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by hs586 7d ago
One of my most vivid memories from my childhood (around 10 years old) is trying to make a ticking analog clock using Logo, with the turtle drawing all the hands. We had "no screen in the morning" house rule - we had to eat, play o
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by hs586 1mo ago
This is definitely not recommended but when I was a kid we also used floppy disk films to look at solar eclipses. That was far from the most dangerous thing we did in 90s in a post-Soviet country. To this day, when I read or think about a s
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by hs586 2mo ago
> You probably need to change the thought experiment to get at what you're really trying to get at. I am not really trying to get to anything except to have fun thinking about how society would organise itself. And since this is not
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by hs586 2mo ago
Before opening the article, I thought it's about a shirt buttons and it reminded me one of my favourite thought experiments: Imagine everything man-made suddenly disappears but not the knowledge individuals carry. How long until we hav
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by hs586 7mo ago
> That's because they haven't came out with another small iPhone in more than four years. I kind of agree with the previous comment. I think if you spend a lot of time on the phone, have a lot of apps then it makes sense to upg
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by hs586 7mo ago
One of my best stranger conversations talking to a “Big Issue” [1] seller outside a supermarket. As I understand, they’re (close to) homeless usually. When I asked about him, he mentioned he’s Irish but moved on to tell me about his plans.
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by hs586 7mo ago
One of my best stranger conversations talking to a “Big Issue” seller outside a supermarket. As I understand, they’re (close to) homeless usually [1]. When I asked about him, he mentioned he’s Irish but moved on to tell me about his plans.
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by hs586 9mo ago
I used it once since COVID, last year, didn't seem too bad. Given the mood in the thread, I do indeed think that I may have a high tolerance for such practices and pay careful attention to fine prints. After all, I had all the training
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by hs586 9mo ago
When was this? I have zero recollection of ever doing credit card number formatting anywhere.
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by hs586 9mo ago
I have found myself to be the only person in many conversations defending Ryanair. People complain about legroom, everything being a paid add-ons, you name it. The key is to treat it like a bus that takes you from A to B, sometimes cheaper
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by hs586 9mo ago
Exactly this. I do not think this is a case of Hanlon's razor. Assuming incompetence or stupidity of the government officials trying to push for is very dangerous. (Great username, btw, SirHumphrey)
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by hs586 9mo ago
I understand what you mean, but I disagree. The technology allows for robot vacuums to exist and I don’t see the cloud connection as a mandatory need for it. Similarly, I want my car to have say lane assist but we don’t expect to have cloud
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by hs586 9mo ago
Tangential rant: It’s becoming hard to buy dumb appliances. I was looking at robot vacuums, and most need internet connection at least for setup - by which point it’s already uploaded your floor plan and who knows what to the cloud.
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by hs586 9mo ago
The drivers are doing alright :)
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by hs586 9mo ago
I just realized that if you google the font (e.g. "Calibri font"), you get the search results in that font. Neat!
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by hs586 10mo ago
Read it with or to your kids. It is an adult book just as much as it is a children’s book. Something there for all stages of life.
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by hs586 10mo ago
And outside France too! I would add that there is something in it for all ages. I have read it many times, between ages 6 and 25 and in different languages. The later readings were for language learning without any expectations but each tim
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by hs586 10mo ago
There was a point in university when I was trying to find the "best" note taking system to be organized and as efficient as possible. Tried some tablets, did latex live during lectures, markdown, you name it. Each time I wanted to
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by hs586 1y ago
Came to write something along these lines. I do this for restaurants, and sometimes for the places that refuse to take cash. But I do not have hope that such behaviour will impact the restaurants' policies: it's usually chains or
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by hs586 1y ago
I have (re)discovered paper todo-lists, but not in a notebook but just a single A6 paper that I keep in my pocket the whole day. Since it's always in my pocket, I see it spontaneously during the day, and as a result, I manage to focus
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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by hs586 1y ago|0 comments
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The Teapot Effect(davidjonespottery.co.uk)
2 points by hs586 1y ago|1 comments
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by hs586 1y ago
I was pouring tea from an expensive porcelain teapot, and was annoyed that it was dripping from the spout while we have some very cheap ones at home that get it right. After the initial "hey, this would be fun to model" thought, r
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by hs586 1y ago
I wanted to work on a similar idea recently for my personal use, but I wanted to use books and stories that already have the texts in the two languages that I am interested in (e.g. Harry Potter). So you pass in two texts and get back some
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by hs586 1y ago
I think having time and opportunity to be bored is actually a luxury that many have nowadays. Growing up in a village where my grandma was basically doing subsistence farming, I recall that she didn't have that moment to daydream. This