kn0where

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by kn0where 5mo ago
Specifically, VHS had both longer recording times and cheaper VCRs (due to Matsushita’s liberal licensing) than Betamax did. Beta only had slightly better picture quality if you were willing to sacrifice recording length per tape. Most Beta
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Myrient Is Shutting Down(timeextension.com)
7 points by kn0where 7mo ago|0 comments
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by kn0where 7mo ago
iBook G4, not G3, but yes.
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by kn0where 7mo ago
Yes, weight alone is not that important for fuel economy at highway speeds. Aerodynamic efficiency of a vehicle is determined by the cross section area + drag coefficient. A 90s Honda Civic has a worse drag coefficient but a vastly smaller
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by kn0where 11mo ago
Considering the amount of personal data on people’s phones, plus how commonly people lose them in public, I would say that encryption by default is unambiguously a good thing, and it’s incredible that it took Google until Android 10.
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by kn0where 11mo ago
Google can be an excellent place to work, but most of the people working there are not contributing to the company’s profits. Whether or not you think that still has value, leadership is trying to “optimize” by squeezing everyone harder and
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by kn0where 1y ago
A lot of those individual googlers are longtimers who are now leaving after 15, 20 years. Google has been offering voluntary exit packages this year and I suspect the kind of people who would value Google.com working in Lynx are also the ty
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by kn0where 1y ago
My concern is the politicians are suddenly flip flopping because they realize in the short term Israel is close to exterminating the entire population of Gaza. Perhaps they will let a pittance of food aid through to prolong the genocide so
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by kn0where 1y ago
It’s fine to accept your mom or your neighbor changing their mind, but I think we should be skeptical of politicians changing their mind and consider what hidden, calculated motives they may have for changing it now, when they had plenty of
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by kn0where 1y ago
The return of Claris!
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by kn0where 1y ago
Similar with google docs, if you share a link to a doc, even if the doc is restricted access, anyone can see the thumbnail icon with the contents of page 1.
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by kn0where 2y ago
Because any choice in a two party system is stupid to some degree, for most people. Most people’s beliefs don’t all line up exactly with one political party or the other. So every election is a compromise: which of your values must you prio
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by kn0where 2y ago
And it works when leaders aren’t completely bought and paid for.
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by kn0where 2y ago
Plenty of US cities and towns have regulations prohibiting billboards.
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by kn0where 2y ago
So if you went to prison for 7 years, and your conviction wasn’t overturned but you served your time, it’s somehow ok for the government to send you a bill for $50 * 365 * 7 = $127750? When convicted felons usually struggle to find better t
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by kn0where 2y ago
The Framework touchpad is unfortunately a lot worse than the haptic touchpads on MacBooks. The click is just a little too mushy, and requires too much force as you click higher up the trackpad. I think there are finally some PC laptops with
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by kn0where 2y ago
OCLP is great, but not parent-proof. I had to walk my mom over the phone through manually updating OCLP after she installed a macOS update without running the patcher first, which resulted in a machine with no working wifi. (OCLP did pop up
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by kn0where 2y ago
Genuine question: is there any technological/scaling problem with Mastodon that actually needs solving, and that the AT protocol would fix? What reason is there to split different parts of their backend tech stack between different “op
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by kn0where 2y ago
Yes, I had that issue too (years ago, when they first allowed deleting the Music app). I think it might not be a problem in newer cars, but my car radio only had iPod support, not iPhone, and it seemingly needed at least one song in the mus
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by kn0where 2y ago
Bill met with Epstein on multiple occasions, after Epstein already had a conviction, and Melinda has cited this as a contributing factor to the divorce: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/melinda-gates-j
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by kn0where 2y ago
Perhaps the lack of availability in certain countries due to their data laws is a sign that this app really shouldn’t require an account. If the ultimate goal of this free app is monetizing my data, no thanks.
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by kn0where 2y ago
General Motors was nationalized at the time.
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by kn0where 2y ago
In Preview.app, I wonder if doing a Print to PDF step would normalize those comments into “actual text”
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by kn0where 2y ago
Companies that sell users data for their own profit will never get users’ consent unless they either: 1. Use dark patterns to make withholding consent inconvenient or impossible 2. Compensate users for the use of their data (e.g. giving dis
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by kn0where 3y ago
Much needed cash? Apple was making lots of money off the iPod in 2005. If it was a “success” it was in the sense that it proved they needed to make their own phone
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by kn0where 3y ago
On the other hand, an FTC that was afraid to bring forward any cases that weren’t an automatic slam dunk wasn’t good either. Maybe changing the direction of the agency ruffled the feathers of those who prefer it operate in the same way it a
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by kn0where 3y ago
As a subscriber and Patreon member, thank you for making videos with so much substance. You strike a good balance between entertaining and informative, and I’m glad you’re also able to create written records for work like this.
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by kn0where 3y ago
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by kn0where 3y ago
Don’t forget about the classic 80s song “Radar Van” by Johannes Vonk and the Clogheads: https://youtu.be/F7_1rc8riNU?si=uuVIn26cZNPBgHPv
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by kn0where 3y ago
Breathability

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