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I tried to go for a shell aesthetic, but it is nowhere near as interesting as yours: https://chrissardegna.com/

> If stock markets weren't horribly over-regulated, would the VC industry even need to exist?

It's not just the stock market, its almost everything about corporate finance. The straitjacket bank regulators have placed around the ability of banks to go outside of the government defined process of evaluating credit-worthiness is a big factor. These rules (mainly FDIC insurance requirements) make it near-impossible for many companies to get loans. This problem incentivizes companies to play financial games (e.g., Adjusted EBITDA) to get around the crazy restrictions.

This is why there is an emerging trend of non-traditional lenders (e.g. some VCs and PE firms). I’m sure the government will find a way to regulate them eventually.

> it appears photos uploaded to unsplash were given to unsplash

This is incorrect, according to section 6 of https://unsplash.com/terms

I was a contributor [0] to their second batch of photos (the first with user-generated content) when they initially launched under the name Ooomf because I love the philosophy of open-source. They even published an open-source photography book [1], which I was featured in [2]. It is very cool to stumble across my images across the web.

The initial model was to receive a handful of user-generated photos, then handpick 10 each week and feature them [3]. I don't even see this feature page anymore.

However, we all know that once you sell, you lose control of the product. While on day one the service will still exist, I doubt it will be around with its current philosophy for much longer, especially since Getty has already stolen all my images from 500px that do not have people (so they can sell them without releases).

[0]: https://unsplash.com/@css

[1]: https://book.unsplash.com/

[2]: https://unsplash.com/photos/bSmKli4OTIY

[3]: https://unsplash.com/collections/5/collection-%235%3A-crew

Both the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy links 404. Why does this require an account?

I think it’s more than WhatsApp, Instagram is offline for me as well. Facebook must be having problems. I get a 5xx for https://api.instagram.com/

Vintage technology is often far more repairable than modern. My turntable and all the equipment I use with it included schematics and booklets with information about how they operate. Even cars used to be like this, but that has mostly been lost in the interest of operational simplicity.

Almost all of my old household appliances included schematics, but new stuff only includes operational instructions. It makes me sad we have lost this culture of tinkering.

> The improvements Intel has made to its processor seem to do very little in our gaming tests, and in a lot of cases, we see performance regressions rather than improvements.

> The answer from our side of the fence is that Rocket Lake has some regressions in core-to-core performance and its memory latency profile.

Russ Roberts recently interviewed Virginia Postrel [0] on the history of textile manufacturing; I found it absolutely fascinating.

[0]: https://www.econtalk.org/virginia-postrel-on-textiles-and-th...

I missed the evenly distributed part; good point and good solution.

As cool as they look when you write them, comprehensions this dense obfuscate your code. Splitting this into multiple lines helps, but it would be much easier to understand as a normal for loop.

If the goal is to just know the number of items in each slot, here is the first thing that came to my mind (and does not require any iteration):

    groups = [n // g + n % g] + [n // g] * (g - 1)

Text of the relevant Australian law: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display....

I like using pattern matching as an if statement against the type system like the last example in this tutorial, where the author matches against the different variants of an enum. I know this is not the case for the Python interpreter, but it has always amazed me how much types can narrow the code paths in generated assembly instructions.

TIL. I only have 45s and 33s. A lot of modern pressings are 45 RPM on 12” vinyl.

The trouble with digitizing analog mediums (especially vinyl) is how much your equipment can alter the sound. Given a different tonearm, cartridge, amp, etc, the same record can sound very different.

I’ve had some luck digitizing some of my collection with a DP-450 [0] and Ortofon Blue [1], but had higher end stuff end up sounding less interesting to my ears.

This is the trouble with audio in general: people not only prefer different sound profiles but also perceive sound differently, which makes it difficult to get rips (at least in my limited experience).

There is a lot of sibilance in the recordings I sampled from the OP link, whoever did the digitization would have benefitted from cleaner records, probably an anti-static brush, a fresh cartridge, and possibly some post-processing since they’re already digital. It’s better than nothing, of course, but it could be a lot better.

[0] https://www.denon.com/en-us/product/turntables/dp-450usb

[1] https://www.ortofon.com/ortofon-2m-blue-p-333

What is the screen sharing performance of this like? When I tried to set up the Jitsi integration for Mattermost earlier this week, even with only 3 people in a call, we could not get the stream over 1-2 fps. Discord handles native-res 60fps streaming.

I used to use an app for this called IM+ in the early days of iOS, looks like they're still around: https://www.plus.im

I have been using represent.io for this purpose; nice to see some competition in this space.

I looked into a lot of tools before I decided to build this and none of them fit into my workflow the way I wanted them to.

These ideas are exactly what I have been looking for. A year or so ago I started working on a prototype tool[0] using `curses` and I never found a good way to test things beyond behavior of internal methods.

In an effort to make it more portable I have started a re-write[1] in Rust (using `crossterm` this time). This mocking strategy seems like exactly what I need to fix this gap in the app's tests.

[0] https://github.com/ReagentX/Logria-py

[1] https://github.com/ReagentX/Logria

Yes, I don't think any wireless headphones on the market get around switching to HSP during phone calls and switching back to A2DP when music/audio resumes.

Looks like they do support wired playback. If you add them to your cart, Apple's website suggests this[0] add-on:

> Lightning to 3.5 mm Audio Cable (1.2m)

> Connect AirPods Max to your iOS or iPadOS device. Or connect to 3.5mm audio ports in your car, on an airplane, and more.

After AppleCare, this optional 3.5mm cable, and tax, it comes out to just over $700 USD.

[0]: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MR2C2AM/A/lightning-to-35...

> AirPods Max are available to order starting today for $549 (US) from apple.com and in the Apple Store app in the US and more than 25 other countries and regions. AirPods Max will begin shipping on Tuesday, December 15.

Edit: After AppleCare, optional 3.5mm cable, and tax, it comes out to just over $700 USD.

Air only has passive cooling; Pro has a fan.

I have one. The replacement cartridges are listed on Amazon for $96 and the printer (with ink) is $108.

Last time I looked at printers I found no FOSS options. Most of the time, buying a whole new printer costs less than simply buying replacement ink. This is horrible for the environment. Are there _any_ alternatives in this space?

Old Reddit only 8 points better: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=...

In fact, old Reddit actually has a worse time-to-interactive score and a lot more DOM elements: 1.6k for new Reddit and 2.3k for old.

The article contrasts a hypothetical trend with the reality where labor scarcity drives prices.

> This is nothing like the economic system in which we live

That some theoretical other economy might exist does not belie the one this article discusses correlates wages and scarcity of labor, nor does it preclude anyone from making different decisions about pricing their own labor.