BHSPitMonkey

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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
> Classic DoD with its overloaded acronyms. What does Depth of Discharge have to do with anything?
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
But as you said, the check (and denial) is happening at the time the _user_ is trying to do something _they_ wish to do (e.g. install an APK from a project on GitHub). Much of the ecosystem of Android apps that are only distributed outside
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
I've installed untold thousands of .deb packages in my lifetime - often "officially" packaged by Debian or Ubuntu, but in many cases also from a software vendor's own apt repository. Almost every one contains preinst or
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Furthermore, the planet we are on cannot possibly be in space. Space is mostly empty, has no breathable atmosphere, there are no trees or grocery stores there, etc.; Earth is quite the opposite.
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
You received some better corrections in earlier replies, which you've chosen to ignore... That's your prerogative of course, but there's no need to resort to "I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Na
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
In the video he mentions how the specific type of Dyneema cord he's using is well-suited for the application (compared to other kinds of rope/cord). It's particularly strong, light, and inelastic; a lot of climbing equipment
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
There are more benefits to EV conversion in a community than the use of renewable energy, noise and roadside air quality being pretty big ones. Also... how do you know there aren't Hawaiians charging their EVs using rooftop solar? I he
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Walmart has some gigantic amount of sites under construction or in permitting at many of their stores, and many are being built by other operators too. Charging proliferation hasn't slowed down.
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Level 1 charging overnight on a standard 120V outlet, while not ideal, is surprisingly adequate. Granted, many people rely on street parking or otherwise don't have a parking spot that is right beside their dwelling, but for rented hou
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
There are two common definitions of the phrase "free speech" that I think you are conflating: 1. The Constitutional right to free speech under the first amendment (i.e. specifically that the government may not use its authority to
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
As if human-generated transcriptions of audio ever came with guarantees of accuracy? This kind of transformation has always come with flaws, and I think that will continue to be expected implicitly. Far more worrying is the public's tr
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Most trusted desktop password manager apps can manage and autofill OTPs in browsers as well, e.g. KeepassXC and 1password. (If you're making the tradeoff anyway, I think you may as well use a password manager you already trust with oth
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
As a former user of XChat the IRC client ( http://xchat.org/ ), this rebrand makes me sad.
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
That's an idea... Make a fork, add a file at taxpayers/${SSN}.yaml describing your return in terms of income/deductions/circumstances, make sure it lints successfully, and then submit a PR for the IRS to review. If it&#x
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
• IRS Direct File launched in 2024 after being created via the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act in 2024. • The Trump administration is preparing to sign into law a new budget that orders the immediate termination of the D
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
FTA: > Releasing Direct File’s source code demonstrates that the IRS is fulfilling its obligations under the SHARE IT Act[1] (three weeks ahead of schedule!). [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/hou
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
There's a good presentation deck in the repo worth a quick read: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file/blob/main/docs/eng...
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
> Unless this forked version will then print out a bunch of forms for someone to physically mail in Well yes, this is in essence what tax return preparation software has always been; The end result is a completed set of values to fill in
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
I don't think it's performance bottlenecking so much as that the site is capturing the cursor and taking over its physics/acceleration, I think? Which probably isn't noticeable as long as the acceleration is similar to h
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
What you're referring to came before "the first few seasons". Season 1 and onward are the standalone TV show, spun off from the Tracey Ullman Show shorts.
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
They're really not the same concern at all. If groups needed to function as containers (or did by default), you would be logged out of a site if you tried to visit it outside of a tab group (or dragged the tab in/out).
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
They said "The app allows technicians to configure system settings and sounds"; They never said the app _doesn't_ allow _non-technicians_ to do the same. What's the big deal?
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by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Why should any university go out of its way to "cater to" conservatives and liberals in equal measure if those ideologies don't equally value things like reason and truth? The mission should be providing education and facilit
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
I've purchased a lot of mine from Kobo. There's also Standard Ebooks if you want free, high-quality reproductions of public domain works.
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
> Picking up after your dog. Putting the grocery cart away after unloading. Shoveling the sidewalk in front of your house. Waiting to the side of the subway doors. Not talking during movies. If 10% of people don't put their cart awa
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
And to add to that, DOGE has been known to cancel contracts where the money has already been paid (so we're effective paying for nothing); SpaceX already has what it needs from this contract and has nothing to lose by cancelling the mi
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
That's a more realistic and reasonable way for the mention to unfold, but it's still not going to happen. The dealer is (usually) the party servicing the car's warranty, and they will definitely not appreciate or want to supp
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
Not _so_ new: - https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-term-album-d... (2009) - https://www.talkbass.com/threads/when-did-release-become-dro... (2013) But it _has_ spread much faster outs
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
Are you seeing evidence that scrutiny is making DOGE more accountable?
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by BHSPitMonkey 2y ago
I think you misunderstand the metaphor. The expenditure, here, isn't the time/attention of 100 people; It's the things that have been cut/defunded and the consequences of the way those changes have been implemented.

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