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by johnvaluk 4y ago
I learned from experience that spending years at the same chair and desk can do even more damage. As part of my rehab, I switched to a laptop so I could move from couch to chair to table to standing desk easily. I also highly recommend usin
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by johnvaluk 4y ago
For anyone affected by this, a simple trick to reviving a Sansa Clip+ that won't turn on is to hold the power and home button simultaneously for about 20-30 seconds. Let go and press the power button and it might turn on. I'm not
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by johnvaluk 4y ago
Hatari is also available on Linux and includes a Falcon emulator for those of us who lusted after one but were never able to purchase it.
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by johnvaluk 4y ago
Comcast Business requires customers to use a gateway provided by Comcast to support static IP addresses. I was thrilled to finally get IPv6 support, but it seemed impossible to prevent Comcast from inserting their own nameserver in IPv6 lea
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Did you lock your keys in your trunk and need your key to unlock the trunk release? No problem, just pull off the casing with your hand and poke the mechanism with a stick. Let's face it, car security is generally a game of rock, crowb
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
"Cover art specifications: A perfect square." ...which we will butcher by rounding the corners in all of our apps.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I have a workflow that that depends on complex ImageMagick commands that can take several minutes to run. GraphicsMagick is faster, but ImageMagick produces much higher quality results for my use case, so I stuck with it. Since they forked
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
If I could switch back to Freshservice circa 2018, I would do it in a heartbeat. Every change they've introduced since then is perplexing.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I agree it's wasteful and the trend is getting worse, but 5+ years of reduced tech support calls from family for such inexpensively performant devices is an incredible value. I'd wager more Windows machines were tossed into landfi
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
So true. The shell encourages one to reason about and simplify workflows by leveraging programs that already solve the complex problems. I'm continually amazed at how many lines of code I can replace with a Bash one liner.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I got vaccinated because I didn't want to die from COVID. I'm okay with getting an annual booster, as I am with getting an annual flu vaccine. The risks of not getting vaccinated were too high for me to accept. I'm still inte
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Men who don't suffer from Alzheimer's disease are far more likely to get their Viagra prescriptions refilled.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Honestly, no. The whole process felt like a scavenger hunt. In theory, it should be simple: 1) Connect a drive containing media to a USB port. 2) Enable DLNA server. 3) Select the server in a DLNA client and play the media. It sounds like s
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
After several false starts, I finally figured out how to configure the DLNA server in my router to serve files from USB-attached storage to the smart TVs on my LAN. Then I installed the VLC app on my iPhone and it discovered the DLNA server
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
You can load music on an Apple Watch, but it's probably not worth the effort for most people. The only time the feature is useful is if you're nowhere near your phone.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I've been experimenting with isolating work activity from personal activity. It's amazing how difficult it is to prevent information from leaking between networks and applications. It's hard to find alternative solutions for
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I've used Roku in various incarnations (box, TV) since it was released and was excited when the official YouTube app was finally available. But lately, it's been painful to watch YouTube due to the constant and disruptive advertis
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
My common sense is tingling, telling me that Apple's eventual move will be one of malicious compliance, finally implementing e2ee in a way that provides them with culpable deniability and users with a much desired privacy enhancement.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Well put. But isn't the concern here with some utilities becoming ... people? Either way could result in disfigured souls. Is AI simply a pursuit of slavery without guilt?
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Location has has become a huge thorn in Google's side in a number of areas: - Geographical location of data (Data regions) for Google Workspace - Culpable deniability about a user's location when anonymously accessing Google Maps
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I wish Microsoft had continued to develop Windows Phone as an alternative to Windows, instead of trying to incorporate some features into Windows as Metro, which met with inevitable backlash. I would have loved to see it evolve into a table
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Note that seasoning cast iron has nothing to do with flavor. It refers to the coating that develops after seasons of use. The primary benefit is that it prevents rust. A very nice side effect is that food tends to stick to it less. Seasonin
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
You know those completely useless files (.DS_Store, ._foo.bar, etc.) that you see whenever you expand an archive or clone a repository from a developer who uses a Mac? Finder drops those turds.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
I'm having a hard time accepting the premise of this article. Does it contain any verifiable facts?
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't aware of this defensive mechanism and only noticed the suspicious probes.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
All of the IRC channels I used to visit had very high signal to noise ratios, but I ultimately abandoned the platform for two reasons: 1) Penetration testers relentlessly scanned my IP address every time I connected. 2) Endless PMs pleaded
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
Does that bypass any alerts that would be presented to the user by the browser?
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
While the threat of publication is a risk, the data has already been breached and you are no longer compliant with the law.
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
This appears to depend on user interactivity. How would you silently (and accurately) use this technique to fingerprint a system for cross-browser tracking?
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by johnvaluk 5y ago
This is common in the Enterprise and makes me wonder how many companies are undermined by their own accounting/billing departments. Typical problems include: 1) Vendor agrees to to NET 60, but begins to display warnings to end users on

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