wwalexander

19 ms·

211.
by wwalexander 5y ago
In Montreal, there is a flashing neon sign on top of a former flour factory [1]. This sign originally read: FARINE FIVE ROSES FLOUR The first line is French for “flour”, the second line is the brand name, and third line is,
212.
by wwalexander 5y ago
While they’re similar, crème fraîche and sour cream are different foods. Sour cream usually has additional ingredients and is noticeably more viscous, and has a much more sour flavor. You wouldn’t really want to put it on fruit or breakfast
213.
by wwalexander 5y ago
x265 [1] is licensed under the GPLv2. [1] https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/src/master/
214.
by wwalexander 5y ago
The MacPorts project has existed for 7 years longer than Homebrew, and is a much more sane experience similar to FreeBSD ports. In fact, Jordan Hubbard, the co-founder of FreeBSD and the original author of FreeBSD ports, was involved in the
215.
by wwalexander 5y ago
If you can’t find a way to sit in front of the AC and listen to the radio without clogging roads, burning fossil fuels at a double or triple rate, and impeding your visibility so much that you regularly endanger the life of your neighbors,
216.
by wwalexander 5y ago
The Internet Archive shows Photoshop, Sketch, and XD templates going back to at least June 2017 [1]. I definitely remember using the Photoshop icon templates in 2019. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20170606171244/
217.
by wwalexander 5y ago
A standard for global addressing should not rely on a proprietary algorithm or wordlist, as it means that there is no legal method for using the standard besides using (paying for) What3Words’ API. This fits the common definition of rent-se
218.
by wwalexander 6y ago
Back in 2004, someone released an unauthorized fan dub/narration of the the first Harry Potter movie called Wizard People, Dear Reader that hilariously butchers the entire plot, character names, and motivations. This narration is (loos
219.
by wwalexander 6y ago
Just like the absurdly wealthy buy and sell fine art to launder money and avoid taxes! [1] Blockchain technologies are exceedingly efficient at replicating real-world inequality, privilege, waste, and inconsistency; no wonder they’ve gotten
220.
by wwalexander 6y ago
The most frustrating part of using Visual Studio Code for me is the hover/scroll behavior for error/warning messages in the code. You have to hover to view the error, and usually the message is out of the hover pane viewport at th
221.
by wwalexander 6y ago
It’s worth reading the rest of the interview, I find Rob Pike has a very interesting/unique take on the current landscape given his involvement with Plan 9: > Now everything isn't connected, just connected to the cloud, which i