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by zackkatz 1mo ago
Finally! I've been trying to find a single document that has all this.
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EmDash creators on lock-in, Node sandboxing, and Cloudflare's commitment [video](youtube.com)
7 points by zackkatz 5mo ago|5 comments
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by zackkatz 5mo ago
Disclosure: I'm one of the hosts. This was one of EmDash's first podcast interviews since launch. A few things that came up that I haven't seen addressed elsewhere: - Kane confirmed Matthew Prince (Cloudflare CEO) directly as
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by zackkatz 11mo ago
Unfortunately (and unbelievably!), Massachusetts still burns trash. > There are more than 100 municipal waste combustion facilities in operation across the United States. Five of these are located in Massachusetts. https://www
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by zackkatz 1y ago
Great write-up! I was sorry to see there wasn’t a reward for you reporting this to them. At least you didn’t find that the bathroom rating tablets had audio as well!
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by zackkatz 2y ago
Very cool to see this! It turns out my wife and I bought Andy Barto’s (and his wife’s) house. During the process, there was a bidding war. They said “make your prime offer” so, knowing he was a mathematician, we made an offer that was a pri
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by zackkatz 2y ago
Strange: the New York Times wrote about this on July 26, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/health/cancer-self-destru...
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Study measuring toxic metals in tampons shows arsenic, lead, other contaminants(medicalxpress.com)
6 points by zackkatz 2y ago|4 comments
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by zackkatz 2y ago
> The metal concentrations varied by where the tampons were purchased (US vs. EU/UK), organic vs. non-organic, and store- vs. name-brand. However, they found that metals were present in all types of tampons; no category had consiste
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by zackkatz 2y ago
Playing this game on my 27” iMac was the first time I experienced nausea from motion sickness. I felt ill for two days. Player beware!
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Agreed. This article makes it sound like this is a perpetual motion machine.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Wow, this is intense! Think twice before sampling it if you have any sensitivity to flashing lights. Might seem obvious, but apparently needs saying!
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by zackkatz 3y ago
I had nocturnal childhood epilepsy and, thankfully, I grew out of it. I would have an “aura” before going to bed that I would be having a seizure that night. Thankfully, I never had a daytime seizure.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
The article doesn’t address the question of how the cup truly works. It relies on capillary action but, based on the article, I’m not sure how. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_action
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Same in the west slope of Colorado. So much water is used to grow alfalfa, in part because there is a “use it or lose it” water rights policy: > Failure to apply a water right to beneficial use when water was available for a period of te
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Mine was stuck until I toggled the "Auto-pan skybox" setting and it appeared.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
I gave it this prompt, which I didn't spend any time refining, and it came up with a world that does a pretty good job of matching it. > A world made of very strong rock that has lots of rain. The rain contains acid, which wears the
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by zackkatz 3y ago
This article doesn’t really address statistics for younger people. I feel like the headline should be: should elderly people be given CPR? For me the answer is a strong no. Why on Earth would you give CPR to a 90-year old person!? > surv
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by zackkatz 3y ago
a) These features are truly moving. I didn’t expect to get emotional from a press release. b) It’s gonna be a bonkers keynote if they’re releasing this before WWDC.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Headline: Innovative company reinvents company town. Visionary leaders hope to drive employees into debt and eventually forced servitude.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
You can just say “15 minutes” and it has a higher success rate for me.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
The PNGs aren't optimized—I crunched them losslessly and saved 8%–10%.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
Hi Arpit! That’s wonderful news, thank you! I’m running Appsmith Cloud.
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by zackkatz 3y ago
I would love to use Appsmith and pay-by-usage, but I’m blocked by not being able to SSH tunnel into MySQL. Anyone with this same issue, please upvote! https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/issues/518
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by zackkatz 4y ago
Here are the docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/s...
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by zackkatz 4y ago
They could still serve AdSense-style ads inside the generated content.
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by zackkatz 4y ago
Yahoo Pipes even supported running YQL as a node inside a pipe! It was so good.
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by zackkatz 5y ago
There’s a great short video on the Anglican Water website: https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/community/rutland-sea-dragon
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by zackkatz 5y ago
This is a great thread/analysis on Twitter by a maker of Newsletter Glue. She has extensive experience with all these providers: https://twitter.com/lesley_pizza/status/1477841280990257152
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by zackkatz 5y ago
The title should be updated to reflect that it was written in 2009.

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