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Is something defined by its form or its substance?
It’s not even good CGI!
Re:Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @02:36AM (#42631971)
It depends on how recently they came out of the fryer, how fresh the oil is, and the grease-to-salt ratio.
Add 371 99 Cents Only stores to the list (not related to Family Dollar stores).
Re:Music for Programming on Friday April 26, 2024 @03:21PM (#40172997)
I use Endel.

(Sorry, meant to reply to the main thread.)

Steve used to excel at it.
Re:I bought mysqldump.com and built this, what ya think? on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @04:01AM (#39115218)
I would solve this by not asking for the password and just putting a password placeholder in the generated command.
Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @08:35PM (#38946259)
It also shut down over a year ago (9/1/22).
Re:My $500M Mars rover mistake on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @12:38AM (#38455946)
I’d be interested in talking to the team at Boeing.
Re:Only speaking to my daughter in Spanish for 2 years on Friday October 13, 2023 @05:50PM (#37876004)
Think of anyone you’ve encountered whose native language is different than yours. Chances are they had an accent. The less fluent they were, or the more different their native language was to yours, the thicker the accent. The thicker their accent, the harder they were for you to understand.
It’s at the top of the Hacker News All Time Top Books list referenced above by __rito__.
What about the application to serial criminals, where you have one person committing a series of crimes over time. Wouldn’t geographic profiling and ML be better suited for this?
Re:Hey, Computer, Make Me a Font on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @06:24PM (#37758454)
It depends on exactly what is learned from looking through them. If you end up copying shapes and segments then there are possible grounds for a lawsuit. If you’re able to determine the rules to make a good font from your analysis, however, then nothing is stopping you from applying them.
Re:Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:59AM (#37723777)
Hmm, reminds me of a certain movie…
Re:Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:58PM (#37684662)
Not if you’ve never heard of them!
If you haven’t already seen this site, it’s well worth a visit:

https://www.diybookscanner.org/en/intro.html

Re:Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @06:13PM (#37489298)
I have a 13 Pro Max and carry it in my jeans back pocket.
Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:03PM (#37487291)
Look at the optical zoom options. Granted, it’s not obvious that the Max has 5x while the base Pro only has 3x.
Re:Rare Otis Pop-Out Elevators [video] on Thursday September 07, 2023 @12:58PM (#37421954)
Too bad Americans can’t be trusted with these. (Source: am American.)
Perhaps you have just stumbled upon a way to make time stand still, in which case you’ll never see any of these replies.
Re:Show HN: Open source Postman alternative with type safety on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:06PM (#37400589)
I feel like those days are long past.
Only if you used null to represent the common value, which generally isn’t a good idea.
Re:The place where no humans will tread for 100k years on Saturday August 26, 2023 @10:18PM (#37278872)
Yep, the author gives humans a lot of undeserved credit for not doing stupid things.
“Somewhere Down the Crazy River” from his first, self-titled album is sublime.
I thought she was literally buried in Amazon packages in a dismemberment kind of way. I watch too many true crime videos on YouTube.
Re:Peruvian fossil challenges blue whales for size on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:37AM (#37019025)
Also, “ Perucetus would have been shorter than the average blue whale but much heavier.”
Well that can’t possibly go wrong.
You’re absolutely correct; my apologies.
Re:Kevin Mitnick has died on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:52AM (#36797004)
Being physically abusive automatically cancels any credits you may have for any other qualities.

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