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by diggernet 6d ago
Oh good. Then Google will be "clean", while countless homes will be getting their power from coal or whatever instead of this nuclear plant.
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by diggernet 11d ago
Why didn't you tell me about this years ago?
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by diggernet 16d ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49484918
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by diggernet 20d ago
Nice to learn about Traffxml, but that allows taking in traffic data from where? Seems like there would need to be some service consolidating traffic reports from users of various map apps.
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by diggernet 20d ago
Not really. I imagine a sqlite db, but I haven't thought about any particular schema.
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by diggernet 20d ago
Yeah, there are all kinds of interesting things that can be done with shared data like this. But the first step is to have some standard ContentProvider to let apps share the data locally on a single device, similar to how other user data i
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by diggernet 20d ago
Thanks for the reminder that ContentProvider is the Android term I couldn't remember when I wrote my other comment here. And the reminder that I should have added this to my list: 3. A ContentProvider app for OSM map data, so that apps
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by diggernet 20d ago
No, it should be local-first. Private and offline by default. There could certainly be sync integrations using AT, Dropbox, iCloud, etc. Those could even be separate apps, using the same API to access the data. But that sort of thing should
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by diggernet 20d ago
Two things I would love to see in the FLOSS mapping ecosystem: 1. A POI/favorites app that maintains a local database with an API for other apps to access it. Apps could then store markers there instead of in their own private db, so t
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by diggernet 23d ago
You know what's a bigger source of drag than mirrors? Open wheel wells. If the Tesla door handles were really because they care that much about aerodynamics, their cars would look more like the 1st Gen Honda Insight. https:/&#x2F
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by diggernet 23d ago
"You can open a rear door manually (if equipped) in the unlikely situation in which Model Y has no power: Note: Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors. 1. Remove the mat from the bottom of the
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by diggernet 25d ago
I love this. There are books I've read that I never really had a good mental image of where the locations were. Just a note that despite the title these are not all fiction. Which is great! I can think of a couple books i'd love t
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Tesla and others begin record vehicle recall in China(reuters.com)
7 points by diggernet 26d ago|1 comments
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by diggernet 1mo ago
"...adopt a replacement tire efficiency program “designed to ensure that replacement tires sold in the state are at least as energy efficient, on average, as tires sold in the state as original equipment on new passenger cars and light
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by diggernet 1mo ago
At least in that case the card reader probably came configured that way, and why bother turning it off and refuse free money? The most egregious I've seen was in the check out flow of a web store. Someone actually went to the effort to
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by diggernet 1mo ago
https://archive.ph/O6gGB
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by diggernet 1mo ago
Yes you can. Many phones have a dedicated "assistant" button now that you can assign to your AI assistant app.
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by diggernet 1mo ago
Why do I need to agree to arbitration and waive class action lawsuits to read an article ?
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by diggernet 2mo ago
Unfortunately Levi's has started making subtle changes to the same models. I have a drawer full of Levi's, all the same model. The older pairs are 100% cotton. The newer pairs are 99% cotton, 1% elastane, and have noticeably thin
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by diggernet 2mo ago
Love this article! One nit: All three animations that show the governor and the flywheel have the governor turning the wrong way, causing the gears that join them to do physically impossible things.
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by diggernet 1y ago
My fantasy for the Laptop 16 keyboard: Optional taller hinges and thicker bezel. Think about it... Replacement hinges that separate the upper and lower shell by an extra 1/8-1/4" plus a thicker bezel to fill that gap. Sudd
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by diggernet 1y ago
> when was the last time you heard about any Chinese film/book/tv show other than this one? Three Body Problem
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by diggernet 1y ago
Good point. And if I remember right, tar allows longer paths than zip.
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by diggernet 1y ago
A tar of gzip or zip files doesn't make sense. But gzipping or zipping a tar does. Gzip only compresses a single file, so .tar.gz lets you bundle multiple files. You can do the same thing with zip, of course, but... Zip compresses ind
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by diggernet 1y ago
Yeah, annoying. This one is better: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2025/07/Nichole-Ayers-S...
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by diggernet 1y ago
Poking around the map, it looks like red=towns, blue=water, grey=mountains. Not sure what yellow is.
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by diggernet 1y ago
Having HS grades count 100% is a really bad idea. Not because of anything about the schools, but because HS age isn't representative of people's abilities. I had terrible HS grades due to a complete lack of interest. After growin
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by diggernet 1y ago
Looking forward to Derek Lowe's take on this.
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by diggernet 1y ago
I've got their R/C Flakpanzer Gepard in a box somewhere. It was great fun to build and run, except maybe the part where you had to assemble the tracks piece by piece. Of course the old NiCad battery is long since dead. And R&#x2
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by diggernet 1y ago
> As an aside, line 511 is entered when it fails to find matching values with the current game state for all 19 boards and flipped boards. It seems like it was originally intended to be a comment using the REM command like 511 REM REMEMB

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