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811.
by snarfy 7y ago
I can see a future where Edge is a better Chromium than Chrome is.
812.
by snarfy 7y ago
> that's as realistic as saying that police commits crimes so that they can get extra reward from the new tasks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/11/florida-cop...
813.
by snarfy 7y ago
It works if you disable your ad blocker. You aren't missing much. It's not a very good article.
814.
by snarfy 7y ago
Sadly in the latest win 10 update it's no longer a simple setting in group policy. You have to muck around in the registry. https://www.howtogeek.com/224159/how-to-disable-bing-in-the-...
815.
by snarfy 7y ago
Start menu 'web search' is the first thing I disable. Of all the stupid things in windows 10, web search is quite possibly the worst. It's a feature nobody wants except Microsoft.
816.
by snarfy 7y ago
By their reasoning slot machines are not gambling if the casino has a rewards card program.
817.
by snarfy 7y ago
JavaScript isn't a very good programming language. Just because I can develop in it doesn't mean I want to.
818.
by snarfy 7y ago
> One trend worth noting, however, is that very few of the cases involve only nicotine products; most of the afflicted users reported using THC exclusively or as well as nicotine If victims used "THC exclusively", why are nicot
819.
by snarfy 7y ago
update account set date_deleted = now() where account_id = 123
820.
by snarfy 7y ago
Does right to repair extend to right to install any app? I really believe it does and this is a major reason they are fighting so hard against it.
821.
by snarfy 7y ago
I smoked cigarettes for about 25 years and switched to vaping about 5 years ago. My anecdata is it's the flavorings which are most harmful. I had a pretty consistent cough from cigarettes which got a little better after switching to
822.
by snarfy 7y ago
So much so there is a 'wall of shame' projector posting attendees credentials for all to see.
823.
by snarfy 7y ago
I wonder how memes relate to this, like 'scumbag steve' and the various 'karen' jokes.
824.
by snarfy 7y ago
I have synesthesia and I 'see' sounds, but see is a misnomer. There is a visual component to audio but it's not a hallucination in my visual field. It's definitely in my mind's eye, but it is consistent which lead
825.
by snarfy 7y ago
I started taking probiotics about three months ago and I definitely have a different stink than I used to.
826.
by snarfy 7y ago
Except they have patents on 'e-learning'.
827.
by snarfy 7y ago
It's a fairly common tactic with farmers. Buy next year's supplies using this year's profits and pay no taxes on profits.
828.
by snarfy 7y ago
When you reinvest your profits back into the company, your net profits are zero and you don't pay any taxes. This is where the distortion comes in. It's government subsidized growth. At this point it's grown over all the c
829.
by snarfy 7y ago
Are you sure it's a problem with water? I've had similar problems with sunny areas and tried watering more. It helped a little. Then one year I tried fertilizing (manure + miracle grow) and my lawn turned completely green, even
830.
by snarfy 7y ago
You need a garage, and a circuit with 60A capacity. Most houses built today have 200A total capacity, older homes are 100A. At some point the electric grid will need updated.
831.
by snarfy 7y ago
It gives me nostalgia seeing mode 13 graphics. What's next, mode x? Triangle drawing routines? :)
832.
by snarfy 7y ago
Most people don't have a problem with bad behavior if it's justified. A good portion of my income goes to pay taxes, yet Amazon hardly pays anything comparatively. If they actually paid proportionate taxes maybe my tax rate would
833.
by snarfy 7y ago
IMO every soldier should know that 'war is a racket' [1] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
834.
by snarfy 7y ago
It's this bit of code: while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) { TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); } The mouse isr would cause a loop like this to execute at some point, pr
835.
by snarfy 7y ago
Here is another that is pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HdmA3vPbSU
836.
by snarfy 7y ago
. “If someone gets hurt on the repair you made, you’re opening yourself to liability.” What if someone gets in a car wreck because of a pothole? Is the city liable?
837.
by snarfy 7y ago
You go to the mechanic and tell them your car won't start - nothing happens when you turn the key. You ask them how long it's going to take to fix and how much it will cost. They don't assume it's the starter and tell y
838.
by snarfy 7y ago
I recall reading mold has a redundant set of DNA. For a mutation to happen, both sets need to have the same damage/radiation/etc happen at the same time. It's believed to be the reason why molds evolve so slowly and why the
839.
by snarfy 7y ago
I do a lot of varied development, some of it requiring visual studio.
840.
by snarfy 7y ago
I still run LTSpice on Linux using Wine. That's about it though. With the advent of WSL on Windows and my professional need to use both Linux and Windows, I don't have a lot of reasons to use Wine anymore, or desktop Linux for th

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