caylus

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by caylus 2y ago
QMK, one of the keyboard configuration tools referenced by the article, has the "quick tap term" feature that handles this: > When the user holds a key after tapping it, the tapping function is repeated by default, rather than
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by caylus 4y ago
> I can no longer edit the original comment Okay, great, we're getting somewhere. So you concede that the true number of human birth defects is on the order of 4-5 nines. We know this because we've observed a huge sample size o
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by caylus 4y ago
> pointless, hyperbolic figure is irrelevant Then why not simply give the correct, still impressive, figure, as I suggested? > the regeneration is always, 100% a head, if no change in the bioelectrical gradients This is also a meaning
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by caylus 4y ago
> 99.99999+% of newborns have 2 hands, 2 legs, and 1 head This number is far too high. The rate of conjoined twins (violating "1 head") is about 1 in 50,000 [1], and the rate of "limb reduction defects" (violating &qu
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by caylus 4y ago
I'm not sure how the math works for 3D games, but I would think that for 2D games, a curved monitor actually reduces distortion. In a flat monitor centered in front of your head, the distance between your eyes and different pixels on
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by caylus 4y ago
In general yes, but I think Prop 13 complicates matters, because it's not just a lower tax rate, but rather applies unequally to different properties based on their transaction history. (e.g. a property built or sold recently gets high
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by caylus 4y ago
> Well, that puts regex compilation in the same category as array indexing in my mind, and means that the default regex compilation function should panic on the user’s behalf I like the Go stdlib idiom for this: many functions have a ver
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by caylus 4y ago
> An incoming train that any human (with normal sight) would have no problems to detect? To be fair, failing to yield to oncoming traffic when turning left is an extremely common mistake for human drivers to make as well. In fact, earlie
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by caylus 4y ago
Others in the thread have mentioned that the MetaMask wallet provides a warning prior to allowing a site like this to access the wallet. For reference, this appears to be an example of that warning: https://github.com/MetaMa
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by caylus 4y ago
This goes far beyond a "working definition" in that it encompasses literally every game that unlocks content in any way. /Some/ distinction is needed to differentiate a "loot box" from every other game mechanic
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by caylus 4y ago
Even worse, the definition doesn't even say anything about an element of chance! If when my character levels up through gameplay they unlock a new ability, that would also seem to meet this absurdly overbroad definition of a "loot
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by caylus 4y ago
There may be thousands of banks, but all but a few manage their funds at one of the big few, essentially acting as resellers of the big banks' services. For example, I my bank is "Ally Bank", but if I ask them for instruction
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by caylus 4y ago
Sure, banks can create money "out of thin air" because the liability created when the loaned money is debited is balanced out by the asset of the loan owned to them. But if the loan defaults, the asset disappears, and if this happ
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by caylus 4y ago
> We regularly lose people to FAANG because we just can't comp the same, This would seem to support the GP's point - it sounds like you do have an inflexible top dollar range, meaning listing it up front would help to avoid w
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by caylus 4y ago
While I agree making a bad loan is the most likely reason for a bank to lose deposits, I wouldn't go so far as to call it "the" reason. Robbery, embezzlement, or natural disaster [1] can also result in loss of funds that woul
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by caylus 4y ago
Where did you get "verbal abuse" from? We're talking about competition, so a far closer analogy would be an NBA player having to play a a game against one of their friends. Should they not have to do that in exchange for thei
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by caylus 4y ago
> people you encounter who wildly overestimate their ability are more likely to people who are poor performers How is this helpful? You won't know whether someone is "overestimating" their ability until you learn both thei
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by caylus 4y ago
> The actual reason to make ones bed is to let air circulate in the parts of the bed I don't follow - doesn't making a bed involve covering the bottom sheet and mattress cover, which is likely what absorbed the most sweat, with
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by caylus 4y ago
> - /bin/python3 is a symlink to /usr/bin/python3 You don't symlink everything in /usr/bin to /bin, just "all regular files that have traditionally been in /bin" (per the art
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by caylus 4y ago
In some areas, standard workdays would span "days". So e.g. a business would need to post its hours as "M-F, 00:00 - 1:00, 17:00 - 24:00". (actually it's even worse as the last 00:00 - 1:00 is on a Saturday) Or imag
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by caylus 4y ago
> No matter how grave the emergency, the guardians of such temples will not admit a client if he cannot give a rich gift to the custodian My first reaction on reading this was, "no, it's illegal for a hospital to deny emergency
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by caylus 5y ago
If we abolished time zones, it wouldn't make sense /ever/ for people in some parts of the world, even when communicating with people close to them. That's worse.
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by caylus 5y ago
> Lack of price controls did not prevent blackouts to Texans in the US last year. It did cause many folks to be saddled with insane bills. You're conflating two distinct sets of people: - Most consumers pay a fixed price for electri
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by caylus 5y ago
I address electronic transfers in the next paragraph. Even if initially transferred only within the bank, it is likely to eventually be transferred to another bank, which requires the bank to transfer corresponding reserves to that other ba
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by caylus 5y ago
> when you borrow $500,000 from the bank, the bank’s funds don’t go down by $500,000 While technically true, this is a bit misleading, because if you actually /do/ anything with the $500,000, that does in fact cause the bank&#x
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by caylus 5y ago
My claim is that when evaluating when an authority's actions were reasonable, we should lend little to no credence to statements by that same authority claiming the actions were reasonable, especially when it is impossible to verify ev
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by caylus 5y ago
If anything this reinforces the author's point about the dangers of lack of transparency of "digital jail". How do we know that statement is true? It's hard to hide who has been jailed (though "disappearances"
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by caylus 5y ago
Over HTTPS? I don't see how that's possible unless they are TLS-MITM proxies, in which case you've completely lost regardless of your authentication method. Placing the username and password in the URL results in the same TLS
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by caylus 5y ago
> This is an attack that doesn't really have an analogue in meatspace Here's a potential analogue - sometimes people stand in parking lots and collect fees, claiming to be representatives of the lot's owner, but in reality
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by caylus 5y ago
Perhaps they want to limit their corporate position on political issues to the ones directly relevant to them, so as to not repel people who disagree on an unrelated issue. Their original memo ( https://blog.coinbase.com/coin

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