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by sidpatil 6y ago
> No, DivX refers to MPEG-4 Part 2 which is a completely different codec. Poster is referring to the DivX Plus HD codec [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX_Plus_HD
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by sidpatil 6y ago
My favorite example of this is Fast Ethernet—a max speed of 100 Mbps.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
This should be a Show HN post. The "commit hunk to repository" feature is especially interesting to me, since it's a declarative approach.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
Even with ABP-style adblocking enabled, I couldn't get it to block ads as effectively as uBlock Origin could. This was a big negative in my book.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
On Firefox, I use the Link Hints extension for that purpose. Qutebrowser also has link hints as a standard built-in feature.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
NSFW warning.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
I see what you're saying, regarding the histogram code. A cleaner approach would have been to store the translations in a named tuple or Dict and iterated through it. One of the other commenters also mentioned the `replace` function, w
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> It's one of the few things the programming community has settled on - indexing starts at 0, as it is mathematically the most natural start. When you're in the supermarket and you're counting how many items are in your sh
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by sidpatil 6y ago
There is also the Manim Community Edition: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/ According to the original Manim's readme, it's recommended to use the Community Edition, since it's updated more o
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by sidpatil 6y ago
Paywalled.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> the SIM holder lock is broken meaning I have to hold the SIM in to use it for calls Why not just tape it in place?
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by sidpatil 6y ago
It's like the Microsoft Paint of audio editing.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> I wonder why real-life mail doesn't do this. Identifiers mapping to whatever your current address is. I've had the same exact thought for a while. "DNS for physical addresses" would be so useful for both privacy and
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by sidpatil 6y ago
Assuming that the existing wiring can support the increased demand.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> Aka trash left by macOS on usb drives, network shares etc :) I never thought about it that way! It's digital littering.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
Syncthing is a FOSS alternative: https://syncthing.net/
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by sidpatil 6y ago
I wish someone was making Symbolics/Space Cadet-layout keyboards that worked with modern computers. I'd put all those modifier keys to good use! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard
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by sidpatil 6y ago
If you constantly have to switch between the two, I can see your point. But if you're going to be on one platform for the majority of your time, it wouldn't hurt to save a few minutes here and there by learning some shortcuts.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
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by sidpatil 6y ago
Wow! I didn't know they made laptops that big!
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> If programmer time is more valuable than machine time This is probably not true in industries such as banking, manufacturing, agriculture, etc. I worked as a field engineer in a food processing plant once, during the peak season for th
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by sidpatil 6y ago
I'd rather map it to the spacebar, so I can hold it down to stay warm in the winter.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
These are known as mobile workstations . They can get quite bulky, quite heavy, and quite powerful.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
This is basically Boolean simplification. It reminds me of identifying the maxterms instead of the minterms, which is useful for functions which have a lot more minterms than maxterms.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
This isn't the first time I've encountered this bug before—I've seen it while using LinkedIn's messenger as well.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
That only works for controlling the video player. This bug affects the usage of the spacebar in the search field as well.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if peak and pique have similar etymology.
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by sidpatil 6y ago
> Another important part of type design is flowing paragraphs so that the final line contains enough type. One does not want a paragraph to end with a single “me” by itself on the final line, and ideally you want a substantial amount of
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by sidpatil 6y ago
My nickname for this phenomenon is the "robustness/efficiency spectrum." In this case, it would be the robust generalists and the efficient specialists on opposite ends of the spectrum. (I'm not sure it has to be a two
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by sidpatil 6y ago
How is that a counter-example? A paralyzed human can still exhibit a chemical or physical response to an external stressor or stimulus in general, such as body temperature, sweating, neural activity, etc.

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