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by runjake 2y ago
From the thread I linked: > On Macbooks made after 2014, no firmware is involved
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by runjake 2y ago
http://archive.today/neTDh
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by runjake 2y ago
It’s not over engineering. It’s because of research like this, along with other researchers like Charlie Miller. Apple generally isn’t out to make things willfully overcomplicated without good reason. https://news.ycombinator.com
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by runjake 2y ago
Great comment. The key here, in case people miss it, is to ensure the originals are downloaded to your Mac, if you're going to back up photos to Backblaze. Otherwise, you'll just be backing up thumbnails and/or very low qua
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by runjake 2y ago
This does not move the taskbar. This aligns the icons on the taskbar, which stays at the bottom of the screen. Their best bet is to use the relatively reputable ExplorerPatcher. However, using ExplorerPatcher requires fiddling with your ant
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by runjake 2y ago
I have the same urges. You need to carefully consider what you truly want and the realities surrounding those desires. How large do you envision this social network becoming? Do you aspire to be the next Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters? La
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by runjake 2y ago
I just bend them the opposite way and they flatten out. For storage, I scan and OCR them, and then use a cheap index card box like this: https://a.co/d/hFOdEat
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by runjake 2y ago
I still carry a "Hipster PDA"[1] around, binder clip and all. Said binder clip came out of a box from the 1970s. It's immensely useful in a pinch, it's free form, and I can place it flat on a surface and write on it. And
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by runjake 2y ago
Indeed, thanks. I try to be skeptical about assumptions, even my own.
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by runjake 2y ago
Interesting points. And agreed, at one time I really got into Sudoku and Minesweeper, but my nerd mind quickly turned them into brainless pattern matching routines that required effectively no thinking. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate
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by runjake 2y ago
Thanks. Great page. For some reason, this one didn't show up for me in the first few pages of Google results.
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by runjake 2y ago
This is another thing I've been exploring, but I haven't had a whole lot of luck in actually slowing down time. The "fix" seems to be: - Add more activities to your day, every day. - Try to break up routines. Eg. you may
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by runjake 2y ago
I wonder how much of the "age-related" decline is due to the brain functioning on autopilot. After over 5 decades, I have experienced most of the issues I'm going to experience in life. More often than not, I'm addressin
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by runjake 2y ago
Can you provide some examples that back up your statement? Edit: Some people are getting angry (and in some cases, deleting their comments). Let me be clearer: I have no idea who Ray Peat is. The OP commented that Peat is a "quack&quot
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by runjake 2y ago
If you need some inspiration, check out levelsio's explorations knowing nothing about game dev and creating a multiplayer flight simulator with Cursor. He's been working on it over the past week and has made great progress. He has
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by runjake 2y ago
I'm not scared. I'm figuring out how to adapt to the inevitability.
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by runjake 2y ago
Background: Aleph Null was a pseudonymous author of a column in a 1970s software journal whose identity is unknown. They wrote on many eclectic computing topics. Their true identity is still unknown. And no, this comment isn't an AI-wr
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by runjake 2y ago
Right, but the full versions are as easily downloadable directly from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media
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by runjake 2y ago
Some people with ambiguous morals use https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts Microsoft knows about this but seems to ignore it. I'll leave you to your own conclusions.
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by runjake 2y ago
Slowly over time. Lots of time. Think: 1-2 years for initial grief to pass. And from there, echos of grief. What you're going through is normal and okay. This is how it's supposed to be.
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by runjake 2y ago
I think any war with China would be predominantly economic and cyber. I don’t think it’s viable for either party to perform a mainland strikes and I don’t think it would become nuclear, but who knows. If things escalate during the current P
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by runjake 2y ago
Nobody can understand our fear of washing out and moving to the other side of the dorm to become a food handler and serving your former avionics classmates breakfast. This happened a lot while I was there.
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by runjake 2y ago
They look the same to a layman, but they are very different airframes, with a different wing sweep and different load capabilities, among many, many other differences.
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by runjake 2y ago
> Look at the use of '—'. So chatgptyish! I've seen multiple people say this, but when I have -- in my writing and I use ChatGPT to improve it, ChatGPT always removes the -- and rewords the sentence. Here's my promp
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by runjake 2y ago
From what I know, what actually killed the XB-70 was ICBM advancements. The B-52 survived by becoming a low altitude bomber and an excellent, cheap nuclear-capable cruise missile delivery platform that was comparatively cheap to operate at
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by runjake 2y ago
Yep, up until January 1993 or so. "SRAM Howell" ring a bell?
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by runjake 2y ago
> I'm humbled for us laughing at the one guy assigned to B-52 maintenance role when was in USAF training over 30 years ago "That old thing? Ha!". That guy may have been me. I was pretty bummed, but quickly learned about
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by runjake 2y ago
> You're probably thinking of the kings quest games I-IV You are correct. My age is showing.
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by runjake 2y ago
As someone who once worked on B-52s, I find it amusing how many "successors" it has outlasted. And I know why, because I worked on many of those, too. It has taught me to be skeptical of unproven claims and promises, especially wh
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by runjake 2y ago
A couple (from a pool of many) citations: From the 45 presidency: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-escaped-tariffs-last... Now: https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/17/analyst-trump-will-wa

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