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Comment · 6 months ago
isn't that land part of a scheme to farm bison and save them from extinction? it would make sense for his will to specify that it keeps being used for this.
Comment · 7 months ago
The recommended section using React Native is honestly more strange and confusing than if they had just used React for the whole thing. It doesn't seem like a particularly complex UI element, it would be easier to just develop it using the already used native APIs.
Comment · 2 years ago
everything except spaces is out for me
Comment · 3 years ago
Facebook marketplace has basically supplanted gumtree as the place to buy and sell things in Sydney. Its the only reason i have an account
Comment · 3 years ago
>A used Nintendo switch is less expensive than a gaming computer. Clearly you never used the 'Mum I need a good computer for school' trick.
Comment · 3 years ago
It seems like maybe a year or two ago this guy was fairly reasonable, and gave what seemed to be genuine opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of lockdown strategies. Sad to see him succumb to audience capture and make what seem to be willful misinterpretations of data (outlined well in jiggawatts' comment). If I as a second year undergrad who has never taken a stats course can see these statistical problems, then a PhD with multiple bachelors definitely can.
Comment · 4 years ago
I don't see why you would implement google docs like multi person editing. There's a reason basically every VCS has discrete commits and anybody who has ever coded anything knows why.
Comment · 4 years ago
Some bars and clubs require you to use the app to scan a QR code for entry if you use a digital license. Other places you can use screenshot of your twin's drivers license because you forgot it and didn't have it set up.
Comment · 4 years ago
Isn't the number of bots primarily relevant to advertisers? This article entirely misses why the question is even worth asking.
Comment · 4 years ago
This may come as a shock to many who use 2FA and have 15 digit passcodes like me, but a lot of people don't have any sort of lock on their phones.
Comment · 4 years ago
Now all we need is a way to run CUDA code on OpenCL
Comment · 4 years ago
I've heard the same with China and WeChat Pay even pre pandemic. This is just from second hand anecdotes though so take it with a grain of salt.
Comment · 4 years ago
It seems interesting that the norms argued for here are contrary to the norms in a field like journalism, where journalists have an obligation to ask relevant people for comment. I'm not arguing for one approach over the other, but it would be interesting to look at the development of journalistic norms for counterarguments.
Comment · 4 years ago
Where he speaks from intuition I speak from personal experience. Through my entire High School experience iPads and computers were more often used to play Clash Royale or Tetris in class than used for actual work.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is probably also why both companies give out free licenses to primary and high school students (at least in Australia). It causes a positive feedback loop, where their software (e.g. photoshop) becomes the industry standard because most people have been taught to use it, and it is taught in schools because it is the industry standard.

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