cbdevidal

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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
In Christian circles some people are KJV-only, only reading from the 1611 KJV. But articles like this demonstrate that languages change dramatically over time. Thus I regard KJV-onlyism to be a passing fad; for if another 400 years passes,
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
It’s political theater. Not intended to actually accomplish much except “See!? We did something! Now vote for us again.” Meanwhile, open source printers can and will just bypass it.
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Thank you, I too was confused at the purpose of this
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Non-paywalled copy: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dark-agent-spotted-bedro...
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
I used a joystick with a four-way hat that allowed simple and intuitive strafing in all directions along with thrust in four directions from the joystick itself. I got devastating with that combo. Spent hours mastering it. Logitech Wingman
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Hence the need for an AI panopticon. Monitor and squish rebellions while they’re still in the planning phase.
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
No, that rose in price for different reasons
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Automation made the TV inexpensive, but if you look at a chart on inflation almost everything that cannot be easily automated has risen in price. https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cpichart201
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Automations do create jobs, but fewer jobs. Businesses wouldn’t invest so much money if they had to keep the same number of workers. Automation necessarily reduces the number of humans working in aggregate at one task. What DOES go up with
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
> I don't think a bootable floppy disk is impressing anyone these days. Scroll up
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
That’s a fair point, but the rest are still relevant. I simply cannot use Nano at my job but once you learn the basics Vi is not bad.
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Speed (both in the CPU/memory usage and in speed of editing using advanced commands), backwards compatibility with older servers, ubiquity (guaranteed it is on every server you touch), insane feature count vs Nano, and my fingers mostl
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Yeah, reeds make more sense. I’d stagger them so that when the hour is at 12, minute at 3, second is at 6, all three reeds (wired in series) wake the microcontroller.
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
The problem with defining “living wage” is you must trust that the person defining it has your best interests in mind, and is calculating it while including _your_ needs. For example, you don’t want me to be the one to define “living wage.”
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
I’ve wanted to do this because there’s a zillion cool clocks out there that use a similar movement. I’d also wanted to make it battery powered which means doing NTP update only once per day (or less). Doubt that is realistic, tho. Maybe emb
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
This also applies to other things. No one person knows how to make a pencil. Three minute video by Milton Friedman: https://youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws?si=nFOLok7o87b8UXxY
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
It really depends on how it’s used. I love Django in certain specific situations. You know that saying though about when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail…
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Absolute classic, especially Halcyon
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by cbdevidal 7mo ago
Twenty years ago? You mean 1982, right? Right!?
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
It’s more complicated than that. A 2D rectangle with certain graphics is entirely different than a single part of a gun which may really look like anything. Would you recognize a trigger sear if I showed you one? And if 3DP gun designers ge
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
It’s possible to be both. The last time I had to be a Thinker was because I was in Builder mode. I’ve been trying to build an IoT product but I’ve been wayyyy over my head because I knew maybe 5% of what I needed to be successful. So I woul
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
It’s amazing to me that the floppy is still a relevant target unit. Just large enough to be useful, small enough to be a real challenge to use well. I don’t see the same passion for 700MB CDROM distributions, probably because the challenge
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
If you have to ask why this is not for you. Why climb a mountain that’s already been climbed hundreds of times? For the challenge.
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
I still use Office 2010 to this day and feel like absolutely nothing is missing that I truly need. The only issues are Alt-Tab and multiple monitors have bugs. But functionality? 100%.
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
Holy perverse incentives, Batman
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
First product is called SecureCoop, that either opens the coop door or monitors another coop opener, then sends phone notifications if there are issues. Door didn't open on time, door is stuck, etc. Next product will be battery securit
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
Love me some MicroPython. Building a product line of small farm security devices that use uPy and MQTT.
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
> The real reason those sorts of debts result in stability is that all the countries owed a lot of US dollars are going to do what they can to prevent the US dollar's value from declining. That’s the crux of it. Nations can proclaim
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
> alternative payment systems enables take it or leave it deals in medium/long term. Assuming of course that the lender is interested in the alternative payment currency. Or that the borrower is willing to accept the consequences of
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by cbdevidal 8mo ago
ZeroHedge has correctly predicted two hundred of the last two recessions ;-)

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