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drewolbrich

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    Comment #47199597

    There's a Claude settings option to use the system font instead.

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    Comment #45158979

    101010 in decimal is 42.

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    Comment #44535223

    I have a 2021 M1 Pro MacBook Pro that I use every day, and I don't hear the fans...at least not yet. I wonder how my situation differs from Christian's.

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    Comment #44424249

    I remember writing one of these and typing "put bag in bag" and then being confused why the bag disappeared from the world.

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    Comment #44351652

    https://archive.ph/h60EP

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    Comment #43834805

    Another way is to do a Google image search for "black".

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    Comment #43527407

    The Moon's tidal forces are already slowing down the rotation period of the Earth, which was apparently only 5 hours long about 4.5 billion years ago.

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    Comment #43498588

    My issue with this setup is that it doesn't emit as many neutrinos as the Sun.

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    Comment #43297735

    I asked Claude if it would be appropriate to use it for localization of text during app development and it strongly recommended avoiding using itself.

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    Comment #42598831

    Thank you for sharing. This is a wonderful experiment and I think this concept has a lot of potential.

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    Comment #42160382

    This isn't the most important reason, but compared to similar web sites, Mastodon's user experience is awkward.

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    Comment #41560109

    I didn't know about this one, thank you for posting. Also, on most windows, you can option-click the green window bar button and get this same behavior. However, some apps, like Sa…

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    Comment #41482786

    I have zero tolerance for wasting time watching long YouTube videos and I didn't think I had any interest in historical ship construction, and yet I couldn't stop watching all 40 m…

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    Comment #40319477

    TIL, Orson Welles' last movie role was playing the voice of an entire planet.

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    Comment #39801635

    I'd like to submit my blog, but I can't. The "Submit your blog or podcast" button at the top of the page takes me to an advertisement for an unrelated website.

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    Comment #39751474

    TL;DR: Bjarne Stroustrup is frustrated that the authors of the government's proposal don't realize that, theoretically, there may exist teams of talented developers who are able to…

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    Comment #38115846

    This makes sense though, because in Swedish, the words for restore and destroy are homonyms.

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    Comment #37810551

    I rewatched it recently and I had forgotten how fast everything goes wrong. One of my favorite films.

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    Comment #37411686

    Random thought. Are you taking into account relativistic effects? What is your velocity relative to the Earth's inertial frame?

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    Comment #37387799

    It's disturbing to me that I remembered this, but the IBM Pascal Compiler for DOS (1981) had two passes. https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-pascal-compiler/100

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    Comment #36821143

    I think there's a similar story for the HDTV 16:9 aspect ratio.

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    Comment #35305388

    Please use this approach for something more constructive, like designing an FTL drive.

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    Comment #33764322

    Yes, but this requires specialized equipment and a licensed technician.

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    Comment #32620719

    In a gigantic universe, it’s statistically more likely that something interesting like you will happen in it.