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by cobbaut 2y ago
Is that a 3D printed Lego gear at 12'40" in the video?
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Suppose you want to do something crazy, like watching a sports game on a PC(cobbaut.blogspot.com)
2 points by cobbaut 2y ago|0 comments
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by cobbaut 2y ago
No, they will need suits from SpaceX that fit.
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by cobbaut 2y ago
Maybe parent refers to Mindstorms NXT, which imho is much more fun than EV3 or Spike.
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by cobbaut 2y ago
> Had to use the Lego software to update the firmware for that, which only runs on Windows 7, 8, and 10. You can do that on Debian, hint "apt search nxt". Or go here https://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/
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by cobbaut 2y ago
>The amount of killed tweeters I have seen would not have happened with an active speaker. My 1978 (no brand) speakers are still in excellent condition, so are the 1991 Bose. Hifiberry works fine. ymmv
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by cobbaut 2y ago
You mean Ronin Dex from Stargate Atlantis...
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by cobbaut 2y ago
Yes, and 64-bit!
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by cobbaut 2y ago
I was expecting this as the top comment. We learned about centuries in school when I was 9 or 10 or something and nobody found this a hard issue to tackle.
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by cobbaut 2y ago
> Lastly lets talk about employees, you hire someone and they don't work. In Europe you cannot just term them and give them a severance package of a few weeks. This is not true! If a newly hired employee does not work, then you can
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by cobbaut 2y ago
They are http ... some browsers may default to not loading them.
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by cobbaut 2y ago
Dreamcast logo curls the other way...
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by cobbaut 2y ago
January 13 1984 he switched to using Debian :)
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Nokia had the phone market for several years, and was toppled. Internet Explorer had +95% market share for a decade, and was toppled. Wordperfect was taught in schools and used everywhere, and was toppled. Altavista (advanced search) was th
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by cobbaut 3y ago
It seems to me that these complaints about MS and Windows have been more or less the same since Windows 95/NT4. Yet somehow most people keep using it because 'gaming' or because 'corporate'? Or because Mac or Linux
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Michael Collins' book Carrying the Fire proves that the sixties were vastly different to today. For example people died while training to become astronauts, because the training was hard. This would be impossible today; the first time
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by cobbaut 3y ago
And unless there is a minimum password age some people will just change it 20 times and then back to the same password.
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by cobbaut 3y ago
> A console could also refer to a physical device, although I'm not aware of it being used in this context. I thought that the console is used for any device (or application) that listens to /dev/console (at least on Linux
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by cobbaut 3y ago
> Chinese knockoffs and other junk products As if most of the originals aren't made in the very same factory in China.
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by cobbaut 3y ago
I just keep a server (3 euro/month) online that listens to SSH on port 443. From there I can connect to anywhere. I assume that a firewall exists that blocks ssh over 443 while allowing HTTPS, but have not encountered that yet.
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Nothing beats Lotus123 :)
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Thanks.
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Ask HN: What is the danger of using Mozilla Thunderbird 78?
2 points by cobbaut 3y ago|2 comments
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by cobbaut 3y ago
I feel you, got the mail today saying I need 2FA by January 19th. So bye bye github and thanks for all the fish. Codeberg looks interesting. (I have most git stuff also on a private server.) I don't mind 2FA if it is password and email
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by cobbaut 3y ago
I am late to this thread... but have years of experience as a volunteer for blind people. My tips: 1. iPhone 2. The best help comes from other blind people! They all work with the screens turned off and use voiceover. This is a different wa
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by cobbaut 3y ago
> So lets be clear about the fact, China is not closing the gap, they are falling further behind. SpaceX is rapidly increasing the gap with all (government) space agencies, even the US/NASA and EU/ESA; both SLS and Ariane 6 a
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by cobbaut 3y ago
I had most fun with "Lego Mindstorms NXT Power Programming" by John C. Hansen.
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Collins’ autobiography Carrying the Fire is also an excellent book to get a feel of the 1960ies. Like four (out of twelve?) people dying during training because, well it's a really hard training. In 2023 if so much as one person gets a
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by cobbaut 3y ago
I didn't get de-banked, but did have my card blocked by the bank once, so since then I have two banks, and use them both about equally. So if there is a problem with one bank, then I can still get food and stuff.
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by cobbaut 3y ago
Against the law, yes. How do you know it does not happen?

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