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Comment · 2 years ago
The episode was parodying the hype around a product code named "ginger": https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/08/dean-kamen-viral-my...

Personally, I'm offended they omitted the Cobra Buzz Boar. That's all I see when I look at these monowheel photos/designs.

Comment · 2 years ago
I use yarl as my default for this as well, it's been great to work with.
Comment · 2 years ago
Nicotine is a stimulant: ADHD'ers are self-medicating and probably before they even know they have ADHD. It's not (primarily) because of a lack of impulse control.
Comment · 3 years ago
If you refuse their tracking and marketing cookies it redirects you to google.com. Classy.
Comment · 3 years ago
I tested right now and it's 5: Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio/Visual -> Background Sounds -> on/off/sounds/etc.

It may be the number of items that are part of why people consider these settings "hidden". The "Accessiblity" menu is now 23 items long, and the main Settings menu is 53 Apple items plus over 100 application items.

Comment · 3 years ago
Hard disagree; companies should be responsible for harm caused by their products regardless of whether it's "legal". This is "loophole thinking" and it only benefits bad actors.
Comment · 3 years ago
I consider the Mac base models quite affordable for the quality and performance. But for my use I need more RAM and would prefer more storage, and these prices are absolutely beyond ridiculous.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is very interesting thank you. I always said to myself if I was writing anything telecom-y I would use Erlang but seems its days are behind us. I wonder if it's just too expensive to hire and train people in it when everyone knows Go/Java/Python already, or if it's more the idea that other ecosystems have sprung up to replace it e.g. K8s.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, it is a genetic neurological condition related to dopamine and not due to iPads.
Comment · 3 years ago
I use random strings and store them in a Passwordsafe db. Ever since the Sony PSN hack which IIRC did include secret questions and answers.

(I may be mistaken, but I do know it was absolutely the last time I gave a company true information for security questions).

Comment · 4 years ago
Gentle parenting works, no you won't make wimps, you will make emotionally healthy people.
Comment · 4 years ago
Whatever tool I use to get Python onto a system I never call it directly except when running python -m venv <name> to set up the environment my code will run from.
Comment · 4 years ago
Facebook allegedly buys transaction data (you know like banks and payment processors etc. sell). So they have a browser fingerprint for you via cookies (you know that like and share button on every page on the internet) or just plain JS fingerprinting.

Matching all that data to the real information you just ran through paypal or other merchant (some merchants sell this data directly) is something an intern can do on their first day.

I thought they denied maintaining shadow profiles though? There seems to be some people at FB who actually care about getting this stuff right and doing the right thing but economic forces at this point appear to be pushing most of the company in a very different direction.

Comment · 4 years ago
The wife's article would be called "I told him everything I needed but he still thinks it's about the dishes".
Comment · 4 years ago
There is often an overlap with this issue and undiagnosed ND conditions such as ASD or ADHD. It may be worth investigating.

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