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by heelix 1y ago
Not sure what they were thinking, but for a long time if you mixed side loaded books with kindle ones, the front cover would go missing from the side loaded when it synced. I've never let my kindle hit the web after I converted by Ama
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by heelix 1y ago
We did something similar with 'prod' code reviews. We started including a couple of the more junior folks in a pre-release review that was mandated. Intent was to say fine, id tech debt, or pull the andon cord if something was m
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by heelix 1y ago
https://truenorthmapco.com True North makes a great bandana sized map of the BWCA areas.
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by heelix 1y ago
Mine came in at 288g, which is a bit more than the 280g that the article mentioned. The nightcore NB10000 w/cable comes in around 167g. Will see this week how it does from a battery performance perspective.
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by heelix 1y ago
I assume overnight - so shelter, sleeping system, clothing, and cooking. I do like my comfortable hammock, quilt, underquilt, and cuben tarp. That comes in at about 3.5lbs total. Going tent, that is closer to 4lbs for tent (~2lbs), pad, a
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by heelix 1y ago
I do pack in a small med kit. Typically 3-4 Advil, a couple aspirin, tylenol, a tums, one anti-diarrhea, and one sudafed (meth grade). I also bring in a couple waterproof bandaids, a single serving antiseptic, and a small square of leukot
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by heelix 1y ago
So funny enough, I'm sitting on a plane right now because the amtrak train was late, then announced a different trip number then what was on the ticket. No information on what was coming or leaving. It was a small city depot, but it
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by heelix 1y ago
One of my favorite memories of my grandfather was - Any power tool becomes a sander if you use it wrong.
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by heelix 1y ago
The trick to lighter packs for many was weighing everything. Not uncommon to break everything down by grams - which tells you what could be improved. No point in spending $50 on a .5oz spoon, if your pack is coming in at 4lbs. Does help
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by heelix 1y ago
I'll find out if this is true. Hiking buddy of mine pointed it out on Friday, so got one on the way. Was $18 when he called it out, $23 by the time I ordered. Apparently they have a bunch of random stuff like this. They must have s
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by heelix 1y ago
I wonder if cooling/power is really the key here. I've got a 5950x that ended up getting the water loop I'd intended for my next threadripper - only to find they were not selling the blasted things to anyone but a few compan
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by heelix 1y ago
Similar thought when I looked at the above link. My pre-coffee brain was parsing along initially, and then it seemed to drift into silly - all while looking correct. I got to believe that sort of input would be toxic to a model.
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by heelix 1y ago
I know my lexicon has expanded with 5 letter words. Coffee and Wordle kicks off the morning and I got to believe many other folks do the same. It would be fun to know how much that silly puzzle is impacting things. Love it when my Bride g
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by heelix 1y ago
I would. Appetite for censorship should be measured against something I find unpalatable. When one starts down the road of making decisions for others - it is only a question of time before someone does the same for you with possibly a di
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by heelix 1y ago
I've been really happy gaming on Linux. My main workstation had the good GPU, which ended up not needing to dual boot for games. Most of what I play, played really really well. Mind you, likely not a fair comparison to consider a hig
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by heelix 1y ago
Oh man, these are absolutely going to improve our DnD props.
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by heelix 1y ago
As a child, I remember being up in the attic with my grandfather. He touched some wires, swore (which was unusual for him), and said 'that was 220'. I still have a healthy respect for power.
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by heelix 1y ago
Most banks will have a brick of $2 bills - often new, with consecutive serial numbers. When I traveled for work, I loved tipping with these fresh bills. Some folks would wonder if it was real. Some would think I just handed them a collecta
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by heelix 1y ago
We've had people interview remarkably well, get hired, and when they showed up on the team - they did not know the stories/experiences they mentioned in the interview. Realized the person we screened was not the same that showed
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by heelix 1y ago
Honestly, wonder if that might work. There were not that many folks involved in the original push against on steam and others. The game publishers really don't want this. The gamers don't. I don't think visa wants the sor
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by heelix 1y ago
I've got games that I intend to play later, and they were cheap enough that I don't think I'll save any more by waiting. I do intend to play Mad Max at some point - $5 was too much for me to add it to my library. $2.50? Fi
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by heelix 1y ago
The self driving aspect, amazingly, is already here and considered mundane.
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by heelix 1y ago
Not the OP, but a poorly behaving repo can turn and burn for six hours on every PR, rather than the handful of minutes one would expect. It happens - but usually that sort of thing should be spotted and fixed. More often then not, somethi
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by heelix 1y ago
Saw some of the examples on holiday last month when we were in Salisbury. It was really neat to be that close to one of the ones sent out. Before that time, I'd never actually read the Magna Carta, which really was an interesting rea
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by heelix 1y ago
Looking back, much of pilot training is handling things gone wrong and honing skills that keep things safe. CFI would make the joke we were going to practice crashing, as almost every flight would lose a (simulated) instrument, engine, or
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by heelix 1y ago
Back in the day, we were building COM components in C++ with the STL. One of the discoveries is you could build out the same COM component in VB and maybe take only a 5% hit to performance. Was one of those 'we are not telling anyone
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by heelix 1y ago
Our kid got bit by a tick. Was lucky enough that it had the bulls eye pattern and was able to look it up. She got a crazy high temperature. Was crazy. A strong antibiotic cleared it up. I really wish there still was a vaccine available
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by heelix 1y ago
The first time I met my Bride's siblings, I was doing everything in my power to fit in. I noticed her brother was wearing a Miami Dolphins hat. Made the comment - is that your favorite baseball team? Her brothers were horrified. He
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by heelix 1y ago
Ah man... back in the day I worked for a company that built out records management software. One of the big things on the side of the cereal box was that not even an admin could delete something flagged as a record within its retention pla
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by heelix 1y ago
What is the difference between software and car sales? The dealership rep knows when they are lying.

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