SpecialistK

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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
It really highlights why I have avoided Mastodon entirely.
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
I don't use it daily, but I enjoyed rediscovering and using my MiniDisc stuff that I was inspired to build a pretty popular website around it :)
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
They had models like the A55L ( https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/sony-nw-a55l ) which were more affordable, but the venn diagram of "cheap" and "niche audiophile gear" is two separate circles. Those w
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
You're many years late to the MiniDisc revival.
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
There's an irony here, because Sony do make MP3 Walkmans based on Android: https://electronics.sony.com/audio/c/walkman-digital-recorde...
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
Since this doesn't take over the desktop (per the FAQ) this sounds amazing for headless machines. Shame it needs such a modern GPU and $feature which isn't offered by my preferred Alpine Linux. But that shouldn't detract from
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
A lot of the first hand experiences I've heard were from around Chu's tenure, so I can't refute that.
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
Any large city's PD is going to be controversial. From the experience of people close to me who work with police, the VPD are better run and have more programs like Car 33 than the RCMP in neighbouring jurisdictions. Many of the percei
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by SpecialistK 3mo ago
I really struggle to believe that #32 (forced updates at inconvenient times) is (still) a real thing. I get it, I'm a tech and Joe Normie shouldn't have to know the difference between DISM and WSUS. But even under the default sett
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
It is, and I'm aware of the less charitable (perhaps more likely) readings. But much of the time it isn't difficult to know who to attribute because they are explicitly featured in podcasts about the respective article.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
"Oregon" is one of my favourite west coast shibboleths. West-coasters generally say "Oh-ruh-gun" while everyone else says "Oh-reh-gone".
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
And if waterproofing or size are issues, how about a second USB-C port?
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
And rugby is actually "Rugby Football," as I learned from the local Medway Rugby Football Club. There's association football (soccer), rugby football, gridiron football (American and Canadian), Aussie rules football, and prob
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
"No one buys phones with a headphone jack!" Yeah, cause you all stop offering them within one upgrade cycle! I just checked my carrier, and the only phones they offer with jacks are the lowest end Motos and TCLs.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
NY Times almost got it with Seattle! Although my weird hybrid accent was definitely something that isn't fully in line (and I also use y'all because its fun.) I loved my sociolinguistics courses in university, although definitely
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
I wonder if this could be used in PPC Mac OS X, where LLVM isn't supported and most graphical applications need to use GCC 4 with Apple's SDK.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
I moved from the UK to Canada as a pre-teen* and what I found shocking was how bothered a lot of Brits are about the fact that some people or places use different words and pronunciations. "We gave you a perfectly good language and you
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
Canada's (mainstream) nationalism is also part of its political left.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
You're forgetting NT 3.1, 3.5, and 4.0.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
Sorry, should have specified. Alternate Reality Game. One of the most famous was iLoveBees.com before the launch of Halo 2.
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Ask HN: Am I being advertised an ARG via user agent logs?
10 points by SpecialistK 4mo ago|6 comments
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
Tasmota on ESP devices have a web server by default for administration.
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by SpecialistK 4mo ago
Can you to into more detail on your Steam Deck setup? I have a MSI Claw running Bazzite and I would love to look at some different options, especially Alpine.
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by SpecialistK 5mo ago
Voice command handling, I would suspect.
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by SpecialistK 5mo ago
I'm from the UK (although haven't been there for a decade+) and remember "lead" being used in place of "cable" or "cord" by those around me. Plug would be the other end, which goes into the Mains.
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by SpecialistK 5mo ago
> like Brentwood in Canada's BC... it reminds me of the wonders we can build. But still can't make a fountain that doesn't destroy the grout on the tiles next to it :P
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by SpecialistK 5mo ago
C13/C14 connectors are even known as "kettle leads" in some places.
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by SpecialistK 5mo ago
Even if it is half an hour, that's half an hour of /no functionality/ - whether that is acceptable to you is a personal decision, but to claim it's not a functional problem is a lie. My Sony wireless headphones have a si
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by SpecialistK 6mo ago
They used to. Switched to designing their own with the A11 about a decade ago.
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by SpecialistK 6mo ago
Keep your eyes open for Sonic R too. Sadly a lot of the online Sonic community has been toxic to the dev for being transparent about using Claude for the majority of the disassembly. Even though he's a very talented developer with lots

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