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by epcoa 2y ago
> Aliexpress does not do such stuff Seriously, what in the hell are you smoking? On Aliexpress a search for “milwaukee power tools” the top 100s of results are for clear counterfeits ($50 for an high torque impact wrench is not real, dud
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by epcoa 2y ago
There’s really not so much in medicine you can teach yourself outside of the second half of medical school and residency. That is the real training — on the job. Sure you can get a head start on some preclinical subjects or may study them a
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by epcoa 2y ago
This is idiotic. In his first video he is comparing Amazon Chinese crap connectors to Home Depot sold Gardner Bender connectors. This is the exact same crap you would get ordering off Aliexpress. The difference with Amazon is that you can
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Amazon has no place in their customer support maze to report this and if you try to leave a review saying you received counterfeits I don’t agree. If you receive a counterfeit you go to return item from the order screen, choose “Wrong
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by epcoa 2y ago
Louis Rossman can be a bit of a blow hard. People on the Amazon hate meme train have a hard time understanding that you can both be a reputable brand retailer and a bazaar marketplace, which Amazon is, while Ali is only the latter. You’re
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Black is included as a money-saver Since when were printer manufacturers concerned about saving the end user money? lol. Black is included because if you mix typical dye based inks you do not get a black, you get this greenish looking
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by epcoa 2y ago
If the pressures in a system are too high (mechanical or biological) the pump is usually not the culprit.
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by epcoa 2y ago
Not sure why you think someone mentioning an ileostomy would be unfamiliar with colostomy bags.
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by epcoa 2y ago
Still use the same Brother laser AIO purchased in 2007, a printer in 2006 and a Canon around the same time. They all work perfectly, only the rubber rollers on the double sided ADF had to be replaced. I don’t have any phones still working o
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by epcoa 2y ago
It seems like this an excerpt from a book? But it also stops after saying “article continues below” (at least on mobile)
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by epcoa 2y ago
If plundervolt is a viable attack you’ve got much bigger problems (the attacker must already have gained full privileges). Not sure how this is relevant to just using throttled or similar to conditionally undervolt the CPU with fixed levels
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by epcoa 2y ago
> There is a non-trivial amount of engineering work required to go from Usb 1.0, to 1.2, then 2.0, and then all the way to 3.0 Yes, and this in the context of a thread about a device originally marketed by Cypress (Anchor Chips) as “EZ-U
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by epcoa 2y ago
> At this point, you realize you can now introduce a synthetic key and you're fine. Except for having to update all foreign references. Some of those may be external further complicating issues. Emails are often among the worst keys
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by epcoa 2y ago
You completely extinguish the patient (and population) safety issue over some mealy mouthed allusion to American Puritanism while completely just ignoring unaddressed the main counter that most other industrialized nations never matched th
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by epcoa 2y ago
> In those, the percussion (if any) isn't driving the performance Wrong, drums (or the bass) most usually is driving the rhythm, and jazz musicians are extremely adept at staying on tempo. > Because the jazz artists won't st
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Unfortunately the war on drugs and America's latent puritan streak means that since some people in some places use opioids to get high, then all uses of opioids should be avoided Where were you the last 30 years? This comment soun
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by epcoa 2y ago
This is confusing lack of experience with a specific discipline with productivity. If you have the specialized knowledge, you’ll know that “writing a driver” is an overloaded term to start. This guy isn’t going from a blank slate “scratch”
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by epcoa 2y ago
Bullshit. You can go to the GRC website and forums to see that he has never changed his opinion on the snake oil of Spinrite for modern drives. And the very fact that he continues to sell something with claims that cannot possibly be true f
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by epcoa 2y ago
> “pros" use SpinRite and charge you $50/hour. Data recovery experts definitely do not use SpinRite (I cannot speak for every corner computer shop and random 13 year olds on the next claiming to be data recovery experts) > E
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Steve Gibson knows hard drives and their recovery better than anyone No he doesn’t. He’s a charlatan. http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=2929 He uses the same marketing speak since 40 years ago when MFM
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by epcoa 2y ago
What does Spinrite actually do that is materially different than ddrescue? And the idea of repairing a failing disk and not just making an image is usually insane. > I should point out that SpinRite works below the file system structure
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by epcoa 2y ago
> except the IntelliJ Rust plugin is deprecated This is incorrect. https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22407-rust The current Rust plugin is not deprecated. Perhaps you are confusing it with the old plugin ( https:
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by epcoa 2y ago
> That's a tollbooth. There’s no booth. There’s no place for a booth. > There's a physical structure which exists for the purpose of supporting the infrastructure and electronics necessary No, not really. In addition to the
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by epcoa 2y ago
> but it sounds like you are an outlier Ah the weak HN trope to anyone giving sound advice when all you care about is “winning” an argument. This also veered the topic into ad hominem completely unnecessarily. > doubtful that lots of
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by epcoa 2y ago
> it's not like you can pre-register a week in advance True, although you usually have a 48 hour window to post register. Not saying this is the most consumer friendly setup, but the fees are avoidable. > Further, not everyone in
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by epcoa 2y ago
Furthermore in states with pay by plate as a fall back like NY and IL you can register the rental car plate for the duration of the rental. https://www.tollsbymailny.com/vector/videotolls/paytollnow/s...
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by epcoa 2y ago
> and I brought my own EZ pass, but somehow the enterprise car somehow still charged me for tolls. If they charged for tolls that can only mean they got billed by tolling agency, often by plate reader. I mean it kind of sucks but if your
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Even in the best case scenario, renting a car is a time-consuming hassle No that’s the worst case scenario. > you have to navigate high pressure tactics on buying upgrades, fuel, insurance, etc. No you don’t. In the US, the major re
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by epcoa 2y ago
> Wasn't Apple a serious factor in getting both popular? I don’t think so, especially for BT. > And IIRC they were also the first one to have a Bluetooth stack that didn't outright suck Bluetooth already was well adopted on
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by epcoa 2y ago
Laryngologists are head and neck surgeons, in the US and most commonwealth at least where the general training is “otolaryngology-head and neck surgery”. There is further subspecialization in head and neck for oncologic, reconstructive, and

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