Throw84949

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by Throw84949 3y ago
I had my fair share of IBM and Lenovo laptop repairs. They were OK, but far from best. Firmware was locked to certain (expensive) RAM modules and HDDs. Expensive motherboard replacement on first sign of troubles... Panasonic Toughbook and T
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Can some people even pass Turing test?
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Electric or non electric does not matter. And why would you put "unsafe" into quotes? Person who falls from unicycle is heavy, and can injure themselfs or another person.
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by Throw84949 3y ago
It would be nice to include some context, like was driver on road or pedestrian walkway, were they wearing a helmet, how fast and safely they were driving... Unicycling is nothing extraordinary that would deserve prize, pizza delivery guys
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by Throw84949 3y ago
There is some old research suggesting that cats purr, to improve their bones density. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-cats-purr/
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Not necessarily. Many refugees are from Ukraine, they can freely move to Germany, work there and apply for social benefits. I think Germany really needs similar rules for other countries, particularly in Africa and Middle East! That would p
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by Throw84949 3y ago
I don't have vulnerability ids. What made me disable it was some issue in Linux network stack, with ipv6 broadcast, on by default, exploitable to root execution. For me it is yet another complex service that I do not need, and that sho
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Current German goverment is also far right! They want to move migrants from Germany to other countries!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
I disable ipv6 on my network, way too many security exploits!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Another irony is Capek did not really liked R.U.R. He was great author and journalist, read his War with the Newts (1936). RUR was his early theater game, it is a bit silly and has big plot holes.. Yet somehow it is his most known work.
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by Throw84949 3y ago
> when you look at those taped-up batteries, you see that they are refurbished EV cars and buses will be like that in couple of years. Look how old busted Toyotas are maintained. Look how MTA maintains subway network, some parts are lite
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by Throw84949 3y ago
If you are tired of Canada, try Wroclav in April for a month, slavic mentality may not be for everyone. There is yt channel "offshore citizen", international tax accountant from Canada, pretty good info.
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by Throw84949 3y ago
> introduction of a 2% wealth tax on people with more than $10m Super rich billionaires at this level control goverment spending. They can also hide their assets around the globe. So this seems like a great way for billionaires to incre
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by Throw84949 3y ago
> "I could live here". Winters are brutal and quite depressing. All sorts of blood leaching insects in summer. Some people have alergies to clouds of pollen... And Russian administration was challenging even before the war. I a
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Your post was about solar panels INTEGRATED into cars roof. 100W is about what you can reliably pull from non-angled panel of that size on camper van. Sometimes it is more, usually far less. There is no way it can give 600 Watts to even STA
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Magnitogorsk has nice weather in summer. Some green parks, decent public transport. But not that much fun, westerners usually prefer university cities. It has very nice surrounding nature. Polution is ok I guess (India and China were far wo
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Nobody would bother to steal water. Rations would not survive on open decks. Scorching sun heat, corrosive salty air...
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Net effect is negative even without weight! Tesla are 2 tons monsters that charge at 100 000 Watts. 100 Watts produced by integrated panels like this, are most likely not even enough to power up battery controller! If you charge Tesla from
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by Throw84949 3y ago
You can visit Kyiv. Regiojet.com has daily trains from Krakow to Kyiv, with guaranteed connection at UA border. It takes about 14 hours and 50 euro. Or dozens buses every day, but you will have to wait for several hours at border (train sk
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Go and spend summer in Russia, it is the perfect antidote. St. Petersburg is amazingly beautiful! Museums, architecture, cultural performances, no morbidly obese people on streets, no graffiti, even metro is nice!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Some innocent men spend 50 years in prison cell, much smaller than a cave!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
> remote-work opportunities are rare in jobs with annual pay around $30,000 Remote workers with lower salaries are usually contractors. Sometimes with multiple parallel gigs.
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Lithium is quite common. Problem is minign it without totally destroying local environment!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
> This System76 Thelio Major review sample was configured with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-core processor, 4 x 32GB DDR5 Micron MTC20F1045S1RC48BA2 DIMMs, 1TB Crucial T700 CT1000T700SSD5 NVMe SSD, and AMD Radeon PRO W7900 graphic
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by Throw84949 3y ago
Do you know anything about usability? And relative cultural meanings? About 1.5 billion people drive on left (India, UK, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia....). Road sign "to the left" has VERY important meaning for big part o
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by Throw84949 3y ago
So if digital board says something like "icy road" or "collision ahead" I should just ignore that as "humorous" message? It should provide real time useful information, not some BS advertising! Imigrants are n
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by Throw84949 3y ago
In UK they have signs that say "to the left"! Some people may get confused and panic for a moment. It is incredibly stupid and dangerous!
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by Throw84949 3y ago
I am immigrant, and I like "stupid" simple messages. Renting car, driving car in strange environment, dealing with speed limits, road signs in foreign language, new weather like snow... It is all already pretty stressful. I really