solson4

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by solson4 5mo ago
Depending on how warped the case is, it might or might not help, but i was having the same issues with the trackpad and it was an easy fix for me. Steps here: https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Touchpad+Rubbing+Fix+Guide&#
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by solson4 4y ago
I lived in Seattle from 2016-2020 and didn't have a car for about half that time. If your house and work are near a link stop you certainly don't need it, everything you'll need is in walking distance or a train ride away. Ot
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by solson4 4y ago
On the other hand, I gave thunderbird a try after switching to linux and found their UI so bad that it was harming usability. After the app had finished taking up the screen with various controls, settings and the list of messages, there wa
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by solson4 4y ago
It looks like this could change soon with the city allowing “metroplexs” everywhere in city limits[1]. It’s not law yet, but the city has been doing a lot of upzoning, so we’ll see. 1. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/c
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by solson4 5y ago
I think the excitement is that it would give us another data point for what life can possibly be like. So far (AFAIK) the best evidence is that life evolved once on earth, and so everything we see comes from that basic blue print. But does
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by solson4 5y ago
Very cool. I’m working on an interactive fiction engine in my spare time, and it’s interesting to see how someone else chose to manage the complexity that exponential branching starts to cause. Their concept of knots makes a lot of sense fo
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by solson4 6y ago
In my spare time over the fall I put together a CRUD app to learn rust. Yew frontend and an actix/diesel backend. I must say, I actually really liked working with actix. There was a bit of a learning curve, but after I'd figured o
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by solson4 6y ago
Just started a new job, so had to take a break while I get my routines sorted out, but before that was making semi-interactive sites for my short stories to live in. The latest one was a trio of short stories embedded in a... html puzzle bo
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by solson4 6y ago
But everyone who's drinking alcohol is doing it at least in part for the effect. Non-alcoholic beer is a thing and there are plenty of wine replacements and mocktails, but they're nowhere near as popular as the real thing. Obvious
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by solson4 6y ago
Yes, it is quite different. Twitter is one of many platforms. If it begins to censor content it’s relatively straightforward to move to telegram or signal of matrix. The App Store on the other hand is a platform of platforms so its decision
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by solson4 6y ago
Yeah, having a similar issue. Catalina, American keyboard, Firefox. Halfway through the second sentence it started flagging everything as incorrect no matter what I typed.
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by solson4 6y ago
Because they'd file the same suit if a Democratic president took similar actions. In fact, they already did[1]. They're not working for the benefit of either party, but rather for the general protection of the civil liberties of p
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by solson4 6y ago
Or maybe even have those sort of features be broken out as modules. Can have a flag that says you’re using this JavaScript library or that css layout module at compile time and not ship with anything else.
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Show HN: Interactive fiction about AI(3ai.highvoltageclouds.com)
1 points by solson4 6y ago|0 comments
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by solson4 6y ago
> There are 10 rivers that cause 90% of plastic pollution Except, that's not true. The study you're referring to found that those 10 rivers account for 90% of plastic waste going into the ocean from rivers , not all sources[1]
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by solson4 7y ago
The only upside to this is that at least it’s just one city trying it out. If there’s going to be a “total collapse of some election” better there than on a state or national level.
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by solson4 7y ago
Wow, cool coincidence. I’m reading ZAMM right now. Inspired me to write a blog post about fixing my camp stove while living on the road. https://blog.highvoltageclouds.com/index.php/2019/11/24/vans...