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hairywalt··on The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf]
Maybe another old example of this scanner bug?

https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres...

hairywalt··on Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?
Nice. One snag, your About link on the homepage points to your test site: https://bryson.test/about
hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Yep, a few days of olive oil is generally recommended by GPs... I used to do this but now I self treat I don't really bother. But I guess it I'd have even more success if I did.
hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Forgot to add the link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2148238/
hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Here's a UK study that concludes:

"Advising patients with ears blocked by wax to try bulb syringing before irrigation is effective and acceptable, and could significantly reduce the use of NHS resources."

So I feel they are a safe method of self treatment.

hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Those never did much for me I'm afraid
hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Mine is very similar to this one: https://www.simplymedsonline.co.uk/cold-and-flu/portia-ear-s...

Unlike a trip to the doctor, when two to three flushes sorts it out, at home it is a case of maybe 10-20 repetitions depending how bad. But each one is really quick and I find there is no pain as the pressure is very low, unlike the doctor which did quite often hurt.

hairywalt··on Ask HN: Life-changing purchases since 2020? (Under $100 and under $1000)
Under $100

- an ear bulb syringe

I get blocked ears due to wax and it's really negatively impactful to conversation etc. Plus they would block when flying/swimming which ruined a few holidays. I used to go to my local (UK) GP which was very inconvenient due to appointment timings etc.

Then somebody recommended buying a bulb syringe for self-treatment. Mine cost about £4 and has been totally game changing.

I can sort myself out whenever and wherever I want. If you suffer the same, get yourself one immediately!

hairywalt··on An NFC movie library for my kids
Makes sense, cheers. Might give it a go
hairywalt··on An NFC movie library for my kids
Love the simplicity of this. Out of interest, do you trigger just the web player or is there a URL pattern that can launch onto a specific device?
hairywalt··on Ask HN: What is the origin of the term "edge case"?
Yep, I'm struggling to find a use outside of computer science where I'm starting to suspect it originated
hairywalt··on Ask HN: What is the origin of the term "edge case"?
Cheers for these, appreciate everybody taking a look.

You've given good examples of what I am finding myself... your Researchgate link is indeed aeronautical, but is also a software machine learning related paper from 2023. So unfortunately doesn't prove this doesn't come from the modern software usage rather than the other direction.

And when I read the second Wikipedia entry previously I'd hoped to see an attribution... So could very well be correct, just there is no reference to look up.

hairywalt··on Ask HN: What is the origin of the term "edge case"?
That would make sense, and was something I'd heard but I'm struggling to find an actual example of usage?
hairywalt··on Ask HN: What is the origin of the term "edge case"?
When I previously looked into the examples returned, most were accidental connections across a sentence boundary in scientific papers e.g. "Case 1 - both poles on the edge. Case 2 - ..."

The ones that related to aerospace seemed to refer to leading edge and trailing edge which doesn't seem to fit the modern meaning?

hairywalt··on Open Source Tensegrity
Obligatory link to the Lego version: https://stickyhat.com/tensegrity-lego-moc/
hairywalt··on "Millennium Camera" to take a 1k-year long-exposure photo
My attempt was a 6-month exposure from a winter to a summer solstice using a Solarcan pinhole camera (https://solarcan.co.uk/)

Fairly pleased with the result, would definitely recommend having a go: https://stickyhat.com/a-6-month-pinhole-camera-exposure/

hairywalt··on Japan Airlines lays on extra plane after sumo wrestlers make too heavy to fly
The most common usage I can think of is "they laid on a great spread" which would mean a fantastic buffet was provided.

Northern England native.