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amoshebb commented on Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source   omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/g... · Posted by u/CharlesW
samoyy · 8 days ago
It’s just not a common enough feature of handwriting, I assume.
amoshebb · 8 days ago
Yes, but even with my worst handwriting, in situations where I and l matters, I can always choose to do an especially I I or particularly l l even if most are indistinguishable which a font can not do
amoshebb commented on Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools   larr.net/p/namings.html... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
girvo · 8 days ago
> Same thing applies to other fields like chemical engineering, where people there maintain even stricter discipline. IUPAC nomenclature ensures that 2,2,4-trimethylpentane describes exactly one molecule. No chemist wakes up and decides to call it “Steve” because Steve is a funny name and they think it’ll make their paper more approachable.

This so isn't important, but this just isn't true at least in chemistry. Plenty of molecules have names that aren't IUPAC based, but instead are based on prefixes/suffixes that are common to the field (more in pharmacological chemistry but not just!)

amoshebb commented on The rapid growth of data centres is delaying new homes in London   bbc.com/news/articles/c0m... · Posted by u/1659447091
citrin_ru · 16 days ago
1. North-south links in the UK are already fully utilised. There are more in works and plans but not sure it’s enough to meet even existing demand. 2. Transmission losses are substantial.
amoshebb · 16 days ago
"About 1.7% of the electricity transferred over the transmission network is lost" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmen...

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amoshebb commented on Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?   dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dut... · Posted by u/robtherobber
letmetweakit · 22 days ago
Why would you need Outlook? Can't you use it in a browser?
amoshebb · 22 days ago
Yes, chrome gives me a little “PWA” so I can even have an icon in my dock, but it’s not as nice
amoshebb commented on Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?   dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dut... · Posted by u/robtherobber
amoshebb · 22 days ago
I have found daily-driving Ubuntu at Delft shocking pleasant. Chrome, zotero, obsidian, zoom, and so on all work great. Outlook, teams, and the office suite, and signing pdfs are all the sharpest edges by far.

I feel if the TUs were required to dogfood this, especially if generously funded such that startups could come along and provide the same service and support, that it could be a great positive externality

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amoshebb commented on California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind   latimes.com/environment/s... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
Manuel_D · 2 months ago
One of my biggest pet peeves is when outlets talk about energy storage exclusively in terms of output and neglect to mention capacity. Does 15.7 gigawatts of storage mean 15.7 GWh? Capacity is as important, if not more important, than output.
amoshebb · 2 months ago
The original sin was using watts not joules. Humans hear watts as “gallons” and “watt hours” as “gallons per hour” and all the rest of this confusion in every article about EVs/fast chargers/distribution/solar/everything all trace back to “X-Hours” and “X” incorrectly sounding like a rate and a count, not a count and a rate.

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amoshebb commented on The least amount of CSS for a decent looking site (2023)   thecascade.dev/article/le... · Posted by u/loughnane
aborsy · 2 months ago
What are good static site generators (SSGs) to create a simple minimalist academic-like website?

It seems Astro or Hugo (potentially with Tailwind to customize CSS) are good options. Astro felt more complex than needed, on the other hand, writing html/css manually doesn’t work well either (predefined layouts and easy to use style customization options would be needed). I couldn’t find a suitable Astro theme either (most themes seem to be made for companies, or needlessly fancy, and a few for individual blogs).

In the process of figuring this out, I was surprised how complicated designing a website has become. There are so many frameworks, components, integrations and significant dependancies that I wondered how web developers keep up in this ecosystem.

amoshebb · 2 months ago
Not that you need more choices, but franklin.jl hit my sweet spot for “handles math and code inline well, otherwise is clean and gets out of my way”

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