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Complexicate
·5 anni fa·discuss
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 happened to a colleague's macbook, and disabling IPv6 on the Brother printer fixed it for us. I can't remember where I found the initial advice, but here's someone else mentioning it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250584298
Complexicate
·5 anni fa·discuss
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 if he's just being mean, adds music and a narrator of doom, cuts his concern about her going home to her daughter, and her "very good day" quote is way out of context.

[1] https://youtu.be/RFVLPcTWfBk
Complexicate
·5 anni fa·discuss
And from The Oatmeal: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people_2021
Complexicate
·5 anni fa·discuss
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
Complexicate
·5 anni fa·discuss
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 images or photos.

- People will understand that the images represent what you’re saying, so there is no need to verbally describe the images onscreen.

•Graphs and infographics

- Keep graphs visually clear, even if the content is complex. Each graph should make only one point.

•No slide should support more than one point.

What should the slides look like?

•Use as little text as possible -- if your audience is reading, they are not listening.

•Avoid using bullet points. Consider putting different points on different slides.

[1] https://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_speaker_guide.pdf
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
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 the next couple of years.

"Free and clear" stops a lot of people, but it's not as important as knowing how to scale up and down so your cash flow is always above paying your debts. There will be balancing acts whether you own the building or not. Figure out the minimum sales you need to survive, and plan the maximum size you can grow to. You can start toward "free and clear" by negotiating a "lease with the option to buy". Considering recent situations, hire a lawyer to put contingencies on rent in case of government mandated shutdowns or reductions.

If this is truly a dream of yours, don't wait. Start looking at locations and gathering information.
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
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 disagrees with experiment, it's wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science."
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
There absolutely is a reason. Microsoft's reason. Scaring users away from independent software distribution means more people will use the Windows Store.
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
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 DNA. The abstract mentions eye color as well.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057002/
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
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:

I can talk using Toki Pona. But (in the context of) knowledge thing, it bad. (In the context of) me want to write knowledge documents, I cannot do it well. But (in the context of) people want to talk about feelings and about good/simple things, people can talk this using Toki Pona.
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
Let it go. Let it go. Misleading titles never bothered HN anyway.
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
> 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 someone else.
Complexicate
·6 anni fa·discuss
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 extremely risky to allocate a huge amount of finite resources to these unknowns, when there are so many areas we KNOW we can help advance with those finite resources. The fact that he was ready to retire, if the picture came back with barely anything in it, gives a sense of how bad that waste of resources would have been.

Future us might not think it is such a gamble to send a probe to look for life in the oceans of Saturn's moon Enceladus. There's evidence of abiogenesis from deep sea vents on Earth, and Enceladus has very similar conditions. But present us knows there are so many unknowns and possibilities of failure even if something is there. And there are so many other useful ways to use the finite resources of our space program.

It took a lot of courage on Bob Williams' part to explore this.