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by derekp7 6y ago
I love writing documentation in asciidoc (using asciidoctor actually). However I keep running into certain issues. For example, if a document includes pictures, and the file path has spaces in it, then you have issues. I believe you can
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by derekp7 6y ago
For general web forums, I would personally like to see personal SSL certificates required to create an account. That would at least weed out people creating multiple accounts. As for cases where anonymity is required, there could be other
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by derekp7 6y ago
He is also really active on some of the ebike forums.
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by derekp7 6y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that there are different types of pedal assist. There is cadence sensing, where the assist is based on how fast you are peddling. If the assist level for a given cadence is low enough, you still have to put in
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by derekp7 6y ago
Not all bikes / riders. Many cyclists have trouble with more than 10 - 12 MPH over an extended time period. I know that when I was a decade younger, and working out for 2 years cycling for 30 - 50 miles per day, a 15 mile ride into w
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by derekp7 6y ago
I'm really impressed by the kits from ebikes.ca. The owner, Justin, innovates several of the components sold through there and other retailers. Specifically their "cycle analyst", which is a multi function ebike computer co
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by derekp7 6y ago
The Varsity pens are the only fountain pens that "just work" when I use them. Any other ones I own (Parker, Monteverde, Cross) seems to get dried up if they sit too long. My only complaint about the Varsity pens are they are too
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by derekp7 6y ago
I seem to remember Dell doing something like this a number of years back -- an x86/ARM windows/Linux hybrid. The idea was that you could boot instantly into a Linux/Arm system, do things like take notes and email and get goo
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by derekp7 6y ago
I've just went through this, after working from home for the last few months, my back is in extreme discomfort. Trying them out in the store really doesn't help much. You can have a chair that feels very comfortable to sit in, bu
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by derekp7 6y ago
Also, it was originally designed to carry 7 astronauts -- but NASA wanted a different seat position for stress reduction. (I'm kind of glad that it doesn't carry 7, the more people that are on a flight, the more casualties you ge
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by derekp7 6y ago
If you open up a smart TV, isn't the "smart" part of it basically an embedded ARM cpu SBC, with a somewhat standard connection to the LCD cable? If so, how hard would it be to rip out the smarts and put in a passive HDMI to
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by derekp7 6y ago
Question about SMR drives. From my understanding, essentially at the low level they have to modify data in much larger block sizes -- so if you are modifying a small amount of data, a block has to be read in, modified, then written out. U
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by derekp7 6y ago
Aren't most cellular networks CGNAT? I know my T-Mobile phone is (for IPv4), with native IPv6. I'd like to see more consumer internet be IPv6 first, with a weaker IPv4 to help speed along adoption of v6.
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by derekp7 6y ago
I wonder if it would work to have the police split into two separate units (kind of like how the swat team is separate). So you have a general response police unit, which is unarmed or lightly armed (taser / nightstick, etc). They wo
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by derekp7 6y ago
To me, sub orbital is a "trip to space" in the same way as a non-stop flight from New York to LA is a "trip to Kansas" since you fly over it and other states in between. You aren't going "to" some place un
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by derekp7 6y ago
The more light that hits your eyes, the more your iris contracts. The smaller hole makes for a clearer image (think of a pinhole camera). People who like dark mode have good vision at screen distance. For some others, they need to strain
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by derekp7 6y ago
Part of their mission is to inspire the next generation. So if it doesn't add to the cost or make it more hazardous, making it look good / futuristic can have a positive payoff if some 10 year old kid looks at it and decides to g
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by derekp7 6y ago
This is like parents telling their children "If you have time to goof off and play games, you should have time to study harder / do the dishes / mow the lawn". This isn't an either /or, also even if you stoppe
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by derekp7 6y ago
To visualize one of the constraints (the orbit inclination) -- imagine holding up a hoop around a globe, with the hoop angled at 51.6 degrees. Now start spinning the globe until Florida intersects with the hoop. That is when it has to lau
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by derekp7 6y ago
Is that still an issue today with modern GPS systems, which tell you which lane to be in (and when to exit)? I know that in the Chicago area I barely pay attention to the signage anymore.
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by derekp7 6y ago
Also, the other two manufactures are apparently doing similar -- shipping SMR drives without any indication of what they are. At least one of them released a statement that said they weren't doing SMR on drives labeled as enterprise s
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by derekp7 6y ago
This article is about the effects of eye strain, not the overall mental health of looking at content on a screen. With that in mind, what is it about a screen (emitted light) that is worse than outdoors reflect light? One item I can think
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by derekp7 6y ago
But only if you set a security flag to "allow anything to be installed". I want a security flag that says "allow apps from sources signed by the following keys", where I can import app store keys from the app store(s) o
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by derekp7 6y ago
That was actually explored in https://xkcd.com/505/ but with rocks instead of paper. Also "Ship of Theseus". My take on it, is that my consciousness is not the one I was born with, or the one I had a few yea
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by derekp7 6y ago
In my experience, once I moved in with someone that had kids and I started talking about family at work, it seamed like I got bigger raises and better promotions. Whereas pre-family, I was seen as "just a kid, a smart one, but still j
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by derekp7 6y ago
I think it is because even with the current measures, we still have the 86,000 deaths. And at this point, people think the South Korea style measures won't work (too high of a case load, the cat is already out of the bag), and people
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by derekp7 6y ago
That reminds me of an episode of the Jim Henson show "Dinosaurs". Earl's house got hit by a rock that fell from space. Well, the insurance didn't pay -- he had "meteor" insurance, but what hit is house was a
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by derekp7 6y ago
> Epstein-Barr Am I the only one who had to look this up, thinking it was a hidden commentary on current political items?
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by derekp7 6y ago
That sounds very much like what has been claimed about Amazon handling the French court order to fine them a high dollar amount for each non-essential (as determined by the court) item they deliver. If the cost of something slipping throug
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by derekp7 6y ago
The intercom would be for a guest to use to request access. See Seinfeld episodes for an example.

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