smichel17

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by smichel17 4y ago
I'm hoping someone with technical knowledge of how Privacy Badger works will read this / be able to answer: With local learning disabled, is there any need for using the Privacy Badger add-on specifically? Would it be possible to
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by smichel17 5y ago
The pattern you want here is branding .
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by smichel17 5y ago
Someone I know went to a college where the final exam was 100% of the grade, in most courses. You could retake it as many times as you want, but only if you scored below 70% (presumably to limit the amount of retakes). The result was that i
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by smichel17 5y ago
How cold is coldish?
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by smichel17 5y ago
How can one find, or measure, the SSI of a given light bulb?
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by smichel17 5y ago
I used freetaxusa last year after using turbotax previously. I found that the experience of using turbotax was more like giving my information to an accountant and having them prepare the forms, while freetaxusa was more like sitting there
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by smichel17 5y ago
I had a discussion about the git cli UX around branching/stashing/checkout a while back. Perhaps you'll find it useful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23807410 (I post this somewhat selfishly, as I&#x27
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by smichel17 5y ago
Similar story here. The worst part is that the locked bootloader means that I can't upgrade it myself, either.
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by smichel17 5y ago
Psst. Try PaperWM. It allows quick resizing and tiling.
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by smichel17 5y ago
Perhaps find an open source project they depend on and donate to it.
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by smichel17 5y ago
Can you elaborate on how GPLv3 is enterprise-hostile? My impression was that the main change was fixing the tivo loophole.
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by smichel17 5y ago
Or to anyone who uses an old-fashioned audio receiver ("amp") with wired speakers. Turn the dial, both speakers change volume. Obviously what I want. I have not read anything besides this article, though, so it's possible the
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by smichel17 5y ago
(I'm a different person) Vertical alignment. When you press the down arrow, you don't know what position your cursor will land on because it's not visually aligned with the character above. Kind of defeats the purpose of a mo
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by smichel17 5y ago
Haskell is, however, fond of custom `operators' (infix functions made of symbols). For example, take <$>. It's barely even shorter than fmap! And Haskell even has a special syntax if you want to make fmap infix. Is it reall
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by smichel17 5y ago
In my experience, Linux, Windows, and MacOS all have their own separate warts. When switching between desktops, you will be supremely frustrated dealing with issues you Just Didn't Have™ on your old OS. Stick with it for long enough
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by smichel17 5y ago
Allow me to be the first. Okay, not a plunger, but a very similar product: After using a litter-lifter scoop (for cleaning a cat's litterbox), I placed a bulk order so I'll have a lifetime supply (plus extras to give as gifts), ev
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by smichel17 5y ago
I feel like this and most of its sibling comments are missing the context of the thread: I agree with the viewpoint that "not always online" is a feature. The problem is the lack of " some things available when returning fro
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by smichel17 5y ago
I've done that, too. It misses the context bit. As I said in the post you replied to, > In other words, I want "@smichel17 ^" to be a thing.
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by smichel17 5y ago
Here's the catch. I'm someone who likes the idea of IRC being impermanent, available only if I was online at the time. However, I also want people to be able to @mention me so that I can see it later, even if I was offline, overri
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by smichel17 5y ago
Update: I played around with font settings, and if I disable antialiasing then I think am able to see individual pixels around the curves of letters. I say "think" because I can definitely pick out the sharp edges, but I'm no
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by smichel17 5y ago
I am not sure how to parse your sentence, because I don't know whether your "reasonable" means low or high. It could be 1. Other major vendors use subpixel rendering strategies to increase sharpness and legibility at reasonab
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by smichel17 5y ago
What counts as hidpi? I have 20/20 vision, and normally sit with my eyes approximately 3 feet away from my monitor (based on a rough measurement just now). My 27" 4K monitor has ~160 PPI, and I cannot discern individual pixels u
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by smichel17 5y ago
The solution to this is simple, but not easy: block everything by default and do not prompt to enable it (but do show an indicator of what has been blocked). This is how Firefox tracker protection, uMatrix, noscript, and a plethora of ad bl
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by smichel17 5y ago
This is my biggest gripe with ebikes. On a regular bike, there's a nice curve where you can always push yourself a little more to get a little extra speed, tapering off a little as your speed becomes too high for your gears. On an ebik
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by smichel17 5y ago
When I WFH, I still get dressed into "work clothes". When I check out for the day, I'll change into something more comfortable (not that slacks and a collared shirt are particularly uncomfortable). I don't remember to do
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by smichel17 5y ago
It's interesting to me that the BSL is something like, "copyright, with a reasonable term".
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by smichel17 5y ago
Location: NY (full-time) Remote: Yes (preferably hybrid to start) Willing to relocate: Probably not Technologies: Typescript, Kotlin, Haskell, Nix, NodeJS, React, Android, SQL Résumé/CV: https://smichel.me/r
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by smichel17 5y ago
Where do you live (country or US state)?
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by smichel17 5y ago
You can do the same thing with right click :)
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by smichel17 5y ago
I think a significant contributing factor is that management is a local maximum. I am a self-identified "sort of knows what they are doing" (albeit, sometimes insecure about that) professional programmer. I've also had the ch

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