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by thebiss 3y ago
To learn unix: FreeBSD on CDs from FreeBSD.org in circa 1994/1995. To learn more C: The Walnut Creek C Users Group CD, circa 1994/1995 - still available at - https://archive.org/details/cug995 To improve my
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by thebiss 3y ago
Define "continuously". Does the data need to be mirrored immediately upon write?
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by thebiss 3y ago
Under my desk right now is a too-underutilized-to-upgrade-NAS that has been spinning 1TB Western Digitals since 2010. Between RAID-Z2 and cloud backups, there's almost no reason to get rid of them except for performance, which doesn&#
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by thebiss 3y ago
Does this mean there is already a commercial version? If so, what is the advantage of the NASA funded project?
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by thebiss 3y ago
Per the repo, it runs certain models on a Macbook Pro with an Apple M2 Max.
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by thebiss 3y ago
Yes, I have close family that relies upon this method to clear weeds from between brick pavers. "Divided" describes my position well: the vinegar kills some of it, but the walk never gets fully clear. Contrast that with round-up
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by thebiss 3y ago
The article indicates there will be some exceptions: > While it is primarily intended to allow for only fully electric cars, bigger vans with plug-in hybrid engines will also be allowed, and exceptions will be made for ambulances and pol
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by thebiss 3y ago
As an American with family that engages political debate at too many gatherings, can you explain what "no free speech" means in the UK? I assumed that members of the UK public could always say "_____ the prime minister".
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by thebiss 3y ago
This sounds like an nginx-based k8s ingress-controller. See: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/deploy/
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by thebiss 3y ago
Microsoft Project does support PERT estimates, though it's difficult to find and use: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/expected-duration...
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by thebiss 3y ago
It's highly regional. Per kWh, Connecticut pays twice as much as New Jersey, on average. Boston pays three times what Arizona pays. The government updates price tables monthly: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/mo
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by thebiss 3y ago
Automotive screens sizes are small because they must exceed vibration and temperature tolerances of other devices, which drives up cost. Unlike an iPad, in-car screens need to work from ~0F to ~130F every day, because the back-up camera MUS
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by thebiss 3y ago
Exactly. Transparency protects integrity.
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by thebiss 4y ago
Same as my current circa-2017 GM car, which shows a home screen with buttons or blank screen with the time. There is no Apple OR GM logo.
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by thebiss 4y ago
Residential electricity in New England is currently twice the national average. See: https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/data/averageenergyprices... It's recently become so high, I wonder if it's mo
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by thebiss 4y ago
If the goal is for it to be a spoken assistant, it won't work with customer service/virtual assistant voice models. It needs to be loud, threatening, and coarse!
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by thebiss 4y ago
Correct. Architects call the perception of size from shape the massing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massing And if you hate McMansions, you'll love: https://mcmansionhell.com/
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by thebiss 4y ago
Four to six transparent Rubbermaid "Clever Store" tote bins (1), each with a bright orange label indicating the rough categories of stuff (Audio/Video, USB, Power/AC, Networking) plus a few larger ones which are big enou
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by thebiss 4y ago
When I used a cleaning service 10 years ago, it was $275 for 2 maids to clean 1100sqft house. 1 bath, 1 bedroom, vac+mop everywhere, kitchen dishes. They were done in ~3 hours. NYC area.
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by thebiss 4y ago
Can you use music.apple.com under chrome on mint?
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by thebiss 4y ago
Typically, those collars are used as a wind screen. https://www.rei.com/product/139472/toaks-titanium-windscreen
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by thebiss 4y ago
I can confirm this. Our 2017 Volt's battery-only range drops from ~60 miles in the summer to only ~45 miles in winters. Location: New England.
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by thebiss 4y ago
Can you clarify when/how a KPI ever not a target? Bonuses and promotions always go to those who exceed them, and "improvement plans" or "restructuring" is reserved to those who miss.
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by thebiss 4y ago
From the PDF, these won't just park in the gravity well at L1. "An active stabilization mechanism is needed and will have to be designed, preferably through geometry modification [aerospace engineering, planetary sciences, robotic
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by thebiss 4y ago
The Tesla emergency guide mentions using lots of water, or as a backup, dry chemicals, but not foam or submersion. (Why not?) Thinking way outside the box: - Can these fires be extinguished with sand? Large air-powered sand pumps exist for
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by thebiss 4y ago
There are others, as well as translators from higher level languages. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language#...
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by thebiss 4y ago
This. Our goal was to build a toy OS, from scratch, in x86 assembly, that could multitask execution of DOS COM files. God help you if you didn't already know ASM. Fortunately we were graded at milestones, and our sins (bugs) were forg
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by thebiss 4y ago
Calculus is important, because in high school you only superficially know the breadth of the field you're interested in, where you may fit, and what you need to get there. I unwittingly had a "low math" high school education,
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by thebiss 4y ago
> Rancher even stated that they had removed almost 3 billion lines of code. They claim millions, not billions. See https://www.suse.com/c/rancher_blog/why-k3s-is-the-future-of...
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by thebiss 5y ago
It may not be anymore, but it used to be. I bought a 65" Samsung back in 2012, and had to sign to receive it. From the truck through signature, the delivery agent held it like a giant iPad in portrait mode, pinching the long edges of

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