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by cagey 14y ago
I returned my first (Toshiba) Win8 laptop less than 1 month ago after (a) the (Synaptics Multi-touch) trackpad stopped working entirely (after Win Update pushed Synaptics 16.2.10.3, the version Toshiba authorizes), and (b) even after recove
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by cagey 14y ago
A valid point. I've been using Workflowy for a few months (I'm a long-time "outliner aficionado" who has happily jumped into using this tool with both feet due to some HN postings), and when it comes to entering work/professional data, I m
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by cagey 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms
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by cagey 14y ago
I'm not aware whether it is or not. But once I saw how easy it was to remove a sticker-stack intact using a razor blade, I adopted the habit. The effort involved is minimal (I keep a single-edge razor blade in my toolbox for utility reaso
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by cagey 14y ago
I use a razor blade to (a) remove all existing annual stickers from the plate (makes it harder to remove the top sticker intact), and (b) cut an "X" in the new sticker once I've applied it.
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by cagey 14y ago
Data point: in Feb 2012 I got pulled over by CHP (California Highway Patrol) for exactly this (registration sticker was still stuck to the registration paper in my glovebox, as it was mailed to me). So he was actually using his eyes...
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by cagey 15y ago
So, I, in California, buy something from Amazon, which pays Fedex to ship it from out of state to me. Fedex pays "gas taxes" in CA, and other CA taxes too[1]. If Fedex ships my pkg by air, there are at least additionally airport fees/taxe
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by cagey 15y ago
I couldn't find any mention of (pre-PowerShell) MS batch (CMD.EXE, COMMAND.COM) language. At the shop I work at, WinXP is still the standard platform, and .BAT the first line scripting language. It's nauseating; the threshold at which I t
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by cagey 15y ago
Windows user here. I gladly abandoned Adobe Acrobat Reader as soon as I discovered Foxit Reader. But a few years ago I became unhappy with it (it was trending the same direction as Acrobat Reader: slow, bloated, intrusive) and found Sumat
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by cagey 15y ago
A flawless uninstaller!
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by cagey 15y ago
Let's not forget to also be pissed at the "fourth estate" which offered not a single whit of criticism of Obama's ridiculous statements throughout the primary and presidential campaigns, and instead acted solely as his cheerleaders.
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by cagey 15y ago
Or if paper in general has some sort of "grain" created during its manufacturing process?
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by cagey 15y ago
I just got progressive lens glasses for the first time a few months ago. And made the mistake of using them while working on my PC. Result: BAD recurring headaches for the first time in my life. I switched back to my old single-vision gl
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by cagey 15y ago
Doesn't seem like horrible advice to me. Sure, if someone finds it, you're out your backup key. But unless the thief SAW YOU put it there (and you hid it a block away from your abode as instructed) how is a thief gonna establish the neces
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by cagey 15y ago
I've found www.city-data.com to be quite useful over the years. If it's actually "pure crap", what's the corresponding "crap-free" site?
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by cagey 15y ago
> Fedex [has] no billing related to their miles driven on federal, state or local roads (aside from toll roads, which are a minority case). So you're saying FedEx, being an evil corporation, is exempt from Federal, State, and local fuel
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by cagey 15y ago
I'm still using IBM Model M's on all my home and work desktop PCs. I have a good supply stashed (from ebay years ago), though I've hardly had to dip into it. Most PS/2 -> USB converters would not work with the Model M, so once I found
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by cagey 15y ago
plays a role Try "is 100% responsible for"; if (in CA, USA) I decided to defy or ignore the zoning bureaucracy and open a gas station (or any "bricks and mortar" business within city limits), I think the 'crats would apply "corrective mea
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by cagey 15y ago
> it seems anybody can call themselves that Kind of like "scientist"?
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by cagey 15y ago
I've used PasswordSafe for about 7 years. From the beginning, the data file was stored in a VCS (first CVS, now SVN). Though my data file has never been (become?) corrupted, I have in SVN historical copies of all versions of the file that
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by cagey 15y ago
Me too (although I preferred Borland's Sidekick Plus: it had a great outliner (my favorite still)).
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by cagey 15y ago
I live/work in Silicon Valley. Have a 25-30 minute commute, driving alone at skewed-from-peak-traffic times (10a,7p). It's not unusual to see wildlife on the way: deer, wild turkey, jackrabbit, rarely coyote. I listen to podcasts most da
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by cagey 15y ago
> why not just leave them open and don't spend any money on them? A State Park with no State Employees? Think of the liability!
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by cagey 15y ago
I've recently had occasion to work on 1986 and 1990 Honda Civics: a PITA: just no space to turn a wrench in the engine compartment. Replacing a radiator took an absurd amount of time (and oh my aching back!) 1998 Toyota Sienna: replacing t
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by cagey 15y ago
A missed revenue opportunity? http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/118348/
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by cagey 15y ago
Or: how else are we to get even more subjects (er, citizens) fully accepting of getting full-body xray-scans of their "privates" (saved on a server somewhere forever, no doubt) performed by their neighbor the DHS bureaucrat, who is "just do
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by cagey 15y ago
And before too long it will be expanded to include the "High Speed Rail security circus"!
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by cagey 15y ago
++! "Scientists" are people, having all the same flaws, biases, and impure motivations found in the greater population. I certainly don't unquestioningly trust as 100% truth anything following "Scientists say...". Certainly not about how
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by cagey 15y ago
Employing someone at the minimum wage rate is "evil"?
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by cagey 15y ago
> Much for the same reason people don't put a television in the bedroom. ? I think having a TV in _every_ room is most consumers' dream come true.

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