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Sadly not colorblind friendly

I think this is clearly a matter of preference. Shorter variable (or rather, appropriately short variables for the context) for me are easier to recognize and disambiguate. They ta…

I'm actually quite interested in your N paragraphs about why the category is written the way it is, and especially about the principles under which it is (or was meant to be) effec…

I had a similar thought, along the lines of https://xkcd.com/538/

I could imagine that in practice you end up with a bunch of vulnerable people submitting themselves to experimentation by powerful companies, which is an unhealthy dynamic.

I believe this is required by code in some places, depending on the location of the switch. Mine is inset into the counter top, so plenty of opportunity for water to pool around it…

I've always understood the increase in diagnoses to be more about increased awareness than about a change in human behavior. E.g. it looks like autism wasn't defined as a spectrum …

My local big orange store sells both, there's a green pile and a KD pile.

I have studied the properties of ketchup extensively at burger joints all over, and in my expert opinion Wikipedia has it correct here. This is why ketchup barely flows when you in…

I want something like this for accurate room presence detection in my house (for lights etc) that doesn't require dozens of PIR sensors or similar. My dream is that the lights in m…

What is the connection between cookies and prostitution?

I think pants would work, if you put them in legs first.

I suppose Flash could be considered a notable exception there.

Summer breaks for teachers are much shorter than for students, especially when you take into account required continuing education and professional development.

This was a puzzler on Car Talk at least once. There are more like it: https://www.cartalk.com/radio/puzzler

It's also possible they they're correct, and the average user of today has much less need for verbatim searches than the average user when the search engine was first designed.

Many folks I know used WFH as an opportunity to move away from the city where you can get more space and quiet for less money.

Linked from the post: https://www.anfr.fr/maitriser/equipements-radioelectriques/l... "These limit values result from the work of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radia…

I've always used ncdu for this. It also allows deleting files/directories for when you're trying to figure out how to free up space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncdu

For folks interested in the standard process, I highly recommend this channel: https://youtube.com/@h2omechanic . Very informative.

It's not unreasonable to ask for a better understanding of the applicable law(s) in a post about a lawsuit.

I think those "downtown canyons" are likely to be the places where wifi information helps the most, so that would be my guess.

For those wondering, from the article it looks like he wasn't aware of the manual door release ( https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_au/GUID-7A32EC0... ).

Could be hydration related. Lower ABV drinks contain more water relative to the amount of alcohol you're drinking.

An alternative read is that the poster is trying to discourage further physical threats, doxxing, and other abusive behavior they're receiving for doing their jobs, by appealing to…