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by e0 2mo ago
In his 60 Minutes profile, Nolan shows how The Odyssey was color corrected optically https://youtu.be/1GEqDZ3hQSo?si=8AP4TI9iY9otLrjM&t=271 I had the same question. I wondered why seeing a 70mm print was supposed
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The Bad Politics of Bad Posture(newrepublic.com)
14 points by e0 2y ago|14 comments
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by e0 2y ago
"There’s little evidence slouching is unhealthy. So why do Americans believe so firmly in sitting up straight?"
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Local Coworking Spaces Thrive Where WeWork Dared Not Go(wired.com)
2 points by e0 2y ago|0 comments
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by e0 2y ago
Perhaps sqlite-vss? It adds vector searches to sqlite. https://github.com/asg017/sqlite-vss
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Could the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?(npr.org)
2 points by e0 2y ago|0 comments
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by e0 2y ago
Convenience. Rice cookers are very much fire-and-forget systems.
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by e0 3y ago
Huh! Coincidentally YouTube suggested this older video about _benshi_ to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWc__spYakA
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by e0 3y ago
Things have changed. EPUB works now, and MOBI is no longer supported. https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G5WYD9SAF7PGXRNA
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Indigitalization: Indigenous Computing Theory – Jon Corbett(youtube.com)
2 points by e0 3y ago|1 comments
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by e0 3y ago
This presentation explores how Indigenous cultural knowledge can be used as a framework for computing science and computer programming. First, this conversation introduces decolonial computing and some of the problems with “culture-agnostic
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by e0 3y ago
Regional variation? When I was growing up (in California, in the 1970s and 80s), we called them chalkboards because, you know, you used chalk to write on them. Also, they were often green. Do you call it 'soda' or 'pop'?
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by e0 5y ago
One can also pay through ACH, so it's not like they're completely cut off from the traditional financial systems. It would be interesting to know what percentage of their users use each payment method.
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by e0 5y ago
It is, indeed, a valid an interesting opinion; but, given the situation, this might not be the exact time and place to feel the need to express it.
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by e0 6y ago
I did not find it hard to not make assumptions. Perhaps it's your approach to life that needs examining?
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by e0 9y ago
> Stuff like this is part of the price we pay for freedom I suppose. That's really easy to say when you (and, honestly, I) are not the ones paying that price.
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by e0 9y ago
What camera do you use?
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by e0 9y ago
That's awesome, but once you find an itinerary you want, how do you book the flight? Do you usually go to the individual airlines' websites and rebuild the itinerary by hand? Or do you send the 'fare construction' string
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by e0 9y ago
They did! For example, https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonGoSnap/top/?sort=top&t=all
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by e0 9y ago
This is also the subject of the latest "Seriously..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05711xn
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by e0 9y ago
404. Perhaps it was moved to https://txtpen.com/blog/2017/05/01/replacing-disqus-with-txt... ?
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by e0 9y ago
Who said anything about taking out a fraudulent loan?
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The privilege to fail(stanforddaily.com)
45 points by e0 9y ago|13 comments
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by e0 10y ago
Until the airline crew conclude that hiding the title of the book one is reading is equally suspicious. After all, innocent people have nothing to hide, right?
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by e0 10y ago
Discussion of this article is happening here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11366265
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by e0 10y ago
Here's a direct link to the Andy Grove's opinion piece referenced in the article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove...
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by e0 11y ago
Fear of violent crime. I'm not saying it's reasonable (statistically speaking), just that it's there.
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by e0 11y ago
Trade secrets are already specifically protected, even without non-compete clauses ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/trade_secret ). A former employee that divulges trade secrets will get into trouble for violating that.
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by e0 11y ago
"Streaming is available in Safari, and through the WWDC app." It's 2015! I didn't think 'Best Viewed with Internet Explorer' was a thing anymore.
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by e0 11y ago
And to pile on, whose bright idea was it to add items that aren't even available? Cinder, Eight, and Nebia look cool and all, but summer 2016 is a little too late for a holiday gift, n'est-ce pas?

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