Hey, starting to write a reply to you caused me to remember why I quit. It was the moderation tools for sure. One of them changed so that when you reviewed something it would show you at random a sample that had already…
I went back and checked my SO account history. I stopped posting answers regularly at the end of 2011. I can't remember now what drama caused me to stop, but in 2011 I was posting 2-3 answers per day, then in 2012 I…
The only other thing I can think of is GB Studio - https://www.gbstudio.dev/ - but the visual scripting there is like regular coding, but with visual blocks. It doesn't use boxes and lines. Instead, the script elements…
This explanation [2] on how the 3D was achieved may be interesting to you. The game X [3] used a similar technique to draw 3D on tiled backgrounds on the even more limited hardware of the old black and white (green and…
For future reference, say you are allergic. It's not like they would have asked for a doctor's note. Oh it was in Germany? They probably would...
A breathing specialist (on a podcast, so take that with a grain of salt) said that breathing through your nose uses less overall muscles than through your mouth. This was focused on athletics training. By…
Yeah that's the one.
I don't know if it was the same list, but the words were possible to not get.
Yeah I stopped playing it pretty quickly. There was that not-wordle game where you had to not get the word. It made me realise just how tricky failing wordle was. I still do "where taken", which is photos of countries,…
In Spanish it's officially "velcro" from the French abbreviation https://dle.rae.es/velcro and no alternative. About as generic as you get. Speaking of velcro shoes, I inherited some velcro fastening trainers because my…
Steps get over counted anyway by just moving your arm. I had one on while strumming guitar and it thought I'd walked thousands of steps.
This use has almost died out in everyday speech though. I listen to many podcasts in which different people across different age groups and backgrounds are always messing it up, e.g. "if I was good at this", which…
Yes! We discovered this during the pandemic, but usually cut more like classic French fries. Wedges like that recipe are also great. I used to hate making fries, messy and they're always too soggy, but done in the oven…
"Climate change" is probably the long tail of everything you could add to the list. The flooding in Pakistan in 2022 for example. Remember that one? It destroyed crops and then there's the draining and fixing the land…
The part about the cost of a cheap straw shoe vs the longer lasting tabi reminded me of the Sam Vimes Boots Theory from the Pratchett novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory
Backing out is easier in one respect, because you are backing onto a road or open parking area that's much wider than a car-width. Backing in requires maneuvering into a narrow spot that's only slightly wider than the…
In Linux you can't attach to arbitrary processes depending on configuration. You can start a program with gdb, but not attach to a running one by default. It was a security upgrade a few years ago…
The wind off the Faroe Islands, one, a shout of dismay, a three-toed sloth, and cindery lava. Oe, ae, oi, ai, aa. Learning a few cheese words can up the chances of a good score. The problem then becomes convincing…
Not sure if you care any more after a couple of years, but https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/309839 This question is about a Facebook account that was deleted but it should apply to OpenID providers that go away too. The…
Same for me. I didn't drink loads, but on a Friday if I had a couple of cans I felt like crap on Saturday. Especially if I worked out earlier in the day, I think the body absorbs the alcohol more or slight dehydration…
Nah, there's no need to alcohol/dry DE blades. They're all made of stainless steel nowadays and don't rust. That advice was maybe from 100 years ago when they were made of carbon steel. You're more likely to dull the…
Same thing for me, last couple of weeks I've seen a few emails appear, before that I've not seen inbox spam for ages. I also started getting Drive share notification spam around the same time, until I turned…
I like that git lets you get help either way, or via "man git-subcommand". Maybe it started the subcommand trend (it was the first big mainstream program I recall using it), but at least it keeps kind of faithful to the…
I feel like you and I are visitors from an alternate universe, because everyone else seems to find this the best thing ever, whereas I couldn't understand it at all. Initially the animals can't move at all, just…
Google forced 2FA for (all?) accounts earlier this year. I turned it off immediately, because I was more worried about losing access than someone guessing my password (besides, Google has other mechanisms already in…
Hey, starting to write a reply to you caused me to remember why I quit. It was the moderation tools for sure. One of them changed so that when you reviewed something it would show you at random a sample that had already…
I went back and checked my SO account history. I stopped posting answers regularly at the end of 2011. I can't remember now what drama caused me to stop, but in 2011 I was posting 2-3 answers per day, then in 2012 I…
The only other thing I can think of is GB Studio - https://www.gbstudio.dev/ - but the visual scripting there is like regular coding, but with visual blocks. It doesn't use boxes and lines. Instead, the script elements…
This explanation [2] on how the 3D was achieved may be interesting to you. The game X [3] used a similar technique to draw 3D on tiled backgrounds on the even more limited hardware of the old black and white (green and…
For future reference, say you are allergic. It's not like they would have asked for a doctor's note. Oh it was in Germany? They probably would...
A breathing specialist (on a podcast, so take that with a grain of salt) said that breathing through your nose uses less overall muscles than through your mouth. This was focused on athletics training. By…
Yeah that's the one.
I don't know if it was the same list, but the words were possible to not get.
Yeah I stopped playing it pretty quickly. There was that not-wordle game where you had to not get the word. It made me realise just how tricky failing wordle was. I still do "where taken", which is photos of countries,…
In Spanish it's officially "velcro" from the French abbreviation https://dle.rae.es/velcro and no alternative. About as generic as you get. Speaking of velcro shoes, I inherited some velcro fastening trainers because my…
Steps get over counted anyway by just moving your arm. I had one on while strumming guitar and it thought I'd walked thousands of steps.
This use has almost died out in everyday speech though. I listen to many podcasts in which different people across different age groups and backgrounds are always messing it up, e.g. "if I was good at this", which…
Yes! We discovered this during the pandemic, but usually cut more like classic French fries. Wedges like that recipe are also great. I used to hate making fries, messy and they're always too soggy, but done in the oven…
"Climate change" is probably the long tail of everything you could add to the list. The flooding in Pakistan in 2022 for example. Remember that one? It destroyed crops and then there's the draining and fixing the land…
The part about the cost of a cheap straw shoe vs the longer lasting tabi reminded me of the Sam Vimes Boots Theory from the Pratchett novels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory
Backing out is easier in one respect, because you are backing onto a road or open parking area that's much wider than a car-width. Backing in requires maneuvering into a narrow spot that's only slightly wider than the…
In Linux you can't attach to arbitrary processes depending on configuration. You can start a program with gdb, but not attach to a running one by default. It was a security upgrade a few years ago…
The wind off the Faroe Islands, one, a shout of dismay, a three-toed sloth, and cindery lava. Oe, ae, oi, ai, aa. Learning a few cheese words can up the chances of a good score. The problem then becomes convincing…
Not sure if you care any more after a couple of years, but https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/309839 This question is about a Facebook account that was deleted but it should apply to OpenID providers that go away too. The…
Same for me. I didn't drink loads, but on a Friday if I had a couple of cans I felt like crap on Saturday. Especially if I worked out earlier in the day, I think the body absorbs the alcohol more or slight dehydration…
Nah, there's no need to alcohol/dry DE blades. They're all made of stainless steel nowadays and don't rust. That advice was maybe from 100 years ago when they were made of carbon steel. You're more likely to dull the…
Same thing for me, last couple of weeks I've seen a few emails appear, before that I've not seen inbox spam for ages. I also started getting Drive share notification spam around the same time, until I turned…
I like that git lets you get help either way, or via "man git-subcommand". Maybe it started the subcommand trend (it was the first big mainstream program I recall using it), but at least it keeps kind of faithful to the…
I feel like you and I are visitors from an alternate universe, because everyone else seems to find this the best thing ever, whereas I couldn't understand it at all. Initially the animals can't move at all, just…
Google forced 2FA for (all?) accounts earlier this year. I turned it off immediately, because I was more worried about losing access than someone guessing my password (besides, Google has other mechanisms already in…