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by bbrian 8y ago
In Ireland, DART means Dublin Area Rapid Transit, but since it's pronounced "dart" rather than "d", "a", "r", "t", it's appropriate to write it "Dart". Or so my brother t
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by bbrian 8y ago
I remember reading an article years ago: FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool (2006). > the eavesdropping technique "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off." https://www.cnet.com/news/f
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by bbrian 8y ago
Since the battery is necessarily replaced when the keyboard is, I'm hoping my keyboard breaks after 3.5 years so I get a free battery replacement.
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by bbrian 8y ago
Reasonable speculation, based on increased lead times when they offered cheaper battery replacements on iPhones. Although, few people would wait long to get a broken key fixed! https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/27&
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by bbrian 8y ago
I get this too: https://twitter.com/Edwincowino/status/925337841529507840
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by bbrian 8y ago
I recently got mine replaced under warranty (CMD key was broken!) and was told $280 when I asked what the cost would be otherwise. It's still extortionate. Part number 605-02931 for 13" 2016 MBP. Interestingly, when I searched for
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by bbrian 9y ago
You roll the dice, having learned the odds are in your favour. "The primary sources of street Ketamine in China include diversion or theft of legal pharmaceuticals from medical or veterinary licit trade with some supplies also manufact
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by bbrian 9y ago
Hold option/alt as you click the green maximize button to get the old fill-available-space behaviour.
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by bbrian 9y ago
I hope it becomes great news for all developers. Swift is a dream to work with. It's certainly the closest compiled language I've used to the English language.
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by bbrian 9y ago
I was give 0.5 BTC at a hackathon run by an Irish bank (Ulster Bank) a few years ago. I guess when I cash out, I'll cash out with them!
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by bbrian 9y ago
Related: Public urged to remain vigilant after Pacific salmon found in Irish rivers (August 14 2017) http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/public-ur...
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by bbrian 9y ago
I would feel morally obliged to warn people against working in the YC company I spent a few months with.
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by bbrian 9y ago
I use imgapp for imgur. It's not perfect but it's better! What I'd love would be images to be marked as seen so I don't have to scroll past again, and I'd like it to be a meme social network so I can share the lolz
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by bbrian 9y ago
But not all. https://www.google.com/search?q=blind+man+bitten+by+dog
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by bbrian 9y ago
I don't know where your "50 mile ride" comes from when we're talking about a ten mile extension. I put my bike on Bart all the time. Given ~95% of households in the locality own cars, I assume this extension is addressin
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by bbrian 9y ago
I'd love to see what a $2.3 billion investment in cycling could do for a locality. A quick search says the population of East Bay is 2.5 million – that would be a fairly decent bicycle with lights, locks and helmet for every person. Th
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by bbrian 9y ago
Of course I use bookmarks, and never revisit them! I have some bookmarks.html files from old browsers somewhere that I treat as memories – snapshots of what I was interested in back in college etc.
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by bbrian 10y ago
In Ireland, there are no Apple stores but I've often been to the repair section of the main retailer (chargers!) and their policy is obviously deception. When there's a problem they ask is the device under warranty (one year) and
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by bbrian 10y ago
It's why software licences have some text in capitals.
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by bbrian 10y ago
Cool! Back in 2001 I had the domain TheLostVikings.com Wow, it's still on the ISP hosting. I haven't seen this in years: http://homepage.eircom.net/~lostvikings/ The download links are broken but lots of anim
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by bbrian 10y ago
IIRC, you're not even supposed to rely on the Freestyle Libre exclusively, you've still to take the traditional finger pricks reasonably frequently to be sure its calibration isn't wrong.
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by bbrian 10y ago
I was at an immigration talk recently and the lawyer advised against it saying the office managing the expedited applications (SoCal) is stricter than the regular process.
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by bbrian 10y ago
I'm in love with Rethinking Innateness. I'm posting half in the hope someone suggests an up to date version, but it's brilliant and fascinating itself. It was prescribed when I was studying my CS MSc and I've read it thr
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by bbrian 10y ago
I frequently recommend the Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism (AronRa) videos on YouTube. They're obviously more about addressing creationism, but it's enjoyable and educational and necessarily explains a lot about evolution t
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by bbrian 10y ago
They've put augmented reality in the hands of millions. If their spectacles are a success, they'll own the consumer AR market.
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by bbrian 10y ago
I'm working towards owning no shoes with laces. Between my Dubarry boat/deck shoes and a pair of laceless Converse, my other shoes are eschewed!
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by bbrian 10y ago
The J1 isn't comparable to the H1B – it's a 12 month visa which must be started within 12 months of graduation. There's also no suggestion of working in academia on a J1 – it's the "intern" visa. I'm on it
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by bbrian 10y ago
I once, in Ireland, threw a teen movie themed party. The red cups were key to it. I had to order them on eBay but they were weren't real Solo cups, just cardboard. They still went down a treat! Eventually somebody capitalised on the no
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by bbrian 10y ago
I have a similar 'lessons' write-up of a Chrome extension I made a few years ago. I built it to enable safe-search on all the computers in a few schools I was working in and deployed it with Group Policy: https://brianh
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by bbrian 11y ago
Same, I guess because I have cookies turned off.

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