shever73

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by shever73 1mo ago
It's a weirdly unnecessary AI version of this image ( https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/PA-6797798.j... ). It should be a green-screen monitor, and the woman staring at the printer...
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by shever73 3mo ago
There seemed to be no real discussion about anything! I was expecting more of a conclusion, but the article did not support the proposition in the headline.
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by shever73 3mo ago
They manufactured their own hot dog manufacturing plant: > "What we figured out we could do is build our own hot dog-manufacturing plant (in Los Angeles) and make our own Kirkland Signature hot dogs. Now we are doing so much hot dog
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by shever73 4mo ago
Yes, there are lots weird remnants of the vigesimal system around in French. You can see it in names like the Quinze-Vingts hospital - literally "fifteen twenties" because it was designed to have 300 beds.
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by shever73 4mo ago
I think the three-and-ten, four-and-ten way of expressing numbers is primarily an ancient Greek thing. The modern numbers are expressed differently (δεκατέσσερα / dekatessara for fourteen, for example). In a lot of older European langu
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by shever73 6mo ago
This entire response is full of lies. Having done a cursory search of the extensions, you do target ones that are based on religious affiliation regardless of the DOM actions they take. Your comment is disingenuous, insulting and has only s
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by shever73 6mo ago
For some irrational reason this article annoyed me. It came across arrogant with an attempt at being high-brow, and included too much fluff. Describing the founders as "foundering figures" was amusing - I don't know if the im
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by shever73 9mo ago
Thank you for the unexpected ATLA reference!
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by shever73 1y ago
https://archive.is/4f3AY
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by shever73 1y ago
Glorious! I was also temporarily trapped by the intuitive “Start Game” UI. After that, it made me think of a weird version of Spy Hunter on a canal. I had to experiment to see if I could ride the tsunami all the way to the end. Port it to t
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by shever73 1y ago
I was wowed when I first got home Internet in 1995 because it was so much more than the BBSs I’d been using up to that point, but nothing has recreated the sense of wonder I had on 8-bit machines in the 80s. Even when I bought a secondhand
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by shever73 2y ago
After nearly 40 years, Shep has finally been released! See the Crash magazine "Unclear User" parody. Page 125 of the August 1985 edition for context. [0] [0] https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._19_1985-08_Ne
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by shever73 2y ago
> I guess your point about it feeling handcrafted holds, if you count the character encoding. Magnificent!
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by shever73 2y ago
Use the Brave browser and `brave://settings/content/autoplay` is all you need.
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by shever73 2y ago
This has nerd-sniped me waaaay too much. Now I need to know the capacity of the ISS urine tank since an average adult urination is between 200 and 350ml.
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by shever73 2y ago
Yes, the solid matter goes into waste containers that are burned up on re-entry of the supply craft. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a reading for the solid waste containers. It makes wishing on a falling star less romantic, though,
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by shever73 2y ago
The 2022 BBC article goes into more depth: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20161014-the-secret-behin...
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by shever73 2y ago
This comment made my day. Thank you!
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by shever73 2y ago
> So, what you essentially demand is to NOT provide you with a user interface to interact with the system. No, I’m requesting, or demanding if you prefer, the choice. An account is a user convenience, not a business necessity. I’m asking
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by shever73 2y ago
Could you elaborate on why that seems reasonable to you? The airline will already have my passport and credit card details, home address and mobile number. In my opinion, it should be the user's choice whether they create an account or
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by shever73 2y ago
This is a very Irish thing. Funerals in Ireland are always well-attended and going to a funeral - even of someone you don't know - is important in the community (see this recent news article, for example[0]). I notice the author's
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by shever73 2y ago
I’d say we are about the same. He looked like he’d come out of a business meeting. I had even joked with him about being overdressed for walking around Parc Guell.
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by shever73 2y ago
The economic status thing is interesting. I can’t help but wonder if there’s bias there. I uploaded a picture of me and a friend. I am Caucasian, he is of African descent. It said that my attire indicated I was of a higher socio-economic st
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by shever73 2y ago
> There is of course, only one Doctor that counts, and it’s Tom Baker all the way… I could have written this entire post, but especially the last line. The 4th Doctor theme is my phone ringtone on the very rare occasions when it’s not on
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by shever73 2y ago
I love Crafting Interpreters, it's a fantastic book, and is on my desk beside me right now. Everything about it is just so well...crafted! I know Amazon is a must for authors, but as an Amazon avoider, I was delighted to able to order
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by shever73 2y ago
This is an Alex Bellos puzzle, which I’ve learned through experience to ignore. The terms are always so loosely defined that any solution you come up with is a gamble at best.
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by shever73 2y ago
A nice synchronicity here, I was only checking Māori words today because The Guardian's cryptic crossword was set by "Pangakupu" (which means, logically enough, "crossword"). This crossword setter always includes a
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by shever73 2y ago
The whole article was full of supercilious snark. A lot of it was aimed, rightly, at Andersen, but it does take away from the fact that Y2K was a real issue that affected millions of computers worldwide. I patched hundreds of vulnerable sys
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by shever73 2y ago
These responses are great and helpful. Thank you to you both.
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by shever73 2y ago
What resources would you recommend for someone who wants to improve their statistical literacy? You mention reading the right books, I'd appreciate it if you could give a short list, if you have time.

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