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by bcraven 9mo ago
Let's just say that in the end it wasn't just words being exchanged.
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by bcraven 9mo ago
Back in the 2010s I used the 'Notes' applications to send messages via Bluetooth on my Sony Ericsson to chat with a girl in the next bunk. There was no signal in the remote Irish hostel so it was the perfect way to send messages c
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If a Tree Falls – The Trial of the Sycamore Gap Killers(harpers.org)
2 points by bcraven 9mo ago|0 comments
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by bcraven 9mo ago
RedReader is a lovely, lightweight Android app for Reddit. Development is slow, but I've been happily using it since RiF was killed.
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by bcraven 9mo ago
The trick is to own your car for a few years at which point you remember where the buttons are by feel. This is the advantage over a touchscreen - you can't learn those by feel.
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by bcraven 10mo ago
It's a concept car so it's unlikely to have been considered as it'll never be in production.
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by bcraven 10mo ago
I have been using InControl successfully. https://www.grc.com/incontrol.htm
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by bcraven 10mo ago
"the pack-in browser supplied by Sega on a silvery CD is now useless for anything other than an ornament, memento, or Frisbee." They also make great bird scarers.
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by bcraven 10mo ago
TFA final paragraph: "While recording an unboxing can help document the condition of a product, such evidence is not guaranteed to resolve disputes with retailers or payment providers."
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by bcraven 10mo ago
User-Agent Switcher usually sorts them out
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by bcraven 10mo ago
https://www.hbmpodcast.com/podcast/hbm088-riptides-and-a-sin... Information here from a superb podcast
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by bcraven 10mo ago
I can't imagine this would work. Can you not remember the footage of the wall of houses/cars/boats/trees/etc moving across the landscape? Your raft is getting flattened.
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by bcraven 10mo ago
I suspect the presentation felt different to the audience who were receiving it at the talk, rather than us reading it at our own pace.
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by bcraven 10mo ago
This is as close to a picture as we can get so far: https://go.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/nl3/tapWasYdOPt1rjrphEnKYA?hl... "John Gater presents the initial GPR results. Anne and Mark seem suitably impressed!"
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by bcraven 10mo ago
My understanding is that backup cameras are a legal requirement in multiple jurisdictions. Hard to do with no screen? https://www.auto-vox.com/en-gb/blogs/guides/are-backup-camer...
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by bcraven 11mo ago
Perhaps an enterprising soul can convert them to wiggle-grams?
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by bcraven 11mo ago
Furthermore, _In 1987, his widow stated, "He died before Lego brought out the product in Britain. He didn't know about it."_
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by bcraven 11mo ago
If humans were so advanced to have city planning at that point, how do we only have mobile phones by now?
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by bcraven 11mo ago
I find that very difficult to believe
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by bcraven 11mo ago
https://www.tivo.com/support/how-to/how-to-use-SkipMode A data point is TiVo who are, apparently, still around and have a 'skip ads' button on recorded content.
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by bcraven 11mo ago
That's a feature: if you can't work out which YouTube apk to patch them you'll never work out the rest of the installation process.
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by bcraven 11mo ago
I think this is a lazy criticism that I am _also_ growing tired of. If LLMs are trained on written information, that pattern of speech was present before they got there. It's a good way to add emphasis.
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by bcraven 11mo ago
I think Sam Andreas' Hot Coffee reveal made a lot of studios very wary of including (on purpose, or accidentally) extra content.
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by bcraven 11mo ago
>Does anyone have suggestions for other good low-capability, long battery, hackable eink watches? We've been looking for these for years, and never found them. Pebble coming back was the solution that we all dreamed about.
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by bcraven 11mo ago
I often see these 'clones' of winamp and for some reason they all use skins that look like shit. As someone who still uses winamp (via Wacup) I can swear by the 'Bento' skin that is not a garish nightmare. https:&#x2F
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by bcraven 11mo ago
The works by Bill Mudron skirt an intersting line with Ghibli-style prints: https://www.billmudron.com/ghibli-prints
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by bcraven 11mo ago
The big Sainsbury's near me never stopped doing this: https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-conce... And this has worked for me too: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/product
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by bcraven 1y ago
Paragraph 3: "At the same time, people are paying closer attention to birds, notes Lacy, and are focusing on this pairing because it’s weird."
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by bcraven 1y ago
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/holiday-gifts/advent-calendars 24 doors on the Lego calendars too
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by bcraven 1y ago
I let Home Assistant turn it on once the house is empty, and then off once someone is home.

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