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Comment · 2 years ago
Tangent: there are some incompatible words that don't add up. So far, I found:

- Dragon + Angel

- Train + Star

- Fish + Yin Yang

- Orc + Ninja

Comment · 3 years ago
Were these screens e-ink, wouldn't they allow for doors that are better insulated? This could yield lower power consumption, couldn't it?

On the other hand, door insulation might be insignificant if the fridge is opened often enough. Which is likely what any retailer hopes for.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
For what it's worth, as far as I understand, you actually need to activate the Zoom Controller to get the menu mentioned above.
Comment · 3 years ago
With respect to supplements... I can relate to what you describe and I tend to think it's not just based on chemistry. That being said, on different occasions, I felt a dramatic boost when taking magnesium + zinc + B cocktail. I guess it means I was deficient in those. Who know is you aren't...
Comment · 4 years ago
Interesting the tyranny of "you read my message and didn't reply right away" is strong enough for iOS 14 to allow to mark a message as unread. Doesn't this make the whole point of read receipts moot, actually?

I secretly hope this read-receipts feature (anti-feature?) is coming to an end. I believe read-receipts should be a per-message option or be discarded from apps. I know read-receipts can be disabled as a user choice, but most people expect them nowadays (me too, to be honest). It's that very expectation that I'm questioning and for which I suggest we should at least have a specific notion of ethics or politeness.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
How is none of these threads about Assange extradition on the front page? I realize they can hit the top by the time I post my comment, but so far they are all buried pretty far down on best, new and newest. Have people gotten bored with this? Did the news hit in the dead time slot for the Silicon Valley?
Comment · 4 years ago
I seem to remember this was used by emacs' mode embedding the w3m browser. It was great to read long structured documentation sites by just pressing space-bar to "scroll" through pages.
Comment · 4 years ago
Excel for macOS is filled with awful bugs and limitations. I'm sorry I don't have a list at the top of my mind. The same goes for Word and PowerPoint.
Comment · 4 years ago
In case you wouldn't know: Firefox for iOS can now act as a password manager. So, even though Lockwise has disappeared, the function is still there through Firefox alone.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
In case you missed the last paragraph of the blog post, it says: "I have made several attempts to talk with developers who worked on CPS-1/CPS-2 systems. All of them have failed so far." Feel free to contact him for the legacy of your great work and the greater good of humanity :)
Comment · 4 years ago
Indeed. This comes to mind right away. Question is: are we missing something? Of course, tqdm brings this functionality right into python REPL, which is new and looks great.

pv and tqdm would look even better if they'd be called implicitly (with an opt-out) since I always end up regretting not using pv when my command is taking too long. Too late.

Comment · 5 years ago
What book are you talking about? Is it "Microsoft Windows User Experience" published by Microsoft Professional Editions?

Aside: Thank you for your video! It looks great and that's yet another OS I'd like to try and play with -- along with Plan 9, which Serenity made me think of a bit, and TempleOS because of the soul-saving effect of devoting to a hard piece of beautiful software craftmanship.

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