Carrok

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by Carrok 2y ago
I’ve been using GIMP as long as I can remember, more or less. Say what you will about the UI/UX but it remains top tier free software. So glad to see this.
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by Carrok 2y ago
This is just adorable. To think that prospective renters have any negotiating power at all when the landlord typically (in my area anyway) receives triple digit numbers of applications.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Is this a serious question? Because you're hungry, want to eat, and can't or don't want to cook (e.g., traveling for work). Sitting at a bar with other people, suddenly you are not eating alone. It's called socializing.
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by Carrok 2y ago
This article has some great writing overall, but ends with this > How could this happen? Ansol wondered. I wish it had dug into this. These sort of things don't just happen. There must be accountability, and journalists are who are
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by Carrok 2y ago
So happy I’m married already. Dating today seems like such a nightmare and this will only make it worse.
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by Carrok 2y ago
This is such a strange comment. The parent has used that phrase in a _few_ of their comments, but not all. People sometimes re-use phrases in their speech. Please don't post unsubstantiated accusations here.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Still very cool.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Yea, I have plenty of home automation, all of which operates just fine without any external internet connection whatsoever. You just have to do a little research on what to buy.
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by Carrok 2y ago
If you're using only key-auth and have password auth disabled, I'm not sure why unauthorized attempts are a problem.
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by Carrok 2y ago
[Offtopic] It drives me crazy that government sponsored lotteries are legal, but me playing a round of poker in the basement with a few friends is technically illegal. Nevermind sports betting apps being legal and poker apps not.
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by Carrok 2y ago
This is peak late stage capitalism.
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by Carrok 2y ago
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by Carrok 2y ago
> 10 years after Apple Pay and the Claims to replace your wallet. They are still millions miles away from doing it. Clearly we have very different experiences here, because Apple Pay has effectively replaced my wallet. I don’t carry any
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by Carrok 2y ago
Here is a high quality article from last year about how these cables are repaired. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea...
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by Carrok 2y ago
I'm saying don't subscribe to either product offering from, again, an objectively evil oligarch.
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by Carrok 2y ago
> it's not really a notable event for anyone else involved. I’m sorry but, what? You think your extended family visiting a child in a hospital due to illness was not a notable event for them? > They were all worried. As a parent
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by Carrok 2y ago
https://xkcd.com/1053/
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by Carrok 2y ago
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
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by Carrok 2y ago
It is pretty easy to not subscribe to a service run by an objectively evil oligarch, but maybe that's just me. I'd rather support local retailers and not receive a fraud product.
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by Carrok 2y ago
News to me, thanks! Looks great.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Defeatism is gross. We can all of us individually, and all of us collectively, do better. You are quite literally the problem.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Just glossed right over that e-waste part, eh?
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by Carrok 2y ago
Based on the title, I was hoping this would be about some sort of personal metrics system, with a "circle" or gauge style graph for several categories, such as "Mental health", "Physical health", "Relation
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Ask HN: Alternative to Shush?
5 points by Carrok 2y ago|2 comments
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by Carrok 2y ago
> simply run for office That "simply" is doing an absurd amount of heavy lifting.
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by Carrok 2y ago
Are there any plans to add automations based on People and Areas (not zones)? I found the cool project Bermuda[0] and it triggers person entered/left area events based on bluetooth devices. This works great in my testing with a phone b
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by Carrok 2y ago
I also have Shelly but haven’t been able to flash them. Do you have a link?
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by Carrok 2y ago
I think this is an interesting take to have beneath a comment about Factorio, considering the new DLC of Factorio (Space Age) is basically a more polished version of a popular mod (Space Exploration) to the extent that Wube hired the mod cr
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by Carrok 2y ago
> When it comes to light brightness, too much is just as problematic as too little Recently moved into a house with on/off light switches. Having the ceiling lights on full brightness was downright oppressive. I installed dimmer swi
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by Carrok 2y ago
I’ve tried the arm rest thing. Not very comfortable unfortunately. At least for me.

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