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by jonpurdy 9mo ago
I was forced to do this as my eyes have aged and I can't focus at 5K 27" at a reasonable distance, and can't read the text when I sit far enough back to focus. Hence why 4K 27" (~160 ppi) has become perfect for me. Would
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by jonpurdy 9mo ago
I bought my first car in SF, a 2016 Spark EV. Tiny subcompact, 135 km range, perfect for our family of 4 (including dog + daughter). I literally can't buy any subcompact car these days in USA or Canada, since Spark (petrol) was discont
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by jonpurdy 9mo ago
The best videos on this (in my opinion) which compliment urbankchoze's post: ‣ Not Just Bikes: https://youtu.be/jlwQ2Y4By0U ‣ Life Where I'm from: https://youtu.be/wfm2xCKOCNk
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by jonpurdy 9mo ago
I find it useful as a massive canvas for keeping a bunch of stuff in context, visually. And accessible via Mac and iPhone. But it is sorely lacking a major feature: highlight text to add a hyperlink. I end up with full URLs instead of hyper
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by jonpurdy 9mo ago
In Canada, you can place a red dot (or write no unsolicited mail) on your mailbox and they will withhold delivering anything not directly addressed to you. I was shocked when I moved to SF and found out there was no way to opt out of unaddr
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by jonpurdy 10mo ago
> I would love to know what folks with my background ended up doing later in their careers/age mid 40s and above? I'm 41 now, started working in education but pivoted back to tech quickly (DevOps specifically) since tech is a b
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by jonpurdy 10mo ago
Hi Peter, thanks as always. It seems that i-131 Reentry Permit processing times are greater than 12 months these days. If an i-131 is pending, would you advise that person to return briefly to USA before their 1 year date of exit (ensuring
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
I was going to post the same thing; glad I searched for 'chili' and found your comment.
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
Correction, Google announced shutting down Reader in 2013. IIRC Feedbin was created at the same time in response to that. So we were both likely among the first users.
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
Going to shill for Feedbin ( https://feedbin.com ). I switched to this in 2012 when Reader blew up and it has remained a consistently excellent product since then. I use the web client, and on iOS I use Reeder app to access Feedbi
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
I will add another data point to this: Unbound Merino tshirts※¹. As other replies have mentioned, merino is definitely fragile (both of mine had holes within a few months). But the caveat being that I literally wear them every 2nd day (I ow
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
Not knowing how testing works or the criteria in USA/Canada, I'm surprised it's even allowed here. I'd rather be hit as a pedestrian by almost any other truck since at least F-150s and RAMs don't have sharp edges li
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
It definitely would. Trying it out and not able to use it yet due to the main blocker: need custom categories.
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
This might be what I've been looking for. On the first of every month I have Hazel put everything in ~/Downloads/yyyy-mm (previous month), with the intent to move each file to the correct project/area folder in my actual
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
Reading a thread on r/immigration involving multiple immigration lawyers and corporate lawyers※, the Executive Order wording is apparently unclear and leaves CBP agents with discretion (which can obviously cause confusion and not apply
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
To clarify, we applied while in USA (you MUST be there when submitting application and can only leave after biometrics are done (or you get a receipt notice saying you don't need them if they were done recently enough). So definitely d
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
That is useful to know. We were expecting a 5-month wait (as of January 2025) and recently learned it could take over a year. Since we've been out of country since applying (no biometrics required) we were concerned about being out of
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
There are two great videos specifically on Japanese zoning and narrow streets: Life Where I'm From, on zoning: https://youtu.be/wfm2xCKOCNk Not Just Bikes, narrow streets: https://youtu.be/jlwQ2Y4By0U
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
For $1 per contact, I'd be happy to pay for anyone I know, or ever meet in the future to keep a messaging platform ad-free/user-centric.
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
Yes, since I got my first TV (in 2013) I've had Mac Minis connected via HDMI, and the Minis also being the file server and BitTorrent downloading machine. Prior to that, downloaded to my MacBook or watched on YouTube. There was never a
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
I was thinking that the price must be high if folks are worried about it not working and getting a refund. For 10EUR, not only would I not worry about a refund but now I’m buying one or two to use myself on my bicycle and car.
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by jonpurdy 1y ago
It's absolutely nuts to me that US cities (like in Sunset in SF with 50 foot wide roads) accommodate giant fire trucks in addition to both sides having street parking (and driveways and garages!) instead of having narrower roads with s
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
For reference, this is called 'battleshort'. Overriding normal/safe operating limits in order to escape a situation that would destroy the vehicle anyway.
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
This is the same Applause that bought Bartender last year. Use the search for 'Bartender 5' to see what a disaster that was.
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Highly recommend Strongbox. The underlying DBs are KeePass DBs and can be stored anywhere as well as opened with any KeePass client, with a UI even better than 1Password (you can have columns for every field) as well as passkey support + ex
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
In summer 2022 I picked up an M2 Air (24GB/1TB/10-core GPU) for 1939USD with edu discount. Today the M4 equivalent is 1479USD, and the M4 (aside from being faster) can go to 32GB RAM instead of 24GB, and has Wifi 6E instead of jus
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
It is less simple, but nowhere Jira-level, and yet still more useful (for my team and I). We've been using GH Projects at my current org and program for two years. The one feature I wish it had was nested issues. In Jira, you had Epic
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
You jest, but I tested this and it turns out that it was JavaScript, not slow networking, that made Jira so slow for me. (I was trying to figure out how to locally cache assets to speed it up.) The M-series single-core speeds were so much f
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Speed is nearly everything and controlling (ie. reducing) speed should be the primary way to influence fatality rates. Having lived in both Toronto and SF, both cities with 4-way stop and controlled lights intersections. I'll take 4-wa
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
This is the absolute top of my wish list for software on iOS (impossible with Apple’s draconian restrictions though).

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