Tiksi

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by Tiksi 1y ago
There's a gemini vscode plugin that does autocomplete and chatbot modes: https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/write-code-g...
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by Tiksi 6y ago
The bash hackers wiki has a pretty good list of the bash/posix one, tldp does too, but I find it less straight forward. https://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/ht
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by Tiksi 6y ago
In my experience XDMCP/X11 forwarding works reasonably well, as long as your network is fairly quick and reliable.
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by Tiksi 6y ago
Well, used to be. As I understand it newer laptops are more and more often using pouch style batteries to keep things thinner by using any available space.
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by Tiksi 6y ago
There's a show called Darknet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet_(TV_series) that's somewhat along these lines too, but it's very much in the horror genre.
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by Tiksi 6y ago
Huh, I always assumed it was due to minimum temp laws, where it was cheaper to just heat everything full blast and never have to worry about a 1st floor or basement apartment not getting enough heat, and cheaper than installing valves or th
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by Tiksi 6y ago
Yeah, I agree it's technically not correct, but in the context of coronavirus specifically, much like COVID-19 is the disease and SARS-CoV-2 is the virus, but everyone calls it COVID, that's what people are referring to in my expe
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by Tiksi 6y ago
The mouse button thing drove me mad at first, but https://sensible-side-buttons.archagon.net/ can fix it and give you the expected functionality.
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by Tiksi 6y ago
It still works in the latest macOS too. I end up accidentally hitting in on my work machine in slack all the time.
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by Tiksi 6y ago
To add another data point, I got into hydroponics and indoor gardening since I was sitting at home all day, and I guess a lot of other people did too. Everything is sold out everywhere. Seeds, nutrients, even just potting soil is harder to
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by Tiksi 6y ago
Connecticut and Rhode Island are also part of New England. Really the tristate area is what people mean when they say New England or the North East in regards to covid. I definitely wouldn't classify NY or NJ as mid-atlantic though, it
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by Tiksi 6y ago
I've used both firefox (dev edition) and chrome pretty evenly for a long time (work stuff in chrome, personal in ff), and I haven't noticed any more reCaptchas in firefox than I get in chrome. If you just started using firefox, I
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by Tiksi 6y ago
> Road workers or bridge builders are not listed at all. If you scroll past the 1:1 comparisons and hit expand all, there's a much bigger list of occupations, many of which would fall under the "people building infrastructure&q
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by Tiksi 6y ago
>> Americans are so nervous about the state of the economy that they are stashing cash in the bank at a rate not seen since the first year of Ronald Reagan's presidency. Could this just be that they're spending less since th
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by Tiksi 6y ago
New York and New Jersey have gone past recommending masks, and have mandated them for anyone out in public, along with limiting the number of people allowed to go into a store, and a 6ft distance in any line/queue.
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by Tiksi 7y ago
I tried to clear all user data for RobinHood off my phone this morning and login fresh. At first I got absolutely nothing, but eventually my stocks and options came up, then my watchlist. However the watchlist was missing everything I added
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by Tiksi 8y ago
I think the emphasis on ` you ` made it seem as if you were directly attacking the parent.
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by Tiksi 8y ago
> I never actually understood the difference between self-censoring and just deciding to not be offensive, and why deciding not to be offensive is such an unscientific thing. ... what are the consequences to simply not saying things? Sa
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by Tiksi 8y ago
Instead of being cryptic and beating around the bush, why not suggest a system if you've already racked your brain and figured something out?
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by Tiksi 8y ago
A strong laser would probably work, (uv or near uv maybe?) http://www.ilda.com/camera-sensor-damage.htm I have a few crappy old cameras laying around, if I can find my purple laser pointer, I'll test and see what happe
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by Tiksi 8y ago
>Consider this: ramming car into objects becomes a hobby and people starts to do that and take pride in it. They practice it every week. So, demolition derbys? Is there a higher rate of murder by car among people that participate in them
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by Tiksi 9y ago
The ability to work hard is itself a talent, but I'd agree that it's more valuable than most.
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by Tiksi 9y ago
I can't wait for the day I have a "What's wrong?" "Nothing" "Something seems wrong, what is it?" "Nothing!" fight with my phone and computer. Progress indeed.
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by Tiksi 9y ago
This happens to many people in around the same timeframe, I'm pretty sure it's due to GABA rebound https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/mind-read/alcohol_sleep... From what I recall, alcohol binds t
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by Tiksi 9y ago
Is bitcoin? There's probably been more purchases value wise in land than in bitcoin. And it is/was used as currency.
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by Tiksi 9y ago
I've had life insurance from my last two and current employers and haven't been to a doctor at all during that time, so I guess you can?
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by Tiksi 9y ago
>the lower class also has significantly higher taxes This could be fixed by increasing the taxes on the middle class and up, leaving the lower class taxes the same. >are all overwhelmingly middle class. There are likely factors other
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by Tiksi 9y ago
> If we taxed our middle class what Germany taxes its middle class, we could afford cheap tuition too. While I'm in favor of free/cheap education, this made me think of a convincing argument for the student loan / US syste
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by Tiksi 9y ago
I often hear people refer to tuition + room and board as just tuition, especially in the context of student loans. And "money paid to the school" is ~= tuition, even if it's not itemized that way.
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by Tiksi 9y ago
I mean, isn't that the only equation? If your income covers it, by definition not unaffordable. But there's people who get degrees that don't give a surefire way to pay back the tuition who go to those schools too.

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