt 3y ago
Hmm, "robot" in its spelled out form sounds weird to me for this use ("bot" is more frequent). Wikipedia redirects people looking for software agents to a separate page from the article about the beep-boop ones: https:&
877.
by rzzzt 3y ago
It's a composition vs. inheritance problem. I postulate that robots need at least a single manipulator in the physical realm: Mechanical arm assembling car doors = robot. CNC machine that follows a path = robot. Mechs with chicken legs
878.
by rzzzt 3y ago
TheRasteri has a video on getting VB6 running on a modern system, it's not pretty: https://youtu.be/LVEsNUm04Sc
879.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I guess people (like me -- or maybe just me) are after the macOS-like way of 150% scaling on a 4k display, which uses a 5k buffer with 200% scaling, then scales down the entire image to fit the screen. This results in a 2560×1440 effective
880.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I tried to do this via xrandr + selecting 2× scaling from the UI, with limited success for three reasons: 1) The display preferences panel did not know about my custom backing framebuffer and kept re-setting it to match the native resolutio
881.
by rzzzt 3y ago
Can I start a waterfall every two weeks?
882.
by rzzzt 3y ago
I fired up Turbo Pascal 7.0 and the compiler says 'Error 85: ";" expected.' if you continue your "program xyz" declaration with a newline and type "begin" without a semicolon in-between; I think this
883.
by rzzzt 3y ago
It was indeed my lifetime. Now I have to watch out for ninjas and pianos randomly falling out of the sky, otherwise everyone's "free for lifetime" offer will be converted into paid plans.
884.
by rzzzt 3y ago
Open "AI"
885.
by rzzzt 4y ago
It should always be possible to reach http://example.com (also .org and .net) over HTTP.
886.
by rzzzt 4y ago
"Everything the light touches" is "within earshot" for woodpeckers, so they do like to hammer away on such items: https://youtu.be/F0v-CukKW5Y
887.
by rzzzt 4y ago
Oops! It sounded entirely feasible, the "Cityhopper" designation and seeing the tiny jet threw me off. I first read about this in an in-flight magazine; the other story was about the PM who arrived on bicycle and left it outside t
888.
by rzzzt 4y ago
He used to fly domestic routes for KLM as a co-pilot, neat! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39946532
889.
by rzzzt 4y ago
"Affectionately"?! One point for Slytherin!
890.
by rzzzt 4y ago
Avoiding "butterfly" when writing technical documentation sounds like a good advice.
891.
by rzzzt 4y ago
For fully stationary use, you could replace the battery with a voltage regulator + supercap combo like in this video: https://youtu.be/YfvTjQ9MCwY?t=856 This ensures that the phone does not get confused when powered straigh
892.
by rzzzt 4y ago
A desktop application with double countdown timer, styled as a digital clock. One counter measured the days until a friend's farewell party before they move abroad, the other was going towards a festival's opening date at a later
893.
by rzzzt 4y ago
I chuckled when reading about the "turn WiFi off so that the Chrome dino appears" method: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34123025 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19119141
894.
by rzzzt 4y ago
If you like comics, "Asterix speaks Viennese" might help: https://www.diepresse.com/5450586/asterix-auf-wienerisch-wap...
895.
by rzzzt 4y ago
This is what I was confused about as well. In the example the meetup itself could be held as non-spontaneous (telepaths spare the price of the phone call), but deciding on the place will still be done on a whim, off the cuff, impromptu, not
896.
by rzzzt 4y ago
What was the issue with "spontaneously"? (Maybe I'm secretly a Berliner.)
897.
by rzzzt 4y ago
The "RISC-ish instruction set underlying the x86 facade"-part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_Instruction_Set Edit: also the "cool chip in a can" packaging from one of the contemporary comp
898.
by rzzzt 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C3 is almost as interesting as the Crusoe, but not quite like the iAPX 432.
899.
by rzzzt 4y ago
The hashed form of the URL might still reach Google as part of the Safe Browsing initiative, although a copy of the List of Naughty Websites is kept locally as well, so if you visit a known deceptive site, it need not ping their servers.
900.
by rzzzt 4y ago
Ah, at some point my dream of the Fully Autonomous Record Company might come true... it writes the songs, performs on gigs, sells the T-shirt.

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