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by mmmrk 10mo ago
You can commission a custom typeface (or a modification of an existing one from their library) and get the rights to them, so they're yours. It's expensive up front, but you own it after.
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Maybe (personal finance app) v0.6.0, post-mortem(github.com)
2 points by mmmrk 1y ago|0 comments
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by mmmrk 1y ago
3x5 like done by Starting Strength continues to work well for beginners looking for strength. After you tapped out the easy gains, you can use a periodized program for body building described by "the science" if you wish, but can
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Memory safety for web fonts(developer.chrome.com)
306 points by mmmrk 1y ago|220 comments
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by mmmrk 2y ago
We had to drop hatch for now, because it does not work well with uv's lockfiles. Someone opened an issue here: https://github.com/pypa/hatch/issues/1886 . We use bare uv for now.
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by mmmrk 2y ago
English is more likely than Mandarin, because lots of people (including the mainland Chinese working in sectors that interface with the outside world) can speak some English, but very few people outside China speak any Mandarin. Nassim Tale
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by mmmrk 2y ago
Not sure about an app, I keep a Jupyter notebook for meal planning and double checking calorie intake, with info from https://www.nutracheck.co.uk/CaloriesIn/Product/Search?desc=... (use the search bar there, it&#
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by mmmrk 3y ago
Nit: the option does not hint, it emboldens text, as in, smears it a bit to make it appear thicker. And I think the default is actually 2?
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by mmmrk 3y ago
Yeah, I also got an ODAC combo (amp and DAC sandwiched in an enclosure) in continuous use since it released way back when. The only annoyance is that there's probably something wrong with the USB cable, as it loses connection depending
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by mmmrk 3y ago
You can use the Python library fontTools, which comes with a command line tool called `fonttools varLib`. Prerequisites: 1. you have a so called Designspace file which tells the tool where in the design space the fonts are and 2. The fonts
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by mmmrk 3y ago
The books "The Barbell Prescription" and "Practical Programming for Strength Training" contain a lot of info on how to branch out from the novice program. The latter contains a small section on lifting for sports, while
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by mmmrk 3y ago
Can you expand on why you think it's a waste of time?
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by mmmrk 3y ago
Maybe https://startingstrength.com/article/barbell_training_is_big... is more to your liking?
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by mmmrk 3y ago
My favorite introduction to this is the book "The Barbell Prescription", together with "Basic Barbell Training, 3rd Edition". They got me out of just getting sweaty and tired in the gym to actually training and increasin
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by mmmrk 3y ago
I still don't like the tight spacing (space between the glyphs). Adding a `letter-spacing: 0.1px` to the Regular makes words look less cramped at body copy size.
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by mmmrk 3y ago
It does carry meaning, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect . It's not something to know during downtimes, but at the point in time where you decide which technology to use going forward. Contrast this wi
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by mmmrk 3y ago
I've seen this plenty of times before. What is it with emulation and drama/toxicity?
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by mmmrk 3y ago
Using this to equalise my headphones with the parameter sets on https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq . Highly recommended!
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by mmmrk 4y ago
Thanks for this tool! I wanted to look into switching some packages to be abi3 wheels because of the mentioned build matrix, will play with this :)
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by mmmrk 4y ago
I've recently started listening to relationship/dating podcasts (reputable ones based on research and practical coaching experience) and they tell a similar story to what the last paragraph says: find someone who is similar to you
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by mmmrk 4y ago
Am I the minority? To establish that, you'd need to survey a sizable part of the previously FF-using population and determine why they stopped using it. Going from "lost most marketshare" to "it's because techies we
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by mmmrk 4y ago
I'm a decade-long user and am perfectly fine with modern Firefox (plus uBlock), both on the desktop and on Android. In fact, I don't want to go back to the before-times. Speak for yourself.
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by mmmrk 5y ago
Side note: replace old.reddit.com with teddit.net in any Reddit URL and you'll get a less noisy reading experience, especially on mobile.
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by mmmrk 5y ago
And why should a future reader trust your word over theirs?
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Quickly optimizing Python code with FunctionTrace(programsareproofs.com)
7 points by mmmrk 5y ago|0 comments
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by mmmrk 5y ago
I recently read an interesting German article on them (use Google Translate if necessary) and they paint a more nuanced picture of Renaissance. https://www.gerd-kommer-invest.de/der-beste-fonds-aller-zeit...
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by mmmrk 5y ago
I've had trouble locating English language resources, but if you speak German: - finanztip.de plus their social media presence are a great way to start - Stiftung Warentest/Finanztest for general financial product tests - Finanzfl
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by mmmrk 5y ago
You are feeling envious. Learn to use it productively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhrTOg1RUk
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by mmmrk 5y ago
Oof. How did the company cope?
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by mmmrk 5y ago
I'm currently reading Taleb's Antifragility book and he strikes a similar tune: The education system being little more than a way to cement social status, with actual innovation and entrepreneurship largely taking place outside it

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