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by stordoff 5y ago
My grandmother (80s) and her circle of friends all use landlines to communicate. Technically her's is a VoIP line since about six months ago, but it's designed as a drop in replacement (uses the same phones/numbers) so I wond
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by stordoff 5y ago
According to Wikipedia: > The 9-9-9 format was chosen based on the 'button A' and 'button B' design of pre-payment coin-operated public payphones in wide use (first introduced in 1925) which could be easily modified t
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by stordoff 5y ago
Usually in British English (Yorkshire, might vary by region), I just hear "It is/was/will be a lark", so I'm not sure if either is particularly common. However, I've definitely come across people using "as
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by stordoff 5y ago
Merriam-Webster and Cambridge both use "as a lark" in their online dictionaries: > on/as a lark idiom > US, informal > just as a way to have fun > She entered the race on/as a lark. https://www.mer
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by stordoff 5y ago
It was mentioned during the announcement of Fallout Shelter that the adventuring was inspired by Progress Quest: https://youtu.be/P14x1alnaF8?t=5955
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by stordoff 5y ago
I get spam texts fairly often in the UK, and I almost never give out my number, so no idea where they come from. I also occasionally get calls from unknown numbers, which I don't answer, but if I look them up are usually associated wit
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by stordoff 5y ago
Incidentally, MalwareBytes is currently blocking the article for me: > Website blocked due to a Trojan > Your Malwarebytes Premium blocked this website because it may contain a Trojan. > We strongly recommend you do not continue. I
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by stordoff 5y ago
See the "Why not?" section: "There are some good reasons why city building games are not that historically accurate and instead adhere to the established formula of the city building game." I'd say the author unders
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by stordoff 5y ago
I'm unconvinced. I used a MacBook for about three years around 2010, and had to have the charger replaced twice as the cable started cracking near the MagSafe connector. The third charger started falling apart (insulation yellowing and
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by stordoff 5y ago
> "isn't 100watts a lot of power?" <-- typed from gaming computer with a 1000watt power supply This feels like a bit of an unfair dismissal. I'm using a laptop that rarely goes above 30W (and is off half off the ti
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by stordoff 5y ago
It would cost me about £11/month to run. For context, I currently pay ~£80/month for electricity (UK average is ~£60[1]). Not prohibitive, but it's a pretty sizeable increase. When you consider I can get 4G connectivity[2] fo
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by stordoff 5y ago
> That being said, I do think reddit admins backpedaling on something that blew up in their faces to be a much more likely explanation. Given the linked takedown notice, I'd be surprised. I can't imagine phrases like "If y
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by stordoff 5y ago
I've got an Apple Smart Battery Case[1] for my iPhone 11, which is a similar idea, and the extra battery life can definitely be handy. Doing it with a swappable battery is a neat twist though - I haven't seen that done before. [1]
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by stordoff 5y ago
I think Casio calculators are quite popular in the UK - I used an fx570 through secondary school and university. It was the one recommended by my school, and then it was one of the three models (all Casio) allowed by my university[1]. I bri
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by stordoff 5y ago
Part of this article touches on why I don't use emoji[1] - I don't know what they will look to the recipient most of the time. At least with emoticons/kaomoji, I have a decent idea. In most cases, it probably doesn't mat
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by stordoff 5y ago
It was originally shared on Twitter as an image[1], and that version doesn't appear to include any typos I can spot (the "wilt", "its", and "sate" typos are certainly missing). I'm assuming TechRaptor
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by stordoff 5y ago
Just opening it in Incognito Mode worked for me.
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by stordoff 5y ago
Virgin Media (UK) use coax. There are some FTTP installs (with coax to the router), but most, as far as I'm aware, use coax for the last leg to the house and from the wall to the router.
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by stordoff 5y ago
> Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any) I'm not sure this really tells me what "Personal Data they collect". It feels more like a restatement of the purpose for collection (&quot
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by stordoff 5y ago
Not sure this works. Just grabbed a build of WhyNotWin11[1] released 20 hours ago, and I get "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk." [1] https:&#x2
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by stordoff 5y ago
> when put next to flashy Asus or Acer laptops Speaking of Asus, I've had no end of issues with the Asus laptop I've been using for the last 3-4 years. Decent spec for the money, but: * audio output no longer detects external d
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by stordoff 5y ago
PlayStation Underground: Volume 1 Issue 4 came with "Gasgar vs. Gasgar" and "Super Mansion", and were behind this wonderful warning screen: https://i.imgur.com/xntzcFk.png Some other issues of PlayStatio
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by stordoff 5y ago
'Hanabi' (花火) means 'fireworks', but it's a compound of 'hana' (花) - 'flower' and 'hi' (火) - 'fire'.
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by stordoff 5y ago
> not skipping bail means you get extradited to a country that will torture you via extended solitary confinement An extradition request which has so far been denied, in part due to the conditions he will face in the US, FWIW. I'm n
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by stordoff 5y ago
>I imagine that the gearing in the meter had some mechanism to prevent a simple 'rewind' attack. Big Clive details one of the attacks on older (UK) meters here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtB0C0rBaM It wa
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by stordoff 5y ago
I have a relatively uncommon name, yet I've still come across two people who could be mistaken for me at first glance. One comes from the same county as me, and the other went to the same university. The former died 18 months ago in a
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by stordoff 5y ago
With Safari on a iPhone 11 Pro Max, I get the same infobox as in the article (showing birthday/date of death). Amusingly, I also get recommended a TEDx video titled "Hristo Georgiev: How to deceive Artificial Intelligence". M
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by stordoff 5y ago
My dogs did this when my sister was born, at least until she was moving around on her own. Whenever you put her down to change her, they'd lay a few feet away (one on each side) and growl if anyone they weren't sure of tried to ge
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by stordoff 5y ago
Similarly, selling the 60-70BTC I mined at around $2-3 each (early 2011), after I (CS student) and a couple of economics students came to the conclusion it was never going to last. Really wish I'd kept even one just as a punt.
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by stordoff 5y ago
Is the same not true for dexamethasone[1], which was the first successful finding from the RECOVERY trial[2]? That's how I've repeatedly seen it described[3] (FWIW, I was treated with dexamethasone for Covid-19 in October 2020). [

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