dogman1050

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by dogman1050 1y ago
This is why I use webpages instead of apps if possible. Firefox reader mode usually defeats not being able to select and copy.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
For sure, but I probably naively think that those who have the gumption to take the back off a TV would know this. As a kid, I used to play with an old TV by connecting the second anode lead to a 50 ft extension cord and walk around our dam
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Not me. Around here is spreading a 3-4% surcharge when paying with a card. Everything from a sandwich to car repair to rent. I still use cash and checks when necessary. Originally, cards were used to entice customers to a store with the p
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by dogman1050 1y ago
I still have a pair of those Mach Two speakers in use in my garage. Can confirm that a cell phone can't sound like that and that driving them with a Phase Linear 400 playing Led Zeppelin II can really rock the block until an amp outpu
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by dogman1050 1y ago
My GP tried to discontinue my yearly PSA test 5 years ago. I demanded the test anyway since there's a history of prostate cancer in my immediate family. So far, so good.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
In my state, plate-paid toll amounts are double those paid with an RFID device.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Ah yes, brings to mind a new engineer we hired in the early 90's with with an excellent academic record from a fine school introducing himself to the team by emailing everyone an obfuscated one-liner C program that did something cute.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
It never did draw a blue circle, it's orange or similar but that's never mentioned in the article.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Mitch Hedberg was a genius.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Definitely not. Once I've used both hands, both elbows, and one foot, all that's left to employ is my head and face.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Winamp with the classic skin. Old but not outdated.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
My dogs do this for me, minus the green box bit. They hear bugs, locate them, and focus on them until I do the rest, then they try to eat the remains.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
It means how much I eat has a much larger effect than physical activity. I can eat more calories in 5 minutes than I can work off in two hours of brisk walking.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
This is a discrete case of "sheet resistance."[1] The resistance between any two points, nodes in this case, is the same. We covered this in the EE uni curriculum back in the day, but I don't remember the solution derivation
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by dogman1050 1y ago
You are very lucky to be able to eat like that without weight gain! The extra 200 calories would be more of the same, just bigger portions. I record everything by weight when eating at home, and have a good feel for calories per unit weight
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by dogman1050 1y ago
For me, it's calories-in calories-out. I've been counting calories for two decades and learned a couple things about my particular case: - If I consume more than 2,300 kcal per day, I gain measurable weight in weeks. - If I consum
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by dogman1050 1y ago
I've ripped hundreds of CDs and the metadata is usually ok on commercial discs. When ripping CDs I created from LP rips, I use Mp3tag to make it right.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
A childhood memory is hearing Good Vibrations through a crystal radio using my bedframe as an antenna while in a hypnogogic state, supposed to be sleeping. It felt other-worldly.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
I've always used "$$". It's probably a subliminal thing.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Exactly!
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by dogman1050 1y ago
You never know who you'll meet on Hacker News. I recall a comment thread where someone challenged another's assertion about a mathematical concept by saying that only a recipient of certain mathematical award would be qualified
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by dogman1050 1y ago
His first equation is wrong. It should be P=V^2/R, not P=V^2R.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
Neither of my parents obits are available online. They passed in 1998 and 2002. My wife's mother's obit is still out there from 2012.
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by dogman1050 1y ago
I was in an intramural American flag football league in college and one chemical engineering student who played was the biggest, quickest, strongest and most clever player on the field, and by big margin. He was also very friendly. A whole
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by dogman1050 1y ago
I find this fascinating. Didn't see it in the article, but I wonder how many people speak each dialect. Since of those areas are very small.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
Incredible. This thing started as metal ore and minerals, and look at what was crafted. Is there even a single phone app that does everything this watch can do?
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by dogman1050 2y ago
I had a scrap industrial stack light set up in my office to indicate my busy/not-busy state. I never clicked it to red when someone was approaching, but in hindsight, it was still a bit obnoxious tbh.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
Cool indeed, but this is my favorite cycle picture. [1] It's technically a tricar, but given the handlebar controls and lack of bodywork, I think it qualifies. The vehicle is a Mototri Contal practicing for the 1907 Peking to Paris r
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by dogman1050 2y ago
I don't remember the details, but the function key shortcuts changed enough between WP4.2 and 5.1 to slow me down. May have been the first time I grumbled about a SW update breaking my workflow. Some things never change.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
If it falls over while landing, it'll require manual righting. Flat drones don't have this risk.

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