linksnapzz

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Comment · 1 day ago
Oblig. Simpsons:

Homer: “There’s three ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way!

Lisa: "Isn’t that also the wrong way?"

Homer: "Yeah, but... faster.”

Comment · 1 day ago
Anybody who is as responsible for popularizing Ruby on Rails & YAML as DHH has, has no standing to call anyone else a loser.
Comment · 1 day ago
(grauniad;dr)

Top of the line is an electrician who goes to work on a 40kw/400amp circuit, and doesn't go put on his arc-flash suit because it'd take another 15 minutes. Predictably, electricity happens. It's all Microsoft's fault, apparently.

Comment · 1 day ago
Not necessarily; the goodwill & trademarks (such as it was) plus facilities could remain w/ US buyers.
Comment · 3 days ago
...and exactly none of these rulings grants anyone a priori the right to interfere with an arrest.
Comment · 3 days ago
A giant "dwarf" planet? So...just a regular-sized planet, then?
Comment · 3 days ago
"ideological dissent", in the form of interfering with lawful arrests.

ICE has yet to roust a Philly DSA meeting, in contrast.

Comment · 5 days ago
>via a 1394-to-IDE adapter, which is freak show stuff.

Wow...do you have pics? I used to have quite a collection of adapters of dubious utility...

Comment · 11 days ago
"Unprecedented" where we're talking about the constraints of US politics since 1991 isn't very impressive.

I recall people making similar claims about Reagan, for different reasons. I ignored those as well.

Comment · 11 days ago
Perhaps you have a higher degree of confidence in the abilities of regular government employees just out of college. I can't imagine it was unique or unprecedented.
Comment · 11 days ago
I'm aware, I just think the gripes are overblown, hysterical overreaction to either nonissues ('Hitler salutes' get a grip, please.) or garden-variety cost-cutting common in all conservative-leaning administrations.
Comment · 12 days ago
Comment · 15 days ago
It depends on the audience.

For 99% of drivers, serious active aerodynamic features are irrelevant. You'll never be driving fast enough for it make a difference.

For racers, it's a big deal.

Comment · 15 days ago
An AGA stove.

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