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by tmm 5y ago
I've been running Linux on a 5550 for about six months now, and the hardware is rock solid. Everything works fine. I've experienced no overheating, network is stable, all the USB bits work, it docks and undocks without issue, the
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by tmm 5y ago
The business seems fraught with hairy (furry?) problems. The laser system has promise, but you need a source of random data to drive the movement of the laser pointer (maybe strap them to other cats?). Otherwise, an attacker who can predict
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by tmm 5y ago
The actual survey results seem more interesting: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-lif... For instance it highlights the finding that 62% of South Koreans and 58% of Japanese respo
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by tmm 5y ago
Not since June 25, 2011 when they started randomizing assignment[1]. They still don't use 666 as an area number, though. [1] https://www.ssa.gov/employer/randomization.html
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by tmm 5y ago
You’ve hit on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately in price sensitive markets (which is basically anything in the consumer space). You’re better off being very expensive ($10k tattoo artist) than broadly appealing. I’ve seen it m
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by tmm 5y ago
My high school rolled out an ID system in 1998 using SSNs printed on every ID (staff and students). About a week later, they realized this was a bad idea and reissued 1000+ IDs without the SSN. I still don’t know what the point of the ID ca
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by tmm 5y ago
For those of you who miss the office, what does your life look like outside it? Do you have an active social circle? Do you have regular, sustained, positive interaction with your neighbors (i.e. do you do more than say hello in passing)? K
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by tmm 5y ago
Glad I’m not the only one! Since I was in the kitchen when I read this, I had to try. Same result, all three fingers felt like they were in warm water.
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by tmm 5y ago
> the only trauma injury that gives me the creeps is degloving I worked with a guy who was missing most of his ring finger. I asked him about it one day at lunch. I regretted it.
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by tmm 5y ago
I’ve never been much of a drinker, generally preferring soda, sports drinks, or sweet tea to stay hydrated. In my experience, this is unusual. My friends, relatives, etc. all exclusively drink beer when doing yard work, home improvement pro
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by tmm 5y ago
Do you use them wired or wireless? I bought every Bluetooth dongle Microcenter offered and none of them worked with these headphones in Windows or Linux. I’d love a recommendation for a compatible USB Bluetooth dongle.
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by tmm 6y ago
Where do you even get video cards right now? I’ve become oddly paranoid that mine is going to die and I won’t be able to find a (reasonably priced) replacement. And two year old RX 590s are selling on eBay right now for more than I paid for
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by tmm 6y ago
I think the solution is TLS-PSK[0]. But browsers don't support pre-shared key mode. If they did, each IoT device (or consumer router, NAS, etc) could ship with a unique key which your browser could prompt for on first use. These coul
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Camelot on the Moon (1994)(telecom-digest.org)
1 points by tmm 6y ago|0 comments
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by tmm 6y ago
I do, although these days its connection to the outside world is a SIP trunk via Asterisk. Works just fine as long as I don't need to interact with an IVR which requires asterisks or pound to do stuff (looking at you, Google Meet). Aud
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by tmm 6y ago
I have a desk fan made in 1912 that I use regularly and the telephone in my kitchen is from 1954.
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by tmm 7y ago
Because why should I have to click to get focus? Less of an issue on a tiling window manager, but sometimes I really want to be able to type in a window without bringing it to the foreground. Also, selecting text should copy and middle cl
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by tmm 7y ago
I’d like to know too. I’ve worn contacts since I was 12. Originally, non-disposable that I took out and cleaned every night. These were pretty good, but by the end of the year tended to get a bit ratty around the edges. It’s been too long t
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Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing(theverge.com)
553 points by tmm 8y ago|695 comments
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by tmm 8y ago
These are really pretty great, and do what - in my opinion - art should do (in as much as art should do anything at all). And that is to tell a story. The best paintings provide a connection with a subject - person, place or time - and ma
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by tmm 8y ago
> sn't 27 years closer to three decades than two... The article is a little oddly worded at that point, but it clarifies later on. After he had been in jail for 19 years the warden noticed his artistic skills and asked him to draw a
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by tmm 8y ago
> How do they colour-code the wires to identify them? It’s actually pretty simple. There are only 10 colors: blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, and violet. They’re grouped in “binders” (using colored strings)
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by tmm 8y ago
I don't think it's one per customer. More like one per transaction. I buy mine from Microcenter and probably have 10 by now.
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by tmm 8y ago
> other interesting things on the map: the 5-digit telephone number. It's not 5 digits, it's 7: MAin 5-6200. The first two digits are 6 (M) and 2 (A): 625-6200. Telephone exchanges used to be named, this particular one was call
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by tmm 9y ago
> I can't recall ever seeing a runway shutdown abd inoperable for months on end due to "road work". I’m guessing you haven’t flown through Phoenix recently? They have had a runway closed for repaving (might be reopened now
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by tmm 9y ago
This is a fantastic search engine. I clicked 'surprise me' and ended up at http://homebrewcpuring.org - a web ring! I don't think I've seen a web ring in 15 years. I wish they were still popular; what a wonde
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by tmm 9y ago
> people don't want handouts, they want an honest day's work for an honest day's pay But why? People do seem to want this, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I was unemployed one summer and got about $400 eve
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by tmm 9y ago
Another good account of being in the water a long time is the experience of Webb Chiles. He writes about it here: http://www.inthepresentsea.com/the_actual_site/swimming.html He was swimming for about 2 days after his
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by tmm 9y ago
I use it primarily to control lights and my thermostat. In theory I can use it to control my entertainment system, but that seems less convenient than an app on my phone. The lighting control is great. I see a lot of people saying a physica
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by tmm 9y ago
Where I live, homeowners aren’t allowed to do most plumbing or electrical work on their own homes. Anything beyond replacing an outlet or a faucet and you’re in master tradesman territory. I’ve no issue with getting the work inspected, but

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