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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
Unrelated feature request: use photo resolution that matches the TV resolution on Chromecast. Currently 26MP photos casted on a 4k TV (with Chromecast built in) look awful.
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
I've hard a few hard drives fail in the past decades but I've always been able to retrieve the data. I'm far less confident in a remote company. Your point is valid and constant, seamless backup is indeed a good thing to have
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
Another $60 buys a water and fireproof safe for the hard drive. I assume it also helps against lightning :-) I honestly think remote backup is an overkill for personal needs and new risks you get by placing your valuable data on someone els
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
Why not use $60 you're paying per year for 1Tb of online storage to buy a 2Tb hard drive and use it for the backup?
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
Happy to share my experience with ebay.de in Germany as a seller and buyer. Started selling some old tech/appliances I don't need anymore on eBay: last month 4 items for 250 EUR total, before that a few more items for ~400 EUR tot
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
That was my experience as well, both in Bay Area and in Bavaria (though it's not as dangerous here). I realized that I'm guaranteed to have a serious or deadly accident over just a decade of commuting. In a car you have 2 more lay
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by kachurovskiy 8y ago
Looks like we have 2 Google Ones now. https://one.google.com/ https://onetoday.google.com/
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
There seem to be better-performing x86 Windows Mini PCs available for less. Come in a proper case and with a power supply.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
> What about the fact you cannot do anything useful other than podcasts / music while driving? To be fair I rarely was doing anything useful on my 40 min train commute either :) Mostly reading Hacked News on my phone. Now I'm a
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
I'm sure that's a big contributor. I myself relied solely on public transport for years we lived close to the subway. Now that we moved outside of the city driving makes more sense.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
I'm in central Europe, switched from a train to a car. Reduced commute time, increased comfort and reliability. Costs several times more though.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
"go on regardless" argument can be used to justify absolutely anything so I don't think it helps advancing the meaningful debate.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Please help me understand how one can possibly live a good life, let alone prosper for decades with $5M in the bank without actually spending these millions. When I look around here in Europe, even a 1% interest seems hard to get - some peo
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
It pales in comparison to the number of miscarriages.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
I don't think so. German laws is very particular about what should be in there. Typical example: https://www.rockit-internet.de/impressum/
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Wonder if using Hetzner makes you subject to unusual German laws requiring (nearly) every site to have an "Impressum" page with contact phone number, mailing address and other data that would be uncomfortable for an individual (no
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
I love Chromecast but a few issues keep making me sad. 1. Casting a photo from Photos app, pressing Android back button makes the TV screen go black. Have to remember to swipe left or right instead, or use in-app back button. 2. Photos on 4
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
This is an awesome project and I'm very impressed with the skill levels demonstrated, especially the video pipeline. If you just need a thermal camera though, there's a 120 EUR one on AliExpress. https://www.aliexpress.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
As a side note, I'm often amazed at the presence US Army has in Germany with > 30,000 military personell and 36 military installations. It's been on a steady decline in the past decades though. For comparison, German Army has 1
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
You can get 128X64 OLED on AliExpress for 3$. Mine draws 2.2mA to show 6 letters, 3mA for 12 letters. It can be controlled with e.g. ATTINY85 (1$) which can e.g. set the text/image to display and go into deep sleep in beetween sreen up
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Rich people tend to have most of their worth in stock. In theory, assuming your stock got more expensive, you get richer without anyone in particular getting poorer.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
> unfriendly German efficiency This is exactly how Aldi feels here in Bavaria. Prices are very low but you'll be asked to bag your purchases at the window to avoid delaying the checkout of the next customer. A lot of stuff they sell
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Windows Update likes to kick in when I'm playing online, making fps drop to 10. Tried all the buttons to make it ask before downloading stuff but it didn't help. My last punch was disabling the Windows Update service.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
34% for a family with one child in Munich, 30.5% on capital gains.
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Backpage actions look bad and it may very well be that they deserve a serious fine or prison time for the management. However, it was not through Backpage that their child was abducted. Instead, without Backpage, they might have never gotte
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by kachurovskiy 9y ago
Talked to the heating technician this week. Here in Germany heaters are set to 55-60 degree by default and it's advised to not increase the temperature or the minerals buildup will ruin the system very quickly. Water hardness here is h