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by k310 11mo ago
I use Firefox almost exclusively, for the continual updates compared to Safari. Apple really wants you to update the OS, and seemingly reluctantly updates Safari separately. I have used Firefox, Safari and Opera with GhostText, the life-sav
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by k310 11mo ago
> It is also my opinion Mac OS 9.2.2 is the greatest OS, and Mac OS, ever, but not everything that is possible in earlier Mac OS versions is possible in Mac OS 9.2.2. I had fun with hypercard on MacOS 9. At work, even. The boss was into
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by k310 11mo ago
Sequential Transcriptional Gates in The Thalamo-Cortical Circuit Coordinate Memory Consolidation Paper. https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/student_theses_and_di... This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribut
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by k310 11mo ago
I use screenfloat, which plops your screenshot on top of everything else, which can be confusing, as in "why don't these window controls work?" ... Oh, they're the floating screenshot. Or since the scroll wheel controls
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by k310 11mo ago
Here's a way. I have found that one big reason that people don't use linux or home devices [0] is lack of support. Now, given that jokes have been made for decades about computer support, [1] my best advice to people I meet on for
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by k310 11mo ago
First websites, then VPN's, and then keywords ... WAIT! SCRATCH THAT! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XKeyscore Why not just build spyware into every compute
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by k310 11mo ago
Formerly RStudio > RStudio (now Posit) was founded in 2009 with the vision of creating high quality open-source software for data scientists. We’ve grown exponentially over time but our culture remains unchanged. We invest heavily in op
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by k310 11mo ago
It's within range because it works, but requires some twisting and arm waving to get it to work from one room to the next, no Faraday shields in the home. Then again, I transferred 4 iPhone photos to the imac 2 feet away and it failed.
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by k310 11mo ago
I'll be happy when Airdrop works reliably on Apple equipment. It can't reliably work between two adjacent rooms in my home without arm-waving. A hundred or thousand mile trip through iCloud works tons better.
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by k310 11mo ago
Reclaim the net has an interesting policy. > Become a Member and Keep Reading… In order to read "How to Say No: Everyday Tactics to Take Back Your Privacy" I said No. Without reading "How to Say No"
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by k310 11mo ago
May be a bad time, but universities and related labs certainly do offer challenges with a better chance of making a positive difference. I did computer support for one of them. The projects were great and I almost moved "up the hill&qu
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by k310 11mo ago
Many wildfires in California are caused by powerlines. I have often wondered, "What can I do, using technology, to help make life better?" And, too often, the answer is "I need to undo what sociopathic and uncaring people hav
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by k310 11mo ago
I can understand, if not approve, chasing the shiny object. After all, we are approaching a new gilded age of both capitalism, where a few try to corner the market of shiny objects (that do nothing but shine) and spend and garner billions o
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by k310 11mo ago
AI and less readability are features that nobody requested, and are arguably weapons in a perceived war among CEO's. Windows Users Furious at Microsoft’s Plan to Turn It Into an “Agentic OS” [0] > "Great, how do I disable lite
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by k310 1y ago
Shrink Wrap disclaimer for mobile. [0] GOOGLE AND ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SECURITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND PERFORMANCE OF GOOGLE MAPS AND SUCH THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE. Translation: worthless. I
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by k310 1y ago
I've had that bug in my head for a long time. And a few ideas. Stay tuned.
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by k310 1y ago
I'm ready if they can drive me 50 miles to Fresno, or 200 miles to the Bay area and I can "persuade" them not to charge me money for the ride. Got schematics?
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by k310 1y ago
They have less life experience for XKCD style passwords, i.e. RMWla18mgontdt Rose Mary Woods left an 18 minute gap on Tricky Dicky's tape. Of course, now that I posted it, it can't be used. 18.5 if punctuation is demanded. Sorry,
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by k310 1y ago
Change in ownership is the magic trick, AFAICT.
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by k310 1y ago
I pay about $2000 a year for property tax (It's in the boondocks). That's it. A land rent may be a big chunk of that every month. It varies a lot, so run the numbers. A Condo owner owns the land and pays property tax and HOA fees,
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by k310 1y ago
Mobile home parks are predatory. Unlike a traditional home, "owners" own only the home and pay an exorbitant land rent each month. So, unlike a traditional home where the land appreciates and you maintain the home, you get in effe
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by k310 1y ago
Almost! A while back, when there was after-school education money, I was interested in creating labs for students to go out and measure things and reduce the data in class/lab and/or do so at home with a live linux distro or remot
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by k310 1y ago
How soon we forget/he forgets. (from 2018) Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18. [0] > President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of t
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by k310 1y ago
I have gotten to recognize the clickbait-chic headlines from NYT.
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by k310 1y ago
California passed a law to make it easier to convert strip malls to housing. Uptake has been slow, and ADU's seem more successful, but it's a start. Can't speak to larger malls. I only know two "nearby" in the centr
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by k310 1y ago
Looks similar to an iPad in the fancy case. I even added a mouse. For all the discussion, IMNSHO, the big deal is the (unknown) software. I miss some vital things in iOS. First, I can't right/control click on an online image to ge
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by k310 1y ago
There's an old adage, I don't know if it's still valid, that a higher price makes some people think that the product or service is actually worth more than a cheaper one. (think open source apps and operating systems) That s
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by k310 1y ago
Six pound iPhone case.
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by k310 1y ago
OK, tried it on an iPhone SE 3rd generation (least powerful of new phones) and it works on 500 or so at a time. Quits at some unknown point between that and 4500. Observations: the groups are somewhat redundant. I take a lot of snaps of Yos
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by k310 1y ago
We are certainly in a live cyberwar. Given the increasing use of computer versus computer, and now AI versus AI, I'd venture to say that we are heavily into live re-runs of StarTrek and Twilight Zone. Just hoping that the computers don

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