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There’s an X in the top right.

(If you hadn’t posted I would’ve backed out of it too.)

I think it’s fair to say that ”prosecute Fauci” is a pretty divisive statement regardless of which side one is on.

> ghosted me

Hopefully it achieved it’s purpose. Otherwise you found a false negative.

Unfortunately, my ”methodology” produced similar results in 2022.

> the advent of electronic sensors in the mid-1980s

We used actual canaries into the 80s? That’s a few decades later than I would have guessed...

Cl***ic.

While 65 is pushing it, middle age does not mean ”half way to death”[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age

One of the first things I installed recently on my first Win11 computer was StartAllBack[1]. It’s not perfect but the standard taskbar is so bad that I had to fix it somehow.

[1] https://www.startallback.com/

> That gives me hope for humanity.

As long as there are less than nineteen people in the pool...

If those two options are the only available choices, then yes.

> Like December is the twelfth month because decus is Latin for ten

There also was a couple of dudes who wanted a month in their name that messed things up, IIRC..

> I have no idea how to <pre> on HN

  Two or more leading spaces on each line.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

Would you have preferred if WW2 ended with it’s 1942 borders?

Apparently me and Elon agree that it wasn’t ban evasion, since pg’s account now has been re-instated.

> misunderstood

Unless pg’s account is re-instated within 12 hours I don’t think the moderation staff has misunderstood anything at all.

> fell out of QA testing

That’s not really a change you miss if you do any QA of that app at all. And if it was missed that’s even worse for Apple than if it was a conscious choice.

20 bytes per rule. While not a fan of the syntax[1], there’s the advantage when reading of seeing that rules are explicitly nested versus doing string parsing of rule definitions.

[1] In particular the significant space char difference between &. And & .

> have enough time to switch to 128

It appears that the original developer thought that for 32 bits :)

I say that as someone who inherited a system that allowed for 2^32 session references stored in the db. Lets just say that sessions were created a lot faster than anticipated for the amount of traffic we had.

So one fine Sunday morning in a November a long time ago we ran out.

As a non-native English speaker, I’m curious about what the minimum and maximum values of handful would be (and what the items being referred to are)?

When the same term is used in my (western European) language, I would probably put the assumed range in 4-6, potentially 3-7.

If adding mouse/keyboard sounds the main challenge is the variability in sounds, for instance how hard keys are pressed. Also, repetetive sounds, or sounds that are mis-timed to the corresponding action, are worse than no sound at all.

Personally, I find using f.lux and running all screens at 10-20% brightness more pleasant than dark mode.

Depending of course on the individual screen, so occasionally it can be higher. And my phone outdoors on a sunny day may very well be at 100%.

In addition to the other issues (eg. it can only explain the what) I'm low-key disappointed that the repository isn't using itself. It would undoubtedly have lead to an increase in commit message quality here.

I’ve been watching his videos since Champlain Towers South, and this was the first video that I found off-putting. I would recommend giving him a chance or two, I especially found the CTS videos interesting.

It certainly does. Not a knock on Boeing[1], but my least comfortable flight ever was on a Virgin 747 from London to New York. At 194 cm (6”4) I’m tall, but not insanely so. I got a middle seat in the middle section where it was physically impossible to fit my legs. Thankfully, before even taxiing out I was able to move to a bulkhead seat in the family row. Since then I insist on picking the seats (emergency exit row ftw) when travelling with someone.

[1] Though I believe that aircraft manufacturers should require some minimal level of comfort on planes they make.

Safety in depth:

* Avoiding the crash in the first place

* Knowing how to fall if you crash

* Helmet, and potentially other protection, when unable to execute crashing properly.

(Edit: Changed ’security’ to ’safety’)

Win 8.1 -> Win 11 (pro)

My daily computer (tower pc) is coming up on 9 years. The OS drive is a 250gb Samsung SSD. I’d estimate that this computer on average has been running about 8 hours per day during its lifetime. But this is very much YMMV. (New computer is on its way, finally.)

Also, SSD only for music collection seems expensive. I’d get a 2TB (or whatever size seems reasonable) spinner, and put the rest of the funds towards backups (like Backblaze).

Agreed completely about Venice (and Cinque Terre). Sometimes just a couple of blocks away from the signposted route to San Marco is enough. Also, get out early in the morning, before the heat and the day visitors arrive.

For offline maps I use OsmAnd Maps. The only thing I miss is the satellite view.

> fostered is an awareness and avoidance of cynicism

There’s a fine line between fostering avoidance of cynicism on one side, and fostering koolaiding and yes-manning on the other.

Which of course is a war crime.