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by 5555624 4y ago
As I understand it, older appliances had a 3-wire cord with two hot wires and one neutral wire. An additional ground was added, making requiring a 4-prong plug. We came across this when we replaced my mother's electric stove. When I bo
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> I've started reading Monte Cristo one day. I finished the 1800 pages of it in one long 48 hours sitting, hardly sleeping or doing anything else. That's how you read this book. I don't think I could do it in one long sitt
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by 5555624 4y ago
Eva Hart, this survivor, died in 1996. This is an interview she did in 1980. (A collection of London Broadcasting Company tapes, from 1973-1996, are being digitized.)
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> you have to carry the helmet, have it with you at all times, before and after riding. You need it when you're on your bike, riding it. I commuted by bicycle for 19 years and biked (or walked) almost everywhere (Arlington, VA - Wa
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by 5555624 4y ago
>Despite living in the US and being one of those terminally online people who spend too much time on HN and Reddit, your comment is the first time I've ever seen the term "MAP" in my life. I first saw it a year ago, in The
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by 5555624 4y ago
"Wired" is still around. I just renewed my subscription for $10. (I only subscribed about three years ago, when I got an offer to subscribe for $10.) You get the print magazine and unlimited web site access, plus some "subscr
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by 5555624 4y ago
I do the same for my work phone and laptop. (The laptop Windows lock screen is the mandated company logo screen -- making it easy to see if the computer has been locked when you've left your cubicle.) My tablets have a grey "smoke
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by 5555624 4y ago
We've had that "9-day fortnight" for years. Initially, it was slow to catch on, as the "10th day" was Wednesday. Once it was changed so that employees could pick the day, most people picked Monday or Friday. An adde
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by 5555624 4y ago
"Stargate SG-1" had an episode with this title. https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Memento_Mori
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by 5555624 4y ago
I use a cheap, wireless mouse with OpenBSD on a ThinkPad. I've never had a problem with it. No special configuration. It just works
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Pierce's Pitt in Williamsburg, VA has it on the menu in the Fall and Winter. The recipe is a "family" recipe and Doc Pierce was from Tennessee; so, it maybe be Tennessee or Virginia.
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For work, it's a HP Zbook 15 G4 with Windows 10. Personal, a ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Windows 10) and ThinkPad T420 (OpenBSD). Downstairs, a Surface (Windows 10), if I need to look up something. Although not being used at the moment. I do h
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Lotus Magellan
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> I always thought CC was for Carbon Copy. Originally, it did. Back when we didn't have computers in the office, it was a copy made using carbon paper, as the original was being typed on a typewriter. ("BCC" was Blind Carb
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by 5555624 4y ago
Emacs is over 40. While GNU Emacs is 37 years old; but, Stallman wrote the first version of Emacs several years before that.
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Maybe someone will edit it and get her birthday narrowed down. Even one year, instead of two, would be an improvement. An article written in 2018, with a heading saying she was 29, doesn't seem reliable.
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No or at least the one I have does not. It's similar to this one on Amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KMVD13T ). I was just looking for a quick and simple solution to check for package delivery. (I'm disabl
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>I think the common advice not to cite Wikipedia is telling, because nobody had any problems with citing Britannica. Why's that? Wikipedia has "editors" that throw things together and reference "sources." Some so
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At the time I picked it up, I couldn't find the 11th edition. The 13th edition adds three additional volumes, 29, 30, and 31.
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I've got the 13th edition (1926). What's great about the older editions is discovering that "real" experts contributed to the encyclopaedia. (For example, Albert Einstein writing about Space-Time, Sigmund Freud writing a
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by 5555624 4y ago
From a few months ago, the same raid: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32267266
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"Safe Deposit Boxes Aren’t Safe" ( https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box... ) Covered at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20545276
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by 5555624 4y ago
Maybe U.S. Private Vaults had greater access? Instead of 0900-1700, maybe they're open later. Maybe they are open on Sundays?
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by 5555624 4y ago
It sounds like time to create a "johndoefitbit@gmail.com" account and use it only for Fitbit.
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>Such a program would incorporate not just military service — which would remain voluntary — but also real programs that meet real needs that we all could value. It could include, for example, environmental conservation work, pre-K assis
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What statin? Grapefruit does not react adversely with all statins. Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor) have warnings about interactions with grapefruit. Rosuvastatin (Crestor) does not. Not all statins are the same. Talk to your
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by 5555624 4y ago
ATEN seems to make some, like the ATEN CS62U, which I've thought about getting. KVMSwtichesOnline ( https://www.kvm-switches-online.com ) has a search capability with a filter for "Switching Method" that includes &q
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The way I read your initial comment, it was advocating just getting rid of most cars. It's an anti-car attitude I've seen a lot, especially among hardcore cyclists. I've never understood it, even as I spent 19 years dodging t
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And if you can't walk or bike? There are people who don't have that option; but, they can operate a motor vehicle -- do they just stay home? I'm all for walking and biking. I didn't own a car for 19 years and that's
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"The Maltese Falcon" -- Huston's version, with Bogart, is much better than the pre-code 1931 version.

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