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by zikzak 4y ago
I did some IT work at a business that also was a training company for a long time and during renovations I had a desk between a server closet (like small room packed with servers hosting web sites) with no door on it and a massive "biz
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by zikzak 4y ago
I went the other way, working full time at night when I was a teenager through high school. I got out of cooking when I was in my mid-20s (mid/late-90s) because of a health issue and pursued computer science (was programming as a hobby
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by zikzak 5y ago
When I was a kid, people would bring a hammer a screwdriver or wrench to a set of lockers. One guy moves down the line sticking the metal bar through the lock and smashing it with the hammer to pop the lock open, the rest of the guys clean
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by zikzak 5y ago
People who meditate often begin to slowly realize that ideas arise without concious thought. We imagine we are "thinking" but there really is no break in causality where we somehow choose how we want the future to unfold. Our brai
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by zikzak 5y ago
Research von Neuman probes
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by zikzak 5y ago
I'm just using Google Drive with the files the app uses on Windows and mobile (using FolderSync for Android). I'll probably try out the git plugin soon so I can use it easily with Linux but was trying to use Obsidian without and a
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by zikzak 5y ago
I couldn't agree more. I did an internship with a federal government agency in 1999 and every Friday was is going through the backlog and saying "no change" (whole day, no kidding). I learned a valuable lesson and have never
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by zikzak 5y ago
I come from a place where specialists are hard to come by and when I finally got in to see someone about my condition she accused me of seeking pain killers (I was not, opioids are not going to help what is wrong with me) and then told me t
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by zikzak 5y ago
I love pull requests. We do PRs for two line charges. They are part of the QA process and release process. We code review everything, especially those two liners. Code review is non-adverserial. If you can't check your ego, you're
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by zikzak 5y ago
We used to use Unfuddle for source control and issues/PM then went to self hosted TFS but kept issues and pm in Unfuddle. Then we decided that was working so well for Dev, everyone should use it. But people didn't like Unfuddle. S
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by zikzak 5y ago
The monthly filing makes so much sense, great idea. Implementing this immediately. I like to keep the last thing I got (e.g. most recent insurance policy docs, last 12 power bills, etc) but very rarely for more than a year. Reminds me of th
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by zikzak 5y ago
I purchased a generic water flosser from Amazon. Works great. I put an ounce or two of mouthwash in the reservoir when I fill it and I occasionally clean it by washing the reservoir. Very simple to maintain and an extremely effective oral h
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by zikzak 5y ago
I lived near Zurich in the early 90s (Canadian) and would often see people headed off to military service on the normal, commuter trains with an assault rifle as part of their kit. I assumed everyone just took them home with them when their
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by zikzak 5y ago
And either not care, want this to happen, or protect against it. I left a measuring tape outside on the deck but I'm not concerned in the least that an insect might find it and learn how to measure things.
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by zikzak 5y ago
Time for me to sound crazy. I won't comment on the debunking. I am sure there's a logical explanation but I am not qualified to make decisions using the evidence I have (which is often true of people on both sides of the discussio
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by zikzak 5y ago
When I was a kid we'd walk about five hours to a lake and fish there. A structure like this was there. It was just rough poles lashes to a couple of trees. You like evergreen brush on it. A tarp thrown over it keeps the rain of but bre
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by zikzak 5y ago
I agree but the author might be implying that this was not the first thought and that creates dramatic tension. What triggered the memory? Was he recalling it on purpose to inform his next move? Was he forced to remember because the leader
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by zikzak 5y ago
Lately, I've seen a few open source projects go this way: GitHub issues, this gets unwieldy so they create a Discord, this descends into chaos so they nominate a community volunteer, issues are then filtered by thier preferences, etc.
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by zikzak 5y ago
It's been 20+ years but this still sounds familiar. Might just be the "that's sounds right so I'll assume I knew it" bias that makes educated people susceptible to subtle propaganda, though. :)
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by zikzak 5y ago
Thank you for this great info. I forgot too mention I'm using an older portafilter from a machine I had years ago. I put it in storage when my son was born (counter space) and the pump siezed while in storage. I was unable up repair it
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by zikzak 5y ago
I already have a million coffee things but I'll check it out. I do have a plastic one for camping but prefer to use a percolator pot instead.
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by zikzak 5y ago
I have the same machine and have learned I can get really good results but need to be precise. I even trained myself to do a consistent tamp (I mean I do my best). What I wanted to say is a year or so ago I started doing a pre infusion. Run
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by zikzak 5y ago
I am clumsy so I am always terrified of breaking the press when I clean it.
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by zikzak 5y ago
I don't disagree but the best cup of coffee I've ever had in my 49 years on this planet was from a French Press. My wife and I walked into a random coffee shop in Salem, MA and ordered coffee. A Swiss teenager prepared it while re
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by zikzak 5y ago
I see you don't care for it but I often run Emacs in terminal mode (use cmd line option "-nw"). I always configure word wrap as well.
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by zikzak 5y ago
They were imprisoned there long ago and started life on an evolutionary path from mere chemicals to accelerate the destruction of thier prison.
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by zikzak 5y ago
Exactly. What about the forgetful but responsible people?
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by zikzak 5y ago
When you say the digitization is good, do you mean the OCR? Because I have always been ok with emailing a picture in an email and adding some keywords to the email to find it later. I am not saying that's is all anyone would ever need
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by zikzak 5y ago
I am in recovery so that would help me.
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by zikzak 5y ago
There's "I can make this nail go in if I work at it for a while" and "in straight with four hammer blows".

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