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Re:Immich v3.0.0 Released on Thursday July 02, 2026 @08:04PM (#48769018)
If Tailscale is on, I can't concurrently run a DNS-blocking local VPN, so I see ads in mobile Chrome.
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Re:Google Flow Music on Friday April 24, 2026 @11:17PM (#47898307)
Gemini's built-in song generator seems to have better prompt adherence, higher audio quality, and better diction.
Re:Java.evolved: Java has evolved. Your code can too on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @07:35PM (#47055504)
Maybe `ArrowLeft`/`ArrowRight` or `j`/`k` to flip through all of card pairs? Or just allow us to scroll through all the pairs. In either case, both old and new should be visible.
This happened to me a couple of times when I tried to sign up on their website: instantly banned before I could even enter the onboarding flow.

I then had more success signing up with the mobile app, despite using the same phone number; I guess they don't trust their website for account creation.

A framework designed to blur the line between code running on the client and code running on the server — forgot the distinction between code running on the client and code running on the server. I don't know what they expected.

(The same confusion comes up regularly whenever you touch Next.js apps.)

Re:Installing a Mini-Split AC in a Brooklyn Apartment on Saturday August 09, 2025 @06:20PM (#44850857)
If you just want to be able to control the ACs remotely, without remote sensing, you can buy some cheap IoT IR blasters (around $15–30 for Zigbee or WiFi versions). They'll often have control schemes you can download for your specific equipment (cloning the IR remote control that came with the AC).
Haaretz's English edition is an anti-Israel propaganda outlet, not a serious newspaper.

https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/haaretz-the-lies-continue

> Haaretz’s English edition claims that IDF soldiers were ordered to fire at unarmed Palestinians waiting for food in Gaza, but the original Hebrew version? It states they were told to fire towards crowds to keep them away from the aid sites. This represents a significant difference in intent, legality, and moral implications.

Re:Journey to Optimize Cloudflare D1 Database Queries on Monday April 07, 2025 @02:09PM (#43614249)
Another fun limitation is that a transaction cannot span multiple D1 requests, so you can't select from the database, execute application logic, and then write to the database in an atomic way. At most, you can combine multiple statements into a single batch request that is executed atomically.

When I needed to ensure atomicity in such a multi-part "transaction", I ended up making a batch request, where the first statement in the batch checks a precondition and forces a JSON parsing error if the precondition is not met, aborting the rest of the batch statements.

  SELECT
    IIF(<precondition>, 1, json_extract("inconsistent", "$")) AS consistent
  FROM ...

I was lucky here. For anything more complex, one would probably need to create tables to store temporary values, and translate a lot of application logic into SQL statements to achieve atomicity.
> creating "aberrated(after Ernst Abbe)" color-shifted image at its focal point

This is a clever bit of folk etymology [1], but aberrate is derived from the Latin verb aberro, meaning to wander or stray [2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology

[2]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aberro#Latin

What about the MS Office key and Emoji key? Those were definitely added after 1994.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-the-office-k...

Note:

> biocide-exposed spores were spiked onto surgical scrubs and patient gowns and recovery was determined by a plate transfer assay

The article says nothing about washing scrubs and gowns. They put bleach-treated spores onto fabric, did not treat the fabric, and then collected samples from the fabric.

My data is anecdotal, but I've observed that Panasonic inverter ovens that I've used interfered in the 2.4GHz range, while models of other brands (e.g. GE) have not.

(This is unfortunate because Panasonic seems to be the only brand that can actually adjust power output, whereas the others simulate lower power levels by cycling on and off.)

Re:Strong typing, a hill I'm willing to die on on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @12:14PM (#37767317)
> read up on some catastrophic bugs. Those that have caused space ships to explode and cars to crash.

One of the most famous type errors in recent history did in fact crash a spaceship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_o...

If you have the entire move history, then you probably don't need to store partial board positions.
Re:Johnson and Johnson Reaches Deal for $8.9B Talc Settlement on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:23PM (#35460550)
Isn't talc still used in pills and tablets (e.g. magnesium supplements, Tums, etc.)?
The ChatGPT-generated section sounds exactly like the substance-free content farm articles you would find if you searched for "how to choose a laser printer".
As illustrated hilariously in the first episode of Norsemen.
Re:Ask HN: Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? on Saturday January 28, 2023 @11:35PM (#34564969)
I have a Pixel 6A on T-Mobile. I keep 5G turned off because it's usually slower and flakier than LTE, visibly chews through the battery (a percentage point every couple of minutes), and heats up the phone.
Re:Researchers look a dinosaur in its remarkably preserved face on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:34PM (#34542148)
Some languages besides English have distinct terms for a human face vs. an animal face. Is that what you're referring to?
Re:Stanford Hates Fun on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:25PM (#34122713)
My understanding is that universities in the U.S. often own much of the real estate around their campuses. (This is particularly true at Stanford; even faculty members who want to live nearby end up renting from Stanford or "buying" land leases.)
Re:MDM: Human Motion Diffusion Model on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:41PM (#33030643)
A related paper by the same lead author:

"MotionCLIP: Exposing Human Motion Generation to CLIP Space"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08063

Would anyone be able to explain how the two techniques are related?

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