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by havaloc 3y ago
I'm both a developer, and a user. As a user I love the ability to easily turn a subscription on and off, without having to call someone/chat with someone. Also, did you know that a requirement of the app store is you can delete yo
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by havaloc 3y ago
Wendy's would make more money by focusing on their operations - indeed, as would most restaurants. If I'm fast fooding that day, I'm choosing Chick-fil-A over a Wendy's not because I like chicken more, but because I know
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by havaloc 3y ago
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more abou
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by havaloc 3y ago
I emailed him once ( without knowing who he was ) about an issue with his JavaScrypt tool. Super down to earth. His website is so unpretentious I didn't realize he was the founder of Autodesk.
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by havaloc 3y ago
Using GPT-4 has significantly enhanced the efficiency of my work. My focus is primarily on developing straightforward PHP CRUD applications for addressing problems in my day-to-day job. These applications are simple, and don't use fram
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by havaloc 3y ago
Fidelity now offers 2% on that card: https://www.fidelity.com/spend-save/visa-signature-card It's pretty good, no FTF. The credit cards reddit is a font of information too.
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by havaloc 3y ago
I heard about these and thought it a wonderful story a year or so ago and bought a 5 pack, but no matter how long you boil them, it doesn't seem to be enough and they seem tough yet chewy. If you're reading, try again, but reinven
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by havaloc 3y ago
I do some tech support on the side. No one, and I mean no one wants to pay for email. So here we are.
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by havaloc 3y ago
Anyone else remember Mitchell Baker (Firefox CEO) calling for more than deplatforming? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat...
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by havaloc 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rPDA7dMOT4
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by havaloc 3y ago
You can get a Canon Megatank for around $150 if you want color, and they have been ok so far. Brother lasers are still ok too at this point.
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by havaloc 3y ago
I am a very happy Missive user and have no qualms about their desktop client. I kind of knew it was likely Electron, but it is so performant that it really didn't cross my mind that it was non-native. People bashing Electron apps is ju
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by havaloc 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mD2hsxrhQ
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by havaloc 3y ago
I had a Google Workspace account and a bizarre issue with my account thinking I was on a Caribbean island. I was a paying customer, and could talk to a human, but it was an awful experience.
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by havaloc 3y ago
Not a good look for Teams in this interview. "So, as we struggle to resolve our IT issues, it’s a little stressful, but I’m also struggling to suppress a laugh. Eventually, Herzog decides it’s a problem with the Teams video-call platfo
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by havaloc 3y ago
Debit isn't always cheaper. https://dharmamerchantservices.com/faq/visa-consumer-interch... Scroll down and check out the debit rates. 22 cents a transaction for credit union debit cards isn't cheap.
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by havaloc 3y ago
I was using Vorta/Borgbase until I discovered that Vorta had an issue with restores. Kopia is pretty neat, but make sure you test as always.
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by havaloc 3y ago
That works in Safari, but not Chrome for some reason.
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by havaloc 3y ago
V and MC need to be careful here. My natural gas utility has decided to turn off auto pay using credit cards completely. V and MC should be happy to collect their 3-5% and leave it alone, but keep on kicking the bear and acceptance and usag
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by havaloc 3y ago
Reminds me of this device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phPp5oYnps0
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by havaloc 3y ago
This is true in theory, but I can think of one grocery store (rural, admittedly) where Apple Pay doesn't work, but tap does.
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by havaloc 3y ago
Update. Unfortunately I noticed my Mac getting hot, and I checked the activity monitor, energy impact was several thousand (whatever units Apple uses). Typically energy impact of Chrome is 120 or so. I removed the plugin (which also crashed
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by havaloc 3y ago
I like this a lot, but I would like it to be easier to: Prevent it from indexing sites I say, such as my banking website, etc. I think that should be a top priority. And having a strong privacy policy on the site (I know you say it's l
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by havaloc 3y ago
I think you can only search pages that you visited after you installed the plugin, is that correct?
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by havaloc 3y ago
When I first read this I thought it was a deep fake, due to the character Paul Stamets on Star Trek Discovery named after the Mycologist. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Stamets https://memory-alph
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by havaloc 4y ago
Mine told me the rotational ones are better. And I think there's some empirical evidence there because when they polish your teeth, they use a rotational tool.
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by havaloc 4y ago
I hope they block the merger because our local Krogers all suck and are "ultra-filthy."
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by havaloc 4y ago
https://www.turbulenceforecast.com - created by me in 2005 and probably will keep doing it for the rest of my life. It's a site that has evolved from a self service site of aviation maps into a service that tells people how
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by havaloc 4y ago
While nothing is 100%, I've definitely had a few emails saying "the captain said so and so, but in the end you were right." I use the same maps and data that most of the airlines use (outside of any proprietary data that some
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by havaloc 4y ago
I started an airplane turbulence forecasting website for nervous travelers back in 2005 (think - will it be bumpy when I take my flight from Chicago to New York tomorrow?). It started by repackaging government turbulence maps in an easy to

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