taeric

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by taeric 9mo ago
Even cheap band t-shirts don't shrink in our dryer. I have sweaters that I am confident would have shrunk in the past, but do just fine here. On that last, I almost forgot I had direct evidence. We visited a place that shrank some of
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by taeric 9mo ago
It has been ages since I had clothes shrink on me. To the point that I had assumed something must have gotten better in modern dryers. Is that not the case? Edit: Quickly searching, this appears to be the case? Specifically modern moistu
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by taeric 9mo ago
I think this is what the C++ world calls template specialization?
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by taeric 9mo ago
But doesn't this just go to my point that you would more expect further adaptations from those that already have the plasticity? Fair that you could get them in either, but the point of evolution/adaptation is that often the mech
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by taeric 9mo ago
Fair that I think it is valuable to know some things are stronger adaptations than others. I just don't see the point in claiming it is not, itself, an adaptation. Feels very "not actually evolution" in claim. It is, but t
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by taeric 9mo ago
I think that makes some sense, but I would think that is still part and parcel for natural selection? To require specific mechanisms just feels wrong. Granted, my teaching for what drives evolution is colored by the idea of the peppered mo
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by taeric 9mo ago
I'm a touch confused, the lead in has "plants shift their flowering times to cope with the heat, rather than adapting through natural selection." How is that not just part of natural selection? Plants that are unable to shi
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by taeric 9mo ago
Large changes almost always represent a change in reporting, don't they?
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by taeric 9mo ago
It is funny, as this extends to stuff like watching TV. I have never, in my life, managed to watch more than a few episodes of a show. It isn't that I don't like shows. I just don't have the habit of getting ready to watch
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by taeric 9mo ago
As someone that is unable to keep any sort of routine, I have objections here. :D Without some sort of obligating circumstance, it is incredibly easy to forego what would have otherwise been today's routine.
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by taeric 9mo ago
Who said these were "easy" fixes, though? I am emphatically not claiming that "just doing something" will work. Though, fair that what I put there can seem that way. I am more trying to claim that "just doing some
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by taeric 9mo ago
My point in including both is that both can be surprisingly effective and turning my mood around. Despite them being very different. Included the dishes because that is physical and a chore that most people actively dislike. Edit: Just to
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by taeric 9mo ago
I would assume that "doing something" is the key here? Successfully doing exercise probably has add on benefits that you can more successfully do other things afterward. But successfully reading a book can help me get out of dep
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by taeric 9mo ago
Realistically, it takes ringleaders to get a circus. As such, I can only assume that the lack of show online is that the people that would be the ringleaders are largely the ones currently getting what they want. I'm cynical enough th
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by taeric 9mo ago
I'm talking about people that literally think absolutely nobody is working on things. There was a viral video not too long ago of a young activist saying she got into this because she realized that "literally nobody was working t
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by taeric 9mo ago
My favorite is how this interacts with the oh so fun mistake many people make of adding a `<div/>` thinking they are doing it right.
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by taeric 9mo ago
I have grown to not agree with this idea. Sorta, at least. It isn't so much that I think the criticism is wrong. Many people do think they could more effectively do something in a different area. But this isn't a stack thing.
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by taeric 9mo ago
If you two do get traction on this, would love to see it posted. Good luck!
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by taeric 9mo ago
To be fair, it originates from a time when memory was tighter. Is discussed with some motivating text in Programming Pearls. I can't remember the context, but I think it was in a text editor. I can look it up, if folks want some of
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by taeric 9mo ago
It is discussed in that book. Very fun read, all told. Highly recommended if folks find this sort of thing fun. I think I should thumb through it again. :D
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by taeric 9mo ago
Right, I know what sort of things happen in that process. And to be fair, I'm mainly poking fun at how bad the web page has become. I do feel that this bloat is, far and away, the worst offender when it comes to why things feel slower
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by taeric 9mo ago
I find "ensuring app loads fast" to be absolutely hilarious, here. What has to be done to help a mail app load fast? And, snarkily, can they do this for the web page? On my decent connection right now, loading a new tab to gmail
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by taeric 9mo ago
I don't know of any definitive classification for this. Probably easiest to begin with looking for passive versus active verbs? Run on sentences are usually bad, as well. Though, too many short sentences can effectively be a run on
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by taeric 9mo ago
Exactly the kind of standard I love to hold myself to. :D
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by taeric 9mo ago
I would love to see this analyzed with more than just positive/negative. My assumption would be that high energy posts outperform, regardless of sentiment swing. That is, enthusiastic probably does well, too? Similarly, how does inqu
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by taeric 9mo ago
I think aligning to decimal point just amuses the crap out of me because "receipt" is a very common document type that you would expect to see on the web. No? At least in something like GTK and Qt you would be more than justified
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by taeric 9mo ago
This one actually makes me curious on what "layouts" flash supported. I never wrote in it, but some folks made some amazing designs using it.
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by taeric 9mo ago
I think I should have put "sucks" in quote at my opening salvo. CSS, I think is fine if you stick to the easy things. Which, fair that most things should stick to the easy things. Where web development sucks is when we try and r
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by taeric 9mo ago
Is certainly where folks thought it would work. I have never ever seen this work in a way that wasn't more work than makes sense. Happy to see some actual success cases, if you know of any.
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by taeric 9mo ago
Per the silly AI answer on Google, not really? You can enable it on Firefox easily enough. Everywhere else? Good luck. Even in Firefox, the dream of meaningful styles across sites is largely dead, I thought.

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