If you still have the Brother printer, try disabling IPv6 on the Brother printer. I remember this issue from a while back. Some update happened, and then wireless printing stopped working on some iOS devices. It…
Wow! You're not kidding. I just did a quick search and found this [1] It's the exact same 1 minute scene from UK and US. The UK is constructive criticism and wholesome banter. The US version cuts the playful banter as…
And from The Oatmeal: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people_2021
Agreed. However, I smirked a bit when I read your comment, since this is ultimately coming from Microsoft. Let's hope some of this mentality seeps into other Microsoft projects
Spot on about using little to no text. TedX has a pretty good style-guide about slides [1]: What goes in my slides? •Images and photos: To help the audience remember a person, place or thing you mention, you might use…
As someone who (finally) went from employee to small business owner, I wouldn't wait for "someday". Start the process while you're still working now. Take the time to learn everything you can to make this happen over…
This is very close to Richard Feynman's explanation of the scientific method: https://youtu.be/kBqemHR49-c?t=33 " Guess -> Compute Consequences -> Compare to Nature / Experiment / Experience / Observation If it…
There absolutely is a reason. Microsoft's reason. Scaring users away from independent software distribution means more people will use the Windows Store.
A 2011 study identified 13 DNA variations across 11 different genes that could be used to predict hair color. This seems like a clearly recognizable inherited trait, based on a large influence of certain small pieces of…
mi ken toki kepeken toki pona. taso ijo sona la ona li ike. mi wile sitelen e lipu sona la mi ken ala pali pona e ona. taso jan li wile toki lon pilin lon ijo pona la jan li ken toki e ni kepeken toki pona. Translation:…
Let it go. Let it go. Misleading titles never bothered HN anyway.
> Isn't the opposite of spread - hoard? Only in the 2nd sense (ie: "getting" something in a knowledge area). The 1st sense (... understanding and accepting ...) cannot be hoarded, since it is not given to you from…
I'm glad you prefaced this with "(now)" ie: hindsight. There's always a considerable chance that tests of the untested / unproven will remain inconclusive, even if there's some evidence we should find something. It's…
The first paragraph summarized 3 different ways: We asked neurologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists about human decision making. * The neurologists focused on stimuli and the brain. * The psychiatrists focused on…
I love this... "...mov, which copies data between the CPU & RAM, can be used to implement a transport-triggered-architecture one instruction set computer, allowing for playing Doom..." Click on "Doom" link and read:…
Ogden's Basic English [1] with 850 words [2] and a simplified grammar was an attempt at making an international auxiliary language from English. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English [2]…
The human brain is horrible at building truly accurate 3D representations of the world. Our mental maps are constantly missing a magnitude of details while tricking us and creating approximations to fill in the blanks.…
I have never read italics as whispering. I usually read it as emphasis or stress. I read ALL CAPS as shouting. I read bold as important. I only see bold as aggressive if emotionally charged language is bolded (ie:…
I wholeheartedly agree with what everyone else is saying: "Truly incredible", "almost unbelievably great", "REALLY amazing", "unprecedented", "I love it", "the attention to detail is extraordinary", "an absolute…
The Bloomberg article exacerbates the bigotry many Japanese have against their own fellow citizens. In the caption of the first picture: "She’s not all Japanese, but she was Miss Universe Japan 2015." Yes, she is "all"…
"most ... readers don’t absorb the intended knowledge. Failure is the default here." All I could think while reading the article is, "If this medium is so ineffective, why is the author using it to transmit his…
"...how does an organization ensure the task still gets done?" With something almost stupidly simple and low-tech: checklists. (I'm reading "The Checklist Manifesto" right now, and the points it makes seem to fit…
I agree with UX, but scalability has a working solution in the Lightning Network. However, that needs major UX development... Bitcoin also needs fungibility: "Fungibility is the only property of sound money that is…
Not good enough. As an "Opt-out" with no password required, there will always be cases of unintentional purchases. This is obvious. IMO a company should be obligated to give refunds if their default settings are this…
He meant "1,500 億". 1,500 oku yen = 150 billion yen. I don't know about the rest of your post, but that part is cherry picking something out of context.
If you still have the Brother printer, try disabling IPv6 on the Brother printer. I remember this issue from a while back. Some update happened, and then wireless printing stopped working on some iOS devices. It…
Wow! You're not kidding. I just did a quick search and found this [1] It's the exact same 1 minute scene from UK and US. The UK is constructive criticism and wholesome banter. The US version cuts the playful banter as…
And from The Oatmeal: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people_2021
Agreed. However, I smirked a bit when I read your comment, since this is ultimately coming from Microsoft. Let's hope some of this mentality seeps into other Microsoft projects
Spot on about using little to no text. TedX has a pretty good style-guide about slides [1]: What goes in my slides? •Images and photos: To help the audience remember a person, place or thing you mention, you might use…
As someone who (finally) went from employee to small business owner, I wouldn't wait for "someday". Start the process while you're still working now. Take the time to learn everything you can to make this happen over…
This is very close to Richard Feynman's explanation of the scientific method: https://youtu.be/kBqemHR49-c?t=33 " Guess -> Compute Consequences -> Compare to Nature / Experiment / Experience / Observation If it…
There absolutely is a reason. Microsoft's reason. Scaring users away from independent software distribution means more people will use the Windows Store.
A 2011 study identified 13 DNA variations across 11 different genes that could be used to predict hair color. This seems like a clearly recognizable inherited trait, based on a large influence of certain small pieces of…
mi ken toki kepeken toki pona. taso ijo sona la ona li ike. mi wile sitelen e lipu sona la mi ken ala pali pona e ona. taso jan li wile toki lon pilin lon ijo pona la jan li ken toki e ni kepeken toki pona. Translation:…
Let it go. Let it go. Misleading titles never bothered HN anyway.
> Isn't the opposite of spread - hoard? Only in the 2nd sense (ie: "getting" something in a knowledge area). The 1st sense (... understanding and accepting ...) cannot be hoarded, since it is not given to you from…
I'm glad you prefaced this with "(now)" ie: hindsight. There's always a considerable chance that tests of the untested / unproven will remain inconclusive, even if there's some evidence we should find something. It's…
The first paragraph summarized 3 different ways: We asked neurologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists about human decision making. * The neurologists focused on stimuli and the brain. * The psychiatrists focused on…
I love this... "...mov, which copies data between the CPU & RAM, can be used to implement a transport-triggered-architecture one instruction set computer, allowing for playing Doom..." Click on "Doom" link and read:…
Ogden's Basic English [1] with 850 words [2] and a simplified grammar was an attempt at making an international auxiliary language from English. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English [2]…
The human brain is horrible at building truly accurate 3D representations of the world. Our mental maps are constantly missing a magnitude of details while tricking us and creating approximations to fill in the blanks.…
I have never read italics as whispering. I usually read it as emphasis or stress. I read ALL CAPS as shouting. I read bold as important. I only see bold as aggressive if emotionally charged language is bolded (ie:…
I wholeheartedly agree with what everyone else is saying: "Truly incredible", "almost unbelievably great", "REALLY amazing", "unprecedented", "I love it", "the attention to detail is extraordinary", "an absolute…
The Bloomberg article exacerbates the bigotry many Japanese have against their own fellow citizens. In the caption of the first picture: "She’s not all Japanese, but she was Miss Universe Japan 2015." Yes, she is "all"…
"most ... readers don’t absorb the intended knowledge. Failure is the default here." All I could think while reading the article is, "If this medium is so ineffective, why is the author using it to transmit his…
"...how does an organization ensure the task still gets done?" With something almost stupidly simple and low-tech: checklists. (I'm reading "The Checklist Manifesto" right now, and the points it makes seem to fit…
I agree with UX, but scalability has a working solution in the Lightning Network. However, that needs major UX development... Bitcoin also needs fungibility: "Fungibility is the only property of sound money that is…
Not good enough. As an "Opt-out" with no password required, there will always be cases of unintentional purchases. This is obvious. IMO a company should be obligated to give refunds if their default settings are this…
He meant "1,500 億". 1,500 oku yen = 150 billion yen. I don't know about the rest of your post, but that part is cherry picking something out of context.