danparsonson

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by danparsonson 6d ago
In Japan it's very common for bathrooms to be wet rooms; likewise South Korea and Taiwan among others.
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by danparsonson 8d ago
OK, I understand now; you mean Jellyfin is only used by your family, because you prefer to use the CLI instead. I didn't parse it that way initially.
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by danparsonson 9d ago
How does the terminal replace a networked media player?
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by danparsonson 10d ago
Oh well... I'd better start brushing up on my busking skills then I guess
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by danparsonson 11d ago
Ah OK, got it - thanks for the clarification
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by danparsonson 12d ago
Have you ever worked directly with customers? Even those paying huge amounts of money for custom software usually don't know what they really need. They usually know their problems, but even then it can still require a lot of explorati
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by danparsonson 12d ago
Why violent crime? I would've guessed most holiday-adjacent crime was some variation of theft.
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by danparsonson 12d ago
Well you're right, "goon" is a value judgement, but if someone's critical thinking extends no further than 'bad word therefore bad argument' then I'm not sure I could reach them in any case.
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by danparsonson 12d ago
That just sounds like a tower of abstraction to me; the 'primitives' are whatever you're building the current layer on top of. The filesystem becomes the primitive when you want to fopen something. Perhaps I'm over simpl
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by danparsonson 12d ago
> Modularity abstraction aspires to hide the interleavings and present operations as if they were atomic. Its goal is to make the module easy to use, but in doing so it forgoes exposing concurrency or efficiency opportunities. > In st
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by danparsonson 17d ago
That's a great comment! Tying ones shoelaces without the aid of modern technology is not just old-fashioned (em dash) it's a key differentiator that highlights the growing divide between the generations in the age of generative AI
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by danparsonson 23d ago
> adults' addictions to devices leading them to neglect kids I suspected also that kids in such situations are learning by example, so it's a double whammy of neglect and bad habits
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by danparsonson 23d ago
> As an American, I found the deference to authority very strange. Are schoolchildren in the US still required to recite the pledge of allegiance...?
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by danparsonson 24d ago
It is possible, but sadly the alternative is easier.
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by danparsonson 25d ago
Ah apologies, didn't mean to pathologise you; for some, having a suitable label helps in understanding oneself and finding helpful accomodations.
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by danparsonson 25d ago
Sorry for your struggles. Not to speak to your specific experience but in evolutionary terms there are other ways to look at neurodivergence besides the challenges: https://complementarycognition.co.uk/ Hyperfocus for examp
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by danparsonson 25d ago
Well the original is more than 20 years old; hopefully they are feeling a bit happier now.
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by danparsonson 25d ago
Have you looked into ADHD?
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by danparsonson 25d ago
You just said the same thing that I did - "enough of us" includes your government.
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by danparsonson 26d ago
Not exactly a representative example you picked there though
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by danparsonson 27d ago
They did rather bring that on themselves though
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by danparsonson 27d ago
Value is entirely in the eye of the beholder - money itself only has value because enough of us agree that it does.
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by danparsonson 28d ago
Hehe some are, in fact, English :-)
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by danparsonson 29d ago
Love the retro-futuristic graphics, that's really nice
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by danparsonson 29d ago
"Non-exhaust emissions (NEE) are particles released into the air from brake wear, tyre wear, road surface wear and resuspension of road dust during on-road vehicle usage." I guess they mean total non-exhaust particulates.
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by danparsonson 1mo ago
Wow thank you for that - I can almost hear the 40MB HDD purring quietly in the background
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by danparsonson 1mo ago
Code that accidentally ships every 100th order out for free... exploits releasing customer PID and causing regulatory nightmares... self-driving cars that reboot at 70mph... The only limit is your imagination!
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by danparsonson 1mo ago
If you want to do that, there is a wide variety of pre-existing recording devices available already...
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by danparsonson 1mo ago
I feel you - I've always had a blackspot in my brain for names; I once was showing a new hire around, and about halfway through introducing my colleagues, my brain gave up and I couldn't remember anyone any more. Just awful.
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by danparsonson 1mo ago
Finally started writing that Game Boy emulator I've always wanted to make - C# on Linux, planning to use SDL for the display and maybe NAudio for the sound.

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