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Re:Albert Einstein's theory of relativity in words of four l... by creata on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:09AM (#43678801)
It's annoying for sure, but at least you can resize the window.

Side note: Dan Luu claims[0][1] that there's no readability advantage to narrow line width. I haven't really looked into it, but in my experience it feels like he's very wrong.

[0]: https://danluu.com/slow-device/ [Appendix: this site vs. sites that don't work on slow devices or slow connections]

[1]: https://nitter.net/danluu/status/1115707741102727168

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Re:Albert Einstein's theory of relativity in words of four l... by orlp on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:21AM (#43679202)
I'd suggest you not take readability advice from a guy who uses a red-green color scheme for their tables.
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Re:Albert Einstein's theory of relativity in words of four l... by lelanthran on Monday April 14, 2025 @08:05AM (#43680382)
He makes that claim because he doesn't like the sources, not because the sources are wrong.

Reading the wikipedia references show me that this is well studied and sourced.

Academic sources for his argument either dont exist or are so rare even he can't find them.

IOW, it's a post hoc rationalisation from him.

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