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by kbouck 5y ago
the post advertises hosting 15GB which puts it somewhere around mid-1992 based on the progression seen in the splash screen history [0] [0] https://defacto2.net/g/rusty-n-edies-bbs
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by kbouck 5y ago
As webcams were hard to come by during the onset of the pandemic, I resorted to a raspberry pi + HQ cam + lens + raspistill preview + HDMI capture device (instead of usb). I won't defend the total cost (probably more than an acceptable
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by kbouck 5y ago
and MF Doom
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by kbouck 5y ago
Sounds similar to cloud gaming, where you run the resource intensive game/app on a cloud server, stream the inputs to it and stream the display back. The UI experience would depend heavily on having consistent low latency, which is har
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by kbouck 5y ago
Reminded me of The Moron Test.
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by kbouck 5y ago
Some of the text extracted by tabula contains unexpected whitespace: "Jan uary" Is there any reliable way to deal with this?
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by kbouck 5y ago
I got a japanese rice cooker that would play cheerful songs once it finished. Cute the first time, but annoying after that. Fortunately they could be switched to simple beeps.
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by kbouck 6y ago
I have linux (pop os) running directly on a macbook (basic dev work), and the different key combo for copy paste in terminal is one of my very few issues. debating with myself whether to remap keys (and then fumble on other linux terminals)
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by kbouck 6y ago
If you want to go further down the rabbit hole, here someone tinkering to get target display and linux to work together: https://floe.butterbrot.org/matrix/hacking/tdm/
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by kbouck 6y ago
Not sure if this helps the dual-screen desire, but to make more use of it, couldn't you install linux directly on the iMac? I did that (install pop os) recently with a Macbook Air 2012, and it works flawlessly as far as I can see. All
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by kbouck 6y ago
minirigs are surprisingly good for their size. they are modular speakers and speakers subwoofers that you can use individually or link together. a 2.1 setup will bring way more bass that you would expect from looking at it. plenty of review
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by kbouck 6y ago
https://mermaid-js.github.io/
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by kbouck 6y ago
How does this compare with Observable? https://observablehq.com/
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by kbouck 6y ago
No matter how good you are at something, there's always a million people better than you. -- Homer Simpson Gotcha: Can't win. Don't try. -- Bart Simpson https://youtu.be/1YgGnfBNAqg
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by kbouck 6y ago
When testing Krisp.ai, I recorded myself speaking inches away from a noisy water boiler. In the playback, I could not even hear the water boiler, but voice came through clearly. Signed up for the service immediately after that.
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by kbouck 6y ago
here's a couple of links discussing how to set up and working through the issues. http://www.davidhunt.ie/raspberry-pi-zero-with-pi-camera-as-... https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=
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by kbouck 6y ago
capture cards are devices primarily intended for game streamers to give your computer an hdmi input to stream/record games from a game console, but are also useful for other purposes such as turning your dslr into an expensive webcam.
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by kbouck 6y ago
Elgato sells other capture cards (eg. HD60), which still seem available. I recently bought a raspberry pi hi quality camera (and lens) to tinker with, and was able to connect it to my mac via pi->hdmi->capture-card to make a nice webc
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by kbouck 6y ago
> Sidecar only allows for the iPad to be the second or auxiliary display - making it effectively useless for this purpose. I had noticed that, and that's why I was wondering if an HDMI dummy (a simple device that pretends to be an
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by kbouck 6y ago
Isnt this now possible using Sidecar? Perhaps with an HDMI dummy plugged into the mini if a primary is needed?
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by kbouck 7y ago
A very useful feature of dreem is that it also tracks your head/body position (sleeping on your side vs back). When correlating the data with SnoreLab, I consistently see the snoring occurring only while sleeping on my back, and almost
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by kbouck 7y ago
On a personal project, I had a good experience extracting PDF text using Tabula[1]. You specify the bounding boxes where desired data is, and it spits out the content it finds. It still hits the issues mentioned in this article (surprise sp
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by kbouck 7y ago
a few illustrated examples of what does and does not qualify as entrapment: https://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=633
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by kbouck 7y ago
another recipe: https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/perfectly-puffy-dutch-b...
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by kbouck 7y ago
Son of Anton
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by kbouck 7y ago
I think the author's usage fits with this definition: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker
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by kbouck 7y ago
Although not a direct answer to the question, with gmail you can add a unique identifying suffix/tag after a + in the name part of your email: eg: first.last+walgreens@gmail.com And emails to that address still wind up in your inbox. T
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by kbouck 7y ago
I frequently commuted on the ICE (on the Netherlands end of the line) for a couple of years. Always rode in the dining car. Many times was quite empty - just me and the 1 or 2 server(s) dedicated to the dining car. I loved it but always won
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by kbouck 7y ago
> Ableton Live Standard: $449 Arturia midi controllers (eg Minilab mkII: ~$100) come bundled with a license for Ableton Live Lite which is pretty functional and might satisfy hobbyist needs.
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by kbouck 7y ago
> she'll do household chores for you (such as clothes washing, vacuuming, washing up, etc.) and maybe even entertain any older children or go grocery shopping Our kraamzorg nurse even cooked us meals! She also taught us a lot of t

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