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by jrmg 3y ago
A nation that does not control its borders is no longer a nation. No country on earth behaves that way. Not now, nor in the past. The world was different, of course, but the USA basically (and I thought rather famously) behaved this way u
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Senate confirms FCC nominee Anna Gomez(washingtonpost.com)
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Thanks. I’ve definitely ‘read’ things like both those ‘cat’s in the past. Even the GNU one is still small enough to be understood. I agree with what you said about larger projects and the intent behind ‘reading’. Linus’s opinion is interest
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by jrmg 3y ago
This is a great reply - thanks. I think this bolsters my sense that we should not be calling this activity ‘reading’ but rather ‘investigating’ or ‘researching’ or ‘understanding’ or something (none of these are perfect - there must be a be
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by jrmg 3y ago
I certainly _do not_ want to denigrate the idea of writing code that's designed to be read and studied - I think that's a great idea, and try to do it. But I've never been really able to 'read' a codebase, and I don
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by jrmg 3y ago
Ha! This post immediately made me think of this old gem: https://smellofbooks.com/ I’m glad someone made it real!
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by jrmg 3y ago
I wonder what was actually asked. I’d say ‘no’ to the question as written in the article too, because it implies that I can’t return it if it is defective or breaks.
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by jrmg 3y ago
That’s still pretty true. Good condition used items on eBay often seem to go for near MSRP - even if it’s easy to get a new one below MSRP from regular retailers! It’s interesting what eBay has done to the used market in general. Before the
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by jrmg 3y ago
The 1998 ‘Power Macintosh G3 All In One’ is an interesting stepping stone to the iMac. Beige, blockier than the iMac, but noticeably curvier than preceding Power Macs. A return to the single unit design, and the first use of translucent pla
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by jrmg 3y ago
I think you’re looking for a ‘ether’? Many people have asked similar questions about all sorts of physical phenomena over the years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_theories
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by jrmg 3y ago
The flash thing sounds like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
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by jrmg 3y ago
Before PV became efficient and cheap enough, it was not uncommon to see ‘solar panels’ on roofs in California that actually contained water pipes rather than silicon. Water circulated through them and was used either as regular hot water fo
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by jrmg 3y ago
Even with the externalities accounted for, if you must use a monitor, it might be better to buy a new one than repair the old one. The replacement parts have a footprint, and a newer monitor might use so much less power in operation that it
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by jrmg 3y ago
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
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by jrmg 3y ago
I find it hard to deliberately leave a book unfinished even if I’m not enjoying it. I think it’s because there are definitely books I’ve slogged through the first half of, but ended up loving by the end. Perhaps this new book I’m not really
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by jrmg 3y ago
Black markers are/were very obviously not illegal. The law doesn’t work like code, it’s filtered by humans. No court would ever come to the conclusion that something as mundane as black markers are illegal to possess.
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by jrmg 3y ago
You do mention it, but to draw it out for those who might not notice the naming: this is a later, fancier, more colorful version from Netscape _Communicator_ (‘Netscape 4’), which had a more golden hued, more ‘detailed’ UI. The article disc
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by jrmg 3y ago
Similar thing happened to me with my Apple TV 4K. When I was watching it, Bluetooth devices in the vicinity (including its remote!) became choppy and unreliable. Turned out to be the fault of the HDMI cable! Replaced it and the problems all
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by jrmg 3y ago
As I follow these new accounts, I’m reminded of just how _hard_ it is to follow people on other servers on Mastodon. Click follow -> dialog full of text, which gives the most common instructions (to copy and paste into the search field o
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by jrmg 3y ago
The ability to use these services is built in to modern phones. iPhone, for example: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207033
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by jrmg 3y ago
Yes, me too. You should not assume someone who seems able to stand and walk unaided is not in need of assistance for longer periods. It can be a matter of scale, and there can be sudden tipping points. The person I know is perfectly able to
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by jrmg 3y ago
This is still confusing to me. Does it mean that despite the ubiquity of the warnings, I can actually cook and consume rhubarb leaves like spinach?
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by jrmg 3y ago
It didn’t go well for Obama when he made that argument publicly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_didn%27t_build_that
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by jrmg 3y ago
The article at that link seems to show there’s _not_ something to it - it doesn’t work.
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I’m reminded of the hyperbole - which I fell for - around the Regulation of Investigatory Powers act around the turn of the millennium. It provides a legal mechanism for authorities to require that individuals disclose encryption keys for e
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by jrmg 3y ago
That’s just a 2100x2100 square. How much ground area does one of these turbines need? I know that in reality you couldn’t just put them all in one place.
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Why not encode the data you want to pass in the link, like you would on the web, rather Han require an extra pasteboard-based payload?
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by jrmg 3y ago
FWIW, my experience with eSIMs has been identical to my experience receiving physical SIMs. Instead of inserting it, I scanned a QR code. It then activated much as any physical SIM activates the first time you put it in a phone. People are
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by jrmg 3y ago
Is your complaint that activation is troublesome and bureaucratic? Isn't that also true with physical SIMs? With eSIM, you should be able to just have all three eSIMs stored on the phone, marking the one you want to use as active, and
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by jrmg 3y ago
What do you mean by "you suddenly need the phone manufacturer's approval"? I have not experienced this and I've now used a few different eSims on my iPhone. [edit: at home in the USA and when traveling internationally] [

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