Steltek

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by Steltek 5y ago
Ironically, in that book a nuclear power station is a plot device and the key to humanity's survival.
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by Steltek 5y ago
I figure remote work will eliminate cubes for engineers regardless. Like many companies, internal surveys show a lot of people preferring perma WFH. With so much empty space, why build out cube farms for the few people that are left in the
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by Steltek 5y ago
History is not optimistic about quiet pushes for progressivism and civil rights. This is not even a western bias: if you really want change, it's going get rough before it gets better.
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by Steltek 5y ago
I would much rather incentivize non-plastic alternative packaging. Consumers should have better options for metal cans, glass bottles, etc for mainstream goods, as those materials are far more effective targets for recycling. But they'
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by Steltek 5y ago
> The crew activated air filters and returned to their "night rest" once the air quality was back to normal, the agency stated. Really? Shouldn't they have investigated a wee bit more or did they also wave a magazine aroun
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by Steltek 5y ago
I'm not sure non-Mac systems preclude this. In fact, I never had RSI or wrist pain issues until my boss pressured me into using a MacBook. I now use a standard (= Windows) keyboard and remapped several keys. On the topic of keys, Mac u
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by Steltek 5y ago
Yes! Companies refresh Dells pretty often and you can find an i7 for not much money on eBay. Buy two to double up the RAM. If you know the right people at a company, you could get them for free even. Home labs aren't about millions of
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by Steltek 5y ago
Earlier than that, it was about only closing travel to China but not Europe, which was having a completely uncontrolled outbreak.
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by Steltek 5y ago
I don't think switching to PETG is an automatic win? You still have a rough, porous surface that can trap bacteria. I stay away from food-related prints but I thought the best method was to print in whatever reasonable material you wan
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by Steltek 5y ago
For a balanced perspective and as a parent of ineligible children about to enter a new school year, Covid is far from over! We have no idea how long our school will be open or if we'll need to split attention between work and quarantin
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by Steltek 5y ago
Looks like you're only going to get anti-masker talking points. Heat dissipation? Social stigma? WTF? Observing my kids and their friends (preschool to late elementary), everyone wears a mask, no complains about it, and they all play t
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by Steltek 5y ago
Does it really matter what your child is sick from if the hospitals are overflowing?
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by Steltek 5y ago
> fewer side effects From my vantage point, Pfizer had far fewer side effects. One acquaintance who had Moderna got walloped so bad on the first shot that they didn't get their second shot. Of course, all anecdotes. I'd love to
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by Steltek 5y ago
It's pretty amusing that they assembled it with a boring old construction crane. No fancy VAB or custom scaffolding. No different than the latest cookie cutter "luxury apartment building".
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by Steltek 5y ago
For general consumers, I would agree. For geeks, I love my smart home with Home Assistant (thanks devs!). I was reluctant at first and thought I'd just dip my toe in to see what it could do. Now I'm regretting not diving right in.
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by Steltek 5y ago
The Berry Amendment (not agreement) applies to military spending with the focus on maintaining an industrial base. The Chinese list is much broader and you'd be crazy to argue that China needs to take steps to maintain its industrial b
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by Steltek 5y ago
But that's what you get when one party uses extremist methods to prevent the US .gov from spending any money. And then the failure of government to achieve efficient action only further reinforces the extremist philosophy. It's re
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by Steltek 5y ago
I strongly stand by "idiot". A vaccinated person is doing the bare minimum to avoid serious complications and the vaccine is extraordinarily good at that. S/he is not an idiot. An unvaccinated person is practically inviting i
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by Steltek 5y ago
Isn't it simpler than that? Fewer employees taking unnecessary extended sick leave, which endangers deadlines and complicates project planning. I would be pissed if I need to upend a release if some unvaccinated idiot won himself a tri
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by Steltek 5y ago
Isn't that the problem though? How do you know you're getting a genuine opinion when there's a public, broad, and well funded astroturf campaign? What even is a genuine opinion or free thought when the government employs such
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by Steltek 5y ago
You nailed it! Paying attention means they're waving at you and shouting rather than listening to the instructor or following the cues. And you want to be a "teammate" in their activities to max out the "quality" in
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by Steltek 5y ago
From scratch? What starting point are you looking for? I don't think enough time has passed for a classical organic urban core to have developed from nothing. I guess for walkable postwar communities, I would look at college towns.
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by Steltek 5y ago
In our case, it was hallway access and layout but you're missing the larger point: there is no resale in our future here. If this house is being sold, it's because we're both dead and at that point, I don't care. Inflati
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by Steltek 5y ago
A false dichotomy that persists because typical US zoning encourages only those two outcomes: single family homes until the pressure bursts, leading to a high rise apartment some place.
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by Steltek 5y ago
Strong Towns disagrees with that. Suburbia is expensive and only survives by siphoning off money from cities via state grants.
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by Steltek 5y ago
In 2019, we began a home addition. Every contractor who looked at our plan told us to make a tradeoff to allow for a fourth bedroom. We persisted, as we were doing this for ourselves rather than future buyers. In 2020 and 2021, we're a
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by Steltek 5y ago
People were blocking ads long before those were reasons.
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by Steltek 5y ago
An important prerequisite was left out: Meshroom requires an Nvidia card for CUDA. Sadly, I swapped out my Nvidia card for an AMD one so I could switch to Sway/Wayland. I've contemplated putting both cards in, AMD for the desktop
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by Steltek 5y ago
What would you do to combat the deliberate misinformation campaign that is weakening the US and many other countries? While propaganda and polarization are not new, the speed, reach, and aggregation are only possible with modern communicati
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by Steltek 5y ago
Anyone claiming to have a real answer to that would be torn to pieces by Richard Feynman. I think you'll need to be satisfied with best guesses and a metaphysical "as long as it lasts".

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