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The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

predr.ag
312 points·by epicalex·6개월 전·112 comments

Prompting Nowhere: crafting an AI powered by a sewing machine and Raspberry Pi

maxpark.design
1 points·by epicalex·9개월 전·0 comments

Gboard Dial Version [video]

youtube.com
1 points·by epicalex·9개월 전·1 comments

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epicalex
·작년·discuss
The specifics were about whether it required any additional preparation like a traditional poppadom vs being a ready to eat snack like a crisp.

Walkers lost the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/walkers-min...
epicalex
·3년 전·discuss
The etymology of dialogue is from the Greek `dia` meaning `through` and `logos` meaning `words`.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/dialogue explains the common confusion with di-
epicalex
·3년 전·discuss
You can just search for the answer to save having to do that
epicalex
·3년 전·discuss
We used this site to help choose our baby name, thank you for building it! If only gratitude could pay server costs...
epicalex
·3년 전·discuss
I believe the British Airways site still does something similar to this, or it did until very recently if it's been fixed. Add a password that is too long, it gets truncated and the truncated version saved with no warning or error.

It took me several password reset attempts to realise what was going on, as my literally just set and password manager-saved password didn't work.

I think in BA's case the password input also had a character limit on it, which is ultimately how I realised what was happening, even though there was no info anywhere that such a limit existed.
epicalex
·4년 전·discuss
There is an FAQ on each page with a question "What's the time frame for this analysis?", and the answer is posts and comments from within the last two years
epicalex
·8년 전·discuss
Worth recognising that each subreddit is its own community, and like individual forums, will likely vary wildly by subject. My experience of subreddits for my interests and hobbies is the opposite to yours; information is correct and discussion useful.
epicalex
·8년 전·discuss
In my experience that tends to only be true in the larger subreddits. The (potentially) more niche subreddits I use don't have that same problem outside of maybe a 'read the FAQs before posting'