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frogpelt··on Kino: Pro Video Camera
That is a comment usually always stated in comparison to Android hardware. Would you say those two are equally fragmented?
frogpelt··on A forged Apple employee badge
I’m not sure if I would have considered it a fake or not without the title drawing the conclusion for me. But it reminds me of talking to someone who adds too many details to a story to make it more believable. Liars are notorious for “remembering” very obscure details. And these pictures give me the same feeling. I agree with the author of the post that it tries too hard.
frogpelt··on Sun Microsystems logo: the most beautiful logo design (objectively)
There are arrows pointing out.
frogpelt··on Sun Microsystems logo: the most beautiful logo design (objectively)
I read this as "doubles up as Scottish satire" and clicked trying to find the satire.

Very cool logo, though, so I wasn't disappointed.

frogpelt··on Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
Dogs eat grass when they need to throw up.
frogpelt··on Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics
Infants are not sarcastic. Even older children struggle with it.

So, in reality, sarcasm is actually a very grown-up thing to engage in. That doesn't necessarily mean one should.

frogpelt··on Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel
Thanks! I will use the github discussion board for future questions.
frogpelt··on Show HN: Dimity Jones in Puzzle Castle: An Electronic Escape Novel
I wonder if I've found a small error on the "limitation of Liability" section. There seems to be an extraneous quote mark at the end and I can't find a good place for the limitation of Liability to go since there is no space in "limititation.risk".

I think one issue may be that all the punctuation generally comes after the words but in the case of periods they appear at the beginning of the words and must be moved to the end for the sentence to make sense.

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frogpelt··on Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy
If the product is free, you and ALL of your data are the product.
frogpelt··on New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip
Hilariously, if you compare the new model to BOTH the 2017 Intel model and the 2020 Intel model the performance comparison is the same.
frogpelt··on Rome's Hidden Killer
I tend to be very skeptical of articles that uncover hidden truths from 2,000 years ago, with zero citations.
frogpelt··on A beginner's guide to making beautiful slides for talks
You are correct. I will say the "billion times" can be reduced if the slides are simply a prop for the talk. But if you're trying to convey actual information on the slides, they have to be readable and not just distracting.
frogpelt··on Show HN: Domino Fit – Domino Tiling Puzzle
Cool game! Curious, why are there numbers on both sides?
frogpelt··on Toyota to invest $1.3B in Kentucky factory to build battery packs and new EV
Have you ever been to the south? The down votes are because your position is asinine.

It's more likely that southern states are willing to throw huge incentive packages to these manufacturers. Probably not so much on the coasts or the northern states.

Also, unions are less common in the south; those states tend to be right-to-work states.

Finally, you used the word "impoverished", which is ridiculous. But wages are lower in the south so that is probably another reason.

frogpelt··on Tractor cab looks like a space ship (2021) [video]
And of course, as usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Farmers aren't all geniuses, but they also aren't mostly lazy idiots like you depict them to be.

frogpelt··on Waymo outperforms comparable human benchmarks over 7M+ miles
Which raises questions for me about how traffic behaves if 25-50% of cars are self-driving. What "feedback loops" might occur? I'd be interested to see large scale tests that demonstrate how self-driving cars deal with each other in high traffic areas.
frogpelt··on Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real
Really? So the advertising agency would have an Investigation Unit that makes sure the companies aren't scams before allowing them to advertise?
frogpelt··on In Indonesia, humanity's oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it?
Good point. Once this one is gone, another oldest art will take it's place.
frogpelt··on Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak
It says he is the "creator of the global IT industry" and that GPS is the acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System.

Is this just a bad translation?

frogpelt··on Who makes the most reliable new cars?
This is the only way I ever do an oil change.

They sometimes ask me to remove the keys from the ignition.

frogpelt··on She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years, but her life was a mystery
You might have seen in the footnote; this article is part of series by NPR about people buried on Hart Island.
frogpelt··on California employers must reimburse remote workers for all necessary expenses
It seems apparent?

Asking for employers to pay more for remote workers than they do for in-office employees will either result in fewer remote jobs or remote jobs paying lower salary (which will lead to lower demand for remote jobs).

frogpelt··on A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government
Yes, that's why this must be coupled with price controls.
frogpelt··on Europe gives Mark Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas conflict
The obvious solution is to prevent all information from being shared.
frogpelt··on How to legally pirate every font
/sarcasm?
frogpelt··on Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics
It seems like no matter what problem we try to fix, we find another one that's "worse".

We're doomed.

frogpelt··on Everyday uses for PVC water pipe
Isn't everything?
frogpelt··on Everyday uses for PVC water pipe
Ok, that part wasn't too great actually. I guess you could put some clear finish over the paint to help protect it.
frogpelt··on Everyday uses for PVC water pipe
Also, curtain rods.

I don't see that listed but I used 3 PVC pipes and two 45-degree PVC couplings for about 5 years as a curtain rod above a bay window in my breakfast nook.

I painted them black and glued a finial on each end to disguise it. Nobody ever noticed, which is quite disappointing.

frogpelt··on The Fill and Flush deplaning method
It will never work. Deplaning always uses the greedy algorithm because the people in the front will not let the people in the back off before them.
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