theshadowknows

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by theshadowknows 5y ago
100% - even annoying "promotional" email blasts. I've worked for companies where, when we did surveys, customers overwhelmingly said that we sent them too many emails or that the emails were not relevant. Yet time and time ag
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Actually I was referring to the Ford rollover thing: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/ford-hid-suv-... And to the GM ignition thing: https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014&#x
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
My understanding of the automotive industry is that they cut corners everywhere they can because they know it’ll save more money than a lawsuit or recall will cost. Do they do these things and when someone dies or raises a stink only then d
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
is the last layer turtles?
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
So...I'm sure I'm not alone when my first thought was "big deal" but then I thought about it and I'm thinking there's two main issues here: 1. we don't want it there and they didn't ask permission or
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I mean…isn’t that exactly what the government _would_ say if these devices actually were working? /s, obviously
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Also iCab which at least let’s you use the new engine. I don’t think the other browsers even allow that.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Thanks for the recommendation consider it done :)
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Wow, and here I am dropping cash on weed and shrooms like a chump. I’ll be honest, this strikes me as similar to the whole binaural sounds thing…I tried that way back in high school and got nothing from it but my friend swore it was elevati
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Depending on how clear of a display you want, a projector may be a good option. We have a small shelf in our bedroom with an Apple TV, a HomePod mini, and a $90 projector from Best Buy. It projects to the large wall across the room from our
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
The very first website I ever saw was at my cousin’s house during a visit for Christmas. They had just recently “gotten the online” and he was showing me his favorite site which was an Oprah talk show discussion forum. At first I was like “
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
You could however nest horizontal and vertical marquee to make a diagonal marquee :)
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For my very first interview I was told “write something in php” so I put together a few scripts to parse templated txt files into html and made a little baby version of a cms. Wasn’t exactly scalable or ground breaking but I thought it was
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Yeah that’s what I’m understanding now. Really would have been amazing if it were possible. If you’ll indulge me, is there some theoretical technology that could enable such a breakthrough or is it so far from possible that it’s not even fe
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
When I first heard about the Theranos meltdown I was so sure that Holmes was a victim of big pharma trashing her name and her company. But man..as the story unfolds in front of us that is obviously not the case. I’m pretty bummed about it b
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Yep my wife and I moved to Connecticut from North Carolina. The summers here are very mild compared to what we are used to and as such leave the windows open to stay cool. But as you mentioned the screens do allow in rain if it’s raining an
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
“ There are specific tasks that see a significant difference. If you’re editing ProRes video or working with Apple’s Metal graphics API, there is a clear benefit to the more powerful chip. But that isn’t the case for many creative tasks…” I
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
That makes a lot of sense, and thanks for the detailed answers. The age old "this isn't for you" is applicable here...I don't see the value personally, but I understand the motivation behind it..sort of like how I don&#x
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I absolutely think that digital art is as valuable and worthy of recognition as physical art. My wife is an artist (oils and water colors, not digital) and we've discussed it at length that the skill and talent required to create digit
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I used to come onto HN and see crypto-coin news and I'd jump into the comments and ask something along the lines of "But isn't bitcoin and all the other things like it just a giant scam?" and someone who believed in Bitc
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Or Salesforce marketing cloud…it’s even worse than sfdc
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
Yep they’re very good at it. I won’t say it’s fool proof. But the very occasional times they get confused isn’t so bad I’ll replace them with wired.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I’ve just got a charging pad on my desk. In the morning I pop my watch and AirPods pro on it while I take a shower (have a HomePod mini in the bathroom so don’t need headphones) and by the time I’m done they’re charged up enough for the day
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
The only issue I have is that sometimes either my AirPods pro or AirPods max will get confused and try to connect to the wrong device. But it’s not such a huge inconvenience that Id go back to wired.
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I like a lot of what’s out there these days. Pega is a good example that reasonably talented people with some training can solve real business problems quickly. But like most other folks here mention it’s usually great to remember the guard
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
You cant own property, man! :D
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I think there will need to be work with things that essentially are what we think of as speculative execution today. This is because I’m sure there will be need to interact with considerably more systems, threads, messages, instructions wha
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I sometimes wonder to myself: what programming challenges would come up in something like the starship Enterprise (any of them) and what new language constructs (if any) would be required to address them?
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I’ve got a 2016 civic and the entire touch screen is taken over when you make a right turn or go into reverse. And it takes several seconds for the system to boot when you turn the car on which is especially irritating in very hot or very c
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by theshadowknows 5y ago
I was brought in to a project on Friday to help figure something out. The gist of the project is that we have a system which generates tons of event data. Basically interaction logging. And until recently the system sent those logs to some

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