aschla

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by aschla 10mo ago
I'm not particularly old yet, in my mid-thirties, but I reacted like someone much older when I learned kids are allowed to carry around their phones all day at school. Back in my day (when we walked to school uphill both ways), we were
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by aschla 10mo ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by aschla 11mo ago
The telltale for me is the excessive comments. No reasonable human being would do all that extra, redundant work.
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by aschla 11mo ago
Many people are tired of the toxic positivity common in corporate speak, which lets poor performers off the hook, and prevents high-quality talent from speaking freely. "A complete lack of empathy" is a bit of a stretch, no? Calli
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by aschla 1y ago
According to Wikipedia, looks like only the Nest Nub.
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by aschla 1y ago
To whom it may concern, for those who use the modem in bridge mode, it is possible to discreetly pop open the Xfinity modem and disconnect the wireless antennas.
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by aschla 2y ago
Ah yeah you just reminded me of the rabbit hole I went down a couple years ago. Yeah I had to flash the firmware on the Anker dongle, following this guide: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/dp-usb-c-thunderbolt-to...
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by aschla 2y ago
Not sure what the other guy uses, but I use this Anker with my LG OLED to get RGB 4k@120 HDR with my M1 MacBook Pro: https://www.anker.com/products/a8317?variant=42329259475094&...
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by aschla 2y ago
When I lived in Chicago with a car, and parked it in the small lot behind a condo building, I had to battle with the rats chewing through my car's wires. Twice they chewed through the MAP sensor wires which caused all kinds of misfires
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by aschla 2y ago
You can either set each up yourself, or there are a variety of containers available. A chatbot of your choice can likely guide you through it, since it'll depend on your specific network setup and how exactly you'd like it configu
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by aschla 2y ago
A one-off solution like this is really the only type of solution we have in the face of a massive ad tech industry that largely piggybacks on top of, and inserts itself into, foundational network and web protocols. Fixing the problem itself
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by aschla 2y ago
A solution: AdGuardHome and WireGuard running at home. WireGuard connects on-demand when I leave home. I choose to run it at home because there are cases where services and/or sites block datacenter IPs, and I have complete control ove
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by aschla 2y ago
Autopilot for my sit-on-top fishing kayak. Designed, modeled, and printed an assembly which attaches to the rudder rod. Moves the rod via a stepper motor connected to a Teensy 4.0 which gets NMEA 2000 messages from a Garmin heading sensor a
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by aschla 2y ago
It's almost as if it was an intentional artistic choice in phrasing... /s
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by aschla 2y ago
"We began an investigation after seeing repeated complaints mentioning specific ActionTec devices, as a massive number of device owners stated that they were not able to access the internet beginning on October 25, 2023. A growing numb
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by aschla 2y ago
I'd love to see one of these on each end of the arterial 4-lane streets of Chicago. When spring hits, fire them up and go from one end to the other in either direction. Potholes become a thing of the past. We're already used to ov
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by aschla 2y ago
Kind of wild at the end of the GMA video in the twitter post, they tell passengers to be careful of how you display your boarding pass. It’s not on the passengers to maintain the security of the system.
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by aschla 3y ago
I had some of the most satisfying fun I’ve ever had putting together my 0.2. It’s like Lego but with the extra satisfaction that comes from printing some of the parts yourself, and you get a high-quality, modifiable, useful tool when you’re
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by aschla 3y ago
"Within the expansive Apiaceae family are some of the tastiest ... food plants in the world: ..., celery..." Hmm, we have different tastes.
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by aschla 3y ago
As someone who has lived here for going on 15 years, he really unintentionally nailed the whole spectrum of experience of living in Chicago. And “Live in a city for any amount of time and you'll start to develop a subconscious odds cal
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by aschla 3y ago
Side note, I like the casual technical writing style used here, with the main points summarized along the way. Easily digestible and I can go back and get the details in the main text at any point if I want.
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by aschla 3y ago
I recently put something together similar to this, to switch between my personal PopOS/Windows machine and my work Macbook Pro. I used one of these manual USB switchers, ( https://sabrent.com/products/usb-sw30 ), an
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by aschla 3y ago
Trying not to sound as sensationalist as the original story, but this part specifically had me infuriated: "Hunter has had less luck. Of the news stories, he said: “They’re infuriating but they’re comical if you have the facts… I tried
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by aschla 3y ago
Likely related to biometrics laws. I know Illinois has restrictions on the collection of biometrics, not sure about Texas. Facebook in particular paid out a significant amount of money in a class action in Illinois, I know because I got a c
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by aschla 3y ago
Quick side note on Best Buy abandoning selling physical media, the cashier at Best Buy said they'll probably just throw the rest of their stock in the trash when they stop selling them in early 2024. So if anyone is interested in some
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by aschla 3y ago
As an aside, when did we start using "bearish" and "bullish" to refer to sentiment outside of financial instruments?
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by aschla 4y ago
Unreal delusion and/or out of touch. "You are commuters. For the day, week, year, or decade, you are bonded by a common struggle. That brings you closer. That makes you better colleagues. That alloys you in social contract."
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by aschla 4y ago
I've been using super glue to assemble 3D printed models lately. Loctite gel is my favorite right now. It's available at all major hardware stores and is easy to control. My only gripe is the size (.14 oz). They put it in a large
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by aschla 4y ago
Wasn't aware it was possible to switch LG TV sources via Home Assistant. Set up a Autokey script to call the Home Assistant API to trigger a script to switch sources between my work Mac and personal PC. Works great, don't need to
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by aschla 5y ago
Here in Chicago every item on Amazon is showing an earliest delivery date of Saturday the 11th. Checked an item today I had bought yesterday and delivered overnight, the item is now showing available delivery as Saturday. What a terrible ti

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