jesseb

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by jesseb 8y ago
Cash purchases in Canada are indeed rounded to the nearest nickel; it is not always up. Credit/debit purchases are still to the penny, as there is no reason for them not to be. All cash purchases average out to no change over time, and
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by jesseb 8y ago
Sweden is a member of the Fourteen Eyes, not Five Eyes.
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by jesseb 8y ago
Microsoft has a long history of not only opposing open source, but actively trying to attack and discredit it. That and they are somewhat notorious for their whole "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" approach.
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by jesseb 8y ago
I raised an eyebrow at that as well. My workstation running Windows 10 is currently chugging along with 236 Processes, 3564 Threads and 154915 Handles, which is pretty typical of this system.
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by jesseb 9y ago
I was blown away to watch the transformation happen first hand. I can't even go there anymore, it's become so incredibly toxic.
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by jesseb 9y ago
Interesting. Cloud seeding using Silver Iodide is still in use in Canada, as part of the Alberta Hail Suppression Project[0]. These little differences between Canada and the US always surprise me. [0] https://globalnews.ca/n
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by jesseb 9y ago
I've encountered one 25 minute ad on YouTube, I don't recall what it was for though. I laughed and reloaded the page, and off to the races. I've also encountered a number that range in the 5-10 minute range. I don't use
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by jesseb 9y ago
Not OP but newer Mazdas do this as well. It's a small thing, but it comes incredibly irritating after awhile.
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by jesseb 9y ago
> Most other manufacturers work out the kinks before mass production begins. There were tens of millions of vehicles recalled for manufacturer defects in America alone last year, and the same can be said about 2016. I don't think th
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by jesseb 9y ago
While I am a fan of the project, what's stopping your ISP from disabling or crippling all IPFS/P2P traffic?
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by jesseb 9y ago
I just noticed that this week as well, although like you I have no idea how long it's been there. Pretty nifty little feature.
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by jesseb 9y ago
Rich Hickey's "Hammock Driven Development" is a great talk regarding just this, for anybody who hasn't seen it. I personally find this is one of the most effective ways of cracking a difficult problem. It's amazing
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by jesseb 9y ago
I'll quickly preface by saying that everybody will experience different effects, so this is merely my experience. I'm a fairly heavy user, have been for a number of years. I use it primarily to treat depression/anxiety/i
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by jesseb 10y ago
At work I constantly deal with people who can't remember passwords as short as 8 characters, you have to remember we're not representative of the average person.
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by jesseb 10y ago
> Because there is no alternative. Just out of curiosity and for purely educational purposes (I admittedly know very little about the topic), how about something like I2P or FreeNet? Are these at all viable alternatives? What other choic
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by jesseb 14y ago
They seem to have forgotten to mention the fact that the radiation levels would exceed lethal dosages in a matter of seconds.
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by jesseb 14y ago
I got embarrassingly far into that video before I realized what was going on.
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by jesseb 14y ago
Utterly hilarious.