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by 3nf 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bruyneel
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by 3nf 3y ago
I encountered a Steve Stevens in Golden, CO who hacked two magnets on his ordinary to read accurate speeds on his cyclocomputer.
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by 3nf 3y ago
This was already happening (as early as 2019), but on a forum-by-forum referer ban for hotlinked images. Imgur support wouldn't respond to forum owners. https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2912540
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by 3nf 4y ago
Helmet hair. Once my hair gets compressed by a helmet, nothing other than a shower can fix it, and we don't have showers at work [not an issue as I'm remote now]. I live less than a mile from my former cubicle, and my old commute
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by 3nf 5y ago
Carrying to meetings to be productive or stare at Zombo (back when meetings were in person). Some of my co-workers have a hybrid schedule and work won't give us two machines. Getting things done while attending conferences (if those ha
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by 3nf 5y ago
A lot of that learning experience depends on context- I had a nerdy, young (early to mid 20s) high school teacher teaching classic and not liturgical, many had strict Catholic school nuns.
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by 3nf 5y ago
Nobody gets paid if you're an autodidact.
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by 3nf 6y ago
I have always assumed this and the $500 toilet seats are just making room for black projects. There were no publicly visible budgets for the U2/F117 projects.
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by 3nf 6y ago
A university I worked at migrated from independent VMS systems (student, finance, HR) to an ERP system. To make that implementation easier, they only converted the most recent few years of data. Last I heard they had some sort of virtual ma
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by 3nf 6y ago
Yeah, here in Denver there has been a huge amount of novel cyclists. Lots of old bikes dug out of storage and brand new bikes with slightly wobbly riders. Also, more diverse riders. I think it's great. There's also a big increase
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by 3nf 6y ago
There's a youtube channel for an offroad recovery company in Utah, and they recently were called to a nearby salt flat [0]. They almost got stuck themselves. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUSpD_waiEQ
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by 3nf 6y ago
Yeah, I don't think people understand how expensive it is to be in poverty (overdraft fees, etc.). For some, it makes more sense to use check cashing than struggle with low bank account fees.
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by 3nf 6y ago
> really great cameras are quite cheap For somebody like me who can't remember what an f-stop is, what are a couple of suggestions? Maybe I should take a photography class one of these days...
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by 3nf 6y ago
I got used to browser-based plugins early on, and have been stubbornly resisting change. Sage was great on firefox (for me, at least) for a long time, but got abandoned, I have found "drop feeds" to be a good replacement.
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by 3nf 6y ago
I've been a frequent lurker since 2008 (IIRC), and saw this article for the first time. Thanks, it was a fascinating read.