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Kenyans Did College Students' Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived(nytimes.com)
11 points by alexfringes 11d ago|0 comments
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by alexfringes 2mo ago
Fascinating listener comment, from a librarian to ATP, about the special legal exceptions with which libraries were equipped to have a chance against copyright and DRM tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u11ar0649Y4&t=
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by alexfringes 3mo ago
You can also just type two "-" minuses on iOS. So "--" will auto-convert to "—".
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by alexfringes 10mo ago
How can I get in touch?
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by alexfringes 3y ago
Just for context: this is a 4 yo design study by friend and amazing product designer Jason Yuan, who also worked on Sprout.place and more recently some stuff at Apple (@jasonyuandesign). A lot of the comments currently seem to miss this and
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by alexfringes 3y ago
Was also about to reply with the Superlight recommendation. Cannot stand the lag of bluetooth mice and was working my way through various mice over the years, usually trying at least 5-10 alts per year. Have not bought another mouse since t
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by alexfringes 4y ago
As a user of this app and long-time admirer of the developer behind it (co-creator of the fantastic Paper drawing app for iPad), maybe it would help the conversation if I illustrate my daily encounter with this UI. I’ve been trying to limit
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Can Crack Your iPhone(theintercept.com)
10 points by alexfringes 5y ago|2 comments
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by alexfringes 5y ago
Sorry, was assuming SpaceX had quantum slipstream already. But it appears I was mistaken. In the case of a slipstream drive, integrity for entry and exit of the slipstream would be paramount. But if they’re still using warp, then your comme
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by alexfringes 5y ago
I think the press release is lacking in detail. For example, they completely fail to disclose whether recovery was attempted by rerouting power from life support to the structural integrity field.
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by alexfringes 5y ago
Presumably the cars driving on the intersecting lane of travel could very well be in the aforementioned higher energy state when an accident during a rolling stop occurs.
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by alexfringes 5y ago
> Tesla will perform an over-the-air software update that disables the "rolling stop" functionality, NHTSA said. I was perplexed by the wording as well. Apparently software updates can be labeled recalls now? Did someone inform
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by alexfringes 5y ago
Xcode saves keybindings in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/KeyBindings I have neither experienced arbitrary resets across updates, nor have I had issues moving my custom .idekeybindings from that folder to new cl
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Recent research highlights the use of letterlocking techniques(nytimes.com)
54 points by alexfringes 5y ago|7 comments
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by alexfringes 5y ago
I've used all gens and recently tried G3 for the first time. I instantly noticed that the bass was significantly better than the Pros. It's been a while since I've listened to G1/G2 but from memory I would easily place G
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by alexfringes 5y ago
Interestingly, this approach seems to be gaining more traction in Germany specifically. One of the larger newspapers, Die Zeit, applies it for the free tier of its website. There’s a big annoying modal when you go to zeit.de if you want to
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by alexfringes 5y ago
Once, I accidentally grew a bed of salt crystals in a plastic tumbler left on a windowsill. Sadly I can't find the photos but they were closer to rectangular and clearer than the "bad" examples mentioned in this post. Diamete
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Swift evolution pitch to reduce generics' learning curve: existential `any`(forums.swift.org)
2 points by alexfringes 5y ago|0 comments
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by alexfringes 5y ago
I'm not a fan of the style, but I don't see how its defining visual characteristics are significantly more geared toward the political correctness safe route that you seem to be portraying it as. At least not when compared with il
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by alexfringes 5y ago
When this first started popping up, it reminded me heavily of Adobe Acrobat's product packaging and launch screen from the 90s / 00s: http://splashscreens.sourceforge.net/acrobat.php I had viscerally negative reac
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by alexfringes 5y ago
You might find it helpful to turn on System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > [x] Reduce motion. I go through phases of preferring the fades it applies instead of certain animations, although it still doesn't get it to &
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by alexfringes 6y ago
Replaced a 10 core, 64 GB RAM iMac Pro with a maxed-out M1 MacBook Air and very happy with that choice. Kept the iMac for Windows and "just in case" the Air doesn't work out. But it's just sitting in a closet now. It isn
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I am the designer of this outdoor seating space, this is my artist’s statement(mcsweeneys.net)
2 points by alexfringes 6y ago|0 comments
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Facial recognition reveals political party in troubling new research(techcrunch.com)
1 points by alexfringes 6y ago|0 comments
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by alexfringes 6y ago
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by alexfringes 6y ago
You realize the app recommended is the Guardian’s and uses updating notifications to present in a predictable manner and context? This seems like an improvement in user experience over keeping this in a tab along all the other tabs and havi
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by alexfringes 6y ago
I say to you: “mind throwing this battery in the recycling on your way out, I care about its harmful materials not seeping into the environment” and you say “yes” but then decide “this battery could still power my nephew’s toy car for a bit
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by alexfringes 6y ago
How exactly does a bug in a background process, which then executes within the same thermal performance limits as any other demanding task, present a safety issue? Product quality? Sure. Safety? How?
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by alexfringes 8y ago
This might be the one reason that makes the F2P Sim City worth mentioning, in which where I’ve found it much more challenging to achieve aesthetics while growing at a reasonable pace. Having grown up with the original Sim City series, I nat
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by alexfringes 8y ago
Fascinating. I didn’t know that comments like that were a common dynamic. That sounds like framework holy war nonsense. Sorry to hear that such problems come with working on cool stuff like this. To me React always evokes the simplicity of

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