cobrabyte

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by cobrabyte 1y ago
That's modern politics.
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by cobrabyte 1y ago
Many 9mm self-defense rounds are subsonic (e.g., 147-grain), so the practicality depends on the bullet design for the application.
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
I am eternally grateful to Dr. Kurtz for his work on BASIC. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that BASIC was my first foray into programming as a young teen, and it sparked my love for programming. RIP
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
I'd love a tool like this for PCB design/layout
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
Because they like to sow division.
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
I watched the demo for a comment made above, and it looks like the gem can do what you're talking about: > Slightly different approach, but appears to have the same overarching goals: https://github.com/bullet-train
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
+1 for Uptime Kuma
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by cobrabyte 2y ago
> Driver was previously cited 5 times for speeding in a school zone but was allowed to keep his license? We have a lot of dumb laws on the books, but somehow we allow demonstrably reckless drivers to keep their license—sad times.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
That's what you'd say to discredit people when you don't want the truth to be revealed. Whatever the truth may be.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
The magazine chugged along for decades before changing its identity and recipe to appease a small group of non-customers. It's no surprise it's going away.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Yeah, I've used this for the past couple of years and will do so again this year. It's solid.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Yeah, strange behavior in Firefox on Mac.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Roe v. Wade is an emotional sticking point for people on both sides of the issue, but Congress had decades to codify it into law. Instead, lawmakers chose not to do that so they could campaign on the other side wanting to take away 'ri
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
It's sort of still being defined. There's a rush to develop a universal SAF, but companies can develop blends of alternative fuel sources and get money back from the US government in the process. https://afdc.energy.gov
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
They didn't open source Swift out of the gate because they wanted to guide its development according to the features and plans they had for the language. Wanting to have a firm grasp of the language's core features and implementat
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
So, it's basically the same approach they took with Swift. It makes sense.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but is it common for there to be a 30-year delay in awarding Nobel Prizes after discoveries are made by scientists?
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
> Leave it to amerikans Did you miss that this article is about the UK?
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
> I thought that was common practice. It is.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Comparative facts don't bleed—journalism's broken.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
If this were true, you'd have hoped the whistleblower would not have been anonymous. There are whistleblower protections, aren't there?
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
It was fun to watch the livestreams showing the development of these drivers. Amazing work.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Damn, I need to start shopping for a new registrar.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Same. Though, I can't even get it to work.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
> taxpayers holding 30% of its outstanding stock. It's always amusing that they frame this as the lowly taxpayer holding stock in a company after the government bails a company out. I've never received the stock certificates, a
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
> The timing of the investigation has raised eyebrows. That's a bit of an understatement.
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
> Igor Danchenko, the Steele primary subsource charged with (and acquitted of) lying to the FBI, was paid $220K by the FBI as a confidential human source. This was paid after the FBI knew Danchenko lied to them. As the Durham Investigati
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by cobrabyte 3y ago
Like anything else, you may not agree with their argument, but their right to peacefully protest should not be trampled upon by the government.
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by cobrabyte 4y ago
The stupidest login I've seen to date is the US Treasury's TreasuryDirect website. You can create your account using your password manager that kicks out a secure password, but when you go to log in, you have to use a stupid virtu
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by cobrabyte 4y ago
I use Soulver every day and definitely recommend it

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