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by asciimov 5y ago
15 Years ago, a 20oz bottle of soda was a $1 and 12oz cans were 50¢. The decade before that 12oz cans floated between 25-35¢. So 15 years ago, the 23oz can was still a good value compared to the 20oz bottle of coke. > The real question s
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Eh... without a breakout of their numbers it is hard to trust this poll. That said, I think its fair to say half of 18-29 year olds have no interest in geopolitics and 65+ people have been around long enough to have some opinion on it.
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The average of film critics shouldn't be in sync with the average of audiences, and that is okay! Critics watch movies from a different perspective of an audience member. Some really get pulled in by the technical details of the film w
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The older I get the less I want to waste time on customizing things.
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First look into and try the Pomodoro Technique as well as Mindfulness exercises. Remember this isn't a race, and like a muscle is something you have to build up over time. Start small, like 5 minutes less if that doesn't work for
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by asciimov 5y ago
It seems like those writing about this monitor are like "look it's got all these problems, but at least it doesn't have a notch so I'm keeping it."
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It's not the battery life that's the issue on Laptops these days, as it is typically better than windows. The biggest issue is getting all the hardware supported out of the box. For example, there is a certain amount of mucking ab
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by asciimov 5y ago
Nothing is truly renewable as entropy gets us all in the end. Now maybe someone or something will answer "The Last Question" one day and solve that problem. I wager we wont be around to see it.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Prot videos are the best. He does a wonderful job of presenting a topic, covering the information thoroughly, and stays on topic. All without acting like a typical youtuber. He doesn't ask for likes or subscribes, doesn't have ads
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I know a few places that do. Their systems were already super-reliable and the decision makers don't feel the need to change things just because new tools are available.
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That is kinda how I remember it. Our computer was from Packard Bell, it didn't come with a proper windows disc and used some proprietary image installer for reinstalls. We did get the Win95 Extras disc as I clearly remember playing Hov
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by asciimov 5y ago
My memory of qbasic on Win95 is hazy. I seem to remember it being there, but it didn't include any of the built in examples or games. Maybe I tried programming things from the books and either couldn't get them to work, or they wo
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One of the problems I faced when my family got our first computer in '97 was there was no included programming environment on Win 95, not even a Basic interpreter. I remember my local library was full of those kids programming books wi
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Yep I have that too. That is a really good article by the way, thanks for sharing.
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Good call, I think I've only used :cq once(?).
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Just learned about update, after 18 years of vimming, thanks!
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Your eyes dilate more to see dark mode than light mode. This causes a softer image requiring you to work harder to see it clearly. Ideally you want there to be a balance between the brightness of the room and the brightness of the display.
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I always feel that how to exit and quit vim should be at the very top of the first page. With a quick explanation for the various ways to do it. ZQ - in normal mode, quits (notice no colon and capital) ZZ - in normal mode, saves only
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by asciimov 5y ago
Millennial here, I welcome anything to break up the current design aesthetics. I never liked material design and designs from Apple and Google both look tired. I did dark modes before it was cool, but now that I'm getting older, I want
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by asciimov 5y ago
Freeman Dyson wrote a paper in the late 70's discussing "carbon-eating trees" as a way to buy us more time to get off of fossil fuels. I'm glad people are working on such ideas. I just wish we would incentivize burying t
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by asciimov 5y ago
As part of their efforts to "stabilize" the grid. ERCOT et al. want to get rid of the night time negative rates that occur when wind power generates excess power over night. Negative power rates end up costing the middlemen money.
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The sole reason that ERCOT and Texas Republicans are pushing crypto mining is because it will drive up power rates across the state.
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Reminds me that Apple once had fresh designs. I wish Apple would get brave and push out a radical new design.
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Over the years we have evolved the meaning of computer from something that calculates or reckons to a electronic device that runs software. In reality any black box that has a one-to-one relationship between inputs and outputs can be consid
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Me and my friends signed up back in October, so far none of us has received an invite.
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As someone who doesn't use the facebook app on mobile, finding their basic version[0] was a life changer. [0] https://mbasic.facebook.com/
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This kind of irrigation is terrible if you are trying to conserve water. As temperatures rise places that use aqueduct and flood irrigation will have to contend with the loss of water to evaporation during transport. Fortunately people out
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Want to fight poverty? Two things would help: 1. Give them money. 2. Regulate the things that take their money. --- 1. I'm not sure how much that would be but people need to afford child care, transportation, housing, food, healthcare,
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Unfortunately that would just raise the cost of rent. That said I would support a hard progressive tax on non-primary residence homes. It should really hurt for them to own multiple homes.
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Cost and local availability. I can get a name brand 128 Gig micro SD for around $15 locally. For a name brand compact flash, 128 Gigs is closer to $70. Local availability because I've been bitten a few times by counterfeit flash storag

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