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by abruzzi 6y ago
I suspect in this case that you are getting downvoted /because/ you didn't provide specifics. It's certainly possible that some Obama pardons were self serving, I didn't hear much about his pardons at the time, but
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by abruzzi 6y ago
after an accident ~15 years ago, I was discharged after 6 months on 120mg of Oxycontin daily (40mg 3x a day) After being frustrated being tethered to the oxy bottle, I went cold turkey. The first thing that happened after the withdrawal s
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by abruzzi 6y ago
you comment on "non-consensual porn" may be what the GP meant, but s/he used the term "stolen porn" which I took to mean simply a copy that the user was unauthorized to upload, i.e. I download a movie then share it,
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by abruzzi 6y ago
heck, POTS line phones can even function with a power loss since they derive their power from the phone line (unless you have a POTS line phone like a cordless where it has to charge a battery and operate a 900mhz connection to the handset.
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by abruzzi 6y ago
the one thing I dislike about the movie is the "Christmas party". Its not from the novel, and is there primarily to elucidate some of the relationships in the novel like Bill Hayden and Jim Pridoux, but it seems very out of place
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by abruzzi 6y ago
its surprising how many le Carré novels have been filmed, and I'm with you especially the Alec Guinness Tinker Tailor. It is such a great antidote to all the James Bond inspired spy stories. To use a line from the book “Good intellig
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by abruzzi 6y ago
This genuinely surprises me. When I moved into enterprise 15 years ago, I was more inclined to use free things and piece everything together myself. This quickly overwhelmed me, and I learned the golden rule of enterprise--nothing without
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by abruzzi 6y ago
the OP is referencing a line from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."
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by abruzzi 6y ago
thats why well run forums split off tangent conversations into different threads. I find this much more useful than the reddit/HN approach of barely organized chaos. I enjoy HN for the content, not the format of the discussion thread
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by abruzzi 6y ago
I can completely read Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle' in about 3-4 hours--just a nice afternoon. When I read Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' or Pynchon's 'Gravity's Rainbow' it can easily take me
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by abruzzi 6y ago
honestly, my 5 year old laptop is still plenty fast for what I need. If it weren't for dropped support and websites that force me to upgrade to the latest browser, I'd be happy with 10 year old computers. I honestly want to get
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by abruzzi 6y ago
yeah, but in the end, choice of OS is secondary to choice of application. I'm staying on Mojave for the foreseeable future, but I'll stay with Mac because Logic Pro is not available on any other platform. Sometimes applications
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by abruzzi 6y ago
not online, but check out what is usually just called the idiots guide. Specifically "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step by Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot". Everything I know about auto mechanics I learn
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by abruzzi 6y ago
yes, but I think for motorcycles, they let you fill on your own because most motorcycle tanks require a little more care from the filler (i.e. you don't just stick it in, turn it on, and wait for it to stop, instead, you're carefu
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by abruzzi 6y ago
> Solution: Mandate visually encoded supported standards on the USB cable in colored ring form, a la resistors. I agree in principal, but please don't do it with colored rings. Many of us have much more limited color perception due
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by abruzzi 6y ago
from what I've seen, you have your order wrong--get the loan before you tear down the old place, unless you have enough money to secure the loan yourself. I've known several people here who started the teardown first, and then tr
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by abruzzi 6y ago
Even the ones that aren't are frequently well know. I haven't consumed audiobooks since before Amazon bought Audible, but my father and his wife consume them avidly, and they know the names of their favorite readers, and will fre
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by abruzzi 6y ago
The issues is if the tent obstructs the cabin staff from providing assistance. Simply saying that "it is on the individual" isn't going to stop the airline from getting, and possible losing, a lawsuit by the family when the
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by abruzzi 6y ago
For me, it is THE differentiating feature that keeps me using Google maps, rather than a competing service. I take an annual 7 day motorcycle trip though the southwest US, and street view allows me to see a road from ground level which is
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by abruzzi 6y ago
Age of consent in the US varies from state to state, with the lowest being, I believe 14 years old in some states. The "18 or older" mentality probably has more to do with working in porn, hence all the "barely 18" type
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by abruzzi 6y ago
but an amateur license potentially gives you access to 1.8 mhz up to beyond 10ghz.
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by abruzzi 6y ago
I would agree that online there are a bunch of loud "get off my lawn" type voicer (I remember a published article on one of the bigger ham forums, where the guy bemoaned that a local ham club advertised a event as a "maker&qu
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by abruzzi 6y ago
my father (75yo) still obsessively updates his personal website (using FrontPage!) For years he was proud that his article on Hill's Criteria of Causation was the top hit on google for a search on "hills criteria" or similar
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by abruzzi 6y ago
this is my most hated Apple "UI modernization." Its not just a problem with website, apps, even Apple apps don't deal with it well. I always turn on scroll bars all the time (I do a lot of work with very long documents or f
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by abruzzi 6y ago
I need to check the wavelength of the safelight in my dark room, but I sometimes spend hours in deep red light, so I guess that could be good.
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by abruzzi 6y ago
I actually still have my Cube. I haven't powered it on in years, I can't bring myself to throw it out, but I can't figure anything useful for it to do. I have other PPC macs that are in regular use, but its mostly to suppor
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by abruzzi 6y ago
And the bigger deal (to me) is that none of the competitors are really competitors in the key area of the USPS--first class mail delivery. Can UPS, FedEX deliver a letter (or a bill, or check, or...) for $0.55?
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by abruzzi 6y ago
I don't hate the selfie stick due to the users of them. I first heard about a selfie stick when I was on vacation in Rome near the Roman forum. I couldn't walk ten feet without another street vendor trying to convince me to buy
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by abruzzi 6y ago
what makes me sad is that while Apple has done very well with these major transitions, it leaves behind instances where (for me) a completely unique application gets left in behind. I currently maintain an only system 7 computer for softwa
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by abruzzi 6y ago
no paywall for me and no video just a pretty short article.

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