jaclaz

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by jaclaz 3y ago
Original title: My Day on Autopilot
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by jaclaz 3y ago
About last paragraph/issue the situation with OS BPB OEM string has been historically very complex, there is an exhaustive article by jdebp about the matter: http://jdebp.info/FGA/volume-boot-block-oem-name-field.h
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Chuwi minibook? https://www.chuwi.com/product/items/chuwi-minibook.html
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Sure, this kind of stuff is often surprising/unpredictable, looking at the auctions on godaddy is not entirely unlike looking at the output of a random number generator.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Maybe it is just me, but it doesn't "sound" like something that anyone would pay a premium for, given that someone is already using printive as the name of a company (and has printive.net). Unless them, of course. They could
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Yep, it was a cylinder, here is a naked picture: https://www.varaosahaku.fi/image/900/a/85/d62c83/path/mnt/ne...
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Dos before 3.0 used FAT12, limited to 16 MB, DOS 3.0 introduced FAT16 (though in a reduced 14 bit version) that extended size to 32 MB, DOS 4.0 had "real" 16 bit FAT16: https://hardwaresecrets.com/hard-disk-drives-
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Well, not really "say". Saluti (normally with an adjective like cordiali or distinti) is the standard formula for salutation in correspondence, it is only written (you can actually say saluti, but it is uncommon/intentionally
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Only as a side note, trying to debunk stereotypes about Italians (being uneducated) and closing the (IMHO poor) article with: Salud! which is not at all Italian does not help much. Is "Salud!" something that Italian-Americans (or
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by jaclaz 3y ago
I had never heard of this OCBC bank, I thought at first it was a small local bank, but it is a rather large Singapore bank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCBC_Bank among the best rated in the Asian area. So, presumably
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by jaclaz 3y ago
A 7 years old has normally tiny hands (and usually also small pockets), a "full size" phone might be not much handy, if it is an emergency only phone you can get any of the "feature phones" (not iOS, nor Android) that
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by jaclaz 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23622865
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Refurbished devices are just fine, when/if they are refurbished and/or properly checked/tested, it all boils down to the (good name of the) refurbisher and their guarantee/insurance (if any). Buying second hand/used
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Saying this as an Italian, your statement misses a [1]. In the last 20-30 years there have been huge improvements on a handful of (highly trafficated) routes, and a corresponding amount of worsening in all the rest. Besides the so-called &q
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Before and besides the privacy issues, the parking due (if paid at the time) amounted to less than 10 $, and it became 80 $. The article doesn't specify how much time has passed, but it must not have been much (days, weeks, maybe month
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by jaclaz 3y ago
>Normal people use FaceTime, WhatsApp, Messenger, Zoom, etc. I must be abnormal.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
But you know how this will end up with you paying 30,000 upfront AND the yearly 500.
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by jaclaz 3y ago
JFYI, there is not really a "native batch script that all Windows comes with", there is a command interpreter that can be command.com (windows 9x/Me) or cmd.exe (NT 4.00 and above), each OS may have (or may have not) differen
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by jaclaz 3y ago
If anyone is curious about real paperclip manufacturing machines: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20902807
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Finland does that, example: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-busine...
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Just in case, meet Chuck: https://6river.com/meet-chuck/ calling it a robot is a bit of a stretch IMHO, I would call it something like "automated cart".
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by jaclaz 3y ago
If it's not the galvanic effect, it would be more direct corrosion as the block will be "soaked in a standard electrolyte material, such as potassium chloride". And - given that the concrete will be poured "normally&quo
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by jaclaz 3y ago
I am a common user. I have set "showdead=1", the choice is there as some people may want to not see at all the dead posts, while some other people may want to see them anyway. You asked a few questions and I gave you some answers,
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Your post is this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36370500 It is not "invisible", it is "dead", you need to change settings to "show dead", see here: https://news.ycombinat
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by jaclaz 3y ago
With all due respect, it seems to me like your simple explanation explains very little. There is no way (besides kids having fun) that a human driver would intentionally hit a cardboard box found in the middle of the road, full or empty as
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Sure it is obvious, JFYI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14594858 It seems to me how the relevant part of the book is the attempt to categorize people in the three (macro) groups, though of course the formula to be us
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by jaclaz 3y ago
I think CFL's are the worst (so I am told, by a friend that does suffer of migraines), leds in a warm range 2700-3000K should be fine in most cases. If the migraine is triggered by flickering, there are "special" flicker free
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by jaclaz 3y ago
Not exactly a recumbent bike like the one in the article, but there was an attempt to mass-produce a tiny electric trike in the UK in the '80's (which failed miserably): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_
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by jaclaz 3y ago
I can confirm, being from Florence, that noone calls it that, it is Stendhal's Syndrome alright. The name was given with reference to a passage in Stendhal's writing about a visit to Santa Croce in 1817, by the psychiatrist that &
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by jaclaz 3y ago
>Ink?! When I was in school we wrote on clay tablets with reed styli. We had to maintain the styli with copper knives. Later, even the most reactionary teachers would let us use the new fancy bronze knives. Copper? You was lucky! In my d

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