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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   One example of a interesting model I haven't seen mentioned in the article or comments/discussion is the toilets at Bryant Park in NYC. They're publically accessible, maintained regularly, and staffed with attendants, but is
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   > They appear "not unique" only because other ISAs copied them so thoroughly. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunn...
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   You're telling me. I had a few Z80s in a tube for a while. I was hoping I'd get to sell them to NASA one day haha.
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   I know this is true for Bing Maps, but I thought Google Maps used photogrammetry or LIDAR to create a synthetic 3D view.
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   You might be interested in Pyspread: https://pyspread.gitlab.io/
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   The article mentions that paper fashion came to an end due to environmental concerns, and also mentions that the subsequent fast-fashion trends were even worse from an environmental standpoint. Paper's damaging environmental footprin
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   I think Microsoft dropped the ball big-time by not making it easy to export an Excel workbook or Access project as a mobile-ready turnkey Web application. (It looks like it's possible to do, but not easy to do—from what I can tell,
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   For a long time, I used Joe's Own Editor [1], which featured a WordStar keybinding mode. I still use it from time to time. [1] https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/
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   by sidpatil 6y ago

   This sounds very interesting. Do you have any more information on this?
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    I wish tabless mode would get more love from browser developers. It was the default design choice for years before tabs showed up. From what I can tell, tabbed browsing was/is popular because the default window managers of popular oper
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    It's like the Ling's Cars [1] of Java and Python software development. [1] https://www.lingscars.com/
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    Also of interest: https://www.cameronsworld.net/ https://wiby.me/
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    When the question is sand in a bowl of boiled rice, the answer is a stick in the soft mud.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://www.bradleymonk.com/wp/weve-lost-server-54/ http://bash.org/?5273 https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/69y8px/ever_lose_...
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    Sounds like Emacs' GUI mode.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    Maybe that's like the tech equivalent of enjoying a loud vehicle because it sounds more powerful than a quieter one. (In reality, the quieter one is more efficient than the louder one.)
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    So does Julia [1]. [1] https://github.com/PainterQubits/Unitful.jl
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Amara#Amara's_law
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    If I recall correctly, Twitter progressed in a similar way—it started as an internal project and eventually grew into the main offering.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    But it only replicates the functionality of the Wayback Machine, which is just a part of the Internet Archive's offerings.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    PowerShell supports both XPath and native object syntax for reading XML. Unfortunately, by default, writing XML isn't as straightforward. One has to use XmlDocument methods to construct an XML file. The 'Format-XML' cmdlet
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    This is exactly what I thought of too. If you think about it, the screenplay is a form of source code (or at least a form of specification), similar to a printed musical score.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    When we had satellite TV (more than a decade ago), one of the conditions was to keep the receiver plugged into the phone line. If it wasn't plugged in, there'd be a $5 surcharge on the bill that month. I figured this was because t
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    The device manufacturer will eat the cost of the 5G subscription, since it will likely be lower than the revenue generated from the harvested personal data.
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    PowerShell also seems to borrow from Tcl, especially the parameter syntax (Tcl calls them options, *sh calls them arguments) and the script block construct (which is simply a curly-brace-quoted string in Tcl).
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    With jq I constantly trip up on quoting issues and the query syntax. It takes me forever to write a jq query since I don't use it that often and end up forgetting its DSL. With PowerShell, JSON can be imported as an object, which is mu
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    I think it's something interesting to consider. I'd describe it more as computation than as intelligence , but I also do keep in mind that there is no single universally-agreed-upon definition of intelligence, so the goalposts
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    > On the other hand, the MBA/PhD consultants I know don't have industry-specific experience in the areas they work in! This is the essence of the puzzle to me. I took a project management course once. One of the things we were
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    From the title, I thought they meant enough places to plug in on the vehicle itself . That makes me think: what's the reason for not having more than one charging port on an EV? I'd imagine it would be a convenience to have rear
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    by sidpatil 6y ago

    Obligatory shilling of Org-babel, for those using Emacs and Org-mode: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/