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Hey, starting to write a reply to you caused me to remember why I quit. It was the moderation tools for sure. One of them changed so that when you reviewed something it would show …

I went back and checked my SO account history. I stopped posting answers regularly at the end of 2011. I can't remember now what drama caused me to stop, but in 2011 I was posting …

The only other thing I can think of is GB Studio - https://www.gbstudio.dev/ - but the visual scripting there is like regular coding, but with visual blocks. It doesn't use boxes a…

This explanation [2] on how the 3D was achieved may be interesting to you. The game X [3] used a similar technique to draw 3D on tiled backgrounds on the even more limited hardware…

For future reference, say you are allergic. It's not like they would have asked for a doctor's note. Oh it was in Germany? They probably would...

A breathing specialist (on a podcast, so take that with a grain of salt) said that breathing through your nose uses less overall muscles than through your mouth. This was focused o…

Yeah that's the one.

I don't know if it was the same list, but the words were possible to not get.

Yeah I stopped playing it pretty quickly. There was that not-wordle game where you had to not get the word. It made me realise just how tricky failing wordle was. I still do "where…

In Spanish it's officially "velcro" from the French abbreviation https://dle.rae.es/velcro and no alternative. About as generic as you get. Speaking of velcro shoes, I inherited so…

Steps get over counted anyway by just moving your arm. I had one on while strumming guitar and it thought I'd walked thousands of steps.

This use has almost died out in everyday speech though. I listen to many podcasts in which different people across different age groups and backgrounds are always messing it up, e.…

Yes! We discovered this during the pandemic, but usually cut more like classic French fries. Wedges like that recipe are also great. I used to hate making fries, messy and they're …

"Climate change" is probably the long tail of everything you could add to the list. The flooding in Pakistan in 2022 for example. Remember that one? It destroyed crops and then the…

The part about the cost of a cheap straw shoe vs the longer lasting tabi reminded me of the Sam Vimes Boots Theory from the Pratchett novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_th…

Easier is relative :) You have better maneuverability in a way, but it's harder too because you're looking the wrong way, and the steering wheel turns opposite way to that which yo…

Backing out is easier in one respect, because you are backing onto a road or open parking area that's much wider than a car-width. Backing in requires maneuvering into a narrow spo…

In Linux you can't attach to arbitrary processes depending on configuration. You can start a program with gdb, but not attach to a running one by default. It was a security upgrade…

The wind off the Faroe Islands, one, a shout of dismay, a three-toed sloth, and cindery lava. Oe, ae, oi, ai, aa. Learning a few cheese words can up the chances of a good score. Th…

Not sure if you care any more after a couple of years, but https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/309839 This question is about a Facebook account that was deleted but it should apply to…

Same for me. I didn't drink loads, but on a Friday if I had a couple of cans I felt like crap on Saturday. Especially if I worked out earlier in the day, I think the body absorbs t…

Nah, there's no need to alcohol/dry DE blades. They're all made of stainless steel nowadays and don't rust. That advice was maybe from 100 years ago when they were made of carbon s…

Same thing for me, last couple of weeks I've seen a few emails appear, before that I've not seen inbox spam for ages. I also started getting Drive share notification spam around th…

I like that git lets you get help either way, or via "man git-subcommand". Maybe it started the subcommand trend (it was the first big mainstream program I recall using it), but at…