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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • In this context (IIRC) smart means “if this zip contains a single folder with contents, directly extract that folder, but if the zip contains files and/or folders, extract all that to a new folder named the same as the zip file”.

    Some people zip folders while some people zip the files in a folder. Smart extraction just handles both automatically.



  • Your take on climate change makes me more worried. Sure, I will probably be fine, but how many innocent people around the world will die until we’ve done enough to see the climate improving?

    How horrible is the world going to be to inhabit if the Gulf Stream collapses? Or other major climate disruptions occur?

    I don’t doubt the human race will survive, but why do we have to experience the pain before committing to fixing the problem?




  • I think this is one of those things that seems like it should be easy to automate, but actually has lots of hidden complexity.

    They probably don’t use this to scan commonly available books, because for those you can just cut the spine off the book and scan the pages in a regular scanner.

    This is likely used for books that need to be preserved and can’t be damaged during the scanning process.

    How do you make a machine that will always turn exactly one page and never tear a page, while adapting for different page sizes and thicknesses, and avoiding the static charge that can make pages stick together? All for less money than it costs to pay people to operate this machine.



  • It shouldn’t be checking anything during a ride. If it needs to be turned on at the start of the ride, it should do all the checks and give a green light or a red light (or some other clear indicator) before they start riding.

    That way, the only way it doesn’t go off if someone wears it while ignoring the “system is not active for safety” warning.

    Shouldn’t be a subscription in the first place, but hey, this is just a weird hypothetical.