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navls··on Should I use a pie chart?
I wasn't aware they were controversial. I had to google to find some arguments against pie charts

https://www.data-to-viz.com/caveat/pie.html

navls··on AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless, Apple Confirms
Even if the phones still had a headphone jack, how good is the tiny integrated DAC that's driving it? I really doubt the difference would be perceivable
navls··on Elon Musk wants clean power. But Tesla's carrying Bitcoin's dirty baggage
Apparently, out of a 19.08 trillion M3 USD supply [1], 2.04 trillion is in notes [2].

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MABMM301USM189S [2] https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12773.htm M3 more info https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/m3.asp

navls··on Types Are Moving to the Right
"strange typed" and "charm typed"
navls··on De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard
The next version of this app will prevent microscopic dust particles from blocking/repeating keystrokes
navls··on Why is flaking so widespread in San Francisco?
If this is not a walled garden of magic silicon culture, what exactly are we paying so much for?
navls··on Siempo's new app will break your smartphone addiction
"To help you understand your current phone habits, Siempo needs permission to store information on this device. We do not read your private files or collect information about files on your device."

No option to opt-out

navls··on React v16.3.0: New lifecycles and context API
> Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly? [2007]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/feb/08/business....

navls··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
Also, as she starts saying "We are waiting to hear what happens", he says "Scratch that...".
navls··on Formula E reveals second-generation car
Isn't battery where innovation is most needed?
navls··on Show HN: Card Proxy Generator – Generate printable game cards from JSON
I'm surprised this community is not more adamant about source being shared alongside a "Show HN" post. It seems like a no-brainer to include source when showing a group of software enthusiasts your non-commercial project.
navls··on SpaceX performs static fire test on Falcon Heavy
Followed by rapid disassembly
navls··on Teslasuit – full body haptic VR suit
It would be unpleasant if your VR text editor shocked you, sure. Might make for a fun game mechanic though.
navls··on A plan to rescue the Web from the Internet
Not sure if I am misunderstanding the problem, but are you aware you can exclude terms from the search results? For example with google "baseball cards -ebay" will omit pages where ebay is mentioned.
navls··on Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?
> "On the other hand, actively interacting with people — especially sharing messages, posts and comments with close friends and reminiscing about past interactions — is linked to improvements in well-being"

Seems sort of self serving that the solution is to generate more content for facebook. The next article is going to conclude disabling ad blockers and making microtransactions will finally make you happy.

navls··on Bat cave solves mystery of SARS virus
The very first episode had similar charm http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1272617/
navls··on CryptoMaps: Cryptocurrency Market State
Nice! What is the source api?
navls··on Researchers accidentally turn carbon dioxide into ethanol
I volunteer! I have a machine that turns ethanol into energy and a good time.
navls··on Introducing Nomulus: an open source top-level domain name registry
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navls··on Researchers accidentally turn carbon dioxide into ethanol
Even if it produces more energy than it consumes, at best it would be an inefficient hydrogen powered engine.

Although this is still pretty cool if it could capture atmospheric carbon.

navls··on US student declared dead reportedly 'kidnapped to teach English to Kim Jong-un'
I'd recommend listening to act one from This American Life ep. 556 (http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/556/s...). They interview two people captured by Kim Jong-Il to make movies. It sounded like a pretty easy life, but there's no joy in it if you can't leave.
navls··on Akkadian
And for a steal at just over $2000!
navls··on Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
I feel the opposite. With those two shows the primary focus is telling a story. They aren't really conventional interview shows. It seems to me like a lot of the time, a narrator dubbing over the interviewee can help maintain the pace and focus of the show.
navls··on Nasa awards initial design contract for new quiet supersonic passenger jet
Hate to sound anti-innovation here, but wouldn't this hypersonic plane be significantly less fuel efficient than subsonic aircraft?
navls··on The Command Line Murders
Do what is fun, there is no point
navls··on Show HN: Git Draw allows you to draw pictures directly into your GitHub heat map
I'm a fan. It motivates me to stay active with open source even when my work does not directly involve open source coding.
navls··on Slackcat – Pipe command output to Slack from your terminal
Very cool! I guess I'll be remapping /dev/null this April 1st.

btw, that sleek scrolling plugin blocks two finger gestures (page back, forward) on my macbook :(

navls··on LittleD – SQL database for IoT, can run queries in 1KB

    /* Advance a pointer num_times times.  Notice, this does no checking, so
    you better know what YOU ARE DOING!!!! */
The source is a pretty interesting read too.
navls··on Postgres high-availability cluster with auto-failover and cluster recovery
If I had a penny for every HA postgres solution
navls··on Writing code doesn't mix well with oration
We do it for the adrenaline rush
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