codalan

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by codalan 4y ago
It wasn't the feature-bloat that made me give up on EN. It was the broken sync, the difficulty getting an export of my notes from their server, the brutally sluggish mobile and desktop apps, etc. Obsidian doesn't seem to be going
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by codalan 4y ago
This is pretty amazing. They've basically implemented some of the best features of old Evernote, w/o fng it up like Evernote.
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by codalan 4y ago
Reminds me of a place in Memphis called Dyer's Burgers. They've continually refreshed 100+ year old grease and reuse it for frying their food: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/44635
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by codalan 4y ago
When the mRNA vaccines came out, one of the first things that came to mind was that it would fast-track a whole new class of mRNA based cancer treatment. Without the Covid pandemic, we probably would have been many years away from seeing th
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by codalan 4y ago
I do, and in some cases, I still get ads.
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by codalan 4y ago
Moleskine notepads. But hey, it was more reliable and quicker to use than their software offering.
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by codalan 4y ago
The previous issues were bad enough for me to drop Evernote as a paying customer. I would get notes that would not sync correctly, forcing me to resolve it by hand. Even after doing that, it would still have sync conflicts. This was core fu
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by codalan 4y ago
Would need to be an agreed-upon message encrypted with the vandal's private key. 1. Person wanting defacement would indicate the amount for the bounty, along with the message to be posted on the defaced property 2. Vandal contacts paye
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by codalan 4y ago
Yeah, I've been thinking about just soldiering in a new LED, but haven't had time. Replacing it with a socket is a better idea, though. Same amount of effort the first time, far less when it comes time to replace the bulb again...
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by codalan 4y ago
I bought a small Toshiba EM925A5A-BS microwave, which was top ranked by The Wirecutter at the time. Two years later, the light begins flickering. Now it just doesn't come on at all. I google up how to replace the lightbulb. Turns out,
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by codalan 4y ago
It's only ugly because it was meant to be a federation of different programming paradigms. You can mix low level C calls with homegrown RAII frameworks, or mix traditional OOP with functional programming. Once you start throwing in pre
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by codalan 4y ago
Pixel 7 Pro, but I wouldn't avoid it because their dialer sucks. It's still a really good phone when compared to the iPhone/Samsung Galaxy/etc., and it's the only Android phone series I'd consider in the future
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by codalan 4y ago
The pool of C++ devs hasn't dried up. They're just working on other things in other languages. If there was strong demand for embedded C/C++ devs that paid well, I wouldn't be doing C# REST APIs on Azure. Not that I don&
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by codalan 4y ago
Pixel 7 Pro. Right now, this is my only major gripe on an otherwise great phone.
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by codalan 4y ago
I bought a SIM in Brazil a few years ago and was bombarded with text spam within minutes of putting the card into my phone, most of it from the carrier.
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by codalan 4y ago
The stock Android dialer is a complete UX hellscape. Every other time I need to dial a number, I will be randomly interrupted by some dialogue to enable a feature or to learn about X, when I'm urgently trying to make a call. It's
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by codalan 4y ago
Also good to know these patterns if you're dealing with a lot of legacy code, particularly 199x - 201x code that implemented a lot of these patterns. Some of them are straightforward (factory, adapter). Some of them are almost never us
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by codalan 4y ago
It's amazing how many times I saw the Singleton pattern between 2000 - 2012 or so, and in almost every case, it degenerated into a global variable that was used by everything in a component or system. It would have been more apt to nam
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by codalan 4y ago
It is. The NYT Real Estate section is a pretty sickening read for most of the 99% who aren't totally disconnected from reality and don't have a million plus in cash to toss away on a second home. Every time I've read that sec
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by codalan 4y ago
I think it depends on the phone. The Google Pixel series seems pretty solid for reliability. I have a Pixel 7 Pro and it's been really good so far in terms of software and build quality. I strongly prefer it to my iPhone 13 Pro, which
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by codalan 4y ago
Thanks for explaining the design choice. 9 times out of 10, I don't watch videos, but that's just my usage pattern with most things.
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by codalan 4y ago
Not a fan of the modal popup that seems to force you to either click "Continue" or "Not Interested". You can't ESC it away and it completely blocks out all the relevant info about the trip. How do I know if I'm
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Policy Analysis Market(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by codalan 4y ago|1 comments
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by codalan 4y ago
https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/policyanalysismarket.html
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by codalan 4y ago
I'm waiting for small scale nuclear energy to become more prevalent. That will probably be the big technological change that will get us off fossil fuels once and for all. Right now, if you don't live somewhere where hydroelectric
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by codalan 4y ago
It's more than that. It's the obsessive monetization of common products. I was fine with the crappy plastic stuff we had 20 years. There was some expectation that a refrigerator works as a refrigerator, a toaster as a toaster, a b
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by codalan 4y ago
I would honestly just move right on to Linux Mint. If they're familiar with Windows, they will be right at home with the Cinnamon DE. I'm really impressed with this distro and use it as my own daily driver. One of the few times wh
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by codalan 4y ago
It is difficult to get a person to understand something, when his/her bonus depends on not understanding it. Most of these bonuses are probably tied with frivolous, often highly unpopular and unwanted, feature updates. I doubt people g
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by codalan 4y ago
The irony is that if a vendor can't provide a consistent experience every time, why should I remain loyal to that vendor on the next update? If Windows is going to change their user interface every other year, why would I relearn their
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by codalan 4y ago
I don't even think they're F1000-first anymore. W11 is going to lose a lot of people, and some of those will be in that category.

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