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by sbtrct 3y ago
The same author has written three other articles specifically on colorblindness and data visualization: https://blog.datawrapper.de/colorblindness-part1/ https://blog.datawrapper.de/colorblindness-part2
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by sbtrct 5y ago
The return key is functionally the same as F2 in Windows.
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by sbtrct 7y ago
That sounds like something you could build in Apple’s Shortcuts app (assuming you’re on iOS).
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by sbtrct 8y ago
For me, it was so that when I'm somewhere I don't know, I can type 'home' into the maps search box and get directions. I turned off Google's activity tracking on iOS a couple of months ago, and only realised that Go
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by sbtrct 8y ago
That's also my experience. I'm in Ireland, ordering (mostly books) through amazon.co.uk (since 2000) so Prime never made sense for me either, but delivery times from the UK have definitely slipped over the past two years. In-stock
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by sbtrct 8y ago
It does. I still find it useful because I can check online if they have something or not, reserve it if they do (they text a reservation number), then pay and pick-up in-store within ten minutes. I'm not obliged to buy, they just reser
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by sbtrct 8y ago
You may also enjoy lines: https://llllllll.co The main focus was/is Brian Crabtree’s Monome modules ( https://monome.org ) but it’s a fascinating community generally. I can’t really afford any of this stuff (I use
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by sbtrct 8y ago
Agreed - besides obviously checking out books, my kids (8 & 10) do a range of activities (all free to attend) at our local library - they’ve done a creative writing workshop, a science workshop, an arts & crafts session, attended a
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by sbtrct 9y ago
I haven't used an official Twitter client for a while, but you certainly used to be able to block the account making a sponsored tweet, which will remove it from your timeline.
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by sbtrct 9y ago
I read a lengthy interview a few years ago with Fincher, and he essentially said that he knew Alien 3 was a disaster before they started shooting. Although there was a large budget, he was viewed as an inexperienced director and the studio
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by sbtrct 12y ago
iTunes will let you do this when you're importing a cd. From memory, you right click on the tracks you want joined (before they're imported) and select the appropriate option. The only drawback is that iTunes Match (if you use it)
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by sbtrct 13y ago
I follow about 80 people, and I tend to read my timeline in its entirety. I look at most links that people post, and any articles that seem interesting I mail to myself to read properly later, or favourite the tweet so I can take a closer l
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by sbtrct 14y ago
you can cmd+del to delete a file. cmd+q will quit a program, cmd+w will close a window/file either in finder or a piece of software. apple's always done it this way. personally, just because i've closed all of the files in a piece of softwa