emddudley

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by emddudley 5d ago
California passed a law AB-1043 that requires every OS developer to add age verification on the OS level. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-...
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by emddudley 12d ago
One carousel quote literally ends with "Bib is a highly reliable partner."
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by emddudley 2mo ago
Libraries are not archives, and weeding does not mean destruction.
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by emddudley 3mo ago
I checked out your app but I'm not sure what it is for. I see that it has a map with tourist destinations in Toyko and an itinerary feature. But since I already have Google Maps and Calendar, I don't understand what new benefits t
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by emddudley 5mo ago
For others like me that didn't know the term Sherlock: It means "To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app." The term stems
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by emddudley 6mo ago
Well shit, I feel betrayed. This is exactly the opposite of what I thought Charlie's goals were. I thought he was focused on making the Python ecosystem better.
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by emddudley 6mo ago
Why is x-amz-bucket-namespace header needed when creating a new bucket in the account regional namespace? Is an account blocked from creating a bucket in its own namespace if it doesn't specify that header?
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by emddudley 10mo ago
I was an intern at Fisher Price when they introduced the Pixter Color. I did QA on some of the games, the Dora one comes to mind. You can imagine the torture playing a level over and over. The games were developed overseas (India I think?).
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by emddudley 10mo ago
Looks like it has been deleted. Does anyone have a copy?
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GitHub introduces Agent HQ, a unified workflow for orchestrating any agent(github.blog)
3 points by emddudley 11mo ago|1 comments
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by emddudley 11mo ago
Pyrefly vs. ty: Comparing Python’s Two New Rust-Based Type Checkers (2025-05-27) https://blog.edward-li.com/tech/comparing-pyrefly-vs-ty/ HN discussion of above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by emddudley 1y ago
There's an old XML one called Data Format Description Language (DFDL).
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by emddudley 1y ago
Short form video is tailored for the fast, instinctive, emotional brain. Not the slower, deliberative, logical brain.
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by emddudley 1y ago
Ironically, PFAS levels have been found to be higher in wealthy people. People with money own more furniture and clothing with stain resistant treatments, for example.
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by emddudley 1y ago
Not related to PURLs (Persistent URLs) administered by the Internet Archive. https://purl.archive.org/
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by emddudley 1y ago
Similar to the cited "Do you Need Blockchain" there is NISTIR 8202: Blockchain Technology Overview, page 42. 1. Do you need a shared, consistent data store? 2. Does more than one entity need to contribute data? 3. Data records, on
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by emddudley 2y ago
PURL ( https://purl.archive.org/ ) is a similar permanent URL service but you choose the URL. It used to be hosted at purl.org and run by the OCLC but in 2016 it was transferred to the Internet Archive. https://web
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by emddudley 2y ago
You've been fooled.
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by emddudley 2y ago
I'm embarrassed to admit it but I found out this game has an ending.
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by emddudley 2y ago
Yahoo (Verizon) did eventually sell Flickr to SmugMug in 2018 for an undisclosed sum.
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by emddudley 2y ago
If we're talking about health and cookware, you're not going to want nonstick cookware.
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by emddudley 2y ago
Between my smart mower, smart fridge, smart thermostat, smart doorbell, and smart TV, I won't feel lonely on my birthday ever again!
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by emddudley 2y ago
I attended and I would say there was 98% compliance. The policy was that masks off was OK outside, while presenting, while eating, and briefly when posing for photos.
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by emddudley 2y ago
I'm amazed at how many people she met. It was my first PyCon and I was happy with trying to chat with like 5 people. The conference was huge and very physically and socially exhausting.
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by emddudley 2y ago
I have an Echo Show 8 that I wanted to watch YouTube on, but it doesn't work. Which model can access YouTube?
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by emddudley 2y ago
AntennaPod is what I moved to. I miss having the built-in sync between devices that I had with Google Podcasts, but AntennaPod is otherwise great.
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by emddudley 2y ago
I could be OK with that, except that YouTube Music is an awful podcast player. It doesn't have a way to queue up episodes. Also listening to podcasts severely degrades the music experience, the interface intermixes the music and podcas
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by emddudley 3y ago
That sounded like an amazing deal, but it's a promotion. Google Fi offers 1 free year of YouTube Premium if you have an Unlimited Plus plan for a year.
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by emddudley 3y ago
I first noticed people referring to "compute" as a resource around maybe 2016.
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by emddudley 3y ago
Ah, I really appreciate this. I did not know that the old TOS was available under the /4.1 link. And I like the full-version links! In case the older version goes away, here is the archive.org version from October 25, 2023: https:&#x2

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