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You can build on your own machine. I have github actions that trigger a local macos runner for local expo android/ios builds.

It's all just a series of S(S(S(....S(0)))) anyways.

I have some minor PTSD from prior insect bites, and the start of that video was giving me anxiety.

> It is far too early to be calling that a failure. Any what exactly do you think the end outcome will be when a) it is impossible to stop omicron and b) the CCP isn't ramping up t…

> was to shut down all people coming into the country before Omicron arrived. Even that wouldn't work, there are covid reservoirs among wild animals now (e.g. deer).

That's what I thought when it came out initially, but after the series 4 release, I decided to get one, and I use it many many times a day: * Apple Pay on the watch is the fastest …

It is more than just following around, you need to be followed home or to a known location in order to be alerted: https://youtu.be/vjLbxywixro (Unrelated, but kind of sad that I g…

> since no one other than Google is really allowed to crawl the web. ??

These captchas are used to crowdsource training data for semantic segmentation ML models. By shifting the image around, users statistically fill out the boundaries of objects by se…

I got the Modi2/Magni2 set for my HD650s when they originally came out. Total disappointment: pots had static when inc/dec vol, and had balancing issues. The headphone amp on my ma…

Historically we've had the opposite problem. Countries tend to move toward austerity at the wrong moment in time, due to political pressures or pressure from debtors. (Though this …

Up until the 80's wages and productivity moved in lock step, and since then wages have flatlined due to a various factors (weakening of unions / globalization). Furthermore, we are…

> This article is one of many where the actual point being made is buried beneath unnecessary and divisive ad-hominem attacks. This is consistent with his writing style though, at …

Anecdotally, I would very much agree with this, with an added caveat: there are diminishing returns on mental horsepower after 2 stdevs (e.g. 130 iq). After a certain point obsessi…

I really like the wikipedia model, but I know it wouldnt work for every outlet. I’ve contributed more to public radio and wikipedia than any other news service subscription. Ideall…

Not sure why you are being downvoted, but as someone who did try deleting an appleid, there is no self service way of doing so. Basically ended up removing all possible data; and f…

A few questions, if you don't mind answering: > 400-450k Where is that in the pay distribution? Near median? Realistically, where, comp-wise, would the average SWE plateau? How man…

Just before I left JPL, the SPICE team had announced a plan for a complete rewrite in C++. The SPICE team is exceptionally small (especially considereing how widely used and impact…

Go to: https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/two-step-verifica... And remove SMS from the listing. I currently have 3 2FA mechanisms listed: Security-Key/Yubikey (default), Au…

I was wondering that myself. Root vegetables like carrots and beets would be really difficult to press by hand.

I got about 200 pages in, and just could not continue with it. 'incomprehensible mess' would perfectly describe my sentiments. As having taken undergrad/grad courses in logic and s…

> The Economist (left-leaning but has good reporting) The Economist's mission statement is, almost literally, to advance neoliberal (unrelated to the canonical American definition …

I'm guessing by 'non-democratic' means, he was referring to Brown v. Board of Education (1954).