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j13n

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About j13n

Scientist, engineer, conjunction avoider.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49219625

    Humans didn’t evolve from chimps.

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    Comment #49175884

    And credits or rebates for vehicles with improved safety features? I assume the 18-tonne lorries that move most of the world’s goods would be exempt, too, or would you pass that co…

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    Comment #48817811

    First thing I thought when I saw it being tied. "Hey, that's the Ian Knot!"

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    Comment #47058193

    Try dragging a playlist around in the left-hand sidebar such that scrolling is required. Or scrolling with horizontally where holding down shift is usually required.

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    Comment #46999843

    You think this is bad? Try using Apple Music with a traditional mouse. You can’t even right click on half of the interface, dragging elements near to scrollable edges doesn’t trigg…

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    Comment #43658931

    You can disable all use of eval with htmx. The tradeoff is one has to write a bit more JavaScript. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43650921

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    Comment #43656944

    This is the second post I’ve seen praising Datastar in the last 24 hours, and once again no mention of the requirement to punch a gaping hole in one’s Content-Security-Policy. If t…

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    Comment #43650921

    The linked post relies on the Datastar project, which requires use of `unsafe-eval` in one’s Content-Security-Policy [1]: > When using a Content Security Policy (CSP), unsafe-eval …

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    Comment #42777821

    I love innovation in this space, and remember when Parinfer came out having some enlightening discussions with colleagues about how they efficiently edited code. I've since settled…

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    Comment #40243761

    A scalar field is a field with one value at any point. Temperature can be represented using a scalar field. There is only one temperature at any point in our universe. Theories lik…

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    Comment #39963512

    It’s great to see reports of the excellent work Daniel Slutsky and others are doing to make data science more straightforward for everyone. I'm grateful that I get to benefit from …

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    Comment #39427703

    Nueva Pescanova is already sizing up cages. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59667645

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    Comment #39272140

    I've had a to-do item to build a collaborative AR experience for people to graffiti the world and find the creations of others. I picked up the domain OutHere and spent some time d…

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    Comment #39272114

    The current trend of projecting information onto our eyes through devices is a primitive form of sensory enhancement. It is time to make a leap towards a more transformative innova…

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    Comment #37016579

    As long as you’ve got some big numbers, absolutely. Failing builds and outdated dependencies disappear when sitting beside 20K stars and 100K downloads.

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    Comment #37016078

    Mission accomplished! Happy to hear it.

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    Comment #37016007

    Is this better or worse than laughing at your jokes?

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    Comment #37015149

    That’s great news re: the glasses — headaches are horrendous!

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    Comment #37014584

    Apologies for the confusion. I hope the ambiguity didn’t detract too much from your enjoyment. Maybe I could sneak an in there for SLOC like I did for CSP.

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    Comment #37012926

    You’re thoroughly welcome, bloopernova! Thank you for reading and letting me know I’ve had a positive impact — it means a lot.

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    Comment #37012856

    An astute observation! More badges being more vain than less, should that push up or down one’s Q-quotient?

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    Comment #37012655

    fzf, zsh, rg, and fd all on macOS‽ Delectable! Stars++ And more importantly, helping other people out of the goodness of your heart. Thank you for being so generous, fellow earthli…

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    Comment #37011640

    It's a step in the right direction, but the dairy industry takes a huge toll on the environment all on its own.