anotherevan

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by anotherevan 6d ago
I have at least one box of old A/V cables and such sitting in my cupboard that I've been thinking I need to sort through and probably throw out. Things like big, thick composite cables and extra long VGA cables. Now… maybe not?
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by anotherevan 6d ago
Yep, ziploc bags with the type of cable written in permanent marker. Pro-tip, use a hole punch on a corner of the bag. That way, once zipped you can just squeeze it to get the air out.
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by anotherevan 6d ago
Ha! I use CD spindles for… wait for it… CDs! Just opened the second drawer of my desk and counted four spindles of blank CDs and DVDs that I haven't used in years. (I also hoard blank CD/DVD jewel cases. Who says technology ruins
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by anotherevan 20d ago
“In an ideal world the scientist should find a method to prevent the most severe forms of autism but allow the milder forms to survive. After all, the really social people did not invent the first stone spear. It was probably invented by an
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by anotherevan 27d ago
Except that it will get it wrong infrequently but often enough that you should really proof-read the result properly. All of which you end up taking more time than if you wrote proper if the first case.
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by anotherevan 27d ago
You just gave me strong memories of using voice messages for a couple of months some years ago. In my defence, I had dropped a circular saw blade through the tip of my finger which slowed down my typing for a while. (I did manage to get sur
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by anotherevan 1mo ago
"You millennials and your obsession with public healthcare. Back in my day we just died."
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by anotherevan 1mo ago
While I don't always agree with everything Drew writes, the title of his blog post[1], "Please stop externalising your costs directly into my face," really resonated with me. At the end of the day I don't care how much o
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by anotherevan 2mo ago
My problem is I thoroughly learned HTML and CSS twenty years ago and am only incidentally aware of how they have changed and improved since. (I'm mostly a backend programmer with some frontend skills. I work with another programmer who
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Why AI Needs a "Genie Coefficient"(schneier.com)
5 points by anotherevan 2mo ago|1 comments
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by anotherevan 2mo ago
I must admit that I paused before hitting enter on that command and thought to myself, "Maybe I should download Ghostty and open it with that as a virtue signal." :-)
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by anotherevan 2mo ago
Watching my mum's descent into dementia, if (when?) I ever go down the same route, I plan to have, "You have dementia, be calm," tattooed on one arm, and pictures of my loved ones tattooed on the other.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Yeah, I'll add the abbreviated day ("Thu 3 Jul 2026") where it makes sense to.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Although my (AU) locale is dd-mm-yyyy, I'll use yyyy-mm-dd anywhere I have to write a date in all numbers to avoid any ambiguity. It also has the advantage of sorting correctly in things like file names. For something more likely to be
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Australian's use mostly the same, except for the time format where AM/PM is still predominant. Also Celsius for temperature and 1,000.0 for number formatting.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Only reacting to the title and/or the first couple of paragraphs instead of reading the whole thing?
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Calling everything AI-generated is lazy(00f.net)
5 points by anotherevan 3mo ago|3 comments
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
The ctrl-tab tab switching behaviour being round-robin instead of stack[1] is what is keeping me on Konsole. None of the newer consoles (for Linux) seem to have this. [1] https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/disc
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Truth social is unsuccessful?
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Humour — it's so subjective.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Update: I am sorry. In case it's not obvious — I could not help it. FTFY
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
This is why I find using speech-to-text tools quite difficult to use: because the parts of my brain that I use for writing and the parts of my brain I use for speaking are a little different — although with significant overlap. With writing
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
It's possible you have a touch of prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness. It would make sense as you would recognise people you interact with more regularly by other things (e.g.: voice, or even body or posture as the grandparent
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Welcome to the crazy lolly shop that is Hacker News. Be warned though, as is written on many a candy wrapper: may contain nuts. Also, it is positively charming that you think most of us took the time to properly read something before coming
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
I still clearly remember in my early twenties being stunned to discover that the Astérix comics are originally written in French and then translated. Coming up with names like Getafix in English for the druid — incroyable.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
You'd be full of shit. Oh, sorry, I thought you said colon…
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
First personal little thing was a little mobile friendly website for taking coffee and tea orders. Two pages, one for someone to enter orders, second for listing orders and marking them as done. Was a bit of a gimmick idea I'd had in t
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
I've been saying this about Amazon with ebooks, and DRM'd goods in general for years.
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
I think comparing American AI to OnlyFans is in extremely poor taste. If I were OnlyFans I would sue. /s
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by anotherevan 3mo ago
Bear in mind that beacon is something of a hail Mary, though. No way to tell if it was successful or not or react if it wasn't.

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