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by windows2020 2y ago
Windows 98 was from a time where the assumption a user was familiar with the computer wasn't made. We've since lost that assumption, and a lot with it.
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by windows2020 2y ago
So cost, energy usage (weird to lump fossil fuels and nuclear together), and soil from tunneling are opposition reasons? Benefit is faster trip and potential to export the tech? Imagine if these environmentalists existed during Industrial R
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by windows2020 3y ago
There exists an old game called "The Incredible Machine" where you create these.
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by windows2020 3y ago
The next Windows version should be called Windows Legacy. Remove all the objectively (from the perspective of a non-oblivious user) stupid stuff that 10 and 11 added including half-baked UIs, extra clicks, inconsistencies, random forced cha
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by windows2020 3y ago
From what I've gathered, cigarettes provided a sort of time out... an opportunity for spontaneous interaction... the interaction that open floor plans were supposed to provide.
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by windows2020 3y ago
1) The prescription is to rely heavily on ChatGPT. That bug had consequences and it's not clear how this isn't destined to occur again. We need to be able to opt out of behind the scenes updates. They require full regression by co
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by windows2020 3y ago
There are some fantastic products (LIFX, Twinkly) that are WiFi and don't require the cloud. Zigbee falls apart when controlling a large number of devices in real-time.
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by windows2020 3y ago
I thought premature optimization was when you decide to optimize a bottleneck but later end up rearchitecting and tossing it all anyway. I'd refer to what you're describing as messing around.
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by windows2020 3y ago
There aren't walk signals here. Here it is: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9631617,-75.1899368,3a,75y,2...
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by windows2020 3y ago
I recall a particular intersection where a two-way turns into a one-way that has crosswalks on all sides. v > > v^ A driver traveling north receives a green right arrow instead of a green globe. I assume this is to
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by windows2020 3y ago
Has anyone else noticed a general increase in informality? Windows 11: * :( ... We're just collecting some error info ... * You might want to plug in your PC. You're a highway sign that when activated should convey important i
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by windows2020 3y ago
I don't understand how this could go on for so long. Was there not one case where they stepped back and thought maybe this is a totally stand up person and there is something wrong with the software?
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by windows2020 3y ago
My take on this is back when software was distributed on media like CDs, new versions were better. Updates were discrete, marketed and expensive. They had to be good! Continuous updates continue to permeate, including into things that are s
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by windows2020 3y ago
Single flashing red = stop sign. Alternating flashing red (school busses and railroad crossings) = stop until signal goes out... except in case of HAWK.
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by windows2020 3y ago
The first time I encountered one it was off. So, I alone slowed thinking it was malfunctioning. Even worse is when the power goes out, these default to indicating there is no one there.
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by windows2020 3y ago
Before Covid, anti-vax referred to someone who rejected all vaccines. Today, the term is also used to describe people who reject only Covid shots. I speculate the majority of people who rejected Covid shots didn't do so because of the
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by windows2020 3y ago
For an example of lack of respect for existing patterns, see the HAWK signal.
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by windows2020 3y ago
There's tech perspective tunnel vision here. There can also be an issue with the requirements the perfect code was written for, or some other non-tech downstream process. A risk calculation exists here and included in mine is our on-ca
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by windows2020 3y ago
"...$2.50 that will be charged to vehicles from ride-hailing platforms such as Uber..." One simple trick can save you $12.50. NYC is out of control with taxes and regulations, but... When I lived downtown, each morning, the glass
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by windows2020 3y ago
I hear the faint hum of the interstate right now and it makes me think that somewhere along it through space and time there is someone experiencing something so different.
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by windows2020 3y ago
Reduce the speed to 5 so that an estimated 99.9% of pedestrian accidents are survivable and the city is silent.
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by windows2020 3y ago
The impact of this is too easily dismissed. A real person may issue a correction or rectify the mistake in a future conversation. This thing has no clue.
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by windows2020 3y ago
Inflation is an unintuitive concept to grasp. "Wages are up — even accounting for inflation over the past several months..." Yeah, just disregard the past years and blame it on "Partisanship and negative media bias..."
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by windows2020 3y ago
It seems so clear that nuclear is our ultimate energy source. We're wasting so much time on toy windmills and solar panels, and all the batteries required to compensate. There's so many complaints about cost overruns, etc. OK... l
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by windows2020 3y ago
Flashing yellow left arrows remove the ambiguity that creates 'yellow trap' and also reduce cycle waste by permitting left turns when opposing traffic has extended green.
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by windows2020 3y ago
I was picturing skyscrapers. Why not focus on comfortable and affordable dense living? Imagine rebuilding Manhattan from scratch.
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by windows2020 3y ago
Devices like this, before they became all screen, remind me of grand old buildings, before they became glass boxes.
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Ask HN: Best no/low-code QA automation tool
4 points by windows2020 3y ago|4 comments
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by windows2020 3y ago
Could snapshotting the filesystem every 10 minutes have contributed to its death?
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by windows2020 3y ago
It would be interesting to see the number of animals killed by power source per unit of energy.

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