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5y ago
What is the purpose of cutting off the queue at a n% full? Isn't that effectively saying that the queue size is actually n% of the stated size, or am I missing detail?
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5y ago
Anecdotally I notice the same. I'm curious about whether it's the look of print vs. a screen, or the physical form of the text being a physical object vs. stored on a device. Do we get a similar effect from using e-ink devices?
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5y ago
The operative piece of the above post (to me) is "working _against_ the browser", not the existence of custom code per se. IME lots of problems with UI development have come (partly) from shoehorning tech to do something it's
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5y ago
Fair. Keeping in mind real-world consumer behavior matters to the equation. That said I don't know that we should assume that "build for longevity" and "build for effective disposal" are mutually exclusive.
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5y ago
> $5,000 a year > It's less than is spent on a single coffee maker I really want to try this coffee maker.
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5y ago
> Cell phones and mobile devices in general have always been disposable items with limited expected lifespans. I agree with your second point, but I want to push back on this first point a bit. While it seems like manufacturers benefit f
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5y ago
While I agree with your sentiment, I don't think that's quite what the person you're responding to meant. Rather than talking about how things should be, they're talking more about the reality of the available options as
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5y ago
Charging station availability is a bit of a red herring though. Like you said, it's really dependent on charging overnight/when you're not using the vehicle. Obviously the viability will vary from person to person, but consid
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Audio person here. I found the post fascinating, but I wish they did more to explain what they were talking about to a layperson. Basically, all sounds that you hear are composed of many layered sine waves of different frequencies and inten