Eric_WVGG

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by Eric_WVGG 14d ago
> Just in my toilet, I’m supposed to have an app for the seat, an app for the flush and one for the ventilation. There should be some sort of unofficial rule that if you’re writing something that strains credulity, you should actually li
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by Eric_WVGG 16d ago
I guess my only question is, what does Digital Ocean have to do with any of this? If the author’s goal is to sever ties with all American companies that he possibly can, I think the post could have been a little more clear about that.
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by Eric_WVGG 22d ago
Just out of curiosity, why run "local-local" when you could just set up a Mini or Studio at home and query it over http? [edit] whole conversation about this in another thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4
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by Eric_WVGG 26d ago
I bet a nickel he worked on Spectre — a copy of Snow Crash shipped with certain editions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(1991_video_game)
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by Eric_WVGG 29d ago
>_< oh my god I really was not expecting anything like this. Thank you.
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by Eric_WVGG 29d ago
When you say “never repair the damage,” do you mean that the practicality of refilling the stores is impossible due to demand requirements, or something else I’m missing?
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by Eric_WVGG 1mo ago
Lack of a decent RSS client is one of the major things keeping me on an iPad over an e-ink tablet. I wish manufacturers like Remarkable would get serious about having software platforms.
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by Eric_WVGG 1mo ago
FWIW I use USAA, it’s a quasi-credit-union, and they’ve been great. But they’re also an outlier.
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by Eric_WVGG 1mo ago
Not sure why this is getting downvoted (or why IE6 is being brought up in 2026). But yes, banks are super-highly regulated and for good reason. They’re subject to all sorts of accessibility laws, there’s loads of precedent here.
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by Eric_WVGG 1mo ago
Although I’m 100% in favor of credit unions over megabanks, I would not count on most having remotely decent web or app experiences.
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
it would be such a blessing to America if the cool-midlife-crisis-move went back to sports cars and got more of those SUV urban assault vehicles off the road
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
This is a thing about Sanders that gets lost in the discourse. He’s famously soft on guns for a Democrat, for example, because that’s what his voters want from him. This isn’t to suggest he’s some kind of empty mouthpiece for Vermont — they
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
It’s a shmup, they can’t all be Ikaruga.
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. I pull it up on Youtube once a year or so just for kicks. Silpheed by Sierra On-Line for the PC — ported from the Japanese PC-8801 — was similarly good, possibly the first game I played with a proper
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
This is what the Bluesky “AT Protocol” is meant to solve, though I fear it might be a bit too late.
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by Eric_WVGG 2mo ago
I’ll tell you an easy way to get away with absolutely no exercise: design your life in such a way that moving around is a normal part of it. Live in a "fifteen minute city." Work someplace that’s either a thirty minute walk or thi
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
> Fortunately, an even better location for a barrier existed: the Darien Gap, on the border of Colombia and Panama. At this narrow stretch of land, the barrier would need to be just 60 miles wide. btw this is that terrifying jungle zone
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
> The Southwest Animal Health Research Foundation (SWAHRF), an organization formed by a small group of Texas livestock producers… broke the logjam by raising millions of dollars in voluntary donations from Texas ranchers for screwworm er
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
punishing customers for not using BitTorrent seems like a weird strategy but I’m not an MBA so what do I know
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
yeah I concur Great little arcade game. Not a rogue-like.
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
I haven’t seen a new product with USB-A in years. It’s long past time to move on.
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
Okay, but Windows isn't cross-platform. Adobe is but they have a ginormous multi-decade codebase that mastered cross-platform UI ages, an LLM coding assistant ought to be able to "add a range input here using our standard UI libra
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
hey, I have a question for any product managers who are in charge of making decisions re: rebuilding app UI in Electron, like 1Password with their entire app, Adobe with their dialog boxes, Windows with their Start Bar (!#@!$!) My understan
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
Yup. It’s exactly like the dismal state of CSS frameworks we're mired in. All these new kids walk in and learn the CSS framework du jour first, then find themselves stranded when things move on. If they had just learned CSS the first t
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
I mostly agree with you, but I do think they’re highly skilled at taking advantage of whatever messes they cause. “Chaos is a ladder” might as well be the theme of this decade.
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by Eric_WVGG 3mo ago
My two favorite Apple products are the iPhone Mini and the iPad Mini. This foldable iPhone looks like it might give me both? Personally, I think it's nice that companies make products that appeal to different kinds of people.
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by Eric_WVGG 4mo ago
Funny, I don’t think the screen is small enough . I was hoping that this would be a return of the 2015 12" Macbook, but good. I’d love to have a sporty little alternative to my 16" Tankbook for sunny, light work days. > Also I
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by Eric_WVGG 4mo ago
with blue LEDs, an instant demerit on any consumer electronic
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by Eric_WVGG 4mo ago
> t's interesting because I think that varies widely from person to person and from job to job. The guy standing on the corner in the 95º heat with the "NEW HOMES >" sign isn't doing it for the love of the craft. D
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by Eric_WVGG 4mo ago
I’m of the (possibly unpopular) opinion that ~80% of these new data centers are never going to see the light of day. None of the economics or supply needs of these things make any sense. The water is generally not there, electric transforme

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