vecplane

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by vecplane 1y ago
Subpixel font rendering is critical for readability but, as the author points out, it's a tragedy that we can't get pixel layout specs from the existing display standards.
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by vecplane 2y ago
What does jart mean?
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by vecplane 2y ago
The details seem to be concentrated in this YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFrVcTmxycg I'm not pursuaded by this argument. Good luck trying to fight against freedom of speech.
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by vecplane 3y ago
Is it feasible to generate comprehensive plagiarism analyses for most or all published works?
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by vecplane 3y ago
YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads i
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by vecplane 3y ago
Cool concept! Would this work with React Native, now or in the future?
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by vecplane 3y ago
Is this describing the practice of 'grayboxing' in design?
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by vecplane 4y ago
How many of these recent UFOs will turn out to be actual weather balloons?
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by vecplane 4y ago
Lots of 'um ackshually' in the replies here. This my first time seeing the 'new' spelling and I don't like it. I'll keep spelling it Turkey. Same feeling for Cote D'Ivoire - I'll just say the Ivory Co
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by vecplane 4y ago
If I had to quantify, I'd say maybe on the order of ~$10/month, like a media subscription. Hard to say for sure, and hard for me to predict where the market would price a service like ChatGPT long-term.
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by vecplane 4y ago
It's useful as a learning tool. I can ask it how to do almost anything, or how almost anything works. When I want to learn how to do something new in a programming language, I ask ChatGPT and it explains in detail with a first pass exa
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by vecplane 4y ago
Interesting to see this on hacker news. Obviously illegal human trafficking is abhorrent, and I hope we learn more about the charges soon. It's also interesting that he became an internet phenomenon after previous similar allegations,
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by vecplane 4y ago
This is a deranged and nonsensical response. We all knew what boys and girls where until yesterday. Leave the kids alone.
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by vecplane 4y ago
Your argument sounds like 'these ideas are wrong so yours is wrong too' without contending with the content of my arguments and examples. I'm totally willing to be kind and treat other people with respect. Never claimed other
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by vecplane 4y ago
I don't think any of those examples are good analogies. None of those involve 'pretending to believe obvious lies' or self-mutilation. The harm of social transition is relatively minor and easily reversible. It's not as
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by vecplane 4y ago
It's kind to say the truth. It is unkind to go along with an obvious lie. The best outcome is when people overcome the dysphoria, not when we all pretend it's ok.
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by vecplane 4y ago
It is not compassion to lie to people and pretend they are what they are not. Gender dysphoria is real, social contagion is real, and we shouldn't accept or embrace a self-destructive ideology that radically derails the lives of teenag
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by vecplane 4y ago
Did you watch the second one?
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by vecplane 4y ago
Her Nanette special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aE29fiatQ0 Nanette 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJhMnYv6Mg Can Nanette 3 be about autism?
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by vecplane 4y ago
Please forgive my ignorance - what are the benefits of this approach, as opposed to Remote Desktop into a Windows machine?
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by vecplane 5y ago
Thanks for your reply. Which dictatorship did you escape? I'm happy to hear that more people are finding value in religious texts.
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by vecplane 5y ago
Why exactly did they ban Gab?
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by vecplane 5y ago
We don't tax wealth, we tax income, transactions (sales), and many places also tax real estate per year. There's a big difference between those things and taxing your whole net worth every year.
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by vecplane 5y ago
Neither has any right to each other's property without consent.
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by vecplane 5y ago
There's a sound argument for levying broad taxes on services that are widely distributed, that you can't easily opt-out of, and that are reasonably beneficial and necessary. Roads, police, fire fighters, border security, armed for
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by vecplane 5y ago
Not true - nations compete to attract talent and capital, and one means of attracting these things is lower taxes and favorable regulations. Are you arguing that nations should stop competing for talent and capital, because the taxes get a
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by vecplane 5y ago
Or he can keep doing what he's doing and people can stay out of his way. So long as he's not infringing on the rights and freedoms of others in an unjust manner, why should he have to jump through hoops like that?
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by vecplane 5y ago
Not so - property rights are a large part of human rights, inherent to being human. Others may ignore your rights and abuse your freedoms, but that does not make it acceptable, and it doesn't mean those rights and freedoms don't e
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by vecplane 5y ago
I'm not arguing for that at all. I'm arguing that you don't have a right to other people's property just because they have a lot of it.
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by vecplane 5y ago
Democracy is two wolves and sheep voting on what's for dinner. The voting majority does not necessarily have a right to my property because they said so.

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