macNchz

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   by macNchz 3y ago

   The problem being that middle click does other stuff, like opening links in new browser tabs.
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   I’ve used it just like that on Firefox on Mac and Linux for years. I generally prefer a mouse to a trackpad and it’s a way nicer interaction than using the scroll wheel to jump down the page.
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   On cars.com right now it looks like the electric price floor is roughly $5k, which gets you a 10 year old Nissan Leaf, though it looks like they mostly have lower mileage than comparable-age ICE cars. Used car prices have ballooned in recen
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   > It takes a bit of care though especially if there are prod-impacting sessions open. That’s why I felt it was a bad default.
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   A couple of comments on the article point out that if gas stations start closing due to reduced demand, it will accelerate the effect by making it more cumbersome to own a gas car. Recently, some of the industrial area near my apartment in
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   The X “primary selection”/middle click paste behavior this takes advantage of is one of my least favorite Linux features and I have had it disabled for years, so I didn’t even know it had been changed/removed in Wayland. Having a
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   Here’s a model where the specs list the version with disc brakes as being 3lbs heavier: https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/ltrain#specs
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   There are also many people on ebay selling bulk lots of dvds for pennies apiece. The top search result right now for “disney dvd lot” is $140 for 600!
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   by macNchz 3y ago

   Care to elaborate?
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Palantir is like the dream tool for an authoritarian police state.
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Definitely more of psy chill/ambient than trance. I tend to like moving between psytrance and psybient–too many hours of trance alone makes me feel like my brain is vibrating inside my skull!
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Great album–there are two tracks on that playlist from it!
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Yeah several of the tracks are unavailable to me in the US. It’s one of my least favorite things about the move towards streaming music generally–the ability to listen to music I love being subject to the whims of business people and lawyer
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    I’ve enjoyed listening to psychedelic electronic music while programming since discovering Shpongle twenty years ago. I feel like it helps my brain get into the right mode somehow. I’m not familiar with the definitions of a lot of these sub
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    > I have some friends I've made online I've never met in real life. It's people with whom I have a great affinity and it would have been impossible to meet IRL because they're so spread around the world. I read this p
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    This conversation exasperates me and has happened too often even at profitable and/or well funded companies. I don’t know what it is about ordering upgraded-spec computers that inspires people to desperately want to save money, but eve
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    > Martinez homes aren't cheap either, even for the Bay Area - median sale price is almost $800K I am frequently surprised at how little of a discount there is for living in toxic or extremely unpleasant places in an otherwise expen
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    I am regularly told I have a “calming presence”, but few things get me angry faster than: “Unexpected item in bagging area, please remove all unbagged items” “Please place scanned item in bagging area” “Unexpected item in bagging area, plea
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Growing up, my dad didn't speak his native French with me. I did, however, pick up enough from hearing him on the phone every day and visiting Switzerland for a few weeks each year that I could loosely understand it. When I got to hig
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    I can see the press playing a role in many situations, take for example a business with long-term/subscription based customers: the meetings to discuss raising prices will necessarily include assessments of the impact on existing custo
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    A decade ago I rented an apartment that was advertised on Craigslist as having laundry machines, that we only learned would cost extra after signing the lease. The broker who rented it to us swore the ad didn’t specify it was included. Than
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    I've had three out of body experiences that I think are completely attributable to things happening in my brain at the time. They were interesting and memorable but I'm not sure they represented some kind of unmeasurable/unkn
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    I agree in principle, though one counterpoint might be that recreation is an easy target for congress when looking for budgets to cut, so having some of the budget come through fees from users can provide some degree of insulation from poli
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03/samsung-says-it-adds...
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Bread will rise just fine without sugar! There are plenty of commercial loaves sold with no sugar, and I’ve been making bread for like 15 years and have only ever used sugar to make something like brioche. https://cooking.stackex
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    How do we determine which specific ingredients to worry about? I can’t keep up with all of the various additives in highly processed products–it’s simpler to reduce the number of ultra processed products I buy. In this case the enriched flo
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Well there’s bread (flour, water, yeast, salt) and there’s bread (Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Soybean Oil, Salt, Monoglycerid
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    There’s a lot to dislike about industrial agriculture, but ultimately a potato is pretty much a potato: you know what you’re getting.
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    There is a spectrum of processing, from minimal chopping or boiling that you might do at home, to more involved processes that significantly transform the food, which changes how your body processes it. Meal replacement shakes like Huel wou
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    by macNchz 3y ago

    Specificity aside, the fish available at markets across France makes the fish counter at a typical American supermarket look quite unappetizing.