thevagrant

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by thevagrant 3y ago
Reminds me when they were shown to have faked problems with a Tesla they were reviewing. Many car enthusiasts I knew at the time took the show for gospel
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by thevagrant 3y ago
I've had plenty of car cameras glitch out or stop working.
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by thevagrant 3y ago
I went through it for many years. It got to the point where certain foods made me feel unwell. I had brain fog. Felt tired, exhausted. I changed my diet, cut out a lot of processsed foods and got by as best as I could. In the end I realised
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by thevagrant 3y ago
Asus made products for Apple and others. An example from memory is the sleek plastic Apple macbook (white and black) from 2006 was made by Asus. At the same time, Asus were making laptops under their own brand which showed a lot of potentia
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by thevagrant 3y ago
They have, I agree. Perhaps it is my rose tinted glasses. I suspected the split would lead to pressure to create more 'hit' products and eventually impact quality. It's hard to express how rock solid Asus motherboards were pe
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by thevagrant 3y ago
Asus was very successful and at one point had captured a large portion of the motherboard market due to their extremely reliable motherboards at that time. (I recall reading many years ago as many as 1 in 4 computers were using an Asus mobo
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by thevagrant 3y ago
"In 2007, Apple significantly dialed down its MacBook manufacturing business with Asus and the company had to respond. That same year, they announced that they would hive off their original design manufacturing business into a 100% own
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by thevagrant 3y ago
Lost their magic once they split Asus into three companies (to satisfy Apple from what I understand), thus became Asus, Pegatron and Unihan to remove conflict of interest for their ODM side of the business
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by thevagrant 3y ago
While those early intel days were great (for example, being able to add more ram or install an ssd in 2009 macbook pro). M1 is a big improvement over that even without the upgrade flexibility early intel years offered. M1 can run windows in
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by thevagrant 3y ago
Anyone know if these docker alternatives can be used to run windows containers? (eg. for .NET Framework)
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by thevagrant 3y ago
I had issues with Logitech over the years and found two main causes. 1. Battery degradation meant the mouse would appear charged but have variable lag at unpredictable times. 2. Too many devices using Bluetooth/wifi located in the same
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by thevagrant 3y ago
I see your point, although do you think that being bilingual gave you significant cognitive advantage? Or could you be quite intelligent with above average memory and your existing cognitive advantage has helped you to become bilingual?
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by thevagrant 3y ago
My theory is unlikely perhaps. Neural connections on the left side are potentially protected from damage to the right side of the body and vice versa. If the damage occurs to one side of the body but the brain is protected, would it not mak
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by thevagrant 3y ago
A lot of academics, industry experts and celebrities were accessible on Twitter. A conspiratorial viewpoint is deplatforming the first two groups. It's not a plan to make Twitter succeed. Only what I've heard, I don't use Twi
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by thevagrant 3y ago
Morning meetings are the worst. I'd much prefer mid afternoon meetings. I can wake up, get to work, minimal interuptions and then be confident of where I'm at by mid afternoon.
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by thevagrant 4y ago
I'd argue that exercise (for some) can be a form of meditation and achieve similar effects. Running for a long time will result in a focus on your breath and each stride and step.
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by thevagrant 4y ago
It's like they filmed it with no light source and figured they could fix it post production (and failed). Either that they filmed it in a bright setting and tried to use post production to simulate a dark scene. Same as you, I couldn
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by thevagrant 4y ago
The new Willow series had this problem as well
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by thevagrant 4y ago
You can see this with the Lord of the Rings (Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers and Return of the King). The Hobbit is much newer but doesn't look so great in comparison. Sure it has some amazing special effects but the cinematic foota
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by thevagrant 4y ago
Does Google not have a smart layer that compresses certain rarely accessed files into an archive (hidden from the user)?
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by thevagrant 4y ago
I've noticed that certain types of large vehicles attract drivers (or create false confidence) in bad driving and aggressive driving habits. It is appears that the driver of the large SUV or pickup believes they have right of way over
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by thevagrant 4y ago
No arrests in this example but still quite concerning.[1] Power can be used without needing to publicly arrest someone [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/22/tiktok-by...
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by thevagrant 4y ago
Google search is way worse now. Maybe that is a factor resulting in reduced quality of answers as you experienced. For example lately I've searched for "prominent name company + product + question" only for Google to return a
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by thevagrant 4y ago
Does windows update the firmware automatically? I may have a couple of these ssds but never thought to check firmware
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by thevagrant 4y ago
I think you're right. They did not understand the needs of their customers (companies) that contributed the bulk of their deposits. They were not assessing the risks and changes occurring in the market that could affect the behavior of
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by thevagrant 4y ago
Knowing a close friend who lost his father to this, where his father spent many years in care and was always talking crazy. He told me that in the week of his fathers death they were able to talk with each other as adults for the first time
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by thevagrant 4y ago
I couldn't find reference to NATO involvement in Syria. Perhaps you mistake countries who are part of NATO to being NATO itself? "just a few examples".. I expect there are lots more examples you can give? Especially if your p
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by thevagrant 4y ago
It's a weak argument when the aggressor invaded. If we go with that line of thinking, then Russia "invaded" to "defend themselves". Should we complain about homeowners installing locks and security cameras on their
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by thevagrant 4y ago
Again, Ukraine isn't part of NATO. NATO is a defensive alliance. So you are saying China don't want their neighbors to defend themselves?
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by thevagrant 4y ago
That doesnt make sense. Ukraine isn't part of NATO. Also NATO is a defensive alliance. It seems some countries don't want their neighbors to defend themselves?

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