richev

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by richev 2mo ago
So bland. Call me nostalgic but I really miss the diversity (but consistency) of the Windows XP-era of icon design. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/ms997636...
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by richev 2mo ago
Can you explain this as Richard would have?
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by richev 6mo ago
Lighting was the killer app for electricity.
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by richev 10mo ago
1970s https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-a...
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by richev 10mo ago
AI in search I could go for: "Find that meme I downloaded last year with the girl standing by the burning house" Creating AI slop though? No thanks.
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by richev 11mo ago
To drive "engagement". Hardly a surprise. Still a disappointment.
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by richev 11mo ago
For context, Optus is one of the Australian telcos, and triple-zero is what you call instead of 911. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/optus-network-failure...
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Social media platforms are 'true monsters' and 'torment our children'(theguardian.com)
4 points by richev 11mo ago|1 comments
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Fertility Declines Are a Cultural Problem(city-journal.org)
4 points by richev 1y ago|2 comments
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by richev 1y ago
Totally agree.
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by richev 1y ago
Performance is a feature [0] 0: https://blog.codinghorror.com/performance-is-a-feature/
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by richev 1y ago
Very sorry for the loss of your friend.
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by richev 1y ago
I worked as a cashier at a large UK supermarket when I was a student. In our training we were told that if there was an outage with the cash registers we should ask shoppers to estimate how much their groceries cost and accept what they tol
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by richev 1y ago
The main reason I use a phone case is to stop the phone slipping from my hand in the first place. My current and previous phones (Pixel 8 & 5) are alarmingly smooth on all sides.
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by richev 1y ago
Nonsense. Saying that as a European who lived in the US for a few years, now residing in Australia.
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by richev 1y ago
Related: "The case for boycotting the United States" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/us-tru...
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by richev 2y ago
> Schmidt earlier told The Wall Street Journal that he “misspoke about Google and their work hours” and requested the video be taken down. https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220658/google-eric-schm..
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by richev 2y ago
In my office, when we swipe our entry cards at the security gates, a screen at the gate tells us which lift to take based on the floor we work on, and sets the lift to go to that floor. It's all connected.
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by richev 3y ago
Our Feature Flag values are being retrieved correctly, as far as we can tell, but we're getting 504 Gateway Time-outs from https://app.launchdarkly.com
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by richev 3y ago
But there's an art to writing great code, no?
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by richev 3y ago
And hear them amplified through the sides of your "mini tower" case.
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by richev 3y ago
Skimming past the capital "P", I read this as "why is prettier rock, solid" . . . and was left perplexed, as most rocks are solid.
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by richev 3y ago
Wasn't this how AltaVista got its name, but as a whiteboard remnant rather than post-it notes?
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by richev 3y ago
What if someone does a hit and run against your unattended car?
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by richev 3y ago
> If people are willing to pay a price for a home Poorly-regulated lending means that it's the banks who are willing to lend the money. Home owners pay what they have to out of necessity, not willingness. (speaking as someone who ow
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by richev 3y ago
Not if you end up having to help your children buy their house(s).
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by richev 3y ago
Can you cite an example of a journalist writing an article that makes such an accusation?
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The impact of a major telco outage (Optus, Australia)(abc.net.au)
1 points by richev 3y ago|0 comments
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by richev 3y ago
They scream and stemp their feet for sure, but not for long. It worked in Australia [1] [1] https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9212725/australia-buyback
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by richev 3y ago
[citation needed]

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