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graywh commented on Zip Code Map of the United States   engaging-data.com/us-zip-... · Posted by u/helle253
paulsmith · 6 months ago
One thing I just recalled is that if you maintain a small exceptions lookup table (i.e. the ones that span state boundaries), you can use ZIP Codes as a way to uniquely look up a county name.
graywh · 6 months ago
ZIP codes also span county boundaries that aren't state boundaries -- I know of several in my county alone
graywh commented on The Game Genie Generation   tedium.co/2025/07/21/the-... · Posted by u/coloneltcb
grepfru_it · 8 months ago
The game genie did not give you a menu, you inputed codes which would persistently modify the memory map of the cartridge allowing for things like 99 lives or max Hp. The “menu” you describe was a booklet containing every game and a list of code changes.

Of course you could write in your own codes and make your own hacks but a lot of the time you ended up with garbled graphics or an unbootable game. They did keep this developer documentation to a minimum and this was before the internet. Although my local BBS had an ascii document detailing game genie’s internals and how to write your own codes, it was far from the reach of most 10 year olds

The game genie knockoff clone (I forget the name but remember the ads lol) had all of the codes in memory and as such gave you a menu to choose from

graywh · 8 months ago
a list of known games and tested "well-behaving" codes

the really fun part was exploring building your own codes and how/why they worked or didn't

graywh commented on Street address errors in Google Maps   randomascii.wordpress.com... · Posted by u/brucedawson
graywh · a year ago
can they at least fix the interstate highway exits it thinks are splits? why do I need to be told to keep left at random exits?
graywh commented on Street address errors in Google Maps   randomascii.wordpress.com... · Posted by u/brucedawson
trollbridge · a year ago
Google Maps decided my driveway is a road, and also gave it a (non-existent) name. I have attempted to update this information, but Google just rejects my suggestions as "not accepted".

So we now regularly get people driving down here or trying to park, when it's actually just a one-lane driveway.

graywh · a year ago
double-check it on openstreetmap.org
graywh commented on Street address errors in Google Maps   randomascii.wordpress.com... · Posted by u/brucedawson
pianom4n · a year ago
"Is the parcel in the geographical bounds of the city name entered?"

The "city name" on an address isn't really a "city". SFO's address is "San Francisco, CA", but is not within SF city limits.

Queens NY addresses have "cities" that are just neighborhoods.

Applying any kind of logic to addresses will just be a minefield.

graywh · a year ago
hundreds of people in my city-county really think they live in a city in the next county over just because of the "city" label on their zip code

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graywh commented on MLB says Yankees’ new “torpedo bats” are legal and likely coming   thelibertyline.com/2025/0... · Posted by u/cf100clunk
paleotrope · a year ago
In both cases why not?

1. Make the kicker kick from farther out in that case. Pretty simple change.

2. 1 yard is kind of nothing in this league now when the referees have so much leeway to change yardage. They get the spot wrong ALL the damn time now. So what if it's automatic for some teams. And so what if the offense has the advantage there. That's sport. Same thing in soccer on penalty kicks, the kicker has the advantage there knowing where he's going to kick.

graywh · a year ago
the rule for FG/XP attempts is for the safety of the long snapper, not the kicker
graywh commented on Hotel booking sites overcharge Bay Area customers   sfgate.com/travel/article... · Posted by u/ekelsen
thatguy0900 · a year ago
My roommate works front desk at a hotel, a common problem is that a third party site books things incorrectly or promises things that don't exist, then the customer is in the hotel lobby mad at the hotel over something they had nothing to do with
graywh · a year ago
I've had this happen when booking directly with an IHG hotel. My reservation in their system said I had a 2x queen room, but the hotel's end showed 1x king.
graywh commented on Web apps built with Ruby on Rails   weuserails.com/... · Posted by u/kyrylo
to-too-two · a year ago
1) You love the Ruby programming language.

2) It's battle-tested. Tried and true. Batteries included. Can have a web app with most functionality needed running in minutes.

3) There are more reasons, but there are other good options as well. No reason to use Rails if you're not interested in Ruby.

graywh · a year ago
> Batteries included.

this is the Python standard library motto

graywh commented on Proteins in blood could provide early cancer warning 'by more than seven years'   theguardian.com/society/a... · Posted by u/racional
nerdjon · 2 years ago
Am I crazy in thinking that we heard about this several years ago? Is this just a continuation of that study or am I mis-remembering/my timeline way off?

This is really exciting though, especially when mixed with other cancer treatments the ability to catch and deal with this is fascinating. How long until a theoretical, "Oh we detected some cancer cells in your regular blood work, here is a shot to deal with it" like we treat many other things.

graywh · 2 years ago
we've been searching for blood biomarkers for cancer for decades -- I'm sure we've found several by now

u/graywh

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