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And if I drink alcohol then my world also becomes kind of blurry.. then reality also becomes less defined? It sure feels that way. But not to my friend sitting next to me who chose…

By using an android tablet they leverage the existing OS/UI/Java ecosystem to write a (fairly simple) app. Recreating that from scratch would require a lot more development.

Another +1 for the smartwatch. Before: Every time a message arrives the phone makes that noise, and a little lamp is lit in my brain which stays lit until I pick up and unlock the …

Changing desk height to standing height and buying a saddle stool. I used to bike to work but as soon as I sat down at my desk I felt like I was cutting my body at the waist. My lo…

git subrepo is what I chose to include a "core" library of functionality in a number of repositories. Works fairly well, the main thing is that git treats all the files in the subr…

Imagine the world we could live in if there were no weapons. That's the world we would have if nobody built them. I have heard the line "If I don't build it somebody else will." fr…

Somebody is still wrong on the internet

https://dergigi.com/2021/01/14/bitcoin-is-time/

I recently saw an article about reversing fibrosis in mouse studies using an FDA-approved drug, e.g.: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210823170126.h... If I google "p…

GitAhead works for me

All flash-based memory devices have a limited number of write/erase cycles. Internal flash memories have more sophisticated strategies to extend memory life but they all rely on ha…

From Google's experience with SSDs: High-end SLC drives are no more reliable that MLC drives. Source: http://www.zdnet.com/article/ssd-reliability-in-the-real-wor...

HN is now officially reddit

"..because, when compiled, it was known to produce code that could be unpredictable." All the code I write is unpredictable when compiled. Such is the life.

No awk? I'm outta here.

tx!

My $0.02 I don't use twitter (I have an account, but never tweet, almost never look at the people who I am following) - so maybe I am too old school to have anything interesting to…

Does a hammer use stairs? You can do rollovers with Javascript - many sites do. Bit you don't have to.

You can try pisa (xhtml2pdf) here: http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/ Pretty robust. I am having some trouble with bidirectional support, but otherwise looks good - it's an all-python solut…

Finally reply to all the comments. And I would have the last word. Ha.

I had an appointment for Lasik, but chickened out at the last minute (the idea of shooting a laser into my eyes was too much). But then I continued to abuse my eyes with cheap cont…

In a way Google is doing QA on the whole web. This will expose all kinds of bugs sites have hidden behind their form-processing scripts. Databases will get filled up with random ju…