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by dave7 3y ago
From a certain angle it looks like they're currently trying to destroy the market for paid video games in a similar manner with extreme bundling/giving away.
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by dave7 3y ago
I love AutoHotkey, it basically gave me my start in this career and still makes me occasional commissions to this day. My current "Dave's Utilities" AHK is rather lean compared to times gone by, but I have these "essenti
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by dave7 3y ago
I see it's already mentioned upthread and you've added to your reading list - but I just want to add yet another recommendation here - Code by Charles Petzold is so so good in it's early chapters when it gets to the program c
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by dave7 3y ago
There's a whole section on the MMU, virtual memory, paging, process isolation in there already?
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by dave7 3y ago
> I still keep floss handy for getting truly wedged stuff out (it can provide much more force), but it's worthless for me otherwise. One thing I wish I learned earlier on in life - flossing isn't to pull out chunks of food from
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by dave7 3y ago
Back in the day I had an Autohotkey script to do exactly this on Windows. Was very simple with the WinGet, list, WinGetPos and WinSetPos in loops with window title, x,y,w,h, persisted to a .ini file I wonder how you might do this on Gnome o
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by dave7 3y ago
A large chunk of the entire purpose of Xbox is to cement DirectX as the default option to perpetuate that lock-in. It's even in the name: The Direct X-Box!
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by dave7 3y ago
Well, the FTC court docs show Phil Spencer wanted to (the spinoff Minecraft Dungeons), but couldn't due to the contract with Notch. He instructed his team to try and find a loophole, and described the contract as something he regrets.
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by dave7 4y ago
I may be reading it incorrectly, but it seems rather strange they are counting the eccentric (decline / negative) portion of the Bicep curl as the only stimulus. It begs the question, how did the trainees get the weight back up to the
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by dave7 4y ago
Finally "winning" after all these years!
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by dave7 4y ago
Today I learned... Thank you!
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by dave7 4y ago
Non-US? PokerStars, by a country mile. Always has been.
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by dave7 5y ago
FWIW, the Playstation 4 and now 5 (disc edition only of course) make very sure that in the vast majority of cases, what comes on the disc is a properly working game able to be played to completion without the console ever seeing the Interne
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by dave7 5y ago
Yes indeed.
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by dave7 5y ago
> Thunderbird has "move to junk" on 'J'. I haven't found a way to deactivate that. Ultra annoying. https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/tbkey... This add-on will
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by dave7 6y ago
And indeed, that is exactly what Epic did within Fortnite that has led to their current banning.
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by dave7 6y ago
The Twoplustwo evaluator is open source ("GPL, use as you like" specifically) Third party repo: https://github.com/tangentforks/TwoPlusTwoHandEvaluator Original statement of license: https://forums
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by dave7 6y ago
Clip of the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwrSlzZC31w
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by dave7 6y ago
Technology Connections (amazing Youtube channel btw!) has a few videos on using an Onyx Boox Max as a 2nd monitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytpRnRke6I0 (Intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfX0vlC
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by dave7 7y ago
Please, self-isolate and call 111 for advice. Chances are you're fine and will be tested clear, but in the case you are not it would be a disaster to not receive proper treatments / come in to contact with loved ones / come i
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by dave7 7y ago
There will be a BIOS option entitled "Fan Smoothing" or similar. On my ASUS board, it gives a range of times over which to average CPU temp rather than use the instantaneous value for fan control. I have mine set to 7 seconds I th
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by dave7 7y ago
Dead Cells is another recent high-profile Haxe success story.
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by dave7 7y ago
> you have to factor in trouble-shooting time if some component doesn't work. > More wait time if you need to ship it back and get a new component. > Then there's all the time up front to research desired parts and find t
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by dave7 7y ago
I hope you tried (or with time will try) an alternative vape rather than continuing to smoke. Juul is extremely high strength nicotine salts liquid - there are plenty of more traditional suppliers of much weaker and more palatable liquids a
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by dave7 7y ago
The thought occurred to me while reading this article, something like this must have happened "accidentally on purpose" in these medieval forges and smiths - a steel becomes fortified with just the right amount of tungsten to and
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by dave7 7y ago
> US consumers overwhelmingly favour Apple compared to the rest of the world Similar story with Xbox vs the far more globally popular PlayStation video game consoles.
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by dave7 7y ago
> sadly Linux is not really an option because I like my PC gaming. This is changing and very quickly with Valve Proton. I would advise you try your gaming collection in Steam on Linux. It is getting to the point where one can purchase a
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by dave7 7y ago
I have one of those! Great device and cost was reasonable at the time. I must dig it out the attic one of these days and hook it up to some modern software synths...
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by dave7 7y ago
Oh man, the Shrieker in the Phogoth boss room entry hallway on a void burn nightfall! (Destiny, I'm sure most anyone who played it will know the scenario). Amazing game and does all things mentioned in this article at times.
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by dave7 7y ago
All PDFs on this page: https://secure2.linuxjournal.com/pdf/dljdownload.php appear to be un-paywalled now (they were not yesterday).

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