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by abruzzi 19d ago
Its not entirely clear from the article--is the EDID telling Windows to install the driver without asking you, or is it prompting you to install a driver, you are agreeing, then along with the driver comes the junkware?
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by abruzzi 1mo ago
I think "nope" is in reference to "hacking" system. The point of the article is that hacking by software vendors that sell to law enforcement was a pressure relief valve that deflated the movement that the FBI was pushi
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by abruzzi 1mo ago
My boat (a small 25ft sail boat) was named "Zesty Enterprise", since all the best movie lines come from The Big Lebowski.
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by abruzzi 1mo ago
Nostromo could be a reference to Joseph Contrad's novel. Its also an italian word for boatswain (according to Wikipedia)
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by abruzzi 3mo ago
If you were able to toggle HN from tree view to chronological view, it would be borderline incomprehensible. With tree views like HN, nobody bothers to quote what they are reacting to because the placement of the post will usually make tha
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by abruzzi 4mo ago
Given that what you are trying to obscure is likely text in whatever is default these days in Word at 11 points, I’m surprised I’ve never seen security patterns with lots of random overlapping text at that size. Nonetheless—very cool site.
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by abruzzi 6mo ago
I just hate the move to wireless for things that don't need to be wireless and having to constantly keep things charged. I got so frustrated with my $100 magic mouse at work a few weeks ago that its now in a drawer and I'm using
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by abruzzi 6mo ago
I think the real point is a) change is difficult, and b) we all have different needs. If you asked me to use a Windows machine I would be frustrated from day one and would want my Mac back, but everyone else where I work (except one) uses W
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by abruzzi 6mo ago
Thanks for that reference. I can only hope. Unfortunately, I just paid a UPS bill for the new tariffs.
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by abruzzi 7mo ago
I'd curious specifically about FedEx (and other parcel shippers like UPS if they filed suit as well.) They operated as a broker--they collected many of those fees from individuals who bought something overseas and when it was shipped
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by abruzzi 8mo ago
I still keep all my digital photos and film scans, except those photos that originate from a Leaf or Phase One digital back, in Aperture. (the raw format of those digital backs pretty much requires Capture One.) The machine does not visit
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by abruzzi 9mo ago
The high point was the original useless pages (especially the uselessness of pi.) Its been downhill since then.
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by abruzzi 1y ago
https://archive.is/zVnTe
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Wreck of Shackleton's Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice(nytimes.com)
2 points by abruzzi 1y ago|1 comments
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by abruzzi 1y ago
> I see these complaints on HN a lot, and maybe it’s anecdotal, but I just don’t see this in the real world these days. It happens all the time where I work. I don't want to be specific, but we have lots of examples here. In some
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by abruzzi 1y ago
Its kind of funny--my GPS's LCD screen gets /more/ readable in sunlight.
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by abruzzi 1y ago
I participate in a number of 'old school' forums, never anything like reddit or discord. On those forums, while I have posted on some a fair amount, I actually find that most of the time I spend 15 minutes writing up a post, then
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by abruzzi 1y ago
i have a 13 mini. Its beat up, battery life is getting worse (even though I rarely use it) and both cameras are smashed (in my pocket during a motorcycle accident), but I look at all the options now and figure I'll just keep using thi
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by abruzzi 1y ago
Mounjaro uses a single use fully autometed injector--clean your skin, remove the cap, press the injector against your skin, then press a button. A springloaded needle penetrates you skin and a spring loaded plunger injects the medicine. Y
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by abruzzi 1y ago
never tried Radium, but in Apple's Logic Pro you can write Javascript to do stuff to the MIDI as it comes in or goes out. I've found it quite useful. I once wrote a small script (at the request of another Logic user) that turned
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by abruzzi 1y ago
Just still be cautious and carry some insurance on your stuff. My brother broke up with his girlfriend, she moved back east. She packed all her stuff up in a PODS and shipped it home, and the pod dissappeared. PODS completely lost it.
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by abruzzi 1y ago
I was always taught that knowledge was "justified true belief."
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by abruzzi 1y ago
no they dont. At least not in the US.
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by abruzzi 1y ago
I still have a MDD, but to be honest I don't use it that often. Korg made a PCI card called OasysPCI that was a synthesizer, DSP, and sound card. They never supported the Windows 2000 driver model or the move the OS X, so I needed th
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by abruzzi 2y ago
I don't know if they still do it, but I loved my old Saab 99 with the ignition switch in the console between the front seats. Intead of locking the steering, it locked the gearshift in reverse. It didn't make anything work bette
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by abruzzi 2y ago
on Mac its super simple–option + (minus)–so I use it all the time.
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by abruzzi 2y ago
I think it was capacitive touch button. There was no physical button movement, and a light came on when touched. I never had issues with mine. I actually still have the cube, including the original speakers, keyboard, and mouse that came
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by abruzzi 2y ago
the alien comedy monolog was hilarious to me as a kid, but I haven't watched Explorers in probably about 30 years.
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by abruzzi 2y ago
Yamaha used a CR2032 with legs as battery backup for sounds in most of their synthesizers starting at least with the DX7 that launched in 1983. So there is precedent.
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by abruzzi 2y ago
Like the musician in the story, I have many synthesizers with floppy drives. I love the synth, but not the floppies. I keep floppies around because I have to in order to keep the synth operable, but I am slowly changing the floppies out of

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