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teddy-smith··on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
I don't even look at them, they're just visual clutter to me.
teddy-smith··on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
It's just enshittification.

Going to continue to get worse as time goes on.

Even the hardware will go at some point I'm betting.

teddy-smith··on North Dakota law lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers' names
I'm sorry you're not able to see that version control can really help in contexts outside of tech.

You can track changes, and diff, and blame.

Wouldn't solve the corruption in this case but could definitely shine a light on it.

teddy-smith··on Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study
Whenever you think to yourself "People couldnt be that stupid, right?" read this study and plan accordingly.
teddy-smith··on Rob Reiner has died
Journalism has always been hated by those in power and by proxy their followers.

It's arguable thats a sign that they're doing a good job.

Few profession I have more respect for than journalists and police.

Most of them are trying to fight evil and make society better and are disliked for it.

They are a gritty grizzled bunch.

teddy-smith··on Rob Reiner has died
yeah I was going to say. Journalism has always been hated by those in power and by proxy their followers.

Few profession I have more respect for than journalists and police.

Most of them are trying to fight evil and make society better and are hated for it.

teddy-smith··on An off-grid, flat-packable washing machine
Solar maybe
teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
Why not typeset in something else and import the image into html/css?
teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/P...

Literally part of Mozilla's docs.

teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
Citations in various formats,

> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/...

> https://codepen.io/tag/citation

footnotes

>https://codepen.io/SitePoint/pen/QbMgvY

references to automatically numbered figures and tables

> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25869906/table-auto-numb...\

> https://codepen.io/MikeKelley/pen/GpXmEd

teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
@media print { .page, .page-break { break-after: page; } }
teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
Ground truth.
teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
It sounds like you might not understand the power of modern HTML/CSS.
teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
This is what I'm talking about. HTML/CSS is more powerful than PDF or TEX.

https://csszengarden.com/

teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
Come on are you serious? HTML/CSS is more powerful than TEX or PDF.

https://csszengarden.com/

teddy-smith··on HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers (2023)
It's extremely easy to convert HTML/CSS to a PDF with the print to PDF feature of the browser.

All papers should be in HTML/CSS or Tex then just simply converted to PDF.

Why are we even talking about this?

teddy-smith··on FDA described as a "clown show" amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
I don't know. If this speeds up their work and helps them do more with the same staff I can see this as being a good thing. a.i. is really good at combing through data to answer questions.
teddy-smith··on FDA described as a "clown show" amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
This makes me wonder how much of the Tariffs are extortion of other countries.

How randomly they seem to be applied to makes me wonder if theres back room deals going on.

teddy-smith··on Show HN: I Hid Labubus in World Labs' AI Worlds
Does anyone want Labubu in the real world?
teddy-smith··on The collapse of the econ PhD job market
Amen, trickle down economics is the worst meme ever created.
teddy-smith··on Scientists are discovering a powerful new way to prevent cancer
This first step is intractable to reverse

Why?

teddy-smith··on Where it's at://
Twitters the same just in reverse
teddy-smith··on China is run by engineers. America is run by lawyers
If you're capable of abstraction I'm reframing your point EXACTLY.

Also, Discriminating based on age is largely legal.

Are you sure about that?

teddy-smith··on China is run by engineers. America is run by lawyers
There's dumb black people and smart black people therefore black people are dumb. Its PRAGMATIC TO THINK THIS.

You see how stupid you sound?

teddy-smith··on China is run by engineers. America is run by lawyers
My grandma is 80 and speaks 7 languages and is a professor and teaches classes.

She's smarter than me.

What you just said is agist.

teddy-smith··on Remote hosting for your telescope
I had no idea this whole world exists and it makes me happy.
teddy-smith··on Death by a Thousand Slops
Well warehouse mangers excluded....
teddy-smith··on How friction is being redistributed in today's economy
I completely agree with this.

Money is the way you solve problems in America so your life's friction is inversely proportional to your money.

teddy-smith··on "AI-first" is the new Return To Office
The article presents some good points but to me it seems like not being a jerk and calling Will.I.am "nobodys favorite rapper" is a selling point for A.I.
teddy-smith··on Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Takes Flight
I like Ubuntu. I just want stuff to work out the box so I can do my job and Ubuntu does that well enough.
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