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by astrostl 3y ago
> 25->100 is more of a luxury then a necessity > a single 4k stream can exceed that I think this is an odd choice of a counter-example. Is 4k streaming a necessity or a luxury ? How many people could even tell the difference in
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by astrostl 3y ago
IDC about the twist. It's a standout to me on VIBE. Of what I've seen from MNS, it's my favorite.
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by astrostl 3y ago
Our ancient basement fridge died. We replaced it with a Best Buy Insignia SKU 6472692. It's currently $500, and we paid $550 plus a bit more to take away the old one. Its primary features include having two doors, staying cold on the b
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by astrostl 3y ago
This seems like one of the bigger potential use cases for LLM interpretation of EEG, FMRI, etc. data to me: decoding animal thoughts (inc. pets).
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by astrostl 3y ago
> potentially concerning > This might be the worst real example of a jump to conclusions based on a casual correlation I have seen in my entire life. I don't even know how to properly deconstruct how irresponsible this style of t
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by astrostl 3y ago
ACT test scores have plummeted too. Combined with what we know about the physical brain changes that can be observed after a single mild infection, it all paints a potentially concerning relationship with COVID.
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by astrostl 3y ago
> PIP plans Darn those Performance Improvement Plan plans.
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by astrostl 3y ago
There are several states in which negotiation with realtors is legally restricted.
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by astrostl 3y ago
Even with the familial bias, if you say she busts her ass then I believe you. I do try to pay for results rather than effort, even though I appreciate effort. Is it twice as valuable for her to cover up a spot in a 1M home than it is a 500k
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by astrostl 3y ago
They announced the feature coming to desktop "shortly" seven (7) years ago [1]. It has been implemented on mobile for ages, and is generally one of the most-popular features of any modern messaging service. In the years since, thi
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by astrostl 3y ago
Love the product. Had a monthly recurring donation for many years. Dropped it over what I consider to be their serial mishandling of open source. See https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/pull/6186 for
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by astrostl 3y ago
Yep. And in many cities there is only one viable newspaper, so they run absolutely wild with the monopoly status.
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by astrostl 3y ago
I am otherwise unGoogled on purpose (Kagi, Fastmail, Apple Maps, etc.) and YouTube Premium is some of the best money I spend on a monthly basis, especially because of family usage and plan. YouTube Music has been a surprisingly excellent th
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by astrostl 3y ago
Between its speed of operation and https://www.sqlite.org/src/doc/begin-concurrent/doc/begin_co... I'm not sure when or even if this becomes a functional limitation.
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by astrostl 3y ago
I wouldn't say that I love or hate it. The post definitely isn't sarcastic. What part(s) need more clarity for you?
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by astrostl 3y ago
Well, this is disconcerting. I've used Harvest and found the support to be absolutely stellar, with prompt responses that clearly and deeply understood the nuances of how customers are using the product and detailed steps on how to cre
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by astrostl 3y ago
"We are rolling Kagi Assistant beta for all our current Ultimate plan members (new Ultimate plan users will be onboarded daily). Assistant includes four dynamic AI modes - Research, Code, Chat, and Custom - powered by cutting-edge lang
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by astrostl 3y ago
Passwords aren't the only at-risk category. "This presentation is a tire fire" is a vector, too.
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by astrostl 3y ago
"When you buy a new refrigerator, you probably expect it to last about a decade. Consumer Reports’ member surveys back up that claim, with 10 years being the median expected life span for a newly purchased refrigerator. But it turns ou
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by astrostl 3y ago
Funny enough, our daughters around that age walk about that distance to/from school regularly. We use a pair of walkie talkies [1] to comm, and they work shockingly well over that entire distance. 1: Pofung BF-T15. Two pack was $17 on
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by astrostl 3y ago
https://www.waituntil8th.org : "The Wait Until 8th pledge empowers parents to rally together to delay giving children a smartphone until at least 8th grade. By banding together, this will decrease the pressure felt by kids
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by astrostl 3y ago
The way I approach big numbers is to use it in a representative Major League Baseball stadium with 40,000 people, because even though it's hard to grok I at least a have a felt sense of what that is like. 1M COVID deaths, then, becomes
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by astrostl 3y ago
I don't like opt-out telemetry but I get it. I hate and do not get local vault elimination. I've been using 1P since 2008 and I'm out once the 1P7 browser extensions stop working.
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by astrostl 4y ago
Look for a power setting related to quick boots. They are common and increase power draw (at a benefit of quicker on/off cycles).
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by astrostl 4y ago
An extension that has no user prompting or even status indicator, and that will permit the user to browse the web without a VPN connection or warning by default. It appears that the process is to 1) open Mullvad Browser 2) (externally) open
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by astrostl 4y ago
Do I correctly understand that it does not have a mechanism by which to connect to Mullvad, much less mandate it? The only thing I see is the ability to manually detect externally-initiated VPN status. This seems like a key and significant
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by astrostl 4y ago
Sites like DigLloyd ($), PhillipReeve, FredMiranda, ReidReviews ($), and LensTip are still ticking and far more detailed in their analysis. Note the drift toward individuals and sometimes payments (which seem to be sufficiently-accepted). A
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by astrostl 4y ago
NYT's own WordleBot uses LEAST.
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by astrostl 4y ago
The depositors could and should have been aware of the 250k FDIC limit and employed widely-available countermeasures including (manual or as-a-service) account spreading and/or private insurance.
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by astrostl 4y ago
Inflation. Keeping it in cash has a negative return.

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