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Re:Programming Isn't Special on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:59PM (#50025168)
I like how you framed this distinction. I think I belong to the first group, and I'm having to reconcile with the loss of these activities I enjoyed.
Re:Dressmaking CAD on Friday May 03, 2024 @03:26AM (#40245114)
If I had a 3D model of my body and measurements, I could send that to a designer for custom tailored clothing, which could then be cut and stitched by a 3rd party. Does a service like this already exist? Maybe an IPad is sufficient precision for the 3D model.
Warning, the video is footage of cicadas peeing. It's not a physics diagram or animation of the fluid dynamics involved.
Re:An Introduction to APIs on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:32AM (#36938840)
Base64 multiplies the GZIP size by 1.33x (4/3, or a 33.3% increase in size)

SO (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4715415/base64-what-is-t...)