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by webwielder2 2y ago
Photos of people staring at computer screens are not particularly inspiring on their own.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Are there really electrons? Or does observable phenomena simply fit with the theory of electrons?
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Yes, they should "just fix Siri." That would do the trick.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Oh I loved Infinite Loop by Malone. Bill and Dave sounds like an insta-checkout for me.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Stick to checking out books from your library / Libby. You'll save money and might end up making discoveries you otherwise wouldn't.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
And the homeowner just happens to be a NASA aficionado?
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Chernow’s biography of Grant is excellent, and very edifying for me personally. Grant was both a great and good man, and should be much more revered in American society than he is.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
Has the same kind of study been done in, say, Norway?
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by webwielder2 2y ago
By the way, the built-in dictionary app in macOS is one of the most slept-on of Apple's many slept-on built-in apps over the years.
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by webwielder2 2y ago
If the word of the week is "act up", I'm not enticed to think this is a more useful or detailed reference source than Urban Dictionary, or, you know, a dictionary.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Both sides journalism prevents the headline from being “Republicans seek to weaken laws against child labor”
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Culture is ephemeral. Some things are preserved, others are not. It's fine.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
“Dark matter” always seemed like a cop out to this layperson. You can’t just give up and attribute problems with your theory to a mysterious substance that can’t be seen or measured!
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Why are rockets always blowing up? Feels like we should be past the point of that being a regular occurrence.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Unless you're the guy who invented fertilizer, you as an individual aren't having a big impact. Just find a place where they respect you and you don't cringe when telling people you work there.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
There was no benefit.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
I struggle to find this emoji on Slack on a regular basis.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Pretty much everything except farming and church is new.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
I wasn't directly involved in importation, but AFAIK it went pretty smoothly: https://linear.app/docs/import-issues#pivotal-tracker
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by webwielder2 3y ago
We switched from PT to Linear and couldn't be happier.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
What's well-documented is Republican affinity for wealthy tax cheats and opposition to good governance.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Odd not to note that it was clearly created as the design equivalent of the engineering- centric HN. In general I found the discussions pretty shallow and anemic compared to HN, even during the supposed golden age.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
May this be more successful than Dropbox's acquisition of Mailbox.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
I think it was mostly a relaunch of Macaw.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
To paraphrase Krusty the Clown, "one day you're the hottest name in the design industry, the next you're some schmo working in a box factory."
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by webwielder2 3y ago
These humans are a curious species.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
They can’t all be classics.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
The effort to untangle a 500 million year old codebase with zero comments leads to some strange discoveries.
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by webwielder2 3y ago
If you like semi-ancient pillars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_and_Holy_Trinity_column...
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by webwielder2 3y ago
Restauranteurs have never been known for their business acumen.

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