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I used to use a 3rd party clipboard (until blocked by work) that used Cmd-Shift-V to bring up the clipboard. So much nicer than Apple's solution.

14 beanbags 14 catches is that ... is that juggling at that point?

> I find this hard to believe, since Google Play store requires much less info, and doesn't disclose it to consumers (AFAIK). This changed recently.

> For something free I can get why this would seem unreasonable (modulo scams, for which this is a hoop I would rather have than not), but if money's involved, a consumer should be…

APIs, yes - humans, no.

I think the silver lining here is that decentralizing power from America is a good thing, for the world, long term.

I work with someone who tends to rejects PR suggestions. I also work with someone else who accepts suggestions. I think that the for the person who accepts suggestions, it's made m…

I think this is true. When needs aren't met, they are more likely to follow a cult leader.

Depends on the wood. Perfectly dry, seasoned hardwood is going to be easy. Wood with knots, soft wood etc. is going to take a while to figure out.

Didn't even get my maul stuck once.

I put together a new PC last year and got some extra memory, because why not. Crazy how much that would cost me today.

> Static typing in Python is the biggest hypocrisy ever Yes, agreed. I used to work on a large python codebase and tried to add type hints where I could. The issue is that python w…

> Almost all the Java web frameworks are giant balls of reflection. Name a function the right way or add the right magic annotation and the framework will autowire it correctly. I …

There's another article somewhere indicating how Maga is furious because their money is lost. Someone commented on the article something like - "I'm MAGA and I'm not mad at all". W…

> use Inkscape via CLI to generate icons, logos, and graphics for your app. I do the same thing. How many icon sizes does Apple require now? I create one SVG vector, and then dump …

I just put my Pixel 10 through the washing machine by accident. To my surprise, it was perfectly fine.

That's what tabs accomplish!

Android has an option to enable these buttons on a toolbar at the bottom, I always turn it on. Why change what works fine? Maybe that's the definition of being too old, can't be bo…

Or they are like - here, can you check over this LLM design and see if it makes sense?

My teammates hit the generate PR button. I'm not reading that, it's a summary of the changes that I am _already_ going to be looking at, wrapped in some flowery language about bein…

> so much easier to destroy things than it is to build them, so the builders are always at a distinct disadvantage Tangentially related, there was a local property nearby that had …

Yes, I can see morons writing laws like this, and then it means that guys with guns can enforce it if they want to.

> For example the washing machine. You dont need real time information because you know how long it takes since you've done it 1000s of times and it beeps. All these things are jus…

I turned this into a game. Which image do I think looks better? Now I try to figure out which image is supposedly supposed to look better.

A long time ago I was taking flight lessons and I was going through the takeoff checklist. I was going through each item, but my instructor had to remind me that I am not just read…