dharmab

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by dharmab 3y ago
Just 18mph of wind is enough to cause permanent hearing damage. Windshields and helmets don't block enough of the air (the rider needs some air ventilation for defogging in cold weather and cooling in hot weather.) If you try to fully
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by dharmab 3y ago
Custom mold earplugs work _too_ well for motorcycling. They block emergency vehicle sirens. I once got chased halfway down a mountain by a cop I couldn't hear (my KTM had nearly useless factory mirrors). Cop said he was leaning against
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by dharmab 3y ago
It doesn't take much. I just run them under the tap and flick most of the water off. It helps form a seal and then dries off. They always come out dry. I can see how putting them in right after a shower can be worse since you might hav
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by dharmab 3y ago
I switched from the 3M plugs to Pinlock plugs for most riding. The Pinlock ones are suitable for around town, twisties and short highway runs, but allow me to hear engines, sirens, conversations, etc. They slide in easily with a little wate
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by dharmab 3y ago
You try carrying your bags miles from a suburban mall to the nearest train station or bus shop in a typical American city, and you'll quickly understand why Japanese train stations are hubs of economic activity...
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by dharmab 3y ago
Formal hats were popular in an era where hoods and umbrellas were seen as unfashionable, and people still needed to protect their heads from sun and rain. In modern times, hoods and umbrellas have largely co-opted their role as rain gear. T
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by dharmab 3y ago
You can get it at US grocery stores and some of it is competitive on quality with other wines in the same or slightly higher price ranges. It's fairly popular for family dinners, e.g. when there aren't guests over but Mom and Dad
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by dharmab 3y ago
The perfect sphere approximation of Earth is not at all close enough for GIS applications. Geoid data (the actual ellipsoid-ish shape with height variance) is an important factor in accurate GIS software.
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by dharmab 3y ago
I use MandaloreGaming's videos. They're longform content that I like, since I'm not learning new/essential information I can tune in and out, and his voice isn't too harsh.
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by dharmab 3y ago
rm -rf $INSTALL_DIR/* this line of code has at least two gotchas. if you run it to test it out, there is a good chance you will destroy your data. It is otherwise a valid line of code. This is not a theoretical problem: http
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by dharmab 3y ago
Or you can create one yourself by writing a short pkgbuukd file
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by dharmab 3y ago
The cardinality of the suppliers is higher than a dropdown of menus can provide. In some areas that straddle distributors it may be unique for each store.
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by dharmab 3y ago
I'm guessing their application to the CNCF Sandbox is either planned or in review. It's only been 10 days, after all.
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by dharmab 3y ago
Which is more than TSMC offered some of my friends in the US who had industry experience. They're cheapskates.
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by dharmab 3y ago
I had a number of friends working in chip fabs and all of them left the industry due to terrible pay and benefits. Most went into software, some into other manufacturing industries.
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by dharmab 3y ago
What happens if your rocket loaded with radioactive material explodes? Especially at high altitude?
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by dharmab 3y ago
Is that so different than some free to play video games? Those are sometimes hundreds of GB and downloaded by millions.
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by dharmab 3y ago
Or at the tier below FAANG- I did one afternoon of interviews at Adobe and got an offer a few days later.
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by dharmab 3y ago
Cloudflare removes EDNS as a privacy measure, and Archive.is refuses to serve traffic that doesn't pass EDNS. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702
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by dharmab 3y ago
> In contrast, most European mappae mundi from the era placed east at the top, since east was the direction of the biblical Garden of Eden. I am skeptical of this explanation. A simpler explanation is that most early maps were east-orien
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by dharmab 3y ago
Heat is the more likely suspect, especially if you run your camera for long periods of time in direct sunlight
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by dharmab 3y ago
Yes, if you purchase the correct mounts- older mounts marketed as vibration dampening were insufficient. You need something like a BuzzKill mount ( https://hondogarage.com/products/buzz-kill-vibration-isolato... )
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by dharmab 3y ago
Fortnine recently recommended grabbing a used Sonim phone ( https://www.sonimtech.com/ ) to use as a motorcycle mounted phone. They're designed for EMS workers, so they're waterproof and have mappable physical butto
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by dharmab 3y ago
In recent years, studies have shown that vibration exposure causes brain damage over time: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664147/
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by dharmab 3y ago
The article says "high power motorcycle engines" but I've heard of this happening on pretty low power motors as well.
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by dharmab 3y ago
That's a _very_ outdated document. Current version is https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/explicit-locking.htm...
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by dharmab 3y ago
Google Docs has RE2 support. However, Google Docs is so laughably bad in other features compared to LibreOffice and MS Office that I can't recommend it with a straight face for any but the most basic use cases.
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by dharmab 3y ago
My mother uses it. She finds the interface more familiar than modern MS Office.
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by dharmab 3y ago
American cycling culture is very different from Dutch cycling culture. To the point where me and many of my friends do not consider ourselves cyclists, despite: - Owning bicycles - Using bicycles for recreation and practical uses - Repairin
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by dharmab 3y ago
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259019821... > Physical activity gains from active travel are similar in e-bikers and cyclists. In my personal life I exert myself equally on both my peda

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