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by scelerat 2y ago
The Mac has had them as part of the standard keyboard layout since 1984. Using Apple kit since then, they have long been burned into my muscle memory: option-[-] for en dash – shift-option-[-] for em dash —
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by scelerat 2y ago
I liked this quote: > I worked on the basic concept on my own. I found that if I started to listen to others, the concept tended to become diluted and unfocused. However, once the basic concept was decided, it was helpful to have open d
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by scelerat 2y ago
The new policy’s notion of binary “biological sex” is completely divorced from genetic, biological, physiological, and psychological reality
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by scelerat 2y ago
I’m more curious about what you think the “large pain” the previous administration was inflicting on people than learning about your indifference to minorities
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by scelerat 2y ago
Examples, please. If you are trans, you were just de-personed by executive order and your passport was invalidated. If you also happened to be an incarcerated female, you are being transferred to male facilities. These are actions which wil
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by scelerat 2y ago
Lately I just cant get the thought out of my head that 69% of Americans either directly or tacitly approved Trump's agenda. A big chunk of those people now voicing concerns did not vote to prevent the course we are now on because &quot
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by scelerat 2y ago
Just surveying broadly what's going on I think it is wrong to assume the decisions being made are uninformed. I think they may be, unfortunately, very well informed.
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by scelerat 2y ago
Things just havent been the same since Jacquard's loom
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by scelerat 2y ago
same. to me, it's the immediacy that matters; I want as little getting in the way of getting my idea in draft form quickly. A real paper notepad and just the voice record feature of my phone are my main go-tos. One of the biggest dange
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by scelerat 2y ago
What’s magic about the Bering strait?
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by scelerat 2y ago
When I was at UCLA in the mid-‘90s there were computer science courses taught through the school of engineering, mostly limited to SEAS students. So computer science, computer engineering, ee, me, and the like. I think the intro classes wer
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by scelerat 2y ago
> This was already apparent On edge? We're just talking here. I'm not trying to hold up MS Basic as some awesome programming environment, just describing how I experienced it
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by scelerat 2y ago
"single parent households" are precisely why these levers are important: among other things, they help reduce the disadvantages some kids have due to being raised by an impoverished single parent, and gives those kids a leg up in
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by scelerat 2y ago
It's why day care, head start, school lunch and the like are super important. Even before we get to corporate demographics or college graduation, admittance, and application rates, there are millions of children growing up in poverty i
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by scelerat 2y ago
> It was a shame, since MacBASIC allowed users to write software that supported the features of the Mac UI and Microsoft's BASIC did not. Practically speaking perhaps yes, but technically MS Basic on the Mac did enable you to make m
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by scelerat 2y ago
The hardest part about exercise is the mental aspect of pushing past the inertia of habit and comfort. As Dr Ashley says in the OP, if you can just walk 30-45 minutes five or six days a week, you're already doing your health a great se
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by scelerat 2y ago
I still have the original manuals from my Macintosh (1984), including those for MacWrite and MacPaint, as well as the 1st ed "Macintosh" book by Cary Lu. It's really something else to see computer books from that era. Beautif
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by scelerat 2y ago
I heartily recommend the Korg Opsix to anyone who wants to experiment with FM synthesis. As the article mentions, the UI of the DX7 made programming it, modifying existing sounds or coming up with new ones entirely, difficult to say the lea
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by scelerat 2y ago
Sincere concern for others exposed to scams is always appreciated, but I think you're still not considering the variety of needs and tastes. It seems clear you are not the customer Apple has in mind for the iMac, but that doesn't
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by scelerat 2y ago
It's clear to me both from the reviewer and some of the comments here on HN that some people don't understand that their bubble is a bubble inside of a bubble. most people I know who aren't technical would like a simple, no
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by scelerat 2y ago
Some people truly work on projects which progress and are ultimately completed. Others are basically hoarders, and the junk simply accumulates. It's hard to tell the difference from a single snapshot.
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by scelerat 2y ago
tuna plus mayo and umeboshi (tart, pickled plum) are my two favorite onigiri stuffings
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by scelerat 2y ago
How are they? I'm in California -- I love the konbinis in Japan, and while 7-Eleven's recent announcements to offer more konbini-like food and experience sounds great, I fear it's going to fall far short of the mark because I
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by scelerat 2y ago
"You can be forgiven for thinking that OD&D is a medieval European fantasy game. After all, Gary Gygax himself says so. " At various points (the original Dungeon Master's Guide, for example, page 88), he also has said it&
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by scelerat 2y ago
Been looking for a year and a half for something full-time and permanent. No luck so far. Chopped about fifteen years off my resume, and that seemed to help get more interviews, but I think that backfired because then they were surprised by
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by scelerat 2y ago
The ease of creating, deleting and merging branches and patches is what sold me on git over subversion (which itself was a vast improvement over the only VCS I had experienced up until that point, CVS). When the author describes the literal
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by scelerat 2y ago
I hit a speed limit of around 50-60 wpm years ago, even after taking a typing class in high school and doing multiple online typing tutor courses. I don't know what it is; i've never been able to push past it without ruining accur
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by scelerat 2y ago
Tequila or mezcal is an enhancement for any bloody, IMO
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by scelerat 2y ago
Nelson's faming here pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole ball of wax myself, a musician, and someone who started their career working for a major national concert promotor, worked for two streaming music services and who par
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by scelerat 2y ago
It's not the only way to discover new music, but in the age of 99.9% online presence, I feel simply going out to listen to music is way overlooked. Most cities and metro areas with more than a few hundred thousand people have jazz, pun

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