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by bradyd 7y ago
Mythbusters tested storing toothbrushes outside the bathroom and found it doesn't really make a difference. https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/surpris...
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by bradyd 7y ago
Note that GOG is owned by CD Projekt, the studio behind The Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077. So while they may not make much on GOG itself, they make a lot more money selling their games there then on other platforms like Steam.
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by bradyd 7y ago
Hostnames are not encrypted in HTTPS requests. They are sent in plain text via SNI (Server Name Indication). There is a new way of handling this called ESNI that does encrypt it, but I'm not sure how widely that is supported. Edit: Clo
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by bradyd 7y ago
> also the famous welcome screen full of google and other trackers If you click on the gear icon on the welcome screen you can turn off all of those things in the Firefox Home Content settings. My welcome screen is completely blank.
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by bradyd 7y ago
I believe you actually mean "The Mysterious Island". I read this book last year and was amazed by the level of technical detail.
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by bradyd 7y ago
I believe whales primarily eat krill, which eat phytoplankton. Phytoplankton eat whale poop. In the Netflix documentary Our Planet, the episode The High Seas discusses how the whaling ban in the 80s has led to a resurgence of the humpback w
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by bradyd 7y ago
> relying on courts that have repeatedly held that yelling fire in a crowded theater That phrase was used in a court case to (successfully) justify censoring someone protesting the draft during WWI [1]. We should be skeptical of any limi
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by bradyd 7y ago
Grey market is buying a companies items (not counterfeit copies) outside of the official supply chain. For example, many goods are sold cheaper in other markets. So someone could buy the item there and bring them to a market where they are
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by bradyd 7y ago
The project website shows a video example and says that a color chart is not required. https://www.deryaakkaynak.com/sea-thru
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by bradyd 7y ago
The Mythbusters built one of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3cRNEyUTF8
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by bradyd 7y ago
> the article said that one square meter of the membrane could power 400 homes The article was updated to correct this number, it was actually 3 instead of 400.
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by bradyd 7y ago
I just tested this on my iPhone and location works just fine in airplane mode, even with WiFi off.
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by bradyd 7y ago
Homebrew will work on Linux and the Windows Subsystem for Linux as well. I'm not sure how well it works there, though, as I've only used it on macOS. https://docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
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by bradyd 7y ago
Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly both support installing unsigned extensions by changing the preference xpinstall.signatures.required to false. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-signing-in-firef...
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by bradyd 7y ago
Space X is planning on using methane instead of kerosene in their next generation rockets. The want to be able to use co2 and water to produce the methane and liquid oxygen fuels.
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by bradyd 7y ago
That page worked in Firefox, Chrome, and Edge for me with only warnings in the console. Chrome v75.0.3770.100: "Mixed Content: The page at ' https://wybiral.github.io/localtoast/' was loaded over HTTPS, b
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by bradyd 7y ago
Bluetooth scales are fairly common. As are toy robots and quadrocopters that use Bluetooth for control.
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by bradyd 7y ago
No it doesn't. Name servers are controlled by the registrar not the DNS provider.
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by bradyd 7y ago
Understanding Physics by Isaac Asimov is a great book that discusses Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and atomic physics. It presents it by discussing the history of the discoveries and experiments that advanced our un
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by bradyd 7y ago
I'm running v67.0.1 on Windows in the US and my preference is also set to true and says it is the default.
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by bradyd 7y ago
Bill Hammack, engineerguy on YouTube, did a video series based on these lectures that are a very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrHnLXMTOWM&list=PL0INsTTU1k...
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by bradyd 7y ago
You are confusing the state and federal judges. The new MA law doesn't apply to federal agencies and this was a federal judge not a state judge and the ATF is a federal agency.
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by bradyd 7y ago
Check out Bose Hearphones. Not cheap at $499, but less than $2,500. https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/wellness/conversation_en...
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by bradyd 7y ago
The boiling point of lead is 1749°C. You're not going to get lead vapor from the solder at the temperatures of a toaster oven. The smoke is probably from some plastic component or some remaining flux on the board. But yeah, that oven s
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by bradyd 7y ago
> If you share none of your mother's DNA, the only possible explanation would be adoption. Not necessarily. There was a case where a DNA test of a woman's children showed that they did not share any of her DNA. Social Services
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by bradyd 8y ago
Maybe a pair of gloves that work with touchscreens?
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by bradyd 8y ago
In the Wikipedia article on autostereogram [1] there is an example of a chess set [2] where the 2D image directly corresponds to the 3D autostereogram image. It is apparently a type of wallpaper autosterogram, instead of random dot, which r
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by bradyd 8y ago
You can use Shift+Delete on an entry to remove it from the autocomplete list.
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by bradyd 8y ago
You can dim LEDs by turning them on and off really fast using a process known as pulse width modulation (PWM). Ideally for something like brake lights you would use a constant current driver to control the light level to prevent flickering.
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by bradyd 8y ago
Stealing mail is a federal offense, so it doesn't matter what the state laws are. Now that applies specifically to deliveries by USPS ( Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally [1]). Stealing shipments by UPS or FedEx can also

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