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by tfandango 4y ago
I think of AR (Augmented Reality) as something unobtrusive like glasses where you can see the real world just fine and digital content can be overlayed, maybe like a fancy Heads-Up Display in a car. I think of VR as something that has no re
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by tfandango 4y ago
We rented this movie when I was a kid (probably the Beta version). It's one of 2 movies that me and my brother watched twice in 2 days. The other was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. We watched that one the second time with my
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by tfandango 4y ago
As much as I grump about not having enough people to do what is being asked of us, I'm also thankful that we run leaner than most in times like this.
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by tfandango 4y ago
I agree. Of all the TV I've watched in recent memory, I continue to think about Severance all the time. To think I only watched it because of the Parks n' Rec guy!
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by tfandango 4y ago
I shouldn't mention this probably but I watch Below Deck on the Bravo channel which follows the crews of charter yachts. One of which is a sailboat with a hot tub. I think you are right, when it's sailing (which seems to be rath
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by tfandango 4y ago
Or the intern is pretty good :)
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by tfandango 4y ago
My take on VR is that it's great for creating an ambiance that would be very expensive in reality. For instance I can and do watch movies in large fancy VR theaters while at home I have a regular TV. Certainly, there are lots of quibbl
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by tfandango 4y ago
I agree with this. I moved across country when I was 16 and have been able to regain friendships that would have been lost otherwise. However lately it seems to be 80% adds and unrelated videos. Often if I seek someone out I find they hav
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by tfandango 4y ago
I know some cars cost more to get a different color, like Teslas. They come in white, but if you want something like red, that's an extra $1000. I recently wanted to buy a car and [anecdotally also] the dealerships have like 90% black
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by tfandango 4y ago
I don't know about that, but they love wood. I find them from time to time in the corners of my fence. Only about one a year. Once I found thousands when the eggs hatched but they quickly dispersed. An interesting thing about Black W
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by tfandango 4y ago
You post strikes a chord with me. I have found over time that I personally require some mental challenge and some physical challenge to remain mentally healthy. Some days, work provides the mental challenge, the feeling you get by solving
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by tfandango 4y ago
I too remember hauling around really heavy books and only reading parts of them. My wife seems to use much of her reading curriculum which comes with workbooks they use up throughout the year. This next year they are switching to an elect
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by tfandango 4y ago
She likes them. Her school has a really high quality GT ("gifted and talented") teacher. It is an honor to get into the program and allows kids the opportunity to do longer-term project type learning like you are talking about.
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by tfandango 4y ago
Many people kept their kids "remote", which started a few years ago in response to the pandemic. Many of these kids did not attend any remote classes or do any of their assigned work over that time. Meanwhile this school reopened
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by tfandango 4y ago
My wife teaches 2nd grade in a public school. She has kids this year who had not been in school since kindergarten. It is difficult to cover such an achievement gap when other kids in the class are on level. It's worse yet when our
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by tfandango 4y ago
This is the thing that stood out to me as well. It sounds like they are moving to a single pay tier and if you are currently below that, you will receive an increase. I think that implies the single tier is the same as the current max sal
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by tfandango 5y ago
Yes now that the EO has been written (it was announced before that), it's more clear. People can optionally do this meaning that the Gov can declare success over covid and nothing will actually happen. The striking part of all this is
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by tfandango 5y ago
In Oklahoma, anyone can sign up! No background check required. Today the governor said he's going to start moving other state employees into schools to sub... Our school district was asking parents to come in. I am fortunate to be ab
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by tfandango 5y ago
I have a maytag washer/dryer that is a little over 2 years old. The frustrating part is they have "10 year warranty" stickers all over them. They dryer failed 3 times (different part each time) and I learned that the 10 yea
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by tfandango 5y ago
My wife is a 2nd grade teacher, also in the midwest. 200+ kids out today with covid or b/c of a family member. Over a dozen teachers out today in a small school. There are no subs and they are asking parents who aren't sick to
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by tfandango 5y ago
I think this laptop is likely over 5 years old, though I'd expect to be able to order 10 year old parts on thinkpads, but perhaps that is not cost effective since most companies would replace machines before that. In the US I believe
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by tfandango 5y ago
That is correct, the fan is welded to the heatpipe.
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by tfandango 5y ago
Might just be the current supply chain woes but I have a relatively recent X1 Yoga (Gen 1) and the fan went out. Had to buy a Chinese one on ebay to replace it since Lenovo did not have the part anymore. I kind of expected it to be easy to
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by tfandango 5y ago
Not sure if this is included in the assessment, but TX does not have a state tax.
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by tfandango 5y ago
I think you have a point, it's a fine line, but say there was a shot which could prevent you from becoming obese and all the problems that come with it? Now I'm going to kind of argue against myself here, but as I write this I thi
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by tfandango 5y ago
The estate yes, I imagine that is what they do in the case of a death not caused by covid? I've also been wondering when insurance will begin denying claims for this, there's a basically free option to prevent most hospital stays,
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by tfandango 5y ago
Mark Rober comes to mind.
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by tfandango 5y ago
I listened to approx 10 min of this whole trial and this is the part I got! He said logarithms instead of algorithms which made me chuckle.
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by tfandango 5y ago
This is why I like my Kindle so much (and other e-readers are the same presumably). It does one thing very well, and not much else. I could read the same book on my phone but it's always popping up alerts and buzzing and so forth, br
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by tfandango 5y ago
very late to this story but I spent the night in the Price Tower in Bartlesville. It was cool to look at but pretty miserable to be in. The elevators are bizarrely shaped and custom, constantly break down. I remember the same office had

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