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Re:My Weird New Hobby: Wandering Around Tokyo on Google Maps on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @12:26PM (#49895983)
Street View where you are offered "See more dates"
Re:What makes Lisp difficult to read? on Monday September 28, 2026 @01:13PM (#49881209)
Similar to syntactically meaningful indentation, as with Python.

It's weird for a half hour, then it's second nature.

Re:My Weird New Hobby: Wandering Around Tokyo on Google Maps on Friday September 25, 2026 @12:19PM (#49846575)
Sometimes images from the past will disappear.

Right now it's Aug 2025/Jun 2022/Dec 2019/Sept 2017 but come back a few months later and Dec 2019 has disappeared. Don't know if it's licensing issues or what.

Often the headline is not created by the author of the article.

Also newspaper headlines used to give a quick summary of the story, online articles as you say, clickbait.

Re:How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S. on Thursday June 04, 2026 @03:24PM (#48403416)
In some parts of the USA like the interior of Alaska, hunting is a big part of actually getting food to eat, not just for sport.
Re:Ferrari Luce – Designed with Jony Ive on Monday May 25, 2026 @09:49PM (#48274045)
If they look like regular cars, then the owners don't get the special feeling when people see their car.
Agree with you on DDG.
> The switching cost for search is essentially zero.

Those of us who remember when Google first appeared and revolutionized search can testify to that.

I tried Google and that was it, Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc, where just little dots in the rear view mirror.

There was fitness tracker that posted locations without user names.

Well, wouldn't you know, in Iraq there were all these square paths on the map. Yes, it was Americans jogging just inside the perimeter of small bases.

Just like with the aircraft carrier, these bases were not secret but it shows how locations can leak unexpectedly.

Re:Amsterdam Compiler Kit on Sunday February 15, 2026 @11:04AM (#47024776)
Some universities, especially in Latin America, use the term "autonomous". Is that the same thing is "free" in this context?
Re:Amsterdam Compiler Kit on Sunday February 15, 2026 @11:02AM (#47024765)
RMS calls it Linux, not GNU/Linux in the second quote.
Consider what it costs to lift material to orbit. How can it possibly make sense except as a science fair project?
I know where my confusion comes from.

I studied from a first edition of volume one before there was a volume two, so it wasn't marked as Vol I.

Friend dug it up from his old books, since I seemed to be quick learner.

Re:We stopped roadmap work for a week and fixed 189 bugs on Monday November 24, 2025 @10:59AM (#46035487)
It's like remodeling. The drywall comes down. Do you just put up a new sheet or do you need to reframe one wall of the house?
I think those restrictions apply only to retail sellers in those countries, not to purchasers or used stores.
Thanks for the info on cheaper editions, not important to me but to others in USA it might be a big help.
Anyway you've already got Apostol - if it's just calculus as such get an older edition. Modern ones have extra goodies like linear algebra but have modern text book pricing (cries softly in $150/volume).
Re:It's Hard to Build an Oscillator on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:04PM (#46008352)
Also if it oscillates does it oscillate at the frequency you want?
Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:20PM (#45903735)
The ten dollar bill has a somewhat different color than the other currency, somewhat yellowish.
Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:17PM (#45903693)
The last time a coin was dropped was the half penny in the late 1850s, when I think it was worth about 25 cents today, so there is a precedent for what you are suggesting.
I'm thinking of his successor.
Re:NY smartphone ban has made lunch loud again on Friday November 07, 2025 @08:02AM (#45845904)
Can't edit so I'll reply: This is in the United States.
He was very much an outlier, and a difficult personality.
Re:NY smartphone ban has made lunch loud again on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @12:03PM (#45825159)
The student-elected body is often called the Student Council.

Sometimes each grade level will have a class president.

Varies from school to school for the details.

Similar to the Apple CEO who said who needs a degree. Meantime he has an MBA from Duke, and BS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn, not an absolute top school but a very good one.
I don't know if I agree. Don't you need a 4.0 from MIT to change the button color from Aqua to Electric Blue?
Re:Poison, Poison Everywhere on Sunday October 26, 2025 @08:31PM (#45716238)
Tetraethyl Lead was an octane raiser - an anti-knocking compound.
Indeed. People 12000 years ago were literally just like people today.
Re:UK government says digital ID won't be compulsory – honest on Saturday October 04, 2025 @02:19PM (#45475427)
It's like a driver's license/state ID in the USA, not mandatory but life is a lot harder without it.
Re:Escapee pregnancy test frogs colonised Wales for 50 years on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:33PM (#45315987)
Since when did BBC become subscription only in the USA?

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