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by geocrasher 2y ago
I had dismissed that movie, based on the previews, as just silly B-movie with better production. Is it actually good in the sense that the plot is plausible and the acting is decent?
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by geocrasher 2y ago
A neat detail from the talk: It's on the Amateur Radio 70cm band, and has a digipeater running. PistonMiner is willing to turn it on for people.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
That is correct. But balloons would be a few orders of magnitude less lifetime.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
For many years I have wanted to make an "Earth Sat" that is isolated as though it were in orbit, but is here on Earth. There's also the possibility of high altitude balloons but those have a finite life. Or might get shot dow
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Great explanation, thank you. This makes a lot of sense.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Health insurance is not designed to heal people. It is designed to pay as little as possible to keep them paying their premium.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I know I'm answering late, but WOW I didn't know this was an ADHD thing. I have noticed that if I talk about doing a thing, I don't do the thing, and the opposite is true. I thought this was just a ME thing. Mind blown. Tha
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by geocrasher 2y ago
In the mid 1990's, as a teen, I once was hired to cold call a bunch of software companies to contribute to some non-profit, and I recall calling Mustang Software. That was 30 years ago. I don't know who I talked to, but they were
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by geocrasher 2y ago
It would, if I had one.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Hans is a friend of mine, and this is hosted on my VPS. It might be of interest to some that in order to handle the HN Hug Of Death on my little server, I've manually cached this page as HTML on the server and it's served via a re
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Google "adhd hobby jumping". Too much to explain here. The main thing to keep in mind with ADHD is that when a normal person simply thinks about doing a task, they get a hit of dopamine that gives them the motivation to do the tas
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by geocrasher 2y ago
There are some things in my life that are too important for me to allow them to be impulse controlled.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
It'll be here this weekend. I'm definitely going to binge-read it.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Indeed, this used to be my "secret trick" for laptops that wouldn't power on: Disconnect the battery and power supply, hold the power button for 30 seconds, then power it back up. Worked every time.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Thank you, I'm checking that out now.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I use this same (or similar) skill to solve the unsolvable problems by listening to a customers needs, which usually somebody hasn't done by the time they get to me, and then work on fulfilling that need in a way the customer never wou
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I want to learn how to properly build a habit/routine that isn't dopamine driven. I have ADHD and I recently realized, even as I'm pushing 50 years old, that all of my hobbies, habits, and "likes" have been dopamine
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Whenever I power cycle something that doesn't go right the first time, I leave it off for at least 30 seconds so all the caps can discharge and any saved state can reset. Especially true of routers etc.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
It won't be long before you'll have people who learn English with ChatGPT and then it'll get even more confusing.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Perhaps I should have said "When used genuinely "
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I also cycle commuted for 3 years, year round, in my late 20's and early 30's. It was the best. I miss it.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Oh it was completely honest! Really! For some reason my brain just didn't see that stop sign, on multiple occasions. Yes, literally on the opposite corner from where I lived. Brains are weird.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
He didn't hold me to a lower standard. He accepted my apology.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I once ran a stop sign, and nearly hit a car. They pulled up next to me, rolled down their window (I had stopped at my home) and were about to unleash who knows what kinds of profanities at me, and I just said "That was totally my faul
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by geocrasher 2y ago
In short, the root cause was a new telemetry service configuration that unexpectedly generated massive Kubernetes API load across large clusters, overwhelming the control plane and breaking DNS-based service discovery. The DNS song
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Thanks! I was just playing with it, and for the FIRST TIME EVER I was able to fly a proper pattern without using an external view or the mouse to see where the airport/runway was. Wow. A whole new level of immersion, for $12. Money w
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by geocrasher 2y ago
your phone watches your face move. It can be off to the side, as the neutral position need not be dead center.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
Tried it on my lunch hour (WFH FTW!) and wow that is disorienting. Going to take some getting used to after 30+ years without it!
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by geocrasher 2y ago
As a long time simmer, I'm buying this tonight after work, especially now that my Pixel 4a 5G is sitting on my desk, propping up the 9 Pro XL that replaced it last week. Also, FS2024. Wow.
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by geocrasher 2y ago
I also have a 43" 4K monitor, and I find myself being in the same position as you. The left/right edges are difficult to see. I don't have the issue with the mouse, but I also doubt whether a larger screen would be useful to

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