Readit NewsYou might like https://cancel.fm/ripcord/ . I haven't tried it, but it's a QT client for Slack/Discord
The problem is, it doesn’t look anything like the system UI either. Just because it is using a native toolkit doesn’t mean it automatically looks good or integrates well.
> and contact a lawyer
It might be my "European" upbringing, but why? Is there any indicating it was the manufacturers fault?
In Europe it usually is, until proven otherwise. At least in the first year (and for some classes of problems, longer).
>You do realize that there was a quite real chance of someone seeing the OP's autopsy here?
That's an overstatement. The batteries in this thing are the most dangerous part, and yet they are too small to explode with a force that could cause an immediate fatality, i.e neither the explosion itself nor the shrapnel it could generate from the casing or the other components in the headphone are powerful enough. The risk here is burns, and maybe toxic exposure. And while burns can be rather bad (especially since it's Lithium), of course, also depending on how much flammable "stuff" you have on your head (hair, hat, headscarf, etc), burns are not the same thing as death.
The risk of a fatality is extremely low. The risk of lasting scars and disfigurement, deafness (on the battery side at least) and even blindness has a somewhat higher chance.
Then again, just look at the picture in the article. You can see how little damage is there to the actual "fragile" head phones plastic casing. Mostly intact. It wasn't a major explosion, it wasn't a major fire, and there probably wasn't any shrapnel whatsoever.
>>That sort of paranoia doesn't help
>I guess you don't.
This was clearly referring to the "toxic fumes" bit. And it is a fair thing to say, in my humble opinion. The fumes from the battery and plastic certainly aren't great, but unless you deliberately stay there and huff them without opening a window, your exposure will be rather minute, especially considering how small this event had to be. Indeed, what you inhale at a barbeque or just from burning food, or staying at the outside of a gas station for too long will be worse.
The "chemical burns" claim in the article is just confusing to me. I'd get it if the claim was that only the hands had a burning sensation like that, but the arms too but nothing besides that? Such a thing is either caused by direct contact (so hands only) or from fumes/spraying (which would mean exposed areas like the face should be affected as well). The way the story represents it makes me think it might be a psychosomatic effect only, but not necessarily of course. There is a "sweet spot" where these things might have sprayed particles only in a very limited area where hands and arms were affected but other exposed skin was too far away, but that sounds unlikely to me at least...
Regardless, nobody should expect these things to blow up, and it's fair to complain when they do. If it was a singular/very rare incident, fine, really bad luck. If there are a number of reports like this, this could indicate a systemic engineering or manufacturing problem.
It’s not the only risk. What if OP had fallen asleep while listening to music? Then there would have been a real risk of the house burning down.
eproxus commented on President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment purdueexponent.org/campus... · Posted by u/h2odragon
> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons
A touch over dramatic, verging on smug given that it’s a nerd in-joke.
(If you didn’t know, this HTTP status code is a tongue in cheek reference to the dystopian sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 where information is outlawed.)
I could elaborate but unfortunately due to our safety and security policies I am unable to comment further. Your wellbeing is my number one priority.
It’s also quite ironic because they seem to claim that because their page is full of tracking cookies (what other reason to cite GDPR?).
e_proxus commented on Building a PS1 style retro 3D renderer david-colson.com/2021/11/... · Posted by u/bwidlar
Any modern indiegames that go for the PS1 look? Tons of indie games pay homage to the 8-bit era, but I don't recall much nostalgia for warped textures.
The Chameleon is another recent stealth-game that has PS1 inspired aesthetics: https://www.merlinogames.com/the-chameleon
e_proxus commented on Packaging for instant coffee made out of seaweed sprudge.com/can-seaweed-r... · Posted by u/thomas
Still contains plastic, and plastic exposed to hot water you drink. Why not just use paper tea bags? They’re not expensive, easy to use, and feel nice.
You can get them in stainless steel too, e.g. https://www.paperandtea.com/products/p-t-infuser
e_proxus commented on Faster Gitlab CI/CD pipelines blog.nimbleways.com/let-s... · Posted by u/iduoad
This is an excellent article. How does GitHub CI/CD compare to this?
Here’s an example of how to enable caching in GitHub Actions:
https://gist.github.com/eproxus/d74315864fd6897bb47741e8de5b...
The example is a bit Erlang specific but the cache action it contains is quite generic.
When I’m at the counter the whole thing never seems to take more than a few minutes. It’s always quick, and smooth, and I’m out of there, seemingly, in no time at all.
I desperately want to know what other people are saying or doing at the rental car counter.
Some people seem utterly unprepared. They either don’t have their info at all, or have to login to their web mail, or find some printed paper at the bottom of their enormous suitcase. And then they tend to have tons of questions. I check out the facilities beforehand online so I know what to expect and how to use them.