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by asciimov 5y ago
Not only am I having more spam in my inbox, in the past month I have had a significant increase in spam.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Most of these bullet points could still be done on a Mac. You don't need special permission, or a hacked computer, to do the things the non-apple way. I moved to Linux 7 years ago from MacOS (and windows before that). As I get older, m
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by asciimov 5y ago
The 3 levels of indentation, is about being mindful of runtime complexity. For example, do you really need four or more levels of for loops in a function. This "rule" is very domain specific. If you are writing for the Linux Kerne
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by asciimov 5y ago
In my household we still love and use the iPhone SE from 2016. The only issue we have with them is battery life. I replaced mine myself, and while it is better than what it had been, the battery still isn't as good as when it was new.
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by asciimov 5y ago
You know, you will still get those.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Here in South Texas I keep my house at 78° during the daytime in A/C season (that's typically March-November, plus some days the other months). If the ceiling fan's aren't on, and the air isn't moving around properl
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by asciimov 5y ago
You must want to live in a frigid world bereft of human connection. I recently went to a place that had no welcome/front end staff, just workers making a product (desserts) and a two kiosks at the front to take your order. The kiosks i
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by asciimov 5y ago
I'd skip the projects and just buy one of the numerous phones that target this market. They make watches, dumb phones, and smart phones, that are locked down and only allow phoning/texting specific people. The other option would b
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by asciimov 5y ago
This sounds exactly how TVs worked before they became "smart", except instead of some module we had a standardized plug and you could attach what ever you wanted to the tv. In my case, I have an HD tv from 2006, it ain't smar
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by asciimov 5y ago
I usually keep to a low carb diet. Recently I had a burger from a local burger joint bun included. The entire time I’m eating this burger I keep thinking this is the best damn burger I’ve had in forever. I chalk it up to being hungry. At th
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by asciimov 5y ago
Nutrition facts don't matter if all your choices are unhealthy. If you visit any chain restaurant, nearly every meal (even the healthy looking ones) has added sugars and simple carbs.
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by asciimov 5y ago
One issue with artificial sweeteners is that they can make a person feel hungry an hour or two after consumption. Thus causing a person to consume more calories than they normally would.
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by asciimov 5y ago
We need to outlaw sugar and restrict simple carbs in made to order foods.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Stability of install. New users probably shouldn't use a rolling release because updates can cause the install to be unbootable, leaving a bad impression of linux.
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by asciimov 5y ago
It's that companies let the designers design without any constraint on usability. Typically these designers are just fashionistas following the trendy crowd.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Residential homes need to be left to the locals, not for vacation rentals, nor timeshares, nor hotels. A house next to me was a popular AirBnb for two years, being rented out 6-8 times a month. It was awful to essentially be living next to
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by asciimov 5y ago
No. This is just confirmation bias. The author didn't control for what was on the front page, how many points the article received, or the amount of discussion on the topic. Not to mention the myriad of technologies that are on Hacker
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by asciimov 5y ago
Way to humble brag about your winnings there fella. I'd want to know did he at least help his parents be more comfortable in their final years. Has he enjoyed the money at all; taken some trips or had some experiences that only money c
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by asciimov 5y ago
I submitted a photo in 2018 as well, probably as part of an online pre-registration. I think during this particular trip the lady also retook our photos with her tablet.
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by asciimov 5y ago
Yeah, you have to send them a picture of yourself when you sign up, like you do for a passport or a drivers license. It gets attached to your account and when you get on the boat you are given an ID card to use to make onboard purchases and
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by asciimov 5y ago
Don't worry about it if you use credit cards, they already know a ton about you.
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by asciimov 5y ago
I don't believe that Walmart isn't using this data, they have way too many cameras in there stores not to be using it. Not that it really matters anyway. If you use credit cards, they already know more about you and your buying ha
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by asciimov 5y ago
The October before covid me and Mrs. Asciimov went on a cruse with Royal Caribbean. We got dropped off at the port, put our luggage in the loading area, and proceeded to walk inside, all without talking to anyone. Not 30 seconds after walk
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by asciimov 5y ago
I don't have pictures of said water. The water is safe to drink, but it just looks unpleasant and occasionally smells too. I think it has to do with minerals in the supply being stirred up by rain water and reacting with treatment chem
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by asciimov 5y ago
If you want to make people stop using water bottles you have to improve the water going to their house. I've been to very few places (in the US) that the water tasted good from the tap. One was a major metro, the others were places wit
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by asciimov 5y ago
It's 85°F in my backyard right now, I can remember several summers where the night time low in mid-August stayed above 85 (or 90). Those are miserable days.
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by asciimov 5y ago
I'll have to remember this when I go back to windows one day. I roll my own keyboard layout on Linux, and the Compose key is a nice to have. I put it where the right Alt normally lives along with the dead greek key (by using shift-RALT
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by asciimov 5y ago
For me in South Texas, it was one of the coolest summers I can remember. We had no days at or above 100, and most of the month was below average. This was due to the High Pressure dome not being over us as it normally is, causing us to have
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by asciimov 5y ago
Even the dumbest among us are clever, particularly when it comes to reducing work loads. It's not gonna be long before somebody figures out an alternative way to power that washer. > One of the biggest health problems in America is
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by asciimov 5y ago
My least favorite (USB) hardware keys. Picture this: you have a 50-100K+ of scientific equipment. It plugs into a computer via usb (if you are lucky), parallel, serial, or something proprietary (if you are unlucky). Now you need a special p

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