VVertigo

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by VVertigo 3mo ago
At least in Debian (Trixie), I have a list in: /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
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by VVertigo 7mo ago
That is a recipe for pain too: menus shouldn't be morphing as the user is trying to choose an option.
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by VVertigo 7mo ago
I'm probably pretty far out on the normal mobile user curve: my phone is primarily used for phone calls along with some texting and I don't even have a data plan. I would suspect many mobile users would be faster than me (I know p
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by VVertigo 7mo ago
I used a Blackberry Classic up until last year when my provider dropped 3G coverage. It's probably a good thing as I never got phone addiction since the browser was unusable and didn't have the apps. I did get in the habit of carr
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by VVertigo 1y ago
$10K seems like a generous donation to me: good on them for making one. You can’t complain about the amount because you don't know what other donations they make. I would rather see $10K donations made to a bunch of different projects
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by VVertigo 2y ago
It sounds like the parent comment was referring to geological timescales. In that case, the 16th century would count as recent.
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by VVertigo 3y ago
We are starting to offer a new product for this for small business/startups. It is still pretty early and we're just starting to expand into the US, but it is something ( https://nucleus.com/ ).
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by VVertigo 3y ago
I have one: 2008 Nissan Altima
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by VVertigo 5y ago
The first day of this reminds me of how impressive the asynchronous and concurrent features of Raku are. I really need to start using it for the odd project.
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by VVertigo 5y ago
I do use it on shift cables and derailleur mechanisms. Mostly because I haven't figured out anything that is a better solution.
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by VVertigo 5y ago
Yes, that is probably true: I have kept a minimum balance ever since opening the bank account so I am not really familiar with how it all works. I have heard the horror stories though about how the bank will order the transactions to incur
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by VVertigo 5y ago
There are a lot of free options: even more if you consider ones that require a minimum balance. The paid ones though are typically $10-15. Where they really get you though is in service fees. If you overdraft or do any one of a myriad of op
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by VVertigo 5y ago
Most people just open the windows for that use case: a whole house fan can be used for making the air exchange faster through.
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by VVertigo 5y ago
Those junkyards are getting few and far between because of liability insurance costs. Now the parts have to be ordered and pulled off for you, which makes it uneconomical for low value parts. Often, just the high value parts are pulled and
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by VVertigo 5y ago
The Accenture software outsourcing debacle was probably a big contributing factor to the Hertz bankruptcy too.
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by VVertigo 5y ago
Yes, new models typically start being available around September: I always thought it was absurd too as a kid growing up, but it makes sense when you consider that competitive marketing pressures would drive manufacturers to release the new
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by VVertigo 5y ago
I don’t speak French either but I like the etymological sense that Superior school means Post-Secondary/College better than the English version. It seems like a logical and efficient way to get the meaning across.
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by VVertigo 5y ago
There is a paywall on the WSJ article linked from this: https://archive.is/uvaPg It is amazing how even simple things can become difficult when you lose an ability. I recently had a hand injury and it became almost impossib
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by VVertigo 5y ago
That is an interesting thought: although, it is something that non-native speakers struggle with when learning a new language. I wonder if that is a factor when learning a new computer language/concept too. I suspect it is also related
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by VVertigo 5y ago
Although, if you are performing serious work loads like that, why not just take the 10s to plug in the Ethernet cable? It seems like for these use cases you already would be using the laptop with the power cable hooked up.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
I could see farm equipment as a great use case for swappable battery packs. There are loaders readily available for lifting them into place and they could be made easy to access as the equipment does not need to be compact.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
Slackware: Plasma 5 was just moved from testing this week in Current (for the upcoming Slackware 15).
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by VVertigo 6y ago
Back then there was no memory vs speed tradeoff as the constraint is to minimize memory. It makes sense when you realize it has to be as simple as possible: there is no memory budget for the code or data structures to be more computationall
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by VVertigo 6y ago
> I really can't see any other way they could do it without creating some kind of proprietary YouTube client. The next step is probably go with Widevine: but YouTube probably doesn’t want to go there unless it has to.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
That is pretty common: smokers are already acclimatized to low oxygen, so they cope well with the altitude. Not that I would suggest taking up smoking to go on a mountain hike.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
Thunderbird has three search methods: quick search allows you to filter by Sendor (unselect Recipients), but you can also do a more granular search using EditFindSearch Messages (Ctrl+Shift+F). I don’t use the other Ctrl+K search much.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
Yak shaving is a term I use when I run into a chain of tasks. https://www.hanselman.com/blog/YakShavingDefinedIllGetThatDo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnfeuoh4s8
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by VVertigo 6y ago
I hit that too: it was a known bug in SSMS and Microsoft released an update that fixed it.
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by VVertigo 6y ago
The article just calls it a feature of the “new Edge browser”.
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by VVertigo 7y ago
Bombardier has already tried: they ended up partnering with Airbus to market the C-series (now A220).

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