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Zanni commented on 'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40 npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/mooreds

autoexec · a month ago

Invader Zim (2006) was a great cartoon but every character was basically screaming every line of dialogue

Zanni · a month ago

Jhonen Vasquez was previously best known for Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, an insanely dark graphic novel. I'm still stunned that the powers that be thought he should write an animated children's show. That said, I love Invader Zim. Taquitos!

Zanni commented on Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun iflscience.com/the-fall-o... · Posted by u/doener

markdown · a month ago

If I were him I would put out a limited edition at a fixed price like he currently does, but then add $X0? $X00? cumulatively to the price of each additional unit sold.

Zanni · a month ago

Peter Lik has a strategy sort of like this. It's still a limited edition of, say, 100, but the price increases as the edition sells out. The last print to sell may be 100x or more the first.

Zanni commented on Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun iflscience.com/the-fall-o... · Posted by u/doener

schiffern · a month ago

FYI some of those amazing shots were also taken by Andrew McCarthy.

https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1611128761776492544/

https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1479541092693381120/

https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1837219848478412935/

https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1968658340679921925/

Zanni · a month ago

That lost shot (Falcon 9 transiting the sun) is my favorite. I've got a print of it in my office, waiting to be hung on the wall.

Zanni commented on Software essays that shaped me refactoringenglish.com/bl... · Posted by u/mtlynch

mtlynch · 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing! I hadn't read that one, but I read Code Complete early in my career and loved it. It's been on my bookshelf forever, but I've only gone back to it a few times. But every time I do, I think, "This is really good! I should re-read this."

I was wondering whatever happened to him because the guys that were popular around his time (Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, Ward Cunningham) all continued writing, even if their popularity waned after the 2000s. But I just never saw anything from McConnell again.

It turns out he quit software to be a financial advisor, which is quite surprising.[0]

[0] https://raindogllc.com/steve-mcconnell-investment-advisor/

Zanni · 3 months ago

He wrote several more books (including a sequel/second edition of Code Complete). None of them had the same impact, though: https://stevemcconnell.com/books/

Zanni commented on PYREX vs. pyrex: What's the difference? corning.com/worldwide/en/... · Posted by u/lisper

danw1979 · 3 months ago

This page is insane. They Are frequently using PYREX, Pyrex and pyrex to refer to variously the same and different things.

Zanni · 3 months ago

Carefully distinguishes between PYREX and pyrex. Immediately launches a discussion of Pyrex.

Zanni commented on Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank theverge.com/tech/781387/... · Posted by u/arnon

Zanni · 3 months ago

Why your [ultra-light hiker] friend suddenly has [the world's lightest] power bank.

I remember Colin Fletcher, years ago, writing in The Complete Walker about trimming the borders off his paper maps to save weight, which seemed like an insane over-optimization to me. But then, I'm not an ultralight hiker.

I am impressed folks are getting their loads down to 10 pounds though.

Zanni commented on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

moepstar · 3 months ago

> The one irritating exception is the windshield wipers

Push the wiper button (left stalk) once, adjust with left scrollwheel (either up/down if on a recent firmware or left/right if it’s older than a year or so).

Facelift has a dedicated button on the steering wheel I think and then scroll wheel as well…

Zanni · 3 months ago

Awesome - I didn't know this!

Zanni commented on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

turkishdelight · 3 months ago

It isn't just the touch aspect, but also the "ruin your night vision" aspect. Most pedestrians don't carry lights around, or even wear light-colored clothing at night.

Zanni · 3 months ago

Tesla screens switch to dark mode at night.

Zanni commented on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? economist.com/science-and... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

Zanni · 3 months ago

Depends enormously on the implementation and use case. My daily driver is a Tesla Model 3, which has a big, beautiful touch screen. But I almost never touch it while I'm driving. Anything I need to control can be handled by voice command ("set temp to 70") or the scroll wheels in the steering wheel. (The one irritating exception is the windshield wipers.)

Zanni commented on iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification macrumors.com/2025/06/10/... · Posted by u/angryGhost

bananapub · 6 months ago

Let’s not normalise using your phone, containing all your secrets, as ID. And especially not interacting with it in front of unrestrained representatives of state authority.

Just carry a bit of inert - as inert as possible - plastic instead

Zanni · 6 months ago

You don't have to share your phone, or its secrets, to use this. At the TSA checkpoint, there's a screen that says specifically what information they're asking for, you tap, and your phone shares that. You never lose physical control of your phone. No one even looks at the screen. It's basically tap-to-pay for authentication.

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KarmaCake day2854February 12, 2016View Original