johndoughy

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by johndoughy 2y ago
New rule: as long as companies can donate infinite amounts of money to lobbyists and politicians, employees can organize around political issues within those companies. If either of those is wrong, I’d say they both are.
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by johndoughy 4y ago
> our results suggest that alcohol ethoxylates were the main culprit component of the rinse aid responsible for the observed toxicity and damage to the epithelial barrier integrity.
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by johndoughy 4y ago
Did you end up paying the tickets or fighting it? Reminds me of when my motorcycle was towed from my apartment complex. It was held by a private towing company, but for some reason the city suspected the bike was stolen, so the tow lot (all
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by johndoughy 4y ago
> Despite having almost 150 desks there is a limit of 3 sinks, 6 stalls, 2 urinals, and 6 hand washing sinks. Full stop. Who instituted the limit? Was it in the lease terms, city ordinances, or something else?
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by johndoughy 4y ago
You sure it’s not just the caffeine? Caffeine withdrawal symptoms includes depression and a host of related symptoms.
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by johndoughy 4y ago
Aw shucks, I spent far too long making it, but your comment makes it all worth it =)
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by johndoughy 4y ago
Appreciate the suggestion, that's a great idea. I wasn't familiar with rerere until I started this project but it looks like a useful feature.
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by johndoughy 4y ago
Hey HN, I've long wished that git rebase was less tedious, so I made a tool called 'debase' to help make it easier. debase lets you edit your git repo using drag and drop in your terminal. I didn't want a full GUI becaus
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Show HN: Debase – drag and drop Git rebase in your terminal(heytoaster.com)
10 points by johndoughy 4y ago|7 comments
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by johndoughy 4y ago
The Psions really felt ahead of their time. I got a Revo for Christmas and good luck convincing 12 year old me he wasn't James fucking Bond.
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by johndoughy 5y ago
Not according to the "out-of-court settlement" link: > And it’s worth noting that trying to license the image would have been moot. When asked how much he would’ve charged for a license, Maisel told his lawyer that he would nev
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by johndoughy 5y ago
I think it's from Black Mirror: Bandersnatch: https://transcripts.thedealr.net/script.php/black-mirror-ban...
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by johndoughy 5y ago
EEVblog is a great YouTube channel for EE information
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by johndoughy 5y ago
Couldn't agree more about consistent keyboard shortcuts. It's crazy to me that mere copy/paste doesn't have a consistent keyboard shortcut across the system (eg terminal uses ctrl-shift-c or something). And if copy/
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by johndoughy 5y ago
> Those terms are used in relation to dependencies and who consumes what. I think your response exactly illustrates the point of the post: if upstream and downstream had clearer names, you wouldn't need to define them. And if th
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by johndoughy 5y ago
They must have spent tons of engineering effort to create this virtual computer to act as their foundation for further exploits. They don't deserve any sympathy of course, but it must really suck that their foundation disappears immedi
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by johndoughy 5y ago
I've had similar experiences after heavy workouts. It puts me in a better mood but my cognition feels like 50%. I assumed it was due to blood diversion from the brain to the muscles.
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by johndoughy 5y ago
I'm using an ice40 FPGA to make a camera. It reads an image from an image sensor, writes it to an SDRAM, and then writes the SDRAM content to an SD card. Doing all that with a regular CPU would require lots of specialized peripherals (
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by johndoughy 5y ago
I've never understood why ISPs and cellular carriers aren't prepaid by default, which would avoid the credit system entirely. Do these companies benefit somehow by being post-paid and relying on credit?
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by johndoughy 5y ago
It should be standard practice for the operator of a firearm to check whether it's loaded with blanks or live rounds. Pushing that responsibility off to an 'armorer' invites situations like this.
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by johndoughy 5y ago
The $200 deposit would effectively never be refunded though right? I think libraries would see a huge decline in usage if a library card cost $200, even if it's a lifetime membership.