whitehouse3

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by whitehouse3 5y ago
> I like the feeling of taking something that feels like a magical black box and systematically breaking it down to the point where it doesn't feel magical anymore. This is also a good working definition of “engineering”.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
This isn’t unique to Netflix. The replays in syndication are also 16:9. As are the blu-ray releases. I finally bought the full series on DVD as I’d rather the original aspect ratio.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
I do this with fastmail already. I have a domain that accepts email to *@domain.tld —- all the messages reach one inbox. All my online accounts have the form service-name@domain.tld Makes it easy when I receive spam to see who sold my email
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
The weirdness to me is judging whether the ideas expressed across this thread are altruistic or just garden variety envy. Maybe the answer is “both/and” depending on one’s perspective.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
I don’t disagree. However, the principal objection to racism is not discrimination, but rather that on the basis of immutable characteristics. No one chooses their biological skin colour. So we reject discrimination on that basis. Age gaps
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
I think it’s simpler than that: wide age gaps in relationships are rare and thus call attention to themselves. That a culturally significant body of fiction exists to cast negative attention on them (Lolita, American Beauty e.g.) just ampli
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
This is a fair point. Somewhat disagreeing with my previous comment: but I’ve definitely seen this effect between iMessage / Whatsapp vs SMS. I’m more likely to interact with people one-on-one through those platforms instead of SMS bec
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
I don’t see how social media changes this. Life is filled with people who don’t reach out first. It’s not like instagram changes them. The number of direct, meaningful messages between you and them is probably the same, independent of the p
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
Can't they forcefully take it? [0] [0]: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cybersquatting-2013-05...
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
In my experience the hardest part of this is syncing the remote audio files. For T>30 minutes the drift can be substantial.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
This became worse during COVID as many of the presenters work from home and aren’t as savvy with their momentary mute. Lots of swallowing, coughing, and nose whistling. Particularly during Morning Edition.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
This is especially notable with Peter Overby. Excellent journalist and presenter, though.
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by whitehouse3 5y ago
Hacks like this sound promising. Especially at T+30 days. But I wonder how well it will work across longer spans of time. Say at T+24 months? My experience is that these habits work until "the pillars" of my life (people, place,
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Perhaps if a sample could be collected when healthy and frozen for long-term storage. In my experience antibiotics were prescribed for acute symptoms that quickly worsened. I don't think they would have delayed my treatment for the hou
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Yes! In 2019, the experimental medicine department at my local university hospital started scheduling FMT procedures. They're suspended now because of COVID-19 restrictions (much like dentists and optometrists). But I'm in the que
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
I saw an emergency doctor for a bad upper-respiratory infection (coughing blood) and was prescribed Augmentin for 10 days. It abolished the lung issue but wiped out my gut bacteria and gave me severe IBS-D. That was seven years ago. I was f
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
It's great to see NASA livestreaming in similar quality/fashion to spacex. It reminds me of watching the NASA feeds on public television in the 90's but much more nicely produced.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
May he rest as peacefully as he lived.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
For a talented pick-pocket it’s not as hard as you think. Apollo Robins and David Blaine both remove watches from oblivious marks during their sleight of hand routines. Anecdotally, someone lifted my friend’s gold Rolex while he stood in li
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
I wonder how common is EchoLink among other newer protocols like C4FM? How hard is it to spin up a low-power repeater with this and save a few thousand dollars on a dedicated box? Would that run afoul of FCC code in the US? Separately, it’s
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Excited to try this as a replacement for RapidWeaver.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Did you mean to post on a different thread?
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
What stack are you using? I did the same thing not long ago with Flask and Plotly.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Here's the disclaimer that appears below any post on Daring Fireball that links to Bloomberg. > Bloomberg, of course, is the publication that published “The Big Hack” in October 2018 — a sensational story alleging that data centers
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Sounds like an excellent candidate for a browser extension or grease monkey script.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
I think the effort is mostly around copystrikes. YouTube demonetizes and removes his videos whenever he plays even a snippet from a copyrighted work. If Spotify's lawyers handle those issues then Rogan can focus more on the show.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
The estimates I’ve seen put it closer to $60 million annually on the low end. Perhaps as high as $240 million.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
I'm not sure OP would disagree with you. He made a separate point: > So if Joe is moving off of YouTube because he doesn't like the censorship, he's not getting anything better with Spotify.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Eric Weinstein’s “The Portal”. Especially when he has scientists on.
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by whitehouse3 6y ago
Because autocorrect is opt-out, not opt-in. The space key is used to confirm an autocorrection, on iPhone at least. To avoid it you need to explicitly tap the “verbatim” autocorrect choice. 9/10 times I don’t even notice autocorrect. I

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