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by vic-traill 7y ago
I concur. I only occasionally use !g w/ DDG now, whereas two years ago it was more frequent (although I can't quantify). I stuck w/ it as I wanted some distance between myself and Google. Whether I've achieved any dist
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by vic-traill 7y ago
I've been using the MVPS HOSTS file [0] on Windows for a long time. I don't know if it is maintained any better than any other curated HOSTS files, but its been around for 20 years. I've just confirmed that it is still a Filt
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by vic-traill 7y ago
>A few years' practice led to me filling only one load of garbage per year in 2019, 2018, and 2017 That's impressive. I've been trying to reduce plastic use on a room by room basis, and it's tough as almost every prod
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by vic-traill 7y ago
In the spirit of repurposing, there is the Vaxbar: http://toyvax.glendale.ca.us/~vance/vaxbar.html A VAX 11/780, where the Boot switch operates a blender. And the guy doesn't even drink!
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by vic-traill 9y ago
>where I was held by someone >carrying a gun Who said anything about someone pointing a gun?
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by vic-traill 9y ago
I take full responsibility for all substance abuse in my life. I will, however, note that doctors, pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies make money on the front end of opioid addiction, and then the same groups make money on the back end
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by vic-traill 9y ago
Personal experience isn't Science, but it is a powerful influence on one's beliefs. I'm okay with that. I do hear you that it shouldn't be generalised to a broader experience.
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by vic-traill 9y ago
Jon Postel perhaps?
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by vic-traill 10y ago
My view is that life rarely aligns to one's habits and/or inclination. This as as true in my teen years as it is in my fifth decade. I won't project my experience on anyone else; I do however feel strongly that the learned ab
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Just to note that this (to run scripts/executables you must specify the cwd in the cli invocation)is also the case for PowerShell. So, not unknown in the Windows world.
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by vic-traill 10y ago
To avoid MeTooism, I'll agree and note that my own favourite among JP's varied, tongue-in-cheek, yet thoughtful essays has always been The Case Against Golf [0]. [Posting webarchive.org link as the HN attention seems to have dro
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I am not a historian, and as such I found this to be an interesting review of the arc of the relationship between patron and scholar, the evolution of the latter into what we now call an expert and an attendant change of scholarship into pa
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Wikipedia [0] shows US military expenditure at USD 1859 per capita in 2015, and Switzerland isn't on the Top 15 list, which bottoms out with the Netherlands at USD 759 per capita. You may have a better reference than Wikipedia, though
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by vic-traill 10y ago
>surely having a washing machine is a bigger change to your life than having a chainsaw The relative effect of these devices varies by location. This assessment might be true in Southern CA, but if you're heating your domicile using
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I'll pitch in here with a 300 bps acoustic coupler claim, back when bps == baud [0]. Bought the coupler and a Volker Craig VT100 terminal (complete with still-attached security chain) for $50 CAN from an Admin at my university who had
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by vic-traill 10y ago
>connects to an obsolete time server Obsolete in what sense? A hosts file entry might be your friend in this scenario, if you're referring to a no-longer-reachable time server. Anyway, sorry to hear that code rot screwed you out of
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Your point about various GPO settings being version specific is absolutely correct. I will say that I definitely do not want to manage options via clicky-click. Local policy editing (and domain group policies in the enterprise) have been a
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Your comment got me interested in what warranties are about for modern appliances (I'm cheap, I buy my appliances used). This link [0] asserts that LG warranties are diminished beyond one year, although some models continue parts-only
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by vic-traill 10y ago
This. Very much echoes my thoughts when I first read Right to Read, which I believe was at a job I left early 2000, so sometime before that. And then the scenario stated becoming, if not true, the a helluva lot closer. And the irony of Orwe
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Interesting and provocative. That may be difficult for folks today. > 1. Many of us lived through the 1960s and 1970s, when the government and scientists claimed we were heading into an ice age. Didn't happen. I lived through the 60
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I can't comment on what might be the best technique(s) for retaining a high level commentary on news sites - I don't have the expertise. But I do know where I stand on my own digital interactions; if there appears to be the possib
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by vic-traill 10y ago
This. Or close to this. Here's my followup to this approach: - make whatever meals - chuck leftovers in bucket, put in freezer as they occur - make soup once a week using bucket and mixing in whatever broth you bought on sale last wee
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by vic-traill 10y ago
You're referring to Robert Piché and Air Transat Flight 236 [0], a dead-stick landing of an Airbus A330 in the Azores after running out of fuel mid-Atlantic. The flight crew was assigned partial responsibility for the incident as they
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Well played, sir!
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by vic-traill 10y ago
CS man! What can I say? :-)
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I expect that most folks would be surprised to hear that Captain Bob Pearson was demoted for six months [0] after this landing, in which he side-slipped a commercial airliner with no functioning engines, and dodged two kids on bicycles on t
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I think the use of 'Stallmanism ' in the headline (with its obvious reference to 'Stalinism ') is pejorative and click-baitish. Right up there with 'a card-carrying member of the ACLU'[0] and 'sister who w
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by vic-traill 10y ago
The musical part of your reply is interesting. As I read it, the idea occurred to me to learn a new instrument along with your child. My experience is that kids learn to play an instrument faster than an adult; even given that, they'll
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by vic-traill 10y ago
Interesting. If you don't mind me asking, what country?
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by vic-traill 10y ago
I'm not sure how I feel about the idea. [Rumination Required] However, I definitely like that you're trying it out.

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