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by ytjohn 6y ago
I love that guy, and you're right. So many of his projects is him trying find a different way to locomote a flame thrower.
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by ytjohn 6y ago
In the US, you can ship using Greyhound bus lines. I wouldn't recommend it for this scenario, but I know people that ship auto parts around this way. Ship up to 100lbs for some incredibly cheap rates. http://www.shipgreyhoun
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by ytjohn 6y ago
I used a similar method when I wanted to improve my touch typing. I did learn typing in school, but I still found myself constantly looking at the keyboard. This was way back in the PS/2 keyboard days and I had one of the ubiquitous Mo
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by ytjohn 6y ago
Keybase doesn't do this explicitly, but would be in a good position to do so. It's all about identities, including PGP keys. The profile page currently only shows your identities elsewhere, but they do have a "public folder&q
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by ytjohn 6y ago
Keep in mind that at this point, the solar panels may be the cheapest and longest lasting component of your build. My 5Kw system has about $3k in inverter+charger controller+battery, $600 in solar panels (producing 2.6Kw peak), and I spent
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by ytjohn 6y ago
I've done similar. I used to use Quiver[1] for years. It's MacOS only. Then in October, I was forced onto a Windows machine for work. I tried Joplin as it was the closest in features, and it has built in encryption. What I eventua
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by ytjohn 6y ago
I have two of the Unicomp EnduraPro and it's been my favorite keyboard for years. I'm one of probably 8 people in the world that like the Thinkpad's Trackpoint, and this keyboard gives you that. During normal operations, I do
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by ytjohn 6y ago
They probably didn't come home and sit in it for hours on end each day. Myself, I've been WFH for 6 years and have a nice setup in a detached garage/office. But once schools shut down, I had to migrate back into the house, si
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I get the point is to show a problem solving technique, but I'm either missing something, or they are missing a constraint. In several solutions, a nurse works shift 2 one day, then shift 0 the next. In fact, Nurse 3 keeps getting stu
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I was trying to figure out why, if money was no object, they chose 4GB of RAM vs the 16GB they said the board supported. Then I remembered about the 32-bit OS 4GB limit. While XP 64-bit came out in 2001, it was only for Itanium 64-bit proce
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I used to use mp3search.ru (project closed now). Tracks were like $0.10.
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by ytjohn 7y ago
> Is it really me who is coding if I can't get forward without searching the web and without IDE pleasantries? The programmer as an individual is an outdated idea. https://twitter.com/andrestaltz/status/11
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I have a permanent standing desk, it's actually a 3x11 desk surface built into the wall. I basically have two stations on it and I move back and forth between them depending on what I'm doing. I alternate between standing and sit
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I'm setup pretty much the same way. I actually have a home phone (in addition to a cell phone). We used to get robocalls all the time, so it was really just something that would ring at annoying times till the answering machine picked
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by ytjohn 7y ago
It is the future. Us old-timers (you know, in our late 30s/early 40s) keep thinking that a big screen tv is great, while the cool young kids each just want their own small screen. Most are happy with a 4-5" screen, others like a 7
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by ytjohn 7y ago
I see your point and it does make sense. But from an IRC perspective, most people/groups only care about a handful of channels. So you might have the #community or #support channel, and someone starts acting up. A channel operator can
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by ytjohn 7y ago
On the other hand, when I receive a valid credit/debit card, it's a plain envelope and the sender name is not there. There is a return address, but no name. But when I receive a pre-selected offer to apply offer with a fake card,
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by ytjohn 8y ago
You might like Waking Mars. It would be a shorter game, probably finish in a week of evenings, and I could see doing it in an otherwise non-productive weekend. The gameplay really sucks you in. Here's the review that got me into it. h
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Yep, I ran into this. It really soured me on signal, I definitely disabled it as my default SMS. I have a history of combined SMS and signal messages trapped on one phone. I can read them in the signal app, make backups, but not import them
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Naomi Wu (@realsexycyborg) recently demo'd a "downskirt" cam for similar purposes. It basically shows the back of the legs and functions like a back-up camera on a vehicle. https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg&#
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by ytjohn 8y ago
It's not even an article really. It's a blog post and it seems targeted as a reference for other admins with chargen.one. Not sure why it got posted to HN.
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by ytjohn 8y ago
A coworker of mine originated from NYC. They didn't have any space for a washing machine or dryer in their apartment. No one did. According to him, there were several dozen laundry services that they could use, super cheap. All they ha
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Wire does E2E and sync. Each device has its own key though. https://wire.com/en/blog/key-verification-secure-conversatio...
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by ytjohn 8y ago
That looks cool. It would be neat if it provided a time range, basically a list of upcoming events. Clicking day after day for a week and not seeing anything is no fun. If there is a way to specify "upcoming" or "next 7 days
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by ytjohn 8y ago
I remember buying an LS-120 drive. To be fair, the drive was backwards compatible with 720/1.44MB floppies. But the 120MB 3.5 floppy could only be used in another LS-120 drive, oh which, I was the only one in my area with one. As the p
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by ytjohn 8y ago
One of them that will, or at least should be able to continue, is scuttlebutt. Scuttlebutt clients on an isolated LAN can share messages with each other. To go beyond the LAN, you point at a "pub server", which anyone can host any
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Wow, have you looked up the price of that book now? I don't know what it originally sold at, but today it's $248 and up. You can get the PDF for free, but if you want a hardcopy to keep on your desk, it's not cheap.
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Also, you have to open each email in gmail to use the unsubscribe link. It's not in the message list view or available as a bulk action.
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by ytjohn 8y ago
Depends on the city I guess, but I'm pretty sure privately owned is the norm. Someone owns the building and land including the sidewalk. Most cities and towns have rules regarding the sidewalk that applies to the property owner. These
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by ytjohn 8y ago
This exactly. I own a house and a sidewalk, though the township has a requirement that I clear snow and ice off of it within 24 hours of the end of the storm. I am almost certain that there is a requirement to keep it unobstructed (though I

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