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From what I have read (not having actually used Zulip) it always sounded like the chats were threaded in the same way that mailing lists or newsgroups are threaded.

How accurate is that understanding?

jwizon Ian's Shoelace Site

I use the fast normal knot for shoes I am going to tie/untie a lot and the secure knot for everything else.

jwizon BU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries (2023)

I think that's just sun+charging, not wireless charging specific.

jwizon Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched

You're starting with the plate, getting the home, and then you can get the real estate info.

Most people don't expect their identity to be discoverable from their driving.

jwizon Implications of AI to schools

  They promise education, but really they give you tests and scores

  And they predictin' prison population by who scoring the lowest

jwizon XBMC 4.0 for the Original Xbox

350MB so 2 would fit on a standard CDROM.

jwizon Marble Fountain

Anagram, perhaps.

jwizon Addiction Markets

If spouse-a has gambling addiction and spends all of the family money, then spouse-b was effectively forced to gamble.

jwizon Escapee pregnancy test frogs colonised Wales for 50 years (2019)

He says in his comment that they inject the urine, then, a few days later, they kill the rabbit.

jwizon FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

I think "call screening with Google Fi" is some kind of service/feature, which they have enabled.

jwizon The startling rise of disability in America (2013)

Sounds...legit tho? I sure wouldn't want tinnitus, so if that can be softened, seems worth doing.

jwizon Why are credit card rates so high?

Credit cards have better consumer protection than debit cards.

You are on the hook for like $50 max of fraudulent credit card, and like $500 of fraudulent debit. If you don't catch debit in time, you might be liable for all of it.

jwizon Netflix CEO Says Movie Theaters Are Dead

The people who tout "you can pause it" as an advantage of home theater are just not consuming movies the way I consume movies.

If you are in the theatre, no one is going to talk to you about the movie, or comment on it for no reason, etc.

I still regret pausing Lost Highway (like 25 years ago) so we could go out and smoke a cigarette. It completely broke the spell and the movie just wasn't the same from then on.

jwizon It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit

That sounds like accessibility, not durability.

jwizon Amazon wants a product safety regulator declared unconstitutional

Usually when people use the phrase, "But what do I know?", it's to flag that they think they probably do know.

jwizon The Ozempocalypse Is Nigh

Median household income is like $80k

jwizon Tmux – The Essentials (2019)

Left arrow is not where my fingers are, but ctrl-b is.

I would have to move my whole hand over to the arrow keys, or I can use the edge of my right hand (on a full size keyboard, not laptop) to hit ctrl, and hit "b" with my left index finger.

jwizon Breaking into apartment buildings in five minutes on my phone

I have heard that told with “VCR” in place of microwave. We still have a microwave that needs clock set when power fails. We do not have a VCR.

jwizon Zed now predicts your next edit with Zeta, our new open model

If you are already using tmux, what is the value of using mosh? Sincere question.

jwizon Why Northern England is poor

Physics math has high overlap with Finance math.

jwizon Why is Ashburn the data center capital of the world?

Nowadays, it's true they usually use watts.

But not too long ago (and still very common in office-building server rooms) they use "tons of refrigeration", which takes its name from the amount of power it takes to phase change a ton of water in 1 day. It is 12k BTU/h.