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Re:What went wrong inside recalled Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks?
on Monday July 21, 2025 @04:12PM (#44639904)
Even though this is a recall, a bad thing, it actually makes me more likely to buy from Anker than a no-name brand on Amazon. Those no-name brands almost definitely have problems like this (or worse), but we rarely hear about them.
Re:A love letter to the CSV format
on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @02:20PM (#43485175)
Quick question while we’re on the topic of CSV files: is there a command-line tool you’d recommend for handling CSV files that are malformed, corrupted, or use unexpected encodings?
My experience with CSVs is mostly limited to personal projects, and I generally find the format very convenient. That said, I occasionally (about once a year) run into issues that are tricky to resolve.
Re:Ask HN: Major text-based website alternatives?
on Sunday August 11, 2024 @02:01AM (#41214264)
Re:NBC News Lite
on Friday July 14, 2023 @02:10AM (#36720055)
Similar to https://text.npr.org/
Re:300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools'...
on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:39PM (#30923916)
A gas station near me has stickers on pumps with a QR code that supposedly links to a rewards app. I may be wrong, but I think it says something about paying through the app. Seems perfect for phishing.
Re:Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds with HTML5 v...
on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:23PM (#29376009)
Bought it and it looks greater. However, I am wary due to the permissions where the extension "can read sensitive information."
I understand that there's probably no way around this, but still.
Re:A VGA monitor may be easier to repair than you think
on Thursday September 09, 2021 @03:33PM (#28473699)
I just had a newish (but out-of-warranty) LG 4k monitor go bad on me. The picture went mostly dark, with a few streaks of white. I figured how to take off the back panel, but then got them stuck removing the EM shield covering the main board. I got all of the screws off, but then it wouldn't come off.
Re:Get ready for many more record-shattering heatwaves
on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:20PM (#27974236)
If the situation is this bad now, how bad is it going to be in ten years? Ugh.
Re:Pursuant to 28 U.S..C. § 1746, Jane Doe, hereby declares [pdf]
on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:02AM (#27903609)
An anonymous person saying "trust me. I am a professional in some tangentially related field and I did an analysis" won't carry much weight in a court (nor should it).
Re:Self-Rendering Markdown (GFM) + LaTeX (MathJax) Document
on Sunday April 25, 2021 @08:48PM (#26938187)
This looks great.
Re:All-new iMac features the M1 chip
on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:37PM (#26880286)
I think you can switch between sound output sources. Just click on the sound button in the menu bar.
Re:Git-cheat – Beautiful, concise, easy to reach Git cheat sheet in yo...
on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:02PM (#25740161)
I'm trying to read the terminal output. A static screenshot might be a better choice.
Re:Measuring "efficiency" in document prepration: Microsoft Word vs. L...
on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:15PM (#25351435)
I keep my custom commands and styles in a separate tex file that I `\input` into the document file I am working on. The document file usually looks very clean with this method. It feels very much like HTML and CSS to me.
Re:Measuring "efficiency" in document prepration: Microsoft Word vs. L...
on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:13PM (#25351417)
I run into all sorts of problems with Word's automatic numbering when I try to leave space, insert images, tables, or a make sublist. And it's never clear to me what the issue is.
LaTeX seems much more predictable. I have a file with my custom commands and styles that I `\input` and use always use consistent style. Nothing too crazy. But I also never try to do anything too crazy in Word, either.
Re:Git is too hard
on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @04:23AM (#25121649)
Is it git that's too hard, or is it that version control is too hard? I suspect that it's the latter.
That is, version control is difficult and git is a powerful tool that exposes that difficulty and the many (complex) ways to approach version control.
Re:An Introduction to Pluto
on Thursday November 05, 2020 @10:41AM (#24999162)
The Pluto-based homework assignments on https://computationalthinking.mit.edu/Fall20/ are really nice.
They have checks, hints, and interactive plots that update based on your answers. It's really satisfying to get this immediate feedback. The content is great, too, which helps.
Re:Kerbal Space Program 2
on Monday August 19, 2019 @06:34PM (#20742417)
Will it be available for Mac?
I've read that it'll be available for "PC, PS4, and Xbox One."
Re:Apollo 15 postage stamp incident
on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:44PM (#19794083)
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_cover
they are "decorated, stamped and canceled commemorative envelopes"
Essentially they are envelopes with stamps and a marking over the stamps that prevents the envelope and stamps to be used.
Re:Ask HN: Matlab OR Mathematica?
on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:16AM (#12722815)
how about julia? It's free and more powerful.
Re:GoboLinux 015 released
on Saturday May 10, 2014 @07:19PM (#7727153)
I'm not implying anything other than what I said.
Re:GoboLinux 015 released
on Friday May 09, 2014 @08:07PM (#7723932)
The filesystem sounds similar to what Homebrew for OS X does.
Re:Birdly – An attempt to fly with Oculus Rift [video]
on Friday May 09, 2014 @01:13PM (#7721991)
That actually sounds like a great idea.
Re:Atom Is Now Open Source
on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:46AM (#7705150)
I think it assumes that you have a github account. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing considering who they are.
Re:Software of the Apollo guidance computer was hand-woven into rope c...
on Sunday April 27, 2014 @03:05PM (#7656302)
Which television program is that from?
Re:Announcing Pyston: an upcoming, JIT-based Python implementation
on Thursday April 03, 2014 @02:36PM (#7525020)
The "How it works" paragraph almost sounds like it was taken from a description of how Julia works. (Not implying anything negative, btw.)
Re:The hardest computer game of all time
on Friday January 24, 2014 @08:49PM (#7119458)
You can also find a DOS port online. And play it using Boxer.app boxerapp.com
Re:Setting OmniGraphSketcher Free
on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @09:54PM (#7100409)
The first thing someone should contribute is Sparkle support
https://github.com/andymatuschak/Sparkle/tree/master
Re:Scientific American: Psychologists Identify the Best Ways to Study
on Friday August 30, 2013 @03:41PM (#6303770)
Is the article available online? Do I need to be a subscriber to access it?
Re:Show HN: Flightpath of AAR214 compared to previous days. Much steep...
on Saturday July 06, 2013 @09:47PM (#6000729)
Where did you get the data?
Re:Lisp Koans by Google
on Saturday June 01, 2013 @04:56AM (#5803296)
how would you get started with clisp instead of sbcl?