bobchadwick

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Virtual Vernier Caliper(stefanelli.eng.br)
2 points by bobchadwick 11mo ago|0 comments
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by bobchadwick 11mo ago
My family undertook a major renovation where we basically took down everything above the foundation and started from scratch. I went down many of the exact same rabbit holes as the OP and the results ended up being very similar. My takeaway
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by bobchadwick 11mo ago
Huh, I have the entire second story of my house outfitted with FYRTUR shades and the only one that sometimes gives me problems is the one that crashed to the floor when the 3M tape holding it up failed. (Don't get me started on Anderse
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Today I Learned That Sears Is Still Selling Craftsman Tools(toolguyd.com)
2 points by bobchadwick 1y ago|7 comments
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
"...he was willing to put pressure on Netanyahu in a way that President Biden was unwilling to do." Unwilling or unable? Netanyahu hated Biden and has done everything in his power to sabotage anything Democrats have done to try to
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
I have a drawerful of antiraspberrypi and antiesp devices.
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
The only issue I have with this article is the assertion that we demonize drivers in cases like this. More often than not, we let the driver off the hook and call it an accident.
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Bergen County Signs Deal to Digitize Property Records on Blockchain(jerseydigs.com)
3 points by bobchadwick 1y ago|0 comments
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
It's not the point of the blog post, but I love the fact that the author's 2012 MacBook Pro is still useable. I can't imagine there are too many Dell laptops from that era still alive and kicking.
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
For me personally, anything using the phrasing make ______ great again is a huge turn off. Maybe dispense with language that a lot of people might find to be divisive if your goal is to make it a positive environment.
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
To add to your point, we elected George W. Bush again after hearing four years of his gibberish (and after he, you know, starting a devastating war). That was 20 year ago.
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by bobchadwick 1y ago
Wait, am I reading this wrong, or is she seriously proposing replacing kindergarteners with A1?
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
My home in the US Northeast was renovated a few years back and we went from gas heating, cooking, and water heating to all electric (heat pumps for HVAC and water; induction for cooking). As part of the renovation, we added insulation and p
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
I think you’re right, and they’ve found their useful idiot in Trump. As for Trump himself, I think he truly believes the rest of the world is taking advantage of the US and tariffs are a way of setting things right. My guess is that in his
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
I think the author, Jan Heine, is originally from Germany. He does own and operate a US-based company, so it's not that surprising that he's writing from that perspective.
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Bikes in the age of tariffs(renehersecycles.com)
90 points by bobchadwick 2y ago|114 comments
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
Are you able to sync progress? I can access my calibre-web library, but I've been unable to figure out how to sync progress.
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
In related news, I know you are, but what am I?
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
As others have pointed out, it's pretty easy to learn that typically using LIMIT doesn't affect query cost. That said, one surprising side effect of adding clustering is that LIMIT actually works as you'd expect it to. See th
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
It looks like the maintainers have had a good bit of fun with it: https://www.bleachbit.org/cloth-or-something .
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
If it's good enough for a Secretary of State, it's good enough for me!
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
Was that executive power really accrued as a result of a resistance to Trump during his first term? My understanding is that the executive branch has been exerting more power for while now, regardless of who has been in office. And does it
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
Think the site uses SQL?
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
That's correct, and I absolutely love it. If I move to a new role where BigQuery is not the data warehouse of choice, I think this will be the thing I'll miss most.
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
69 Love Songs is brilliant as a concept album, but Charm of the Highway Strip is my personal favorite.
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
Stupid things like these screens and so many items being locked up makes me think these corporate retailers aren't actually interested in having people buy stuff from them.
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Boing Boing launches clean, ad-free experience(boingboing.net)
3 points by bobchadwick 2y ago|0 comments
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
Also not to be confused with the iOS SSH client: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shelly-ssh-client/id989642999
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by bobchadwick 2y ago
I used this last week! I was out of town and a friend texted me letting me know the lights in my house were on. I got such a sense of joy in knowing that it was working as intended.
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Bouncing from Boing Boing (2023)(jacobtender.net)
2 points by bobchadwick 2y ago|0 comments

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