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simonklitj

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Creator of (exclugeo.com)[https://exclugeo.com]
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simonklitj··on Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models
I’ll quote wand3r back to you:

> Sure it's not because of Kayak

simonklitj··on Apple's bad faith 27% tax on web purchases
You don’t have to distribute to Apple devices, there are many others and you can make your own.

Help me understand how this is different?

simonklitj··on BBC BASIC raytracer in 432 characters
Hmm, something like graphics.py maybe? https://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/ppics2/code/graphics....
simonklitj··on Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time
I disagree. Users, not just maintainers, discover projects through GitHub. In this context, the README effectively serves as a secondary project landing page. IMO, for a visual project like this, images, or a direct link to images, is a must.
simonklitj··on Paper Sizes and Formats
Exactly this. A “half” in my mind translates to 0.5. I don’t do any conversion, 0.5 exists as the very concept of “half” in my brain.
simonklitj··on Paper Sizes and Formats
In moving from EU to the US, the biggest difference I noticed is the reliance on fractions over decimals. 1/4th of something as opposed to .25. That’s probably what I miss the most about using the metric system on a daily basis.
simonklitj··on Apple partly halts Beeper's iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead
Wild SMS pricing in Europe? Unlimited SMS has been the default in Denmark for at least 15 years.
simonklitj··on How does Shazam work? (2022)
What a loss for Spotify.
simonklitj··on Fixing the volume on my Bluetooth earbuds
I'm interested to hear in what way it pairs better!
simonklitj··on HuggingFace Text Generation License No Longer Open-Source
Cyber Resilience Act: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/cyber-resil...
simonklitj··on Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks to Microsoft
Indeed!
simonklitj··on Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks to Microsoft
I don’t ascribe to the theory, it was in jest. However, he’s just so unfathomably bad at managing Twitter that I almost can’t imagine any other reason.
simonklitj··on Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
Thank you! I’ve been going crazy trying to figure out why I’m completing so many captchas recently.
simonklitj··on Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks to Microsoft
The conspiracy theorist in me wants to say that he is tanking Twitter to then get a payout from the Saudis.
simonklitj··on Beyond Markdown (2018)
Sure, but a slash before and after a word? I don’t think that’s common outside of file paths.
simonklitj··on Far Cry 1.34 source code (2006)
Yeah, take a look at this photo: https://i.redd.it/rfvm4j1j9m391.jpg

Looks like a lot of improvement to me.

simonklitj··on CSS Only dark mode without JS
“CSS only” and “Use JavaScript to change” seems to be contradictory.
simonklitj··on MrBeast has become a viral sensation for his acts of altruism
Should’ve started a MrBeast asparagus line.
simonklitj··on Mark Zuckerberg on Apple’s Vision Pro headset
My teacher would send everything he wrote on the smart board as a PDF after class. This was effortless for him either the smart board. Now sure, for projecting a presentation, there’s no major difference. But I think it’s trying to combine blackboards and projectors, and in this case, it did (at least for me) make some things easier. Is it 30x better at educating than the overhead? No. But I don’t think it has to be to be worthwhile.
simonklitj··on Apple passwords deserve an app
Are you sure? I always have to scan Face ID, whether it's to open the "Passwords"-section in Settings or to have it automatically paste a password on a website/app. How do I access these things without additional authentication?
simonklitj··on iOS 16
I’d welcome it if it meant less battery drain with all the added Lock Screen stuff!
simonklitj··on Find Wikipedia photos needed near you
Seems you can do it through the url: https://wikishootme.toolforge.org/#lat=XXX&lng=YYY&zoom=15
simonklitj··on NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
Makes perfect sense. I don’t use Windows, so haven’t really been exposed to Notepad++ very much. Just hear about it from time to time. Thanks!
simonklitj··on NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
Alright, sorry for that insinuation. I did also ask about strong suits which is probably all I should’ve only asked about.
simonklitj··on NotepadNext: A cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++
Honest question: as a Vim user, what are the benefits/strong suits of Notepad++ (and NotepadNext)?
simonklitj··on Moosend's “Free Forever” plan no longer free
No? I'd rather they told us to change it every 30k.
simonklitj··on Danish government makes its new economic model open source
I think that's true.
simonklitj··on Danish government makes its new economic model open source
Maybe drug tourism has little impact, but 24% of adolescents report that they’ve used it in the past year, and 41% report they’ve tried it. With it being illegal, there’s no doubt that a fair amount of money is being moved around society shadily because of it.

Source (from 2015): https://www.dst.dk/da/informationsservice/blog/2015/12/narko...

simonklitj··on Moosend's “Free Forever” plan no longer free
This! My car has “lifetime transmission fluid” in it. Which translates to 150k miles. With change every 30k miles they’re known to last 300k+. It’s ridiculous.
simonklitj··on Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg
I guess you present it off-site (your own blog or what have you), and use that presentation as source for the claim on-site.
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