bchallenor
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Comment · 6 years ago
Interesting. Here is a comparison of the two rules_scala implementations: https://github.com/higherkindness/rules_scala/issues/261
Comment · 6 years ago
Bazel is a nice build tool, but AFAIK it still doesn't support Scala 2.13, released mid-2019: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala/issues/809
Comment · 7 years ago
What does guix mean by "inconclusive"?
Comment · 7 years ago
I find this pretty fascinating. Apparently it's a single gene that is responsible for the inability to synthesize vitamin C. [1]
[1] https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/401/why-do-human...
Comment · 8 years ago
There's a fascinating YouTube series called "The Most Complex International Borders in the World" about enclaves and exclaves. [1] There are even some "counter-enclaves", e.g. a part of the Netherlands inside Belgium inside the Netherlands. [2]
Comment · 8 years ago
syncthing-lite [1] is already supposed to do what you want for your second point. But it's not really there yet. I haven't managed to get it to work reliably (unlike the original app, which is great).
Comment · 8 years ago
On Android I've found that the volume that the phone thinks the AirPods are at can get out of sync with reality, the result being that Android's idea of full volume is actually very quiet. (Perhaps I tried to change the volume before they were fully connected?)
Re-pairing them from scratch fixed this. Might be worth a try.
Comment · 8 years ago
The customer still ordered via the listing of a specific vendor, even if Amazon shipped from co-mingled stock.
Comment · 8 years ago
You can just refuel in Earth orbit though. That would use less fuel [1] than landing on the moon unless you were going to the moon anyway.
Comment · 8 years ago
My example was to give quantitative evidence for the speed of contactless transactions.
It is true that there is no barrier in Berlin, but you still need to buy a ticket. For casual users such as myself, who don't have a season ticket, this takes significantly longer than 480ms: find ticket machine, queue, navigate menu, insert cash, wait for change and ticket to be printed, find ticket validation machine.
It is quite possible to miss the train here by having to queue to buy a ticket, particularly in busy places like the airport. This could be avoided if the tourists were able to use their existing cards/phones to tap in.
Comment · 8 years ago
Plus, I get an instant notification on my phone whenever my card is used. And if I see anything suspicious, I can freeze the card via the app (declining all further payments).