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   How AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are working together to screw you(timmins.net)

   231 points by c0nsumer 13y ago|75 comments
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   Their location downtown is the exact reason why I haven't yet applied with them. I live in the suburbs where downtown Detroit is a 1hr drive (on a normal day) each way. Something in the north/east suburbs is a much more reasonable
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   Not Just The Numbers(nuxx.net)

   1 points by c0nsumer 13y ago|0 comments
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   I do similar things, but also as part of getting new people into mountain biking and building new, legal, open-to-bikes trails. It's pretty amazing the diversity of people that I've ended up friends and acquaintances with; people
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   This also works really well with cycling group rides.
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   Cisco WebEx Connect
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   The Detroit area in general is a pretty fine place to live. Good food, loads of great things to do outdoors (if that's your thing) which varies wildly by season, and it's quite cheap to live. It's very car-centric and owning one is practica
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   by c0nsumer 13y ago

   Did you have a self-assembled machine? This is one of the big reasons for all the shielding in big-brand computers: mitigating the potential for weird interference like this.
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   by c0nsumer 14y ago

   Any idea which Vanguard this is talking about? Financial services? The university? The furniture company...?
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    Despite having grown up and lived in Michigan my whole life I only just now realized that the more-northern parts of the state are considered taiga.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    This sounds like most of the time I've spent in London when on holiday/vacation recently. Just go there, wander, eat when hungry, wander more... Go back to the hotel after dark and wake up whenever. There are lots of neat things to be seen.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I make mountain bike trail maps[1] using OSM data, but when generating my first drafts of the final PDF files and distributing them for review I'll include similar trap landmark. [1] Examples: http://mmba.org/library/maps/riverbends/latest
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I do mountain bike trail work and mapping, and I like putting very large QR codes on the trail head sign kiosks with a note saying "Scan this QR code with your phone to download a copy of this map.". Year-old example (it's changed slightly
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I looked into this, and Straight Talk doesn't allow tethering per agreement. That was frustrating.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    Pushing the play button to make it go, perhaps? As in, using the apps is so easy you just "press Play"?
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    This looks really interesting to me. One thing that I'm not quite clear on is whether or not backups made using Arq to Glacier can be restored using other software. I'm mildly concerned about what could happen if I need to restore software
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    Back in 2007 I got quite far through the Google hiring process, up to an on-site interview and being told to expect an offer the Thursday after I returned home. I was ready to move half-way across the country and get started living in the b
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    This gets even more different when devices contain a digitally controlled potentiometer between the DAC and the amp. I believe Macs do this, with the main system volume control actually stepping down the voltage of the signal being fed to t
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I do mountain bike (and thus indirectly hiking) trail development, construction, and maintenance as volunteer work. This has shown me a surprisingly useful place for QR codes: on trailhead map boards. The code just links to a (well optimize
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    This is one reason why I wish the Nexus 7 had a rear-facing camera.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I'm glad to see that article gets it right with "The so-called “mascot of paedophilia” has become an internet meme and shorthand for 'Stop being creepy about kids.'" and not something inflammatory about it being a badge for pedophiles or so
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I understand the lament over wunderground.com being sold, but have any of you checked out what the National Weather Service offers? It's been my go-to site for years, is pretty spot on, has no-nonsense text based emergency notifications, ma
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    I find myself coming out of the zone when someone comes up to me and talks to me. I feel baffled, stupified, and really confused about almost whatever they are asking about. It's obvious to them, and 60% of the time they find it extremely b
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    That's pretty typical for Apple stuff, though. Although, if I remember right, you can set Apple stuff up as just bridged. I also find it interesting that there's now an iOS app for setting up their APs. That fixes a big gap for some people.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    ...that has dual wired ports. This is a good thing.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    Don't forget that books also have a super low cost to entry, are very easy to loan, and aren't a huge loss if you replace them.
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    by c0nsumer 14y ago

    Neat, but it's be very nice if it automatically used the configured HTTPS proxy.