jamespullar

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by jamespullar 2y ago
Discussion in previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41650047
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by jamespullar 3y ago
Discussion in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39386156
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Parkland mass shooting victims send AI robocalls to NRA-supporting politicians(fortune.com)
6 points by jamespullar 3y ago|3 comments
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by jamespullar 3y ago
Kite + Mountain froze it for me as well. Refreshing then wiped all progress.
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by jamespullar 3y ago
There's already plenty of group think with certain films. More and more very recently released, popular films are shooting up to the highest rated within a few days. Letterboxd should probably account for the recency bias a bit better.
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by jamespullar 3y ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37248844
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by jamespullar 3y ago
Why is IMAX running a software emulation of hardware from two decades ago? “The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on Palm Pilots. In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that m
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by jamespullar 3y ago
I've been using bat as a cat replacement for a while now. It includes paging, syntax highlighting, line numbers, and is generally very performant. https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
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by jamespullar 3y ago
I doubt it's a technical issue. The current YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan, has made a big push for Shorts. This is almost certainly a business decision.
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by jamespullar 3y ago
I recently saw a recommendation for Practical Vim by Drew Neil ( https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edit... ) in an other vim thread and decided to pick it up. It's been really enlightening
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by jamespullar 3y ago
I'm an avid user of Tridactyl for Firefox. It does have some issues with complex UIs, but for the most part is very functional. Using many common vim motions for navigation and interacting with links is great, especially when I'm
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by jamespullar 4y ago
Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603886
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by jamespullar 4y ago
I'm a native English speaker and grew up mostly overseas in non-English speaking countries. Subtitles helped me understand American slang and conversational English that I wasn't used to hearing at home. I've also always stru
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by jamespullar 4y ago
There was an official statement released by a EVGA employee on their company forum https://forums.evga.com/Official-Message-from-EVGA-Managemen... - EVGA will not carry the next generation graphics cards. - EVGA will contin
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by jamespullar 4y ago
Looks like you can still use https://discordmojis.com/ (at least for now) which was always mostly a mirror of Slackmoji.
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by jamespullar 5y ago
You might not want to, but not everyone has the luxury of a nice home theater setup. Some people only have access to quality screens and audio at a local theater. One of my primary preferences for watching movies in a theater is my engageme
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by jamespullar 5y ago
After successfully solving the daily puzzle, you're presented with a small popup that includes stats and a share button. The share button adds the sequence of emojis to your clipboard.
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by jamespullar 5y ago
I have been laughed at by passengers in my car before for using my turn signals when no other cars were around. That really blew my mind the first time. Why anyone would try shaming someone else for adhering to safe driving practices is bey
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by jamespullar 5y ago
Browsers support adjusting font size if that's an issue for you. They also tend to remember your font size of choice per site. I have no issue using Hacker News on mobile either. There are apps available if you prefer something mobile-
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by jamespullar 5y ago
Something that helped me was setting my mouse to a lower DPI and using my elbow and shoulder for movement. A very high DPI encourages tiny movements with the wrist. This is also a general recommendation for gamers looking to improve their a
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by jamespullar 5y ago
Posted earlier in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471302
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by jamespullar 5y ago
To be fair, YNAB is rather explicit about how it connects to your accounts and also actively recommends against doing so in favor of manually entering your transactions. My experience with connecting the two is that I still need to manually
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by jamespullar 5y ago
Is it possible you have an extension blocking scripts or redirects? I'm able to use Doordash just fine on Firefox.
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by jamespullar 5y ago
I don't often keep many tabs open, but still vastly prefer Tree Style Tabs. I primarily work on a widescreen monitor and would rather give up horizontal space rather than vertical.
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by jamespullar 6y ago
I don't trust licensed drivers on the ground as is.
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by jamespullar 6y ago
Noita is a rather interesting game that has some similarities: https://noitagame.com/
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by jamespullar 6y ago
I used to work for Simple and was always very happy with how I was treated along with all the employees of the company.
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by jamespullar 6y ago
I would regularly wow people by showing them the language feature existed. It was obfuscated in the old layout and now it's readily available without any additional clicks. Yes, my eyes have to scan to the side now, but to call it &quo
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by jamespullar 6y ago
Here's some recent threads where this was already asked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22534520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13721664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id
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by jamespullar 6y ago
Banks fund a lot of environmentally harmful projects. For example, here's a list of banks that funded the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline#Financi...

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