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by wrboyce 3y ago
Completely unrelated to the point you’re making, but the phrase is “booby trap”; I believe it originates from pranks played on younger schoolboys in 1600s England (the etymology of booby being the Spanish “bobo”).
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by wrboyce 3y ago
I’ve not run “python3” in years on my Mac, and I’m almost certain I never type it into Linux machines either; either I’m losing my mind, or there are some ludicrous takes in this thread.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
By letting you specify a language version requirement? Not exactly backwards compatible (because it is explicitly not, as per the article). Python doesn’t make breaking changes in non-major versions, so as mentioned by the upthread comment
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Invite would be great if you still have one going; me at willboyce dot com, thanks.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
My favourite one of these is “That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is”, which can take on a few meanings depending on how you distribute the punctuation. My favourite punctuated form is “That that is, is. That that is not,
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Thanks! Hah, yeah; that’s one of those sites I’ve always meant to deploy and never gotten around to!
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by wrboyce 3y ago
You should take CineStill's BwXX for a spin too, really nice film. I'm a big fan of 400D/800T too but shoot way more B&W than I do colour (primarily Kodak Tri-X 400). EDIT: Shameless plug! https://www.instagram
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by wrboyce 3y ago
In that scenario you’d already be in normal mode, no? It’s likely OP’s mapping is only for editing modes.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Maybe the brits who want quiet aren’t going to bars in Munich to seek it out? What a fucking ridiculous means to back up an equally ridiculous statement.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
FYI on Apple Maps you can tap once then tap again and hold then slide your finger up/down on the map to control the zoom level.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
I had the same thought reading the parent comment. My most upvoted comment on HN is a single word joke (that blurs the lines between English and Spanish) and if I’m completely honest I’m still quite proud of it, especially being someone who
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Opt-cmd-shift-v is the (rather unwieldy) macOS shortcut to paste without formatting. I have cmd-shift-v mapped to my clipboard history which is fully searchable, I use Raycast on Mac but I would wager there are Linux and Windows alternative
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Sorry but this is bullshit and putting the onus on the wrong person. “No” is a complete sentence and I don’t see the problem with using it, if you do (after say, I’ve asked for you a slice of cake) but can’t think of another phrasing (“I’m
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Any examples you can share?
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by wrboyce 3y ago
What? How did you arrive at this conclusion?! Apple enjoy a good market share in the UK. Over 50% of the market according to my cursory search.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Right, but this is a commuter e-bike.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
My CV is styled as a manpage and always seemed to be well received by technical interviewers. I’m not sure how successful it would be with recruitment agents though. The first time it landed me a job, I eventually went to introduce myself t
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Another vote for Hugo from me, except I use GitHub Actions to handle deployments: both on merge and scheduled so we can forward-date posts and not have to remember to publish them.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Are glencairns not common in the states? Whilst most pubs in the UK would serve me a whisky in a short tumbler style glass, I would be disappointed if a decent scotch bar did not at least offer me a choice.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
It is mentioned in the opening paragraph of the submitted article.
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by wrboyce 3y ago
https://time.is/1328_20_Apr_2023_in_UTC
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by wrboyce 3y ago
Despite not being religious at all, I have done a bit of bell ringing. In response to (iii), the actual ringing of the bell is fairly easy once you get into the rhythm. From speaking to the regulars (who wanted me to keep coming back so I&#
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by wrboyce 4y ago
I once sent a parcel to a friend and put “England, UK. Earth. Solar System. (Etc)” at the end of the address and it arrived at his house with “don’t take the piss” scribbled on it in red marker.
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by wrboyce 4y ago
Sorry, that's my bad. I mean pickles, I called them gherkins as a kid and it… stuck.
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by wrboyce 4y ago
Curiously I have had quite the opposite experience with them when trying to get a complaint resolved. I ordered a chicken nugget meal, but was delivered a (chicken nugget) box full of gherkins. Eventually I gave up chasing them as it really
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by wrboyce 4y ago
> Don't do business with them again? Fine, but it's too late. Well no, not if you have assigned them a unique address. That is the whole point of the exercise, no? Stop doing business with them _and_ block their unique address.
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by wrboyce 4y ago
It’s worth noting a K6 weighs in at about 1,250kg so “collect in person” is easier said than done! Personally I’d go with a specialist/approved company such as x2connect.
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by wrboyce 4y ago
To add another statistic, I'm seeing 3500 uniques from old reddit and nearly 15k from new reddit (plus 3000 mobile web and nearly 90k from "Reddit Apps") last month; the subreddit has ~1.5m subscribers and is heavily image ba
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by wrboyce 4y ago
Appreciate the book recommendation, I have read “Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages” by the same author and similarly found it fascinating.
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by wrboyce 4y ago
You’re clearly determined to twist my words, I don’t particularly care what Amazon or Facebook think and have never claimed otherwise. Hell, I haven’t even defended either of your examples.

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