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by pwg 2y ago
Northgate Omnikey Ultra in qwerty layout mode, with control and caps-lock swapped. Same one as in the top photo here: https://rudra.dev/keyboards/northgate_omnikey_ultra/ (note, not my blog, just one that I found
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by pwg 2y ago
This javascript below, in the URL field of a bookmark, will delete the sticky header when you hit the bookmark: javascript:(function%20()%20{var%20i,elements=document.querySelectorAll('body%20*');%20for%20(i=0;i<elements.length
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by pwg 2y ago
> Any links or ideas of how to make sure Google is aware of this? Cancel the account. That's the only real signal you can send. Switch to simply downloading YT content: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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by pwg 2y ago
For your own devices and use (provided you can configure your devices to all use your local nameserver) you really don't need to care (unless you, at some point, want to make use of whatever the true owner is offering at "home.com
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by pwg 2y ago
And "home.com" is owned by someone, and registered through GoDaddy: Domain Name: HOME.COM Registry Domain ID: 1668509_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.brandsight.com Registrar URL: http://gcd.c
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by pwg 2y ago
> But... can’t it just fill a queue? It /could/, yes. But then one has to also understand how govt. IT development works. You only get, barely, just what you ask for, and nothing more. So the likely reason for no queue is th
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by pwg 2y ago
> anyone have any idea why this form has an hours of operation? Best guess: The back end processing is actually performed by humans at the IRS office in DC and the form is simply an online "request" to one of those humans. And
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by pwg 2y ago
Can't help with the tool you are looking for, but there's an old trick from the Lotus 123 days (i.e., the time before spreadsheets gained "tabs") that helps with this problem of adding a row or a column to one table mess
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by pwg 2y ago
> It isn't like a password True, but far too many businesses treat it as an "authentication" token that they can use to authenticate that you are who you say you are. I.e., they treat it like a password that only you know
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by pwg 2y ago
One random $200 theft? Probably not too interested. 15,000 $200 thefts, all sitting in one spot in a storage locker, they just might be interested (and, it seems they were interested).
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by pwg 2y ago
> What is the financial benefit to Intel in artificially limiting its CPU sockets like this? They (Intel) also make the chipsets that go on the motherboards. So anyone who disposes of their old motherboard and buys a new motherboard beca
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by pwg 2y ago
Does PM still print and mail a paper magazine, or have they gone "web-only"? If "web-only" then the fact that "ancient aliens" would gather by far more internet clicks than "how to dig a well" would e
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by pwg 2y ago
> It was all about the illusion of security, Correct. The "IT security" group was practicing what I've termed "checkbox security". They have a long list of "requirements" and beside each is a check box
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by pwg 2y ago
Best benefit of the doubt: @ripjaygn did not notice the date (it is dim grey and small size, so could be easily overlooked) and @ripjaygn may one of today's 10,000: https://xkcd.com/1053/ .
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by pwg 2y ago
> How have you used a printer in your home or office? Primarily for printing mailing labels to attach to packages. Sometimes to print forms that need to be submitted in paper.
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by pwg 2y ago
Does tmux allow redefining the key bindings? GNU screen allows for redefining (at least) its hotkey. If tmux allows the same maybe you could redo the bindings more to your liking?
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by pwg 2y ago
> Why are most services/apps "cloud-based"? Follow the money... $X/month, over Y months, is worth a lot more than a one time payment of $Z. > why aren't there more tools/apps released that run locally? T
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by pwg 2y ago
From TFA it is stated that they were doing the split of lines because of the "1000 octet" maximum line length requirement of the SMTP protocol. And, they also state that the period disappeared because it was placed at the start of
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by pwg 2y ago
Yes, been doing so since I bought my personal domain circa 1999. Stack: named - on Slackware (various versions over the years as the computer was upgraded).
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by pwg 2y ago
> If mommy and daddy drink coffee in the morning, it doesn't matter that it tastes like ass, a literal 3-year-old will just by sheer force of will drink that bitter nectar just to feel like they belong Then I must be quite different
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by pwg 2y ago
@toast0 answered your question here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40357927
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by pwg 2y ago
Ken, A possible typo in the first paragraph: > question of why there were not documented Possibly: s/there/these/ or s/there/they/ ?
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by pwg 2y ago
In my case, main, and only, OS.
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by pwg 2y ago
SSH does not support/use lzma/xz compression method for the SSH protocol. The xz linkage was indirect through a systemd library that some systemd systems link into sshd.
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by pwg 3y ago
> I'm wondering if this happened anybody else Yes. > if so, why you think it happened Too many other time commitments, with no "free time" left for video games.
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by pwg 3y ago
The articles that get posted to the new page are posted there by users such as yourself. Do you post any articles (via the submit link in the title bar) to the new page? Articles that make the front page get there because users who look int
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by pwg 3y ago
While a recording will let you hear what they sound like (a loud buzzing) no recording will properly convey the true decibel level of a large brood singing in the trees while you are on the ground below listening. It is something one has t
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by pwg 3y ago
And they ("old executives with old mindsets") brought it on themselves by fracturing the market into 50+ different streaming services, and then playing "round-robin" games with shows (a given show bounces around among ea
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by pwg 3y ago
> If the mortgage is covered by extortionate rents on your other properties then historically the empty unit is appreciating in value. That appreciation is happening whether the unit is rented or empty. The scenario the landlord sees for
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by pwg 3y ago
With UblockOrigin blocking all of the javascript, there was no Cookie UI visible at all.

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