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by zbuf 5y ago
Metagrift
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by zbuf 5y ago
And its also distinctive because you can (with some caveats) use separate USB cables to each side, rather than a cable spanning the two parts. That works really well for me.
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by zbuf 5y ago
It also incorrectly assumes the purpose of a forum (this and many others) is to simply find the answer to the person's question. For as long as people enjoy reading, writing and discussing, the only important thing is that readers can
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by zbuf 5y ago
The Technics SL-1200mk2 (or 1210, in dark grey) turntable for vinyl records. In case you aren't aware just how influential this design is: specifically the mk2 as it was manufactured to (almost) the same design all the way from 1979 to
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by zbuf 5y ago
I'm using it on my laptop (Thinkpad X270) and it's great. I don't think there's much credibility to saying it's not "meant to be used" as a desktop; since the packages available suggest to me there's
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by zbuf 5y ago
"sudo -e" prevents you committing a file with a syntax error, because that instantly locks you out of all sudo access. The replies about security are interesting, but I think they are over-complicating this!
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by zbuf 5y ago
Is it even hilarious? Hasn't everyone who's used a recruiter joked, at some point, about them finding their old job?
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by zbuf 5y ago
What's your own level of experience? I think the answer may differ depending on this. Also to get a barometer on just how dysfunctional the company is versus realistic expectations.
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by zbuf 5y ago
That is to confuse "long tail" with "doesn't matter", though. If a supermarket doesn't stock goods in the long tail, its customers shop elsewhere. Dismiss the "long tail" and we wouldn't have cha
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by zbuf 5y ago
Last time I wanted to build anything Xorg-related, I found the fragmented repos to be also a barrier. Both mean the project loses out on casual development -- ideally I would check out the "latest" code for the ecosystem, build it
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by zbuf 5y ago
> By the way, I wonder if there is demand for long-term maintenance of X server specifically. Certainly interested in that, though you're not clear whether it's time, money or community you're asking for. Whatever happens,
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by zbuf 5y ago
Interesting! I'll check this out some more. Though I think it's not WiFi but tethered to the phone.
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by zbuf 5y ago
Isn't there an 'arrogance' in the premise when we ask these sorts of questions? Not a personal criticism; just an aside from the technical question for a moment. It's the assumption that we've decided something we c
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by zbuf 5y ago
Interesting... I'll investigate this. Thanks!
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by zbuf 5y ago
I suppose it's that everyone has their own "just one more thing" (in your case MP3 playback). The best way to not go down that rabbit hole is for the device to be a connectivity hub -- a functional device, not an entertaining
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by zbuf 5y ago
I feel they keep missing the point here. New phones with old specs that don't even have the positives of the phone they're paying homage to. Bring me an 8310 with 4G, WiFi hotspot and a little e-ink display. That's it. Then w
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by zbuf 5y ago
I'm a wildly optimistic person; could you suggest all your neighbours (including yourself) do these jobs at the same time? A sort of "preferred noise hour" for machinery. Even if its not a hard and fast rule, I'd hope mo
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by zbuf 5y ago
I'd need to double check, but I was under the impression that it affects a validation check, but that it didn't actually prevent the input of these characters.
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by zbuf 5y ago
I thought the same, and was surprised to find the problem here seems to be that there's no part of the HTML spec to set the allowable characters in a text input. So JavaScript to intercept keypresses or postprocess the string is risky
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by zbuf 5y ago
The biggest insult seems to be just how inefficient they are to do... anything. Being in a nice park/wherever, greeted by someone revving away intermittently trying to push around a couple of leaves. Can someone tell me what I'm m
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by zbuf 5y ago
They may not be able to call themselves by the competitor's name, but what about the "alternative to <company>" that we see a lot. Furthermore, Google will "dynamically" assemble an advert based on the current
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by zbuf 5y ago
The article explains why eBay shouldn't advertise against the term "eBay", all very logical. ... Until a competitor starts advertising against the the term "eBay". At which point, online advertising becomes protecti
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by zbuf 5y ago
Not just any old musician, here's Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) in his studio in 2018: Still with Atari ST switched on, connected to the gear, and loading in old floppies of "The Rockerfeller Skank" from the 90s: https:/&#x
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by zbuf 5y ago
I think we've been using this term long before mobile phones... This feels a bit like the word "bug"; I'd be quite interested to know if it can be traced to its actual first use. People associate it with phones because a
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by zbuf 5y ago
Yes, no doubt there's been some solutions within Linux distributions that think more outside the box (though I'm not familiar with Nix). There's many home-grown solutions in production environments within orgnisations, too. A
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by zbuf 5y ago
This is well put. Containers side-stepped the deficiencies of Linux distributions, which had become so based on 'singleton' concepts; one init system, one version of that library etc. A shame because there's an inherent hiera
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by zbuf 5y ago
> customers didn't know enough to demand DVI Really, it was more that we didn't have DVI outputs. Its the smartest way to break the chicken-egg situation -- for many (I'd wager the majority) the advantage of a flat panel a
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by zbuf 5y ago
Don't worry, I'm not confused...
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by zbuf 5y ago
I feel old; I came here for a guide to repair a "VGA monitor" and instead got a flat panel.
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by zbuf 5y ago
Not my field of expertise, but I think it's also possible to over-estimate the protection this provides. By the time sites are incorporating Google's own JavaScript code, tracking cookies can be stored as the site itself. Only a s

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