sosborn

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1. 61.▲
   by sosborn 2y ago

   My favorite personal project is a Japanese-English dictionary with full-text search (thank you JMDICT: https://www.edrdg.org/jmdict/j_jmdict.html ). It's a Rails app and includes a flashcard system to help me study
2. 62.▲
   by sosborn 2y ago

   Of course everyone will be like "yes" and then the phone will get hacked and the user will blame apple. * This is not an argument against it. *
3. 63.▲
   by sosborn 2y ago

   Soles do wear out. It's not like the rubber just disappears.
4. 64.▲
   by sosborn 2y ago

   The crime was selling - not editing. Not defending the arrest but it's a pretty big difference.
5. 65.▲
   by sosborn 2y ago

   The first sentence puts it into a little bit of perspective: "Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the count
6. 66.▲
   by sosborn 3y ago

   For the life of me I cannot understand why email won't render grid or flex. Those two properties would make email templating so much easier.
7. 67.▲
   by sosborn 3y ago

   Have you ever looked into the world of retail space leasing? It’s quite common for retailers to be charged a percentage of gross sales per month. (Not defending anything here)
8. 68.▲
   by sosborn 3y ago

   https://support.apple.com/en-us/102602#:~:text=iCloud%20Priv... .
9. 69.▲
   by sosborn 3y ago

   Media placement is the long game and matching ROI to a single event is a fool's errand.
10. 70.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    I guarantee you they got much more than $1M worth of media placement for this stunt.
11. 71.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    I would argue that any PR helps drive subscriptions.
12. 72.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    Their competition was the old outdated business model. As easy as it was to say that streaming was the future, they still had to convince millions of people to learn about and sign up for it.
13. 73.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    The only island with active geothermal activity is an island without many people (compared to Oahu). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puna_Geothermal_Venture
14. 74.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    Do they guarantee it is static? My current IP hasn't changed in years but I need to pony up if I want them to guarantee it forever.
15. 75.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    At that time flash sucked on desktop macs too. Seriously, it was awful on macs.
16. 76.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    "Kick-starting the USB revolution" doesn't mean the same thing as "innovation." They only included USB on the original iMac, which was a death-knell for the legacy connectors, and quite controversial at the time giv
17. 77.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    American Heart Association.
18. 78.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    I think even more interesting is that they chose to forgo the rather robust and easy to use API offered by Mailchimp in the first place.
19. 79.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    I don't think anyone reading this thread thought that poor people were being used as a scapegoat. I think people read it as the middle class being pushed down rather than pulled down.
20. 80.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    > professional use I hate this terminology. How would anyone define "professional use"
21. 81.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    "Funny" and "Appropriate" don't always occupy the same space.
22. 82.▲
    by sosborn 3y ago

    https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/03/1046676/police-s...
23. 83.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    If I see a person nazi regalia I might feel uncomfortable and I’ll certainly judge them for their choice of clothing, but never would I advocate for making nazi regalia illegal.
24. 84.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    You are essentially at a point where you are saying “if I don’t like your outfit I’m going to legislate it.” You might be cool with that, but I’m not.
25. 85.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    Are you equating wearing a hoodie with wearing nothing at all?
26. 86.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    I can understand that, but that's not the hoodie wearer's issue to solve.
27. 87.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    It's real simple: "Don't take away my choice to wear what I want." For whatever reason, fragile people get real offended by what other people wear.
28. 88.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    cast iron
29. 89.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    That's the thing, AI tools aren't trying to approximate me. They are their own unique collection of experiences/input.
30. 90.▲
    by sosborn 4y ago

    Personally, I think all creative endeavors are a regurgitation of rules ingested by the creator. Creativity is born from experiences.