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crottypeter··on The forgotten battle of East Lansing
You can tell it is written for local people. I find it quite jarring when I have to stop reading to find out what ROTC or MSC are supposed to mean.
crottypeter··on Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
I was already disgruntled with 62.5g! I remember when they were 65g.

I think a few years older and I would have remembered 68g Mars Bars.

crottypeter··on Historical memory prices 1960-2026
Like Homer Simpson said about alcohol: "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems", we developers can say about AI (assuming AI-assisted coding can save memory in popular programs, OSes, etc)
crottypeter··on Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
I recently switched to Apple Music.

Found a U2 album in my library. Familiar anyone?

crottypeter··on Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective
Single family homes are sparse. Ground level (not multi-storey) car parks are sparse.
crottypeter··on Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI
But at the time that software was "new" and unreliable.
crottypeter··on Making Florida More Flood Resistant Is Forcing Hard Choices for Homeowners
They are doing it now.

Summed up in a recent headline "Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill that deletes climate change from state law"

crottypeter··on No Calls
I think you mean this link: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/12/15/camels-and-rubber-...
crottypeter··on A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
Maybe you only get a second notification if you dismiss the first?
crottypeter··on Posting a 5x5 crossword every day
Can I see the clues after I have solved it?
crottypeter··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
It does, but is priced uncompetitively compared to mobile data.
crottypeter··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
Just checked my provider's pricing ( in the UK) MMS are capped at 300kB and cost 30p (0.39 USD) per message.

That kind of pricing made WhatsApp an infinitely preferable alternative.

Phones automatically switching to MMS would be catastrophic.

Data (WhatsApp) is essentially free in comparison. £10 (13 USD) per month gets you 20GB: which doesn't care how many messages/recipients/photos you send.

crottypeter··on Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rather than break encryption
Group messages.

If I send an SMS message to a group of people, they all see a message from me. They don't know who else got it. And if they reply, they reply only to me. Is your experience different?

WhatsApp (and I think iMessage) allow me to create a group with a name/purpose and send messages to the group and receive replies to the whole group.

(P.S. I went from dumb-phones to Android and have limited exposure to iMessage's feature-set).

crottypeter··on I wish Asciidoc was more popular
100% this.

It might not occur to people in North America that even British English users are inconvenienced when restricted to ASCII only (GBP vs £) and therefore the name implies that this tool is not for us.

crottypeter··on Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right password, recovery email
You can configure alternative phone numbers to receive the SMS code. (Family members, friends).

They would only get a message if you hit "try another way" and choose one of your alternative numbers during the login challenge.

crottypeter··on Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2018)
Another source on the "Jake brake" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_release_engine_bra...
crottypeter··on Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
But the virus is already in the live prod environment!
crottypeter··on How to bypass Sprint/T-Mobile 2FA in under 5 minutes
That's the PAC (Porting Authorisation Code). Not the PUK (Personal Unblocking Key).
crottypeter··on YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
> A cloth mask will not protect you against an aerosol

I thought the reason we should all wear masks is to protect everyone else around us by preventing our breathing/speaking from creating clouds of airbourne droplets.

I.E. it is supposed to filter the air you put out more than the air you breathe in.

crottypeter··on Office Drama on macOS
Pages is not a suitable Word replacement at all!

Send a Word attachment to _anyone_ to collaborate. They can open, read and edit the file (cross platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS)

Send a pages attachment. Receiving party won't know what it is and won't be able to open or read it let alone edit it.

crottypeter··on How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized for?
Yes, in Abu Dhabi in 2010, Michael Schumacher spun 180 and Vitantonio Liuzzi then hit him head on.

It was at relatively low speed (for F1) but Schumacher's head was very nearly hit as the other car rode over his.

crottypeter··on Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content
If you find it here and delete it, I think it will cease to influence your recommended videos.

https://www.youtube.com/feed/history

crottypeter··on Zoom Has a Dark Side – and an FBI Warning
I don't think the 'bad' PR is going to be very costly at all.

More like free advertising.

A massive proportion have heard of Zoom this week compared to last because of the PR. Pretty much an ideal free viral marketing campaign!

crottypeter··on 'Call of Duty' wins First Amendment victory over use of Humvees
In fact the word "jeep" came from the colloquial contraction of "GP" - general purpose (vehicle).
crottypeter··on 'Call of Duty' wins First Amendment victory over use of Humvees
In the UK we say "Chelsea tractor". Definitely derogatorily.
crottypeter··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
I solved the skin irritation issue by buying a third party metal strap (YMMV)
crottypeter··on 'The Restaurant of Order Mistakes' Employs Waiters With Dementia (2017)
Off-topic: but that website needs an epilepsy warning! Horrible jerky scrolling experience (in both Firefox and Chrome)
crottypeter··on In the 1820s, a new kind of lens saved ships
As a counterpoint the GPs diagram was useful for me (perhaps because I have a background involving some study of optics).

Granted the parents picture is way better than the rough ASCIIart

crottypeter··on Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978
>30 year

40 year

crottypeter··on Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API
Reminds me of when nest 'bricked' revolv devices and migrated the users to nest.

I am sticking with a non-IOT thermostat.

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