michaelmcdonald

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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
In "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) James Bond drives his BMW remotely via a cell phone. Now there are multiple instances of prior art. EDIT: corrected which movie
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
I believe the point is that Op doesn't _want_ to chat. I believe the originally point is you should be up front and _clear_ with your pricing rather than trying to force a conversation.
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
The Saturn V doesn't, either. Can't always scale them to the minifig :(
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
I don't know, this seems pretty convincing to me: https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearings/forc...
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
I'm as big of an Apple fanboy as they come; however I clearly remember "Antenna Gate" and how simply holding the iPhone 4 caused signal attenuation of a rather severe degree.
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
Should add that this can only occur if you haven't updated your phone in over a year.
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
You mean aside from exploration with the idea of discovering something new that can be turned into a profit? Shipping. That's exactly what the Nostromo was: a shipping container. They were hauling goods from one planet to another for s
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
How on earth have you had iTerm use up so much memory it's given you an error? I've been using iTerm for years on some absolute crap machines, abusing iTerm with tmux and numerous customizations, and have never received that error
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by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
BBBY has been a meme stock for quite some time over the last couple of years.
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
No official release for that architecture just yet.
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Using an Apple Silicon Mac? I'm seeing the same and my research is showing that it's an issue with the virtualization.
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
I took it to mean not a list of post _titles_, but a full output of posts on a single page (a la DaringFireball). I tried to do the same not that long ago (was just starting to toy around with Hugo) and could not find an easy solution to it
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
I really enjoyed the first "part" of Seveneves. I felt the second part went a bit off the rails and was almost _too_ out there for me (at least as it compared to the first part. Love Neil Stephenson though (Cryptonomicon was amazi
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Is it them wasting money, or do they have a constrained budget with an ever growing number of responsibilities and scope? Do you think there are fewer planes in the air now then 30 years ago? 10 years ago?
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
> We know that porn is harmful Please provide peer-reviewed studies from non-biased research firms / organizations detailing the harm porn is causing.
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Can you provide the evidence / proof of Satan's involvement?
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Past 12 months has seen a hefty decrease in the value of $TSLA (~50%, it's 60% if you look at just 2022). I've read numerous reports about Tesla quality (fit / finish), the FSD is receiving horrid reviews, and that's not
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
My fitbit will do sleep tracking and use a silent alarm (ie. it vibrates rather than beeps) to wake me up during a window of time where it detects I'm not in a REM cycle. This has worked extremely well for me and it's almost a bit
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Games are a hobby. Hobby's utilize time. No different than reading a book, building a chair, gardening, etc...
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Sounds like we found a male who not only doesn’t have to deal with the repercussions of any pregnancy complications, but hasn’t known anyone personally that has had to deal with a late term pregnancy complication. You are the exact type of
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
The article is lacking in numerous details; however something glaring to me is that they don't talk about how / when the laptop went missing and / or the relationship between the victim and the neighbor. Was there an opportun
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
It's a bit complicated since they break down the books on various factors (books recommended, books with 3+ recommendations, etc...)
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
I am an ardent user of 1password and can do all the tasks you desire: - I frequently add notes to the logins / items I've created (adding information about security questions or why I created an account to begin with) - I add tags
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
> This may at first glance sound sensible. But consider: If an impoverished family doesn’t accept the health NGO’s preferred interventions for its children, these children may not be provided any other opportunity to establish a “legal,
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Utilizing the popular cryptocurrency "Not your keys, not your coins" we can easily change it to: > Not your disks, not your data Trusting Google with your data and expecting it to always be there is a risky bet.
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
Ben's account is already un-suspended, but only because he has a major presence and large audience (I would be shocked if people at Twitter didn't see this minutes into it happening or if Ben didn't have some direct line to v
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
I'm curious: what answers _did_ you give?
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
You may want to spend some time researching the "hackintosh" community. I, too, have a 2012 Mac Pro that's running strong (hexacore, 48GB memory, 1TB NVME drive, 8GB video card). Courtesy of OpenCore ( https://dorta
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
There are still city / township board meetings. You have the ability to converse with your neighbors. You can write to / contact your local representatives. If you feel that being kicked off social media is the same as the removal
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by michaelmcdonald 4y ago
How did they get your contact information?

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