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idbehold

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    Comment #47989680

    For me it's #353841 on #ffffff which meets WCAG AAA standards for accessible text.

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    Comment #47889021

    The amount of punctuation and terrible sentence structure make this nearly incomprehensible.

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    Comment #47453299

    I guess the first ten upvotes are people who just read the headline as the link is currently incorrect and doesn't actually show the article with this headline. Link should be upda…

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    Comment #47136916

    I guess you didn't see https://claude.com/blog/how-ai-helps-break-cost-barrier-cobo...

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    Comment #46253865

    Manufacturers know people do this. The TV will attempt to connect to any open network (neighbors) and I'd be shocked if they haven't at least considered packaging them with 4G/5G a…

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    Comment #46232019

    If you try to render tables with millions of cells the browser does a really poor job and the performance is abysmal. The only solution when you need to render that many cells is t…

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    Comment #46096757

    You also miss out on standardized HTTP caching mechanisms since those don't work with POST requests.

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    Comment #45840600

    Range (noun): a large box-shaped device that is used to cook and heat food, either by putting the food inside or by putting it on the top https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionar…

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    Comment #45840519

    "Products" would have had no such ambiguity.

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    Comment #45840393

    The term "range" (in the context of a "home") typically describes a multi-function cooking appliance that features a rangetop for heating pots and an oven directly beneath it. Why …

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    Comment #45767349

    Counter point: yes they are.

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    Comment #45395624

    Would be funny if individuals could do the same. "Sorry IRS, even though my income is $100k, the cost of living took all of that revenue."

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    Comment #44845544

    >But this does fall apart for very very large grids, as you get close to the height limit described in this article. This was solved by a now unmaintained virtualization library th…

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    Comment #44687845

    I can and do assume a monospaced font when using spaces to align code. Folks using variable width fonts will get what they deserve.

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    Comment #44675935

    >But it takes a while *Checks watch* We're going on 45 years now.

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    Comment #44549480

    You can still read it for free according to the author: https://qntm.org/scp

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    Comment #44438879

    Swamp coolers can't generally provide shade.

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    Comment #43656323

    It's quite astonishing how complicated it is to draw lines in 3D graphics. As a novice it was a little unbelievable that the primitives for drawing lines was effectively limited to…

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    Comment #43437412

    How could the authority determine what rate to charge? How could they know your net-worth? What if you're rich but someone not rich is driving (a chauffeur)? I support not wanting …

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    Comment #42588136

    You may be disturbed to find out how much plastic is in contact with boiling hot water in your typical automatic drip coffee brewer. I was recently trying to find one without plast…

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    Comment #42450637

    Is another regulation is also preventing the insurers from raising your insurance rates to cover the "fire risk"? Otherwise I'd say the insurer isn't acting logically. I guess I sh…

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    Comment #42450440

    The climate is changing and is affecting regions we knew would be impacted by climate change 30+ years ago. The insurance companies cannot make a profit (and thus would not choose …

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    Comment #42231621

    What does lifetime mean here? Less burn-in? Or does the panel just die somehow?

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    Comment #42143162

    The physical switch on my old iPhone to toggle silent mode stopped working and sometimes it will toggle itself. I had to setup the triple tap to toggle silent mode because the alte…

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    Comment #41598146

    I'm sure it's not practical, but I always thought it would be interesting if instead of living "inside" a black hole, the visible universe was simply being consumed by a black hole…