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by mikestew 1y ago
Maybe T-Mobile doesn't need to. I've used their WiFi calling for, what, going on ten years probably. Works a treat, including getting short code SMS. Ergo, I don't know the use case for femtocell for T-Mobile. That's why
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by mikestew 1y ago
So the question is, “what if people bought an x-ray machine (affordably available on Amazon)and started using it without training on radiological safety”?
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by mikestew 1y ago
I’m sure it will be impressive when the sun comes up in 23 minutes. :-) If you have an OLED screen, it will truly pay off with its “blacker blacks” of space. Smart-assery aside, I found going directly to https://www.sen.com/
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by mikestew 1y ago
The Bolt is a, what, ten year old design, and it was built to a price. As it pertains to TFA, resistive heating and low-end charging unit don’t have much to do with battery chemistry.
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by mikestew 1y ago
If you’re thinking, like I did, “Lucids already go 400 miles”, TFA clarifies to mean that a Cadillac that goes 300 miles will be able to go 400 miles. I guess “33% range increase” isn’t as sexy?
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by mikestew 1y ago
The US voted for Trump who explicitly campaigned on this. Campaigned on raising taxes? Not only would a citation be needed, I would defy you to find a single Trump voter who thinks taxes needed to be raised. This whole “it’s what people v
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by mikestew 1y ago
https://archive.ph/sWpS1
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by mikestew 1y ago
From that linked article: “To this date, she doesn’t even know that I won the Presidency THREE times.” Holee-shit. Time to start keeping him away from microphones.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Remember the good old days, when the most stupid thing we could find politicians doing is spelling “potato” incorrectly?[0] [0] https://publicapologycentral.com/apologia-archive/political-...
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by mikestew 1y ago
Straight from the U. S. Congress domain. And yes, I double-checked that domain to make sure it wasn’t TheOnion.com. (Yes, I really did because WTF?)
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by mikestew 1y ago
Oh, it will definitely work on older ones. The one I have, w/o logging in and explicitly looking, is a 3-$SOMETHING, probably 3b+. Works just fine.
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by mikestew 1y ago
uBlock Origin works only in the browser, right? Pi-hole works on phone apps that have ads (well, most of them, anyway), ads on your TV, and anything else on the network trying to ping servers you don’t want them talking to.
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by mikestew 1y ago
I was shocked that TFA’s recommended kit was $155! When did Raspberry Pi’s get so pricey?
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by mikestew 1y ago
In case you’re like a lot of folks in HN, read the title, and say to yourself “already have one”, read TFA for the iptables config that fixes those apps and devices that bypass local DNS. For example, the New York Times app seems to now u
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by mikestew 2y ago
https://archive.ph/17T6Q
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by mikestew 2y ago
Heck, even iPhone battery was upgradeable while he was still in charge. Eh, wot? iPhone battery has never been easily replaced. Yeah, you could do it, but it still involved tiny screws and fiddly bits; you’re not popping a new one in whil
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by mikestew 2y ago
And with the commitment to come back and tell us what they found as alternatives. JFC, TFA wasn't even all that long.
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by mikestew 2y ago
I'm sure my nephew got it from someone else, but recently told me, "if you don't look back at yourself five years ago and cringe about something , you're not making progress."
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by mikestew 2y ago
https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/objec...
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by mikestew 2y ago
They literally invented smart phones and app stores... Windows Mobile and Handango[0] would like a word with you. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handango
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by mikestew 2y ago
Devil's advocate: what is the typical markup at retail stores? Who cares? We're not selling boxed software. Let me give you a better question: how much would it cost to host a web site and give a payment processor their cut? I c
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by mikestew 2y ago
Or yet another option: retired last year, and even if Trump is re-elected, it’ll be good for the markets, right? Yeah, that was me last June. Thankfully the spouse is still working.
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by mikestew 2y ago
That logic tells me you didn’t read the comment you’re replying to. I mean, I’m sure you read it, but how you walked away thinking your reply was apropos mystifies me.
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by mikestew 2y ago
Because if you look at the entire history of presidents with the notable exception of Barack Obama, every president has been a geriatric white dude. That’s not even true within my lifetime, let alone historically. People freaked the fuck
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by mikestew 2y ago
Given that the lower and middle classes pay a disproportionate amount of income tax… Not only is that not a “given”, I’d argue that you’re completely wrong. One doesn’t have to look very hard to find out how much income tax is paid by low
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by mikestew 2y ago
Where was "free fiber" mentioned? The only thing I can figure is that you mistaked an "n" for an "r", maybe?
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by mikestew 2y ago
Alex Jones would like a word with you. As TFA helpfully points out, defamation is outside First Amendment protection.
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by mikestew 2y ago
When I went to a top engineering school in 1982, we were told that when we graduated we could expect to make $35K/year as CS grads. Whoo hoo! Hello, upper middle class! $90K/year in 1982 was fuckin’ rolling in it.
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by mikestew 2y ago
My wife and I have a running joke about the Seek app: "Dicots. It's always dicots." Too often, pointing Seek at a plant results in "dicots", which is about half the flowering plants out there.
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by mikestew 2y ago
After federal tax credit, ergo $27K. (Hat tip to @vaidhy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43794867 )

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