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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Not specific to the Quest, but potentially of use to some: I've done it with a Valve Index and an HTC Vive Pro. I configured a virtual room with huge screens on the walls. It worked OK. I wished the DPI was higher, but huge screens far
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
> but I find that my visual focus is easily lost when I read my own work I have the same experience on your linked post. For me, running Safari on MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1 at 100% on a MacBook Air 15: The font isn't optimal to my eyes. T
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The USB-C headphone adaptors sold by Google / Apple / Samsung / etc are DAC + headphone amps. They're inexpensive (under $20, some under $10) and can have better components in them than a phone, laptop, etc. These should
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
1,000,000,000 phones * 0.100 kg = 100,000,000 kg = 100,000 metric tons (tonnes).
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
This may not be what you’re looking for, but I use Mizage’s Divvy on Mac & Windows and configure Gnome to match on Linux. It can be keyboard or mouse driven — I exclusively use custom keyboard shortcuts.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Link to the documents: https://service.tesla.com/roadster The documents released are for Tesla-specific items: Battery Monitoring Board, Diagnostic Software, HVAC Controller, Vehicle Display System.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
One of the article's key points is that violent crime does not mean "caused physical harm" and that entire categories of crime are considered violent by law, whether or not any violence was perpetrated during the commission.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
I would listen to your mind / body. You're still developing your "productivity endurance". It will build up over time. Learning now to listen to when you can and can't be productive will help later in life when inci
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Awesome! Thank you for posting this. I'd edit my response to include this, but it's too late.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
It is questionable and indicates the author doesn't understand CPU bit width. There are three key bit widths that impact a CPU Address bus: how much RAM the CPU could theoretically address. Data bus: how many bits at a time the CPU can
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Anecdata: if you need a Lenovo repaired and you’re covered for onsite service, have them come to you. I had a similar experience with sending an X1 Carbon to Lenovo’s repair center: “No problem found”. When I called to complain, I was told
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Not the original poster, but to add my experience: Two-bay NAS, two drives as a mirrored pair, two SSDs as mirrored pair cache. Only makes data available on my home network. Primarily using Nextcloud and Gitea. It backs up important files n
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
If you have arthritis in your base of thumb joints, keyboards with thumb clusters may not be a good fit for you. I can use these types of keyboards for a day or two, then the thumb pain is too much. I have the same issue with game controlle
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The original Broad Ripple Park (Indianapolis) Pool was the "largest in the world" at one point (250' x 500'). I knew people who swam in it, but it had been turned into basketball courts by the time I saw the former pool.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The article doesn’t mention it, but the Fred Fish disks were also made available via FTP on the early internet at least by 1991. I don’t know if this was official or unofficial. Handily, there was a utility that let Amigas read MS-DOS-forma
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Aifur can be fun. Go with a small group if you can. If you're picked to do the "drink from a horn" contest, there's a trick to it. If you know the trick (and can shoot a beer), you'll win almost instantly. If I reme
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Tips for avoiding this that have worked for me: Go early in the morning. The 10:00 am Sunday showing of Oppenheimer is likely full of movie buffs. Go midweek. An emptier theater reduces the impact of phone screens if someone uses one. Go to
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The time I tried this in with my previous carrier with a smartphone, I had to call the cellular provider and get the phone "authorized" before it would work. I don't know if this was specific to the carrier, specific to the p
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
eSIMs can also make it easier to switch phones. Want to try a different OS? Going hiking and don't want to risk your nice phone? Traveling? A great thing about this is you can have multiple phones preconfigured for specific purposes an
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The US Max & Erma’s restaurant chain had this in the ‘80s as well.
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Background: SICP was the textbook for my undergrad intro to CS class, though I was already a self-taught programmer at the time. SICP provided a different way of understanding programming. I enjoyed the class, did well, and became a big fan
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
Left out passwords. Passwords: pick a password solution (KeePass-based, cloud provider, etc). From a Mac that you’re sure isn’t compromised: open Safari, go to the Passwords section, export passwords to CSV. THIS IS AN UNENCRYPTED FILE. It
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
As someone who has moved between macOS+iOS and Windows/Linux+Android several times, this is doable. For technical people, it's just annoying. For non-technical people, this probably needs written into a more formal set of steps. I
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
The BMI they use to help define "thin but healthy" is less than 18 m^2 / kg. Some selected height / maximum weight combinations for a BMI of 18: 5' (152 cm): 93 lb (42 kg) 5.5' (168 cm): 112 lb (51 kg) 6'
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
For those interested in old data storage technologies like punched cards, see also punched tape.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
While not the subject of the article, his My4TH reminds me: Back in "the day", there was a replacement ROM for the ZX81/TS1000 that turned it into a FORTH machine. Was a cheap way to learn FORTH when the host machines were de
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
There have been 13 instrumentals to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after Frankenstein by EWG. The most recent was Harlem Shake in 2013. Before that, it was the Miami Vice theme in 1985. Chariots of Fire hit #1 in 1981. Rise by Herb Alpert
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by daggersandscars 3y ago
They also dry their feathers by standing still with their wings out. Anhingas are pretty cool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga#/media/File:Anhingadry...
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by daggersandscars 4y ago
> or my compassionate and frequently anxious wife, would rouse me with the words, "WAKE UP, YOU'RE NOT BREATHING!" She did notice. The people I have known with sleep apnea were originally alerted by their partners walking
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by daggersandscars 4y ago
Citation needed. Oklahoma averages over 50 per year and is 2/3rds the land area of the UK.[0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-ok-monthlyannual

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