72deluxe

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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Very interesting charging pad! Thanks for sharing the link.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I must be getting old because playing an audio track, looking up some information or changing the volume seems a first world "problem" and is still incredibly easy just by using the device that is performing the task, eg. playing
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I find it odd that you say you're not a huge fan of providing audio to Amazon, yet have bought a few devices that actually do that and then have proceeded to put them into your home...? For someone who isn't a fan of providing aud
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
What a shame. It was a pity because he was heavily used in the first series and was kind of annoying, but that wasn't his fault - that was the writers! I suppose it must be a skill to learn that people dislike your character, not you p
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Those stats explain everything! It certainly sums up my experience on the modern web - awful and slow!
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Thanks! Some great stuff under there, including the ranting review of the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation on TV from 1987: https://usenetarchives.com/view.php?id=alt.flame&g=224&p=0 Amazingly, you co
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
This is true. But C++'s destructor behaviour means you get this pattern without any thought, and consistently and reliably and deterministically, whereas other types eg. C#'s "using" statement requires explicit usage, wh
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
This is a good point. Sadly our fluffy friend had to be put down due to FIP and I hope we made him as comfortable as possible during his life - we didn't take away his step anyway. I still miss him and it has been years.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
YouTube adverts have been obnoxious for a long time, but it's got far far far worse this year. Unfortunately, I think it is necessary to support the media industry thanks to the diminishing returns from sales of music/film due to
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I run one and it works very well, but I fear the rise of DoH and devices just bypassing your network's DNS settings to query the manufacturer's DNS servers. I think Google devices do this. A sad world we live in when you have to f
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Do Amazon tablets and phones still show adverts on the lock screen? They seemed to sell a lot of them despite this being a "feature" of them back when they first launched.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Does your Panasonic stop loading any smart apps if their servers go down too? Mine refused to load anything (eg. Netflix) if it can't get in touch with Panasonic. Check what network activity it is engaging in. You'll be disappoint
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
My old LG "smart" TV would send a web request to LG every time I pressed ANY button on the remote control. I took that stupid TV off the network as soon as I could. I think the manufacturers are all as bad as each other. My curren
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I find some of the sliders for on/off are impossible to read. You can't work out what is on or off. Windows 3.11 / 95 UI seems such a good idea by comparison to today's UIs - checkboxes with obvious tick marks or X marks
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
No! I detest the dialog boxes that ask a question and then the only options are "Yes" or "Skip for now"/"Set up later". I want to confirm "No".
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I thought our cats were generally stupid because they could never do the jigsaws I assigned to them, solve a Rubiks cube or see 2cm in front of their faces (they are long-sighted). But I have come to believe they are far smarter than me, pa
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
This is so true. It makes me lose faith in humanity, to be honest. My oh my do I detest adverts.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
These are good tips but are likely dependent on the humidity of where you live. Here in the UK, since the air can be so damp, it's difficult to dry clothes without leaving it in direct sunlight for the 3-4 days per year that we get it,
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I would include myself in this clueless group! Seems this cluelessness is increasing in all areas of life though - car maintenance, household maintenance, any sort of maintenance really!! Good job there's YouTube to educate me on all t
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I am worried that in most cases, the "maintenance cost" is not a cost but a ticking time bomb. Since so much complicated software is being rammed into devices and the consumer is ever accustomed to increased ease of use and lack o
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Are you in the USA? Here in the UK I don't think I have ever seen a dish rinser! We have dishwashers aplenty. The one issue is that if you think the dishwasher is a food disposal unit, you'll likely clog it up. Some people put dis
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Even more impressive are the combination washing machine and drier machines that dry and then drain the accumulated water via the washing machine plumbing without you having to ever empty it. At least that's what I think my Hotpoint do
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
It's amazing to hear people thinking that Win32 will just go away. It's the core of the API, and has been added to in every Windows version. I am pretty sure the .NET framework on Windows is just wrappers around the Win32 function
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Someone didn't like my joke haha
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
That's a genius method. Pity you can't do it now in Elite Dangerous as there's a no-fire zone around stations.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
When people were chucking out their old computers in the mid to late 90s, we managed to get an old 6502 second processor and played Elite on it. I was still useless at the game.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
Do you think they use CORBA for their remote invocations under Elite Dangerous? Using CORBA in their COBRA system would be very witty.
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I guess it's mostly C++ with C# for their server web services, but I wonder if it uses any Python....?
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
That's brilliant, thanks for this!!
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by 72deluxe 6y ago
I remember designing glyphs on grid paper and an animating a character to walk across the screen thanks to an "advanced bbc micro techniques" book I found in the library. I didn't understand the section on 3D objects at all t

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