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by daggersandscars 5y ago
When I had ~1000 books, I catalogued them to avoid buying books I already had and to ease lending them to my friends. Back in the pre-smart phone days, there was a Mac app that used a webcam to scan book barcodes. The author wrote a neat ar
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Thank you for the clarification. I knew it was possible if you installed a work-provided certificate. I was not sure it was possible without one.
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
I would add: do not use corporate "guest" wifi for your personal devices. Your employer is monitoring what you do on this network and may be man-in-the-middle-ing your SSL connections. If your corporate instructions for using the
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
General note: if your iPhone won't go dark enough at night even with night mode, look under Accessibility - Display & Text Size -> Reduce White Point. Set the sliding value to what's comfortable for you. Then scroll down th
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
They don't state what chain system they're comparing it to. Given the coverage in the article, their base case may be a three+ wheeled cargo bike with a long / complex chain run. In those cases, a complex chain run results in
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Is Amazon competitive, salary-wise, in the FAANG/Finance space anymore? My understanding is that max salary is capped at ~$175K, bonuses/options take years to vest, and managers play games with these. If you get hired and manage t
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
I have not. I will check it out. Thank you!
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Bach: The Art of Fugue performed by Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) Classical music rewards close listening, but orchestral pieces can be overwhelming to those who haven't trained themselves to listen closely. This is a go
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Two notes on the X, P, and T laptops: Lenovo's case design does not provide support for the USB-C connectors. The only support is the connector's attachment to the motherboard. If the port is damaged, the motherboard must be repla
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
If your firm is using Office 365 / Microsoft Azure products, your managers have similar capabilities available to them. This is one of the marketed uses of Office 365 and other Microsoft products - monitoring "productivity" v
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
The version we had in the 1970s was basically this, but more industrial: a belt-driven fan in a minimal steel frame with a set of shutters that would open when the fan was on.
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
If you live in a house with poor airflow, consider a whole house fan. Run it in the evening / overnight / morning with the windows open, then shut the windows (and shades if you don't mind the darkness) during the day. There
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
For those who care curious. The videos that were removed from the video are not listed here.[0] The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star Pat Benatar - You Better Run Rod Stewart - She Won’t Dance With Me The Who - You Better You Bet PH.D -
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
There's multiple factors in play here. Inflation is one. Population growth is another. The Bay-area population went up by ~2 million people between 1990 and 2020. Even if the income distribution remains the same, the number of potentia
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
The critical thing is to talk to the kid about what can be expected and when. Let them know when you'll be there and be present when you are. Involve the kid in determining when you'll be there if you can. For the times you can&#x
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
This may not be well-known, but archive.org can and does remove pages / sites from the archive. Authors can request this, site owners (separate from the authors) can request this. There may be others who can request this. Just an FYI.
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
I may be misunderstanding what you're asking, but the ErgoDox EZ has two different keycap shapes. The printed keys are all the same shape and can be moved around as one remaps the keys. However, this results in a flat keyboard. You can
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
I suffer from wrist and finger pain when typing, sometimes to where I can't type without excruciating pain. Here are my experiences. I have the Drop version of the Planck, as well as the ErgoDox EZ, the Drop ALT, Logitech G915, two Hav
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Something left out of the podcast: Apple has spent over US$400B (400,000,000,000) buying back stock since 2013Q2. The buybacks started around the same time Tim Cook apologized (April 1, 2013) and have continued, without pause, since.
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
Any of the 68000-based machines may be worth a look. Atari ST, Amiga 500/1000, early Macs. There are also SBCs available that use the 68K. An early-ish 8086/8088 PC clone is a possibility, but the Atari/Amiga/Macs will h
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by daggersandscars 5y ago
While this is true for the benchmarks, the UX experience may not be the same between an 8GB and a 16GB depending on your use case. My use case: Mail, Calendar, Messages, Signal, Safari running at all times. Safari running an adblocker and w
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by daggersandscars 6y ago
Many (most?) PC games support surround sound. (Re another comment: Fortnite supposedly supports both 5.1 and 7.1. I have not tried it.) But primarily via the analog audio outputs on the back of a PC motherboard. If you've hooked your P