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  1. Comment on Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store in ~tech

  2. Comment on Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store in ~tech

  3. Comment on An existential guide to: making friends in ~life

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    I thought a portion of this was fluff that didn’t really resonate with me, but the actual list of tips was pretty spot on. Invite people to do things you are already planning to do, and set an...

    I thought a portion of this was fluff that didn’t really resonate with me, but the actual list of tips was pretty spot on.

    Invite people to do things you are already planning to do, and set an actual date, time, and duration. The thing doesn’t have to be special.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    So this is for creating world maps? Just want to clarify, since there is a big difference between viewing and creating. I tinkered for a brief moment with a TTRPG map viewer that was going to use...

    So this is for creating world maps? Just want to clarify, since there is a big difference between viewing and creating.

    I tinkered for a brief moment with a TTRPG map viewer that was going to use leaflet.js. It would allow importing a larger world map, and then at closer zoom levels display battle maps, so you could smoothly zoom from large world view to a specific battle or town map. And, set the maps to certain time periods on a unified timeline, so as you shift through the timeline battlemaps would appear or disappear, allowing for changing environments.

    This was a couple of days of just trying to get started, but then i had a second child and I stopped all hobby stuff for a bit, and now i'm back to just the normal open source ttrpg project i contribute to (and by the way we are participating in Hacktoberfest).

    1 vote

  5. Comment on "House from hell” — How America’s largest homebuilders shift the cost of shoddy construction to buyers in ~finance

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    They need to go back to making small houses. I live in an urban area with houses built in the 1910-1920s and there are still many of them that are tiny little starter homes— true starters, like...

    They need to go back to making small houses. I live in an urban area with houses built in the 1910-1920s and there are still many of them that are tiny little starter homes— true starters, like 400-500 square feet, single bedroom. It’s not uncommon here to have the original tiny house later converted to a garage when a bigger house is built later, and some lots just never went through this transformation.

    But build smaller houses, without going to “tiny homes”, and build them well.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society

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    This is getting a little off topic, but whenever I see people talking about strategy for the next election, I really have a hard time believing there IS a “next election”. We are like 6 months...

    This is getting a little off topic, but whenever I see people talking about strategy for the next election, I really have a hard time believing there IS a “next election”. We are like 6 months into the current administration. We have another 14 months until mid-terms. There has been no slow down— it feels like things are just ramping up.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on I made a tool to generate AI powered recaps of TTRPG sessions in ~games.tabletop

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    How does it work with multiple people talking at once?

    How does it work with multiple people talking at once?

    4 votes

  8. Children's music suggestions

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    Hey all, I'm just curious what bands or songs you keep in rotation for your kids. I usually split this question into two lists: one that is for songs specifically geared towards kids or otherwise...

    Hey all, I'm just curious what bands or songs you keep in rotation for your kids. I usually split this question into two lists: one that is for songs specifically geared towards kids or otherwise your kid loves to hear, and another for songs that are somehow enhanced in the context of your children (and example for me is Perfect Day from Lou Reed).

    If you want to give any additional context to your answers, great-- but not required. That might be approx age or the decade you had kids, or some story about it. And yes, many kids just listen to whatever stuff the parents would normally listen to, including mine, that is normal, but not really the question here.

    I'll start with one and come back later with more:

    Kid: Okee Dokee Brothers
    Me: Perfect Day - Lou Reed

    10 votes

  9. Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life

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    We went without internet in our apt for 2 years for all these reasons. I was living close to downtown so there were coffee shops for when I needed internet for an hour or whatever, and I had...

    We went without internet in our apt for 2 years for all these reasons. I was living close to downtown so there were coffee shops for when I needed internet for an hour or whatever, and I had T-Mobile phone service, so wasn’t a big loss. I never used tethering or anything, so practically speaking it was just no gaming, no streaming, no TV, which is broadly a good thing.

    Comcast is terrible.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Videos about cultures around the world for a kid in ~life

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    Oh awesome, I had no idea. And, even more relevant because everyone in the family but me is Japanese. Happy coincidence.

    Oh awesome, I had no idea. And, even more relevant because everyone in the family but me is Japanese. Happy coincidence.

    2 votes

  11. Videos about cultures around the world for a kid

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    I have a 4 year old and I'm looking for some video suggestions (ideally a series) that showcases cultures around the world. I have lots of options handy for seeing all sorts of animals from any...

    I have a 4 year old and I'm looking for some video suggestions (ideally a series) that showcases cultures around the world. I have lots of options handy for seeing all sorts of animals from any corner of the globe that are all very kid-friendly if not kid-oriented, but not a lot comes to mind when I want to introduce her to human life around the world. Particularly in urban places. Her exposure to these other cultures is usually just as porters helping some white guys walk around a jungle looking for animals. I can also find lots of travel series, which go to different places, but they are all oriented to adults-- either talking about how to travel to these places as a tourist, or have more adult jokes or are too focused on the presenter.

    Are there any well made series about life in other places? I'd like her to see life in Tokyo, Cairo, Mexico City, favelas of Brazil, Amsterdam, Mumbai, etc.

    15 votes

  12. Comment on I wanna raise crickets for the sound in ~life.pets

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    Around me, the crickets are usually in a drawer at the pet store, generally behind the counter so the cashier can just load up a bag when you checkout, or back by the lizards. The aren’t on...

    Around me, the crickets are usually in a drawer at the pet store, generally behind the counter so the cashier can just load up a bag when you checkout, or back by the lizards. The aren’t on display- they are just food that nobody wants to acknowledge and putting them visibly near the lizards would probably dent lizard sales.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on People who contribute to libre projects - how do you find time for this? in ~hobbies

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    I contribute mostly to a single project, the Homebrewery (github), and have basically learned the entirety of my programming from doing so over 6 years or so doing that. The other core group of...

    I contribute mostly to a single project, the Homebrewery (github), and have basically learned the entirety of my programming from doing so over 6 years or so doing that. The other core group of contributors have basically done the same, to varying degrees-- some were proficient and experienced developers, but not within React/the web ecosystem.

    I don't believe there is any professional tie-in for anyone in the project-- no one is using the project in their work lives. But it is tied closely to their leisure hobbies, namely D&D or roleplaying games more generally. Which I think is why some people have stuck with it for so long. What's more neat is that because the app gives users a Markdown/HTML/CSS editor, many of our users have had to learn those 'languages' here first and it ends up being a springboard to further coding experiences.

    As for where my time comes from: I'm an at-home parent while my partner works. Still in the early years with nap times and early bedtimes. I am finding that as the kids get older, though, I have less time, so we'll see if I can keep going or not.

    As for motivation: For a long time I was very active in the related subreddit posting lots of how-to guides, and answering many many questions (many times over and over). I liked to be helpful, and was eager to find questions that presented some kind of challenge. As I've spent more time actually contributing code, the answer questions has become less attractive, but I still try to do it-- I think our project gets a lot of credit for the responsiveness of the "devs" and the community writ large. I do enjoy working with the other core contributors, too.

  14. Comment on People who contribute to libre projects - how do you find time for this? in ~hobbies

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    What do your clients do with ProseMirror, if I may ask? I contribute to the Homebrewery, which is built around CodeMirror 5. We are making slow steps towards upgrading to CodeMirror 6, and...

    What do your clients do with ProseMirror, if I may ask? I contribute to the Homebrewery, which is built around CodeMirror 5. We are making slow steps towards upgrading to CodeMirror 6, and sometimes I wonder if we'd be better served with ProseMirror. I see you are building React wrappers for it, which is what we'd use (all of the current contributors have learned React from this project as it's what the original now-gone creator used).

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Over twenty-one days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced he was a superhero in ~tech

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    What do you do for hosting images like this? I assume that sense people are uploading images you’ve got something like an Imgur situation— do they have accounts/authentication? Do you have an...

    What do you do for hosting images like this? I assume that sense people are uploading images you’ve got something like an Imgur situation— do they have accounts/authentication? Do you have an expiration date?

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Denmark zoo asks people to donate their small pets as food for captive predators – pets will be “gently euthanized” by trained staff in ~life.pets

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    I’m sure they will continue raising their own too, and ordering from normal suppliers as well.

    I’m sure they will continue raising their own too, and ordering from normal suppliers as well.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on China begins building world's largest dam, fuelling fears in India in ~enviro

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    Doesn’t even have to be a watershed in one country— in the US there is plenty of consternation over water rights between states and counties and between homes and businesses.

    Doesn’t even have to be a watershed in one country— in the US there is plenty of consternation over water rights between states and counties and between homes and businesses.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Oh this looks interesting. Are you just going to run it on your normal computer or on a little server or? I’d love to ditch Imgur and img.bb

    Oh this looks interesting. Are you just going to run it on your normal computer or on a little server or?

    I’d love to ditch Imgur and img.bb

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I have a test blog that is for developing save putting small amounts of content in, and a saas blog that is just for writing. One blog gets a little more technical as far as content.

    I have a test blog that is for developing save putting small amounts of content in, and a saas blog that is just for writing. One blog gets a little more technical as far as content.

  20. Comment on What's next for public television and radio in the US after Republicans strip funding? in ~tv

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    One point I’ve seen is that many people only get NPR/PBS through their local station, and if those close, the it’s fewer people likely making donations. Why donate when you aren’t even in the...

    One point I’ve seen is that many people only get NPR/PBS through their local station, and if those close, the it’s fewer people likely making donations. Why donate when you aren’t even in the service area. As time goes on fewer people will even really remember what they are missing.

    8 votes