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by hxorr 11mo ago
I also seem to remember reading retention is proportional to temperature at time of write. Ie, best case scenario = write data when drive is hot, and store in freezer. Would be happy if someone can confirm or deny this.
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by hxorr 11mo ago
One of my friends has the latest Apple Airpods. He has had various (expensive) hearing aids over the years but these are much better for him (and cheaper). For the first time he can actually hear everything going on
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by hxorr 11mo ago
Upload them online!
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by hxorr 11mo ago
Good article, but also promotes their own product Any experts in this field - what's the current state of the art in CO2/VOC sensors? I'm interested to know if there have been any developments in recent years
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by hxorr 11mo ago
> RAM is cheap Have you checked RAM prices this week?
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by hxorr 1y ago
If you are in a temperate climate, just make a habit of keeping a couple if windows open through the day
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by hxorr 1y ago
I think it would depend on what paint is used. Although I would strongly suspect exposed porous surfaces like plaster, masonry, drywall to have a large reservoir capacity due to their surface area at the microscopic level
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by hxorr 1y ago
This is actually a topic I'm interested in What bugs me is that plastics manufacturers advertise "BPA-free", which is technically correct, but then add a very similar chemical from the same family that has the same effect on
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by hxorr 1y ago
Realtime AI generated video games do exist, and they're as... "interesting" as you might think. Search YouTube for AI Minecraft
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by hxorr 1y ago
Firefox android doesn't allow opening local file:// HTML files due to their poor sandboxing / security (I don't remember the specifics) I like the browsing experience a lot but there are a few rough edges for sure.
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by hxorr 1y ago
I especially like this: GUIs for everything The objective is that everything in Easy be configured by simple GUIs, without having to fiddle about on the commandline. This includes management of SFS files, BootManager, VersionControl, EasyCo
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by hxorr 1y ago
The issue was, if I recall correctly, that the Microsoft CDC driver was quite buggy. This led to the situation where CDC device vendors were unwilling to produce CDC compatible devices, because the default Microsoft driver would be used and
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by hxorr 1y ago
I watch a GPU repair guy and its interesting to see the different failure modes... * memory IC failure * power delivery component failure * dead core * cracked BGA solder joints on core * damaged PCB due to sag These issues are compounded b
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by hxorr 1y ago
And? Part of the toxicity is coming from a misunderstanding that for some reason the company is morally obligated to keep offering you employment ad infinitum. If the work runs out, find another job. Nothing wrong with that.
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IBM Intellistation 185 AIX workstation (2016)(ibmfiles.com)
88 points by hxorr 1y ago|49 comments
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by hxorr 1y ago
An interesting writeup about one of the last Unix workstations from 2006.
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by hxorr 1y ago
The accepted wisdom in the audiophile community is you get what you pay for, i.e. a good implementation of any given amp topology remains a good implementation regardless of the topology. Once you get to a certain $$$ range, the sound of tu
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by hxorr 1y ago
In addition to this, front baffle width correlates with efficiency, i.e. modern narrow front baffle speakers need a more powerful amp, combine that with the necessary smaller bass drivers and you see why most modern speakers have crap bass
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by hxorr 1y ago
Does anyone know why Italia seems to be focussing more on Servo than WPEWebkit these days? They both seem to serve the same purpose, providing an embeddable/customisable web engine
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by hxorr 1y ago
This is why your plastic ketchup bottle still smells like ketchup after washing it multiple times - at a microscopic level, plastics essentially look like uncooked ramen/instant noodles, basically a big tangle of polymer chains which a
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by hxorr 1y ago
This is also my understanding too
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by hxorr 1y ago
I am especially fond of mcedit, the midnight commander editor which can be run independently. Very easy to pick up and use as a casual user as opposed to something like vi
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by hxorr 1y ago
The problem is step 0. Be in US
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by hxorr 1y ago
Now that is an interesting point.
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by hxorr 1y ago
Back in my day... We had 1024x768 and if you were rich enough for a 19", 1280x960
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by hxorr 1y ago
This is a good rule for saving money in other areas of life too.
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by hxorr 1y ago
It may surprise you how heavy Facebook is these days
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by hxorr 1y ago
Maybe he has imposter syndrome?
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by hxorr 1y ago
I believe it is the default on netBSD
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by hxorr 1y ago
It seems ai generated... And just too much content... Maybe post one playlist per day of actually curated content? the existing content seems low quality like some others have mentioned

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