mdiesel

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by mdiesel 1y ago
The old saying "they've forgotten more about X than you'll ever know" is very true. A professional quite often has forgotten what it was like to be a beginnner, making them both very knowledgeable about a topic but also
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by mdiesel 1y ago
He probably did know it, it's remarkably simple. I can't remember how to format maths in a HN comment though to put it here.
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by mdiesel 1y ago
It's the Online Safety Act 2023 and was going through parliament from 2019, I'm sure the moment it becomes sufficiently unpopular in the wider public we'll see the "2023" part gain more prominence. Starmer won'
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by mdiesel 1y ago
I watched the Tencent version after reading the books, and it's the first time I've been able to get properly engaged while reading subtitles. My goto for showing the difference between the Netflix and Tencent shows is the Shi spe
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by mdiesel 1y ago
If they provided a plausible way to sideload then they'd be on stronger grounds. It's the same as Stop Killing Games. Apple shouldn't carry the burden of hosting forever, but equally they can't just make something disapp
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by mdiesel 1y ago
There are a couple of key differences that I think could lead to a shift towards selfishness. With the size of populations, there's less feeling of individual impact. If I don't do "my bit" then it's such a miniscul
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by mdiesel 1y ago
In the highly educational show Cunk on Shakespeare, she's told not to wear gloves when looking at an early book since doing so tends to result in people being more heavy handed with the pages.
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by mdiesel 1y ago
They're using satellite photography and a resolution of 10m to measure.
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by mdiesel 1y ago
I think we should call them doubles
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by mdiesel 2y ago
On the scale of leaders: not being needlessly cruel, trying to consider the impacts of policies beyond the immediate, and dedicating your days to ruling rather than enjoying whatever pleasure you pick makes him one of the "good" o
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by mdiesel 2y ago
And I was wondering if it was in reference to the Night's Watch of Westeros, who fittingly take a vow of celibacy and dedicate their lives to dealing with problems the Southern quiche-eaters don't understand or even believe exist.
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by mdiesel 2y ago
He's right, the problem is everyone mistakenly thinks they're one of "we"
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by mdiesel 2y ago
Just like the 4th of July, that most American of days
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by mdiesel 2y ago
As long as the implementation still confirms to RFC 2795
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by mdiesel 2y ago
To add to the list, in addition to the bookmarking system they have "quickmarks" which means to open this site I type "b hn<enter>" and that's it
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by mdiesel 2y ago
The fact they exist only shows that someone makes money or benefits from them existing. Customer need is only one way that manifests nowadays
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by mdiesel 2y ago
There's also a channel on the rs wiki's discord for reporting bad ads, which Cook responds to very quickly (single digit minutes from the interactions I've seen).
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by mdiesel 2y ago
(2020)
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by mdiesel 2y ago
I wonder how many people have pet names 'correct horse battery staple'
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Use a different birthday for every service you sign up to, especially the ones like "restaurant wants you to enter details to use their wifi", same for other details that they don't need in order to offer you a service.
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Interesting Oldschool Runescape recently released some new bosses with a new drop mechanic. Historically a rare drop could mean a 1/5000 dice roll, some people get very lucky but others can get very very unlucky. The new mechanic was t
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Counterbalances are in use all over the place, look at lifts (/elevators) if they didn't have the weights they'd need much much more energy to move the system. Almost everything that works with weights+heights will have some
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Yes, a very interesting one that analysed house sizes over time in ancient civilisations to show the smallest houses got slightly bigger as civilisation develops but the big houses become mansions and then palaces. This isn't the study
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by mdiesel 3y ago
It's a sad state of affairs that if I saw that message I would think positively of the website... Except that of you're only showing it once that means you're tracking me to know I'm a repeat visitor
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by mdiesel 3y ago
There's a fascinating video from LegalEagle as to why Florida Man is such a meme, the answer was not what I expected. It comes down to the state having procedures for reporting everything to the press and being open with what the polic
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Equality doesn't necessarily mean Equivalence.
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Sure, we now survive childhood based on vaccines, but remember that there was a time between the disease appearing and the vaccine being developed, and in that time we used simpler methods to try survive. The issue is not what the world wil
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Mentats would be cool, but don't think it's possible until after the butlerian revolution. Before then computers are just easier
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by mdiesel 3y ago
I guess it's more difficult to make characters with radically different lives and concerns be relatable. I wouldn't say it's impossible, but not many series are going for high effort right now when it's so easy to make m
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by mdiesel 3y ago
Just like how the real programmers of yesteryear tower above us quiche eaters of today.

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