theoa

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by theoa 8d ago
Maxi Heitmeyer provides the first interesting cause, reason, and justification for brain rot due to doomscrolling that I have come across. But it's not an easy read. I would really be pleased to read a logical summary of this article!
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by theoa 5mo ago
Go to a bar (in America). Sit on a stool. Say "hello" to the person next to you.
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by theoa 6mo ago
It bears remembering that all of this was reported by a group of Haitians in Brooklyn who publish and staff the Haitian Times. They deserve recognition for maintaining the standards of good journalism in what is, by any measure, a difficult
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by theoa 7mo ago
Posts like this are why I read Hacker News. My Egg McMuffin will never look the same!
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by theoa 7mo ago
Agreed. And the nice thing was that they weren't just illustrations, they were metaphors, even allegories, on human and computer engagements
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by theoa 8mo ago
Today's link is an update to an article first published some time ago https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/fixing-retail-with-land-v... There's a healthy number of comments on SlashDot: https://slash
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by theoa 9mo ago
This hack has completely disrupted my afternoon! Perhaps even forever after.
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by theoa 10mo ago
Draw a millipede as a dog: Gemini responds: Conceptualizing the "Millipup" https://gemini.google.com/share/b6b8c11bd32f Draw the five legs of a dog as if the body is a pentagon https://gemini.googl
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by theoa 10mo ago
The math was beyond me. So, I asked Gemini 3 for help. I share what they replied to my many questions here: https://gemini.google.com/share/1a6663a83898 Schrodinger and Penrose: pro. Einstein: con. My favorite part is
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Universal Consciousness as Foundational Field(pubs.aip.org)
4 points by theoa 10mo ago|4 comments
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by theoa 1y ago
Nearly sixty years of coding under my belt here. The OP proposes a valid and reasonable pattern. Nonetheless, not all of us are so wise. There are dozens of frustrating all-nighters and near all-nighters in my timeline. And, dotted in and a
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by theoa 1y ago
>"Even for those relationships that were negatively strained, over time, the strained relationships mended," she says. I was 54. my wife called it quits on me. These days, my former wife and our three daughters are probably as
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by theoa 1y ago
See The first "blog" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorn_Barger https://firstsiteguide.com/robot-wisdom-and-jorn-barger/ https://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/ https:/&
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by theoa 1y ago
> This is also why I believe that language is a bottleneck for thought. Most of what you remember is nothing like an approximate copy of the things you experienced in real life—even in the specific case of text, memory is not even remote
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by theoa 1y ago
Browser > right click on the dot > inspect the RGB numbers
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by theoa 1y ago
I commented "OMG" a couple of days ago, but I guess that was not enough text to count as a comment. So anyway, here we go again: OMG!
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by theoa 1y ago
OMG
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by theoa 2y ago
John Walker the founder would grieve as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(programmer) He was a digital hoarder sharer. See: https://fourmilab.ch/
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by theoa 2y ago
Agreed
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by theoa 2y ago
Being a child today isn't for sissies
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by theoa 2y ago
Bingo! Now, once out of the box and having responded, willy nilly, to numerous dubious questions, you are presented with a screen full of all sorts of strange things, and nothing happens when you use the keyboard. Compare and contrast with:
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by theoa 2y ago
I discovered this perhaps ten or more years ago. I have used IDs a global in hundreds (thousand?) of efforts with no issues. Ever. Of course, I am but a single stack developer, so your experience may vary
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by theoa 2y ago
Not short but almost understandable. Given a text editor, save the following text as drawline.html: <canvas id="myCanvas" width="500" height="300"></canvas> <script> const ctx =
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by theoa 2y ago
Project images from your balcony onto the underside of the balcony above you. Here is a link to a photo of my balcony in San Francisco during the initial stages of the virus https://photos.app.goo.gl/xhDt7rmr7shjJbhu7
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by theoa 2y ago
I lived in Hong Kong from 1981 to 1991. * Overflowing with optimism and "can do" * Equal protection under the law no matter the origin * Max tax 15% for all * Education and health benefits for all (accepting always flaws somewhere
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by theoa 2y ago
https://mrdoob.com/projects/htmleditor/ ;-)
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by theoa 2y ago
You are only as good as your weakest link: > A Microsoft spokesman said it cannot legally wall off its operating system in the same way Apple does because of an understanding it reached with the European Commission following a complaint.
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by theoa 2y ago
One of the best posts of the year! Tech, caring and humor in butt one in and out And there's even an acceptable self-plug!
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by theoa 2y ago
Wonderful! Want more. Every blob displays its icon Mouseover over displays much more stuff Right-click: the world is your oyster Ctrl-click: make a group, etc, much much more Ultimately: create 3D bash/OS/
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by theoa 2y ago
Still do

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