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by D13Fd 7mo ago
Yeah it’s really a shame that the track point wasn’t adopted globally (I’m assuming for patent reasons, but surely any patents must be expired by now). For years I used a Trackpoint external keyboard plus a mouse. The track point is great f
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
My wife feels the same way as you. I guess everyone is different. To me, tap-to-click and two-finger right click feel the best by far.
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
Yeah, I don't think it would ever work with a different cast.
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
Do you have some examples? Because honestly I put Firefly very high on my list of shows I like. The setting is great, the writing is top-notch, and the acting is wonderful. The characters have great chemistry. It's funny. The general u
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
> Lets be real - Firefly was very good. But the reason it holds "magic" status as far as series goes is mostly because of its rarity, and the final movie where a major likable character was killed off, with everyone wishing for
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
There is also the question of whether ships even make sense right now, when a multi-billion-dollar ship full of sailors is at huge risk from a swarm of drones costing 1/1000th as much, and we have not yet mastered drone defenses.
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
> A good example is this, car companies don't make cars for the most part, they make loans. Financial companies first, car companies second. I get that this is true from a certain point of view. But car companies clearly compete in
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
Agreed. I have several windows gaming PCs for my kids. One of them occasionally decides it’s in California and has to be corrected. Why? I have no idea. Every single Mac, iPad, and iPhone gets this right with zero configuration.
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by D13Fd 7mo ago
UO was such a big part of my life back then, it’s great to hear that it’s still going. Maybe I’ll set up a server to play with my kids - although they’ll never be able to get the full experience with player killers, trolls, scammers, people
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
I think you nailed it here. What you are "licensing" with your license is copyright. But if training is fair use, copyright doesn't apply, so there is no need for a license.
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
Honestly it was the cover art and title, not the album itself. Without context, it’s easy for all of our internet-jaded minds to get a very wrong idea about what the album relates to. And your music library is a very personal thing. For som
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
I sent an Eagle Creek suitcase in and they honored the warranty even though it's maybe 15 years old. They sent it to a repair place who actually fixed every single issue with it (first a broken wheel, then later a torn pocket, broken b
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
> I think that's silly. Do we really live in an age where we feel it's better to simply not communicate with people in the slightest? I agree it’s silly. But it’s also the prevailing view that I’ve seen. I still answer calls, e
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
What is the volume of those real-world uses vs. the speculators/investors, I wonder?
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
> It’s total abandonware from a company trying to do the absolute minimum to get your recurring subscription. What? Abandonware? They are constantly posting new workouts that are thought out and well produced. The Fitness+ app is very we
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
Fitness+ is actually super high quality, really well integrated with Apple’s products, and fun to use. I love it. I would happily pay the monthly Apple fee just for fitness+. I hope they don’t change it. If there is anything that represents
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
And an outrage-inducing political bent.
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
I'm not sure that's true in practice. Chargers are often shared in a household and you may not have control over people putting things back on the charger. My preference is to have something that charges more quickly, rather than
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by D13Fd 8mo ago
> You're probably better off going with old-fashioned alkaline batteries. Never. They will leak and die. Alkaline cells always end up leaking and dying in my experience, given enough time. In fact, I do the reverse: If it's som
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
Have you tried high-CRI LEDs? I find that they are much closer to the incandescent lighting feel.
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
Wow, that’s really insightful. I hadn’t thought of it in those terms, but avoiding algorithmic feeds is exactly what I’ve been doing for the last few years. I mostly use RSS to read news, and I avoid browsing Reddit as much as I can, other
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
What compelled you to buy something through an ad? Does it often work? My operating assumption is that every click-through internet ad other than major brands (Apple, car makers, etc) is basically a scam.
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
I completely agree. I did this many years ago. The only thing that annoys me is that for many local things it’s the only option. I’m actually significantly less informed and involved in the local community because things are so heavily reli
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
Because every unit of electricity causes climate change and burns resources (even renewable sources of electricity - they just burn them slower). From a societal point of view we are dumping huge amounts of electricity and resources into a
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
I agree except as to smart light switches, locks, and blinds. For me those have been set-it-and-forget-it devices that are really handy. I have various lights that come on from dusk until bedtime, doors that lock at night, lights that go of
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by D13Fd 9mo ago
I use Apple Watch Ultra constantly, it’s extremely worth it to me. The charging is annoying, but otherwise, the watch is amazing. It keeps me on track every day. I have recurring alarms for my daily and weekly meetings/calls, and for l
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by D13Fd 10mo ago
I’m not a big fan of the name Toad, but the Textual framework is fantastic. I’ve been using it for years in a small project and it’s just a wonderful tool - it makes it really easy to get a super fast little UI for scripts.
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by D13Fd 10mo ago
5 miles is a long walk. That’s at least 1 hour and 15 minutes for a very fast walker, and probably around 2 hours for a more typical walker. Plus you have to walk back, with groceries. Assuming you are feeding a family and not doing this 2-
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by D13Fd 10mo ago
It’s funny how personal it is. I really hate the taste of alcohol and don’t even tend to like food cooked with alcohol (even if it has “cooked off” it clearly leaves a taste behind). I tried drinking for a short while but I had to almost ho
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by D13Fd 10mo ago
I agree their name scheme sucks. But the way to buy a new CPU is to check with the motherboard vendor about what CPUs the motherboard supports. You can't expect it to work (although it may) if the motherboard maker doesn't list it

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