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by toast0 6mo ago
splice is documented to return EBADF if "One or both file descriptors are not valid, or do not have proper read-write mode." So it seems surprising to me that you can call it when the out fd is not writable? But I didn't reta
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by toast0 6mo ago
I don't know about Costco UK, but there are many staple items where the 4-pack of whatever costs about 1.5 times the single pack at my local mainstream grocery store. There's also a lot of items where the local mainstream grocer
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by toast0 6mo ago
> I have tried going at noon on weekdays, as soon as the store opens, and every other time folks on the internet have recommended. Whoever told you to go at noon on a weekday was pulling your leg. That's when all the peeps with job
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by toast0 6mo ago
Look, I get that everybody has a job and can't go during the week, but if you're going to Costco outside of working hours, you're doing it wrong. I dunno about fighting over pokemon cards, which like you do you, but crowding
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by toast0 6mo ago
What if the sustainable population is half of what we have now? A lower than replacement (global) birth rate would move things in that direction in a more palletable way than stochastic murder. But, Logan's Run could solve population c
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by toast0 6mo ago
When airlines cancel flights, they usually put you on a similar itinerary, not just refund your money and hope you rebook at a higher price. That said, I don't know a lot of people that book that far in advance, even when their trave
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by toast0 6mo ago
They paid for Old Age Insurance, and they reached old age, so they get to collect. Social Security as an insurance product is fiction, but playing into the fiction helps it survive to do the thing it was built for: keep the elderly out of t
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by toast0 6mo ago
> I've seen someone apologizing for being stepped on It is really rude to step underneath other people. Or to lay underneath other people. No wonder they appologized.
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by toast0 6mo ago
> Like Dell Vostro, their "small business" line. Versus Latitude, their "business" line. What on earth is uniquely needed by a "small business" versus a... regular business? Why not introduce a third "l
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by toast0 6mo ago
I never used it, but Microsoft's Continuum [1], was supposed to scratch that itch too. Your phone could drive a desktop experience when you connected (wired or wireless) to a docking station (I saw a laptop shaped dock which might have
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by toast0 6mo ago
> This is the kind of system failure that we need really good and well tested disaster recovery plans for. All the cool kids offer their services over multiple TLDs and have their name servers of record in multiple TLDs, too. It's n
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by toast0 6mo ago
PC makers can't count on brand loyalty. If you want a PC and your favorite brand is missing something that a competitor has, it's easy to switch. If you want a Mac and Apple is missing something, it's harder to switch. Enterp
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by toast0 6mo ago
Often airlines engage in merger rather than collapse. See US Airways (bankrupt) + America West, and later American Airlines (bankrupt) + US Airways. I think the bankruptcy process does tend to lead toward spectacular failure when the cost o
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by toast0 6mo ago
> That was surprising. Goes against the idea that deregulation allows companies to squeeze consumers and earn excess profits. It really depends on the market. In a potentially competitive market, deregulation can work as a function to dr
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by toast0 6mo ago
The parent suggested it would be discarded; chipping it for mulch to be used on site isn't really discarding and I agree it's most likely better than selling it.
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by toast0 6mo ago
A lot of people are using pellet stoves/bbq; seems like you could sell the chipped wood to someone?
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by toast0 6mo ago
> A usability feature that your users cannot use or know about doesn't increase usability. Cannot is maybe doing a lot there. There's plenty of usability features that aren't really obvious or apparent unless you look very
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by toast0 6mo ago
Tell us you've never been to SeaTac terminal B without telling us. Pretty sure these guys have passports or they wouldn't have made it past TSA. https://stuckattheairport.com/2021/11/18/something-fis
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by toast0 6mo ago
This is for storing tickets issued by other people. It's handy because it provides an organizational tool. Airplane tickets are in wallet, concert tickets are in wallet. Maybe ferry passes and store discount ids should be too. And also
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by toast0 6mo ago
> The same is true in a physical card wallet. You can markup a card in a physical wallet. And then originally identical cards become visually distinguishable.
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by toast0 6mo ago
I want to like the VW Scout, but it's so big compared to IH Scouts.
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by toast0 6mo ago
I'll share my secret. Rather than trying to initiate a conversation with others, make it easy to initiate a conversation with you. I started wearing hats outdoors to keep the sun off my balding head (I've had a sunburn up there, a
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by toast0 6mo ago
The 737 MAX is fine enough. But it's not like you can order those for immediate delivery either. There's almost 5,000 pending orders, and Boeing can make on the order of 500 of them in a good year.
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by toast0 6mo ago
> I primarily use my favorite's airlines credit card because it gives me perks such as priority seating, and free checked bags. That's a reason to have an airline credit card, it's not a reason to use it (other than for pu
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by toast0 6mo ago
> Exactly, if citizens could convince US lawmakers to make it mandatory, it would be a huge net benefit to society as a whole. That's not obviously true. Adding security would likely reduce fraud, but would also make transactions mo
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by toast0 6mo ago
C-suite are officers. Officers have more responsibility for the conduct of the company than employees.
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by toast0 6mo ago
C-suite are officers. Officers have more responsibility.
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by toast0 6mo ago
> The cables were run 15 years ago, so I expected it to be cat 5, but clearly not. Did you check the jackets? I've got Cat5 (no e) marked cable running 10gbaseT. A lot of cable exceeds the specs on its jacket and specified wire prov
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by toast0 6mo ago
> Multiplexing didn’t arrive until HTTP 2.0 for example. So using HTTP for communication between a reverse proxy and a backend is very wasteful. HTTP 2.0 multiplexing is tcp in tcp, it's asking for trouble. Just open more connection
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by toast0 6mo ago
> It launches more server tasks when the load goes up, shuts them down when the load decreases In my experience, this isn't a good feature. It sounds nice, but it can often mean everything runs fine while your load is low, but when

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