wlesieutre

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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   Chrome's browser sync can take a password for client-side encryption, so Google isn't selling my data unless they've backdoored that.
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   In that case I don't mind it anyway because I like food and I'm not interested in their product. Makes the ads are easy for me to mentally skip over. As a whole, it really dilutes the news feed because half of it is actual "n
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol > Doses over 50 grams (1.8 oz) can cause severe diarrhea, plus a significant increase in nausea and stomach rumbling. I don't know what the weight ratio would be to subs
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   But they do slip ads into your newsfeed with a "Bob likes Soylent" header at the top. It's deliberately similar to how they display "Bob shared Soylent's post" or "Bob commented on this." Bob liked So
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   There's a blind guy in my office building and I sometimes hear his iPhone doing voiceover in the hallway. If I didn't know better I'd have a hard time believing there are even words in it.
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   I should have said "won't try to force you to buy something," since as I pointed out in another comment they're required by the FTC to give you your prescription. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles&
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   Threaten to call the FTC on them: What are my rights under the FTC’s Eyeglass and Contact Lens Rules? If you get a fitting for glasses or contact lenses, the eye doctor must give you a copy of your prescription – whether you ask for it or
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   You can get your eyes examined by an independent optometrist at most Costco stores without being a member. Not sure why it's set up that way, but I've heard it's something to do with the monopoly that Luxottica has. They won&
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   by wlesieutre 9y ago

   And claw you into their ecosystems. Amazon is more than happy to sell you other brands of USB cables or clothes, despite having their own "Amazon Basics" brand. But they draw the line at other brands of eBook readers and media pl
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Not that I think they should be required to carry everything, but it's stupid from a consumer perspective. All the home streaming and "smart speaker" devices have important differences in what they can do and what they'r
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    The BMW dealer will sell you 80 different brands of carrot juicers though
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    They could always have designed their product in a way that doesn't turn into a brick when the servers disappear. Call it "negligent bricking"?
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    That's my experience from running with regular earbuds. Have to find a way to hold my phone just so to keep the cord from jostling them out. I've also tried a phone arm-strap but couldn't work out a place that worked for th
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    HBO's Silicon Valley reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIAOosI6js
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    I understand that Javascript will silently do something stupid and keep going if I accidentally call a function with an argument left off, but I'd still prefer to get an error message. I understand that I need to use === instead of =
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Yes, still true. Lots of options though. Divvy, Spectacle, ShiftIt, Moom, Amythest, SizeUp, Cinch, Slate, Flexiglass, probably others. If you want something very configurable and don't mind writing some Lua, Hammerspoon is a fun utilit
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    I worked through a previous version of this series and it’s a great way to get started on the platform!
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Things can be designed with large enough safety margins that "unlikely but possible" is effectively "never going to happen." If it's unlikely enough, you're up in "electrons could quantum tunnel through th
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    The difference is that those cables only carry low voltage DC. To get line voltage AC on them you'd need a short inside the power brick bridging from one side of the rectifier to the other. Apple is very careful to isolate those two si
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    A lot of commercial software is not supported on Linux. The vast majority of it, even. At one point I ran the legacy Windows version under Wine, which even worked with the Chrome extension. Had to disable some extension security policy in C
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    With my Pebble Time I can travel for a week and not even bring the charging cable. Still disappointed that they went under.
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    If the required WebExtension APIs don't exist (per nicoburns' comment) I'm not sure what you want the extension authors to do about it. "Complain loudly" was the strategy that got Mozilla to implement Tree Style Tab
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    I'm guessing no, but SF does have a concept of "right to light" that blocks construction of tall structures that cast "significant" shadows on public spaces. http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/a
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Logitech announced that they were going to remotely disable all Harmony Links https://gizmodo.com/logitech-will-be-intentionally-bricking-...
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    I'm slightly mistaken! There was a temporary 3-week event last November with a 4-player PvE story as Overwatch agents going on an actual mission. But other than that, gameplay has been all non-canon. https://overwatch.gamepe
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    >Or games like Bloodborne or Dark Souls, which, at first glance, are just action games, but when you look beneath the surface, they hide extremely rich and deep storylines (but its up to you to dig for it if you so wish) and incredible e
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    And that's how you end up with a bunch of MongoDB databases in production without authentication turned on! When picking the defaults to use without config, be sure they're settings that you want people to use.
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Previous discussions of Tradfri on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14069975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14077614 I have some hue bulbs right now, but if I ever need more I'd definitel
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Are we seeing different charts? Mine is sorted by the percent change (over 2007 to 2017), not geography. Has Rhode Island at the top left, Alaska on middle-right, etc.
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    by wlesieutre 9y ago

    Ah, didn't see any of those. Even after disabling my adblocker and clicking through the full page "Log in" prompt, all I get is a spinny wheel where comments should be.