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by acomjean 1y ago
Reminds me of the 3 giga watt surge in Britain when a popular tv show ends and everyone goes and makes tea..the BBC had a bit on it (and the grid) https://youtu.be/slDAvewWfrA?si=h-LKEZ6wn1Lq6cJX
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by acomjean 1y ago
My partner and a friend both ran pretty big meetups 10 years ago. What made it good was the discoverability. As organizers they had to pay for the group ($80) but group members got free usage. Organizers and some groups charged to recoup
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by acomjean 1y ago
All I can think here is the government forcing back doors (like the failed Clipper chip) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip The thinking might be the government needs a local industry for security. Think subm
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by acomjean 1y ago
I had “Sargon” (chess game) on cassette tape for the Apple 2. Slow load times though it took very little memory. (The Apple 2 typically had 64kb of ram)
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by acomjean 1y ago
I’ve been a long time iOS user. A fair amount of my purchased software won’t run anymore as it wasn’t updated from 32->63 bit change. I had some Mac software in the same boat. App Stores have some ease of use advantages, but it “just
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by acomjean 1y ago
I thought “evil mad science” had an inexpensive one. Including one the would pen plot on eggs. (Not available) https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/171 And a 2d minimalist plotter. https://shop.ev
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by acomjean 1y ago
>The keyword here, though, is reproduction. A printer isn't capable of mixing pigments the same way an artist mixes paints on a palette. This is kinda no longer true. Computer tools such as “krita” (open source) do an exceptional j
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by acomjean 1y ago
Yeah. I think you got 6 hours a month (or something). One other aspect I didn’t like was when using and my hosemates picked up the phone I’d get disconnected, they’d be annoyed.
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by acomjean 1y ago
Isn’t that why standardized tests like the SAT/ACT… exist?
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by acomjean 1y ago
I had a used VW gti (late last century) with an imobilizer. It let the engine crank but wouldn’t start. It also locked the hood from opening, leading to some panic when first getting the car and forgetting it had this feature. It was a ci
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by acomjean 1y ago
Dental software is terrible as far as I can tell. I’m at school /practice were the staff cheered loudly when it was announced they were planning to upgrade or change vendors. I never saw such passion about software.
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by acomjean 1y ago
It’s not even new. Apple transitioned from PowerPC chips to intel and basically did the same thing again. It’s a technical achievement to be sure. Apple users are unfortunately used to ditching software because backward compatibility isn’
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by acomjean 1y ago
But as I’ve started using windows again, it’s shocking that he allows a lot of the unprofessional upselling crap in. Windows seems to be a platform for selling cloud services… lamentably it probably works.
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by acomjean 1y ago
I’m add to existing legacy Code. I can’t be judgy most of the time. Sometime I can suss out the first build then the additional features tacked on at later dates which is where things get messy. I’m at the fourth update and I did a little
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by acomjean 1y ago
>I can say that “back in the day,” sports were definitely more fun, interesting, and creative… I’ll agree. Was kind of a big sports fan in the 80s (nba, nfl, mlb). The characters were pretty fun. It was a little crazy but fun. Some r
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by acomjean 1y ago
Identical twins are a thing as well.
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eeep. We just gave this to our dog after knee surgery.
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by acomjean 1y ago
It does suck. Because it’s a reminder that they’re are jerks out there and hard to avoid. Especially on the web. It also must sting because he’s trying to be a good citizen. We see this in abusive behavior towards open source maintainers
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by acomjean 1y ago
My partners young niece dislikes U2 and apple for that move. She said a lot of her friend are the same. It was a bad move. They should have just made the album free and not pushed it to every device. Apple did give away free videos on the
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by acomjean 1y ago
Does that work? Our solar inverter uses the 60hz AC from and grid to do the DC->AC conversion. The inverter stops functioning if the power is out. I thought they all did that for safety. Those home batteries mush have some solution.
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by acomjean 1y ago
We live in an older house in the US. We got a note in the mail from the city that pipe from the main to the house might be lead. They looked at building plans/ permits. The length is (15ft) so the impact is minimal if it’s actually l
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by acomjean 1y ago
And jpg isn’t that bad when encoded at high quality, and not saved repeatedly. I took a tiff and saved it high quality jpg. Loaded both into photoshop and “diffed” them (basically subtracted both layers). After some level adjustment you co
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by acomjean 1y ago
They’re included in the American experience “funk” documentary. https://youtu.be/QrgV35cBHVs?si=cPW106BBBUHYABk0?t=28m52s It’s pretty fun. Late 60s San Francisco “hippie funk.”
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by acomjean 1y ago
To be fair, the photos were just ones provided by Disney. Most likely promotional shots. They used them as examples of the work, and as stills they hold up. I thought the article cromulent.
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by acomjean 1y ago
I’m the same 3 (band camp occasionally) My being able to run Linux in a corporate environment doesn’t function well without LibreOffice (even with office 365 online being more prevenlent). Plus it’s a champ at handling csv files.
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by acomjean 1y ago
I always think it would be useful for radio stations to keep logs of their playlists. I do check out mit radios list from time to time. It’s somewhat useful to know the names of the shows that play music you like.. https://track
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by acomjean 1y ago
I think AI is interesting, but I wonder what it will do to progress when used very extensively. Trained on all the things/ideas of the past and creating a larger barrier of entry for new ideas. Thinking about new computer languages, w
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by acomjean 1y ago
Fun. Thanks! Works well on phone. The phone keyboard is a bit clumsy but it works (that’s a phone issue)
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by acomjean 1y ago
I used to rely on google filtering when searching for sites. Then on the google search page I fell for an add. I caught it right after I tried to log in (one of the few sites I remember the password and didn’t have it in a manager). Reset
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by acomjean 1y ago
We had some papers published under NIH grants at my last job. Our papers went public right away. Although the publishers charged the lab an extra fee because of free requirement. As others pointed out reviewers often aren't compensa

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