Todd

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by Todd 3mo ago
Don't forget Costco
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by Todd 5mo ago
This would sever the connection to the ancient language, which is central to Greek identity. We would have a better chance of an English spelling reform—arguably more essential given its lingua franca status and absurd spelling. But we know
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by Todd 7mo ago
Multiple desktops in Windows can help with this. Ctrl+Win Right/Left cursor keys to switch.
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by Todd 8mo ago
An early form of domain squatting
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by Todd 8mo ago
The two things I find unacceptable are no local accounts and non consensual reboots. The latter may need legislation. They don’t even notify you that it happened. They try to restart apps and put things back the way they were but you can st
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by Todd 10mo ago
Yep. Perl 6 was a wall that Perl 5 would never move beyond. It’s still Perl 5 25 years later.
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by Todd 10mo ago
An alternative is graduated capital gains rates based on total assets owned (ideally skewed higher, like 10, 50, 100MM, …). Exemptions like QSBS could still be applied. This would allow shareholder control issues to remain unaffected, which
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Seattle Tech Workers Are Fueling a Real-Estate Rush in the Cascade Mountains(wsj.com)
3 points by Todd 11mo ago|1 comments
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Two Valuable Satellites Are in 'Perfect Health.' They May Be Scrapped(nytimes.com)
10 points by Todd 1y ago|1 comments
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by Todd 1y ago
This is called cognitive offloading. Anyone who’s spent enough time working with coding assistants will recognize it.
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Programmers Will Be Replaced by People with Ideas(cleverthinkingsoftware.com)
17 points by Todd 1y ago|29 comments
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by Todd 2y ago
I see that was with Eric. I worked on his phone. It had two keys and the PM developed their own encoding. I strongly advocated for Morse. I wasn’t aware of this patent. Cheers
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by Todd 2y ago
LF, MF, and so on are bands, or frequency ranges. AM is a modulation technique. It, like FM and others, can be used on any band (although regulations can limit this).
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Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected for Sacrifice(nytimes.com)
1 points by Todd 2y ago|0 comments
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Stock Clearinghouse Leaked Sensitive Data, Trading Firm Says(wsj.com)
1 points by Todd 3y ago|0 comments
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by Todd 4y ago
There was a thread on HN a week ago about this. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32250203
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Long Covid risk falls only slightly after vaccination, study shows(nature.com)
98 points by Todd 4y ago|145 comments
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by Todd 4y ago
A lot will depend on her aptitude and inclination. It sounds like you’re thinking that software is a likely direction. If she’s looking at college, a computer science degree will give her a lot of options. There are also two year and techni
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More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health(nytimes.com)
2 points by Todd 5y ago|0 comments
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by Todd 5y ago
For future reference, I did confirm from a support person that live streams are not offered in the US "due to legal reasons". You can only receive it through select cable, satellite, and other operators. Sad.
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by Todd 5y ago
I've been disappointed with DW for a long time. One of their ostensible goals is to promote the German language (see the Deutsche Welle Act, which governs it). Finding a live stream in German on their site is near impossible. I expect
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by Todd 5y ago
I believe the patches are all community sourced. They tend to be well made but they're not something the average consumer would use. It's hit or miss as to whether they work with your particular model.
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by Todd 5y ago
Microsoft is late to the party here. This has been core to Apple's business model for years. Here's an example of OS support for the MacBook Air: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air#Supported_macOS_re...
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Let there be light: New tech for night vision(anu.edu.au)
3 points by Todd 5y ago|0 comments
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by Todd 5y ago
French has a related word with the same meaning, "glisser". Both the German and the French term appear to come from the same original word. The French word "glacier" and the English word "glide" are also derive
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Stopping the next one: What could the next pandemic be?(bbc.com)
3 points by Todd 6y ago|0 comments
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by Todd 6y ago
I had the privilege of working for Eric at one of his startups. He had an outsized personality. He was the most gregarious person I've known. He could be very intimidating until you got to know him. He was also positive and generous, a
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The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace(bbc.com)
2 points by Todd 6y ago|0 comments
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Covid: Genes hold clues to why some people get severely ill(bbc.com)
1 points by Todd 6y ago|0 comments
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by Todd 6y ago
Constructor-defined properties of records are implemented using auto-implemented properties with the new init keyword, so: public int MyProp { get; init; } instead of public int MyProp { get; set; } Apparently those are im

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