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by stringsandchars 1mo ago
> That's a horseload of bullcrap. I agree it'd be hard for almost any other country to match that general sense of "safety" in Japanese society - we've probably all read the stories about wallets full of cash bei
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by stringsandchars 1mo ago
> It's a concept that's difficult to replicate elsewhere, but Lydon compares it to what made old Main Street America so special. Designing at a people-first scale pays off. "The smell of fried croquettes drifting onto the
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A photo of Iran's bombed schoolgirl graveyard. Was it real, or AI?(theguardian.com)
7 points by stringsandchars 6mo ago|0 comments
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by stringsandchars 8mo ago
I think the only wise thing Elon Musk ever said was "Generally newspapers seem to try to answer the question, 'What is the worst thing that happened on the Earth today?'"
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by stringsandchars 9mo ago
> Kindle hardware is significantly better and cheaper. If you don't mind tinkering get a kindle and jailbreak it to remove ads and add koreader. Because Amazon were increasingly locking-down their systems - and also because they are
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by stringsandchars 9mo ago
> pirating everything on annas archive et. al. cannot be beat by any commercial offering While I understand people pirating movies - there are hundreds of movies I'd happily pay to watch, but which are literally unavailable to me
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by stringsandchars 10mo ago
Disappointed to see that the first reactions on HN are so dismissive. I'm both amazed and really pleased to see anyone attempting to launch a totally new scanner in 2025, and genuinely hoping the actual scans are really made at the res
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
OTOH - partly playing devil's advocate here - I'm dealing with several bank and inheritance-related issues in the UK from my home in Sweden now, and needing to do pretty much ANYTHING with an authority in the UK feels like steppin
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Young chatty workers disturbing older colleagues 'not age harassment'(theguardian.com)
7 points by stringsandchars 1y ago|3 comments
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No New iPhone?(theonlinephotographer.typepad.com)
4 points by stringsandchars 1y ago|3 comments
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
I'm genuinely hoping that this is just an early beta omission because, contrary to the very limited use-case presented in the article (iPods) Firewire is still an essential part of many professional workflows: an enormous amount of ver
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macOS Tahoe Beta Drops Firewire Support(macrumors.com)
2 points by stringsandchars 1y ago|3 comments
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
My work really flourished during WFH. I was actually headhunted back to a place I'd worked before with the (verbal) promise they were now and always would be 'remote first'. During the last 2 years my productivity has explode
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
> You're right that it does seem extremely callous and is honestly a disturbing mindset to have. Hopefully you never experience terror like the victims of the last few months in France experienced in your life. Thanks for the tone-p
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
> Crypto isn’t synonymous with anarchy, just like the internet isn’t synonymous with pornography. Both are cliches from long ago. Saying crypto isn’t synonymous with anarchy, like the internet isn’t with pornography, sidesteps the point.
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
This may seem callous, but isn't a large point of crypto that you are 'free' from the shackles imposed by the State? And I guess that includes protection from criminals by the oppressive forces of the State (aka the police).
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
Aside from my doubts about the way this is measured, is it even a good strategy to simply chase the currently "most popular" languages? A few years ago I shared an office with three aged graybeards who sat in a corner and spent 3
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by stringsandchars 1y ago
> Photoshop All Creative Cloud £59.99 pcm (£720 pa) > this last one ^ bundles all the proprietary adobe “rented” software they mentioned into one package. And the worst thing about that 'package' is that if you need (say) ju
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> I actually call BS on the "not-being-able-to-tell". I actually call BS on your BS. I don't believe that people are standing with two phones in their hand - an Android and an iPhone - and comparing them the way that peopl
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised that the average upgrade cycle for a lot of folks is in that 3-5 year range, for both personal and corporate buyers. My personal laptop is a 2014 MacBook Pro. I'll be buying one of these new M4 Air
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> But the quality of what was built was worse than what the commies built in the Eastern Europe. The rural council housing built in post-war UK was of really high quality: these houses were built for durability and community. They were s
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
Unfortunately Onyx Boox have used sockpuppets and other dirty tricks on Reddit[0] and elsewhere to harass and deter users reporting broken screens. Their international partners have webpages explaining how it's "impossible" t
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
I like the fact that there are no new features. The service is mature and doesn't need any changes. Also I use a bookmarklet on mobile (in a more easily-customized iOS browser called iCab), so I have no problems with responsive stylin
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> Other than a lazy dig at "bland Nordic cuisine"[1]... > [1] ie a culinary tradition of letting the taste of the ingredients stand for themselves, rather than covering them up with spices (originally a measure to make up fo
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> right now, it might be a swing in the direction of sameism, but i assure you that eventually new dishes will arise. I do hope you're right, and I agree that there are some fusions that are quite exciting and add diversity to some
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
The article mentions cafés and restaurants looking the same, but a more significant change in my opinion is that regional recipes are disappearing and all food is beginning to taste the same . I've seen this gradually happening in the
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> I like the commute, it marks the beginning and end of my workday and I get fresh air. I get up at 06:15. Work for an hour, then go for a fast and invigorating walk through the forest where I often encounter deer, and this week a fox, a
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> Organize a week to have all local and international employees together for a week once or twice a year, schedule big organizational meetings and important discussions in that week, sponsor dinner and lunch together, have a team event o
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> Bicycles are equal to other vehicles so it makes sense to concentrate the intersecting traffic to one flow, so it is easier to observe Swedish bike lanes are the absolute worst I've cycled on - and I've cycled in England, Den
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by stringsandchars 2y ago
> what library you are using? Not the OP but these look like they are Apple's own SwiftUI Charts framework: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/charts

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