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Answerawake
5y ago
I have a unproven suspicion that Rechargeable Energizer may actually be Panasonic cells. I tend to see them both marked as made in Japan and they both seem to be great quality.
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Answerawake
5y ago
The starting voltage is lower and drops faster making them not ideal for some applications and just annoying for some others (ie. motors start slow and get slower quicker than Alkaline). Charge speeds also suck unless you get some of the fa
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5y ago
>cheap and reputable supermarket brand ones last just long Absolutely not. There are plenty of Youtubers testing this theory. Here is a pretty credible reviewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-ghrTqA44 I personally ha
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5y ago
According to this [1] the unemployment rate in LA is 9.9% vs Chicago 7.5% Is that really the difference between a thriving city and an unlivable hellhole? What I am getting at is trying to figure out which city minimizes the types of "
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5y ago
Correct me if I am wrong but the choice of SoC was due to the open nature of it and not the origin. All of the other limitations stem from the choice of SoC it seems.
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5y ago
Wow I kept picking the 128kbps MP3. Im using Sennheiser HD58X. I'm plugged into the headphone jack of my Desktop monitor which itself is getting audio via USB-C. Maybe the amp is bad in the monitor? Wonder if an external DAC would be a
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5y ago
I use an old iPod classic with a flash memory upgrade for offline audio listening and was considering this device because of perceived audio quality. From your description it sounds like this device is in the class of alibaba junk. It sound
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5y ago
From what I understand(I could be mistaken) BMW reused the i3 drivetrain in the Mini. While its impressive that they squeezed it into a smaller car, it shows their lack of seriousness that they reused 2013-ish technology in their newest EV.
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Answerawake
5y ago
Seems like an opportunity to create a browser extension to have crowd sourced upvote/downvotes kind of like Reddit masstagger. Wonder if there is a way to ensure that upvote/downvotes are not tampered with on the server side.
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6y ago
Yes you described it better than I could have. It is a kind of nostalgia for the past moments of peace. I was in High School during the XP era and going into college into the Leopard era. Both were times where I wish I could redo so many th
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6y ago
Is there some service where I can easily create unlimited custom email addresses for a flat monthly fee? I want to use a unique email for each new website/service. That would go a long way to solving some data leak/privacy problem
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6y ago
Wish I could go back to those XP days. I always feel calmer whenever I see that wallpaper or the Mac OS X Leopard background. In reality I think it is just that I am tired of seeing flat design everywhere.
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6y ago
YES! I hope so if only to feel like I am back in the scene for just a moment. Miss those days. Maybe they can mod the VBIOS to show the crack group's logo on bootup just like how old VGA cards would show some company text before handin
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6y ago
Thank You!
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6y ago
I have long suspected there was this generational knowledge that some tend to rely on and others don't. I wonder if there are any attempts to document this generational knowledge somewhere like in a blog or a book.
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6y ago
Thank you for posting! What a nifty little site showing off things I didn't even know I wanted! Small selection of things that I found interesting: 1. Turn your old Dreamcast VMU into a modern game console: Would never have thought of
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6y ago
I agree with you. I also feel ill after eating KFC. It seems more greasy than something like Popeyes. My body feels like it has had a sucker punch after eating KFC so I try to stay clear. My theory is that it is a combination of something i
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6y ago
I think you might be taking this a bit too far. This was made possible in part by the culmination of multiple democratization events that made it viable for Yum Brands: a large company but nowhere near the big guys to be able to effectively
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6y ago
Interesting idea but is your site curated for some items or just 100% autogenerated/crowd sourced? For example, you have listed the Thinkpad X220 which is a 10 year old laptop. Furthermore I also noticed the Magic mouse and is that rea
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6y ago
>We're lucky to be able to communicate to each other in civil manner without ripping each other apart for food. That will go away once Climate Change reduces the ability of the planet to produce abundant resources needed for the mod
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6y ago
Was it a Hollywood "A-Lister" celebrity? I only ask because i'm considering moving to LA and sounds like I should stay away from those weirdos. :)
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6y ago
>I was once hacked, stalked and targeted by friends of a celebrity who I had just met. Why? What was their motivation.
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6y ago
>Which is why you join one of the manymany assemblies and get into the voucher rounds. Can you elaborate on this further? I do not know what this means. I was not part of any local assemblies as I am not German, nor do I speak German, an
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6y ago
>There are bigger exhibition grounds in Germany (obviously Hannover, probably Köln and Frankfurt, possibly more), but not for this budget. Oh ok thank you for the clarification. Your description just makes it so much more amazing that th
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6y ago
Soo hard to get a ticket. I was there for 35c3. Worst part is that since you don't know if you will get a ticket or not and you book hotels/flights only after you nab a ticket, you are paying increased prices vs booking far in adv
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6y ago
Its not like I don't focus on improving myself. Who doesn't focus on improving themselves in this industry? You have to keep improving or else you are finished at some point. Imagine a circle of the stimulating inspiring well paid
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6y ago
So the strategy is basically to get into the FAANG club once and then you are golden as long as you keep up your grinding?
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6y ago
Sorry I've been off the market for 2 years now. Holding onto my job and super easygoing boss for dear life. I found by it pure luck and its at a boring company that does nothing innovative but the pay is good and there is no stress. I
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6y ago
Have you found a job using this approach? I just think that if I were on the receiving end, i'd be a bit creeped out if there wasn't an introduction. How would I get an introduction? Thanks for the unique tip though.
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6y ago
exactly
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