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by whycome 2mo ago
“These crazy hairless primates are able to walk across a tightrope by using their ears!” Technically true. And also points to interesting physiological systems that continuously “automate” seemingly complex actions.
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by whycome 2mo ago
I think this is tied to your own mental mapping of the term “blowing bubbles” and that it’s typically an active rather than passive action. But the headline isn’t wrong and it’s in fact doing a really good job of communicating the underlyin
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by whycome 3mo ago
Looking at the conversations tied to movie fandoms has been fascinating. People treat movie franchises like a religion.
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by whycome 3mo ago
It’s just crazy to think that Reddit and the massive volume of text it allowed to be created helped lead us here….
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by whycome 3mo ago
Adventure cams lose a market when people can’t afford to go on adventures?
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by whycome 3mo ago
The flag of India gives me that vibe.
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by whycome 3mo ago
Because we set it up so that our shared infrastructure goes under load at the same time instead of being better distributed. With a universal clock, there may be less pressure to start at shared time. Staggered starts.
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by whycome 3mo ago
Or have a universal clock. But have regional start times. 9-5 makes no sense.
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by whycome 3mo ago
Describes religion. Code is a type of religion I guess
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by whycome 3mo ago
I have a keyboard shortcut to easily enter my email address. On certain forms it inadvertently adds an invisible space at the end. So many forms complain that I didn’t enter a valid email address. They should be ignoring or stripping any tr
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by whycome 3mo ago
That’s a great one. Here’s another one: https://morse.withgoogle.com/learn/
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by whycome 3mo ago
> “I don’t think they should be sold in youth-appealing sweet, fruity or minty flavors, and they should be limited to what’s authorized for nicotine replacement therapy, no more than 4 mg of nicotine per pouch.” I’m really tired of this
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by whycome 3mo ago
The most striking real world example of something similar has always been the different ways different cultures count/show numbers on a single hand (Ask a friend to show the number 3 on a hand). As far as concepts - it’s a difference
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by whycome 3mo ago
Apparently it's available to stream for free: > Steve 'Spaz' Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs of JURASSIC PARK transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless disre
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by whycome 3mo ago
Maybe combine with the do not disturb focus settings? You can allow only certain numbers to get through (I think anyone you have as a favorite)
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by whycome 3mo ago
Starlite what?
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by whycome 3mo ago
I didn’t know auto answer was a thing until now
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by whycome 3mo ago
The 4K remaster of this is back in theatres next month for “Judgment Day” and the 35th anniversary. https://www.fathomentertainment.com/news/fathom-entertainmen...
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by whycome 3mo ago
I have the back tap trigger a shortcut to give me a list of my most used things. I’ve used gestures to let me use a remote keyboard turn the pages on an ebook and I’ve also used it to let me remotely swipe short videos. I’ve used the vehicl
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by whycome 3mo ago
There are so many features under “accessibility” that have wider usages.
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by whycome 3mo ago
Why is this comet comment downvoted. Thats super interesting. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/67p-churyumov-g...
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by whycome 3mo ago
The prevalence of Robertson in Canada is amazing.
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Global earthquake detection and warning using Android phones (2025)(science.org)
2 points by whycome 3mo ago|0 comments
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Android phones knew Venezuela earthquake was coming(youtube.com)
5 points by whycome 3mo ago|2 comments
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by whycome 3mo ago
Lol it never occurred to me that they might just save every single upload
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by whycome 3mo ago
So you’re saying your entire current life is because of the proceeds of crime?! I’m kidding. Knowledge should be free. It was never created in a vacuum. It belongs to us all
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by whycome 3mo ago
With greater powers come greater responsibilities.
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by whycome 3mo ago
I’m suppose this only needs to show two types of collection days? (Black and green). Things are more complicated in other states: Recycling (Blue?) Organics (Green?) General (Black?) Bulk (Red?) Yard Waste (Brown?) And you’ll need to show m
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by whycome 3mo ago
What are the guardrails here?
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by whycome 3mo ago
Or intentionally walking a batter so you so t have to pitch to them in baseball

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