fancy_betta

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by fancy_betta 12y ago
They monetize the hell out of it now. A few times a day I click an imgur link and the page will show the image for a fraction of a second before forwarding to a full-page ad. It won't last much longer before someone else comes along wi
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
I'm guessing the patch was broken because they didn't have an actual patch laying around, they had to do a diff against the upstream and try to pick out the relevant parts. That doesn't excuse some of the other errors though,
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
Cover didn't really have customers - their app was "beta" and was free. I don't know that they had any servers or anything is stored online, you don't create an account to use the app. The type of pledge you're
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
This thing doesn't need to be anywhere near that accurate to be useful to someone. Fitness monitors are already pretty inaccurate but they're useful to get a general idea of your activity levels from day to day. Trying to guess ho
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
Probably not what you're looking for, but check out http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/xkcd1313....
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
A 3 month vacation to Egypt isn't free. Even if you can live cheaply, you'll still likely have bills that you need to continue paying in the US. I guess this could work if you can sever all financial ties to the US for 3 months an
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by fancy_betta 12y ago
CO is about the same density as air, but it will rise with warm air. Placing CO detectors on the ceiling is allowed by the NFPA. Nest protect costs $130 and yes you're expected to replace it after 7 years. It's actually a legal re