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jalk

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    Comment #48722746

    You have to put them in pairing mode first: For airpod pros: Open the lid, keep the earbuds in the case, double tap your finger on the case just below the green led, The led should…

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    Comment #46962237

    An explicit type

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    Comment #46526697

    I have it the opposite way. Moving my right hand from the keyboard to the mouse doesn’t save me time - so as with most things: YMMV

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    Comment #46400519

    There is definitely also a manager dick-measuring contest based on headcount, going on in large orgs.

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    Comment #46211763

    Not sure what you mean by cryptographic strength - they are both Unique ID generators, not meant for anything related to cryptography. UUIDv7 has 62 bits of random data, ULID uses …

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    Comment #46192010

    I stumbled over your string art turtle some time ago and like one of the commenters on [1], I was wondering about your tool to create points from a image [1] https://turtletoy.net/…

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    Comment #46094793

    Sounds like the people behind Solar Roadways found a new project.

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    Comment #45993644

    Because all the conference rooms were already booked.

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    Comment #45846988

    What resources will it pull away if it’s unmaintained?

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    Comment #45845823

    Not a great analogy, since a digital copy leaves the original intact unlike your apples

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    Comment #45838910

    Different countries have different laws regarding what falls under freedom of speech. The CDN providers say they take a net-neutrality stance. If a court order from a specific coun…

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    Comment #45837892

    You are missing the point. Blocking a CDN providers IP range, means blocking all the websites using the CDN - not just the nazi-poster.com.

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    Comment #45832603

    I've heard that a major hurdle for these "cell-factories", is moving from lab to industrial scale. Ofc initial cost of the product is typically also a lot higher, but that is the s…

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    Comment #45797755

    28 pounds - that's gigantic compared to this https://now.tufts.edu/2011/09/05/worlds-smallest-electric-mo...

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    Comment #45797666

    The article states that it's a proprietary project

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    Comment #45758277

    Thanks, I see your point. Was not trying to be snarky/funny, but rather come with counter example to parent. I was thinking about the (recent) "Era of globalization" - but perhaps …

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    Comment #45570838

    [1] shows that they their coal plants have not been sitting idle i 2025 and are producing close to what they did in 2024. [2] shows that coal based electricity produced is still in…

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    Comment #45448080

    Hoping the answer is: we used ChatGPT to create the build :)

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    Comment #45442598

    You must have some other sources than that site. Downloaded the CSV, and at the risk of misinterpreting the columns here is some simple filtering: % of total energy generation EU C…

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    Comment #45422384

    I was thinking about basic tool use. I expect a junior engineer candidate to wield a computer way better than my mom. They are applying for a junior engineer position not and appre…

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    Comment #45422197

    Some points in parent comment are absolutely valid IMO. Would you hire a carpenter who walks back and forth to his toolbox to pickup at single nail at a time and then use the hamme…

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    Comment #45419011

    That was the extreme case - the multi-scan would be gotten if a casual reader tried your (neat by all means) AND-only query on a non-indexed table (or partially indexed for that ma…

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    Comment #45418874

    It's a big help if you know how to retrieve and interpret execution plans for the database you use.