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  1. Comment on Is the Cybertruck really that bad? in ~transport

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    Oh wow imagine getting a Quake Shambler wrap for one of those things

    Oh wow imagine getting a Quake Shambler wrap for one of those things

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Real-Debrid decides to dock, no more sea sailing in ~tech

  3. Comment on Book recommendation request: Fantasy book about university similar to The Name of the Wind? in ~books

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    Thank you! I will certainly check it out.

    Thank you! I will certainly check it out.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Book recommendation request: Fantasy book about university similar to The Name of the Wind? in ~books

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    Good warning for those who might feel similarly about that kind of writing. But I absolutely loved it. I still get mental images from it every once in a while after reading it once 10 years ago.

    Good warning for those who might feel similarly about that kind of writing.

    But I absolutely loved it. I still get mental images from it every once in a while after reading it once 10 years ago.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Warrant canaries and disclosure by design: The real threat to national security letter gag orders in ~tech

  6. Comment on Sorry for the mess (post mortem for a Topic that went sideways?) in ~tildes

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    I've been in that exact spot with my kids for 5 years now, and I haven't allowed it yet. We still share one Google account for YouTube, search, music, etc, and they are still building healthy...

    I've been in that exact spot with my kids for 5 years now, and I haven't allowed it yet. We still share one Google account for YouTube, search, music, etc, and they are still building healthy online behavior under light supervision for now.

    I (and thus my kids) have also been getting regressive political vid recs lately. Even with history turned off. The little guys noticed too and found it intrusive. The Algorithm really is a threat!

    And huge agreement with being a teen and young adult when offline public life still existed by default. No wonder anxiety is on the rise.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on The (new) Excel Turing machine in ~comp

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    This is supercool, Jake. Thanks!

    This is supercool, Jake. Thanks!

    4 votes

  8. Comment on The (new) Excel Turing machine in ~comp

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    (Meta?)-context: this is legitimately (!) based on the original work of the same Felienne Hermans whose work was most recently brought up in the thread on Feminism in Program Language Design....

    (Meta?)-context: this is legitimately (!) based on the original work of the same Felienne Hermans whose work was most recently brought up in the thread on Feminism in Program Language Design. Thought it was an interesting tie-back.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO in ~tech

  10. Comment on What is your favorite museum? in ~talk

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    I second the Uffizi. I was able to go to several Guggenheims and many museums in Italy, Spain, and Berlin a couple of decades ago, and the Uffizi sticks with me the most. Just walking around Rome...

    I second the Uffizi. I was able to go to several Guggenheims and many museums in Italy, Spain, and Berlin a couple of decades ago, and the Uffizi sticks with me the most. Just walking around Rome felt like an endless museum itself, too.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO in ~tech

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    I must be out of the loop as well. He definitely fits the eccentric multi-billionaire mold, but he has seemed overall nontoxic enough that I've assumed he's benign.

    I must be out of the loop as well. He definitely fits the eccentric multi-billionaire mold, but he has seemed overall nontoxic enough that I've assumed he's benign.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    I'm going to assume just on the PDF itself. They aren't fillable fields, if that's what those terms mean.

    I'm going to assume just on the PDF itself. They aren't fillable fields, if that's what those terms mean.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO in ~tech

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    Ha! I get your point, but I'm looking at it this way: I like Dan Luu's writing, and he seems like the kind of influential tech nerd (maybe bro territory too) who wants to correct the record when...

    Ha! I get your point, but I'm looking at it this way: I like Dan Luu's writing, and he seems like the kind of influential tech nerd (maybe bro territory too) who wants to correct the record when he changes his opinion. It really is funny though, like you said, from the perspective of "rehabilitating" Ballmer of all people.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    Hahaha, this really is exact! I'll report back.

    Hahaha, this really is exact! I'll report back.

  15. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    They look right on! My cussedness requires that I try it the harder, cheaper way first, but this will be in my back pocket. Thanks. :)

    They look right on! My cussedness requires that I try it the harder, cheaper way first, but this will be in my back pocket. Thanks. :)

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    That's actually not too manual at all, as long as I'm only setting capture zones once for each page... I'll check it out. Thanks!

    That's actually not too manual at all, as long as I'm only setting capture zones once for each page... I'll check it out. Thanks!

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    Oh intriguing...Ruby and PHP were the two languages I checked out back in college, and this looked like it might make things really simple. Thanks!

    Oh intriguing...Ruby and PHP were the two languages I checked out back in college, and this looked like it might make things really simple. Thanks!

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    This is the kind of thing I was picturing! I'm going to check out a variety of options, and I'll update when I see some results. Appreciate it!

    This is the kind of thing I was picturing! I'm going to check out a variety of options, and I'll update when I see some results. Appreciate it!

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    Thank you! There seem like many options that are fairly complicated, so I'll put these on the list to look into more deeply.

    Thank you! There seem like many options that are fairly complicated, so I'll put these on the list to look into more deeply.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp

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    Hmm, it sounds beyond my abilities, but I will ask one of our IT/sysadmin folks whether we can do that. Thanks!

    Hmm, it sounds beyond my abilities, but I will ask one of our IT/sysadmin folks whether we can do that. Thanks!

    3 votes