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New comment by corkybeta in "Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded"

corkybeta — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:50:12 +0000

Could we have the option of straight lines and 90 degree angles? I’ve never really liked the bendy ones. Looks cool, good job!

New comment by corkybeta in "Crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test"

corkybeta — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:29:41 +0000

Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence

New comment by corkybeta in "I salvaged $6k of luxury items discarded by Duke students"

corkybeta — Wed, 28 May 2025 07:22:39 +0000

Maybe there are plenty of art projects going on nearby.

New comment by corkybeta in "We're Still Not Done with Jesus"

corkybeta — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:21:29 +0000

Mention of Richard Carrier was odd. The mythicist angle of Gospel accounts seems the least worthy of mention, even when the author encourages taking his work with the proverbial sodium. I like watching Tim O'Neill angrily refute everything Carrier says - he really doesn't like the guy.

New comment by corkybeta in "UK General Election called for July 4th"

corkybeta — Wed, 22 May 2024 16:39:03 +0000

Shinzo Abe was great at doing this - timed some early elections perfectly.

New comment by corkybeta in "Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now?"

corkybeta — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:44:33 +0000

Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE, XFCE and i3 still have this.

https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud

https://jamcnaughton.com/2015/10/19/hud-for-xubuntu/#jp-caro...

New comment by corkybeta in "Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data"

corkybeta — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:56:31 +0000

cardholders Mastercard thinks will be “high-value”—predictions used to target certain people and encourage them to spend more money.

Sorry, I don't understand, perhaps because I am in the UK not US. My bank issues my Mastercard, so I don't have a direct relationship with them. How would they target me?

New comment by corkybeta in "The quest for a simple smartwatch"

corkybeta — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 06:21:55 +0000

I'm using a Fossil Hybrid. A nice analog watch with an e-ink display for notifications. https://www.fossil.com/en-gb/products/neutra-gen-6-hybrid-sm...

New comment by corkybeta in "AMD Claims New Laptop Chip Is 30% Faster Than M1 Pro, Up to 30 Hours on Battery"

corkybeta — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:02:00 +0000

I think the bigger intended effect of this choice of marketing is to try and stop Windows users moving to Mac for the excitement of the M1 chip.

New comment by corkybeta in "[dead]"

corkybeta — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 05:40:58 +0000

What threshold has to be met to be substantive due process? Does Loving meet that criteria or is it a lesser due process ruling?

The Wikipedia page also mentions the equal protection clause; will the ruling survive if only one basis of the ruling falls?

New comment by corkybeta in "[dead]"

corkybeta — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The main alarmist assertion has been rebutted by @Botanygeek on twitter. I tend to turn to him whenever a newspaper reports on any environmental story, the same way we have to show scepticism every time a newspaper reports on any "x cures y" story.

Here are his thoughts in The New Scientist:

[1]: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232291-100-the-idea...