daleswanson

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by daleswanson 16d ago
DNS blocking just isn't as good as a browser extension, because it can only block based on domain names. Pihole helps block ads on non-browser apps, but a real ad blocker extension in a browser is much better. I run pihole on my netw
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by daleswanson 1mo ago
I use KeepassXC and Syncthing. It's not a single password manager doing both the managing and syncing, but it works very well, and I sync between phone/laptop/desktop without any third parties.
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by daleswanson 4mo ago
> As someone who did have 15 direct reports for a while, it’s a joke. > You basically are their manager in name only. Your time is so split you can’t give any one direct reports the attention they deserve. Quarterly and annual reviews
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by daleswanson 6mo ago
An AI prompt in June 2025.
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by daleswanson 7mo ago
Do you think Google suffered any consequences for ignoring their "Don't be evil" motto?
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by daleswanson 1y ago
RFK Jr believes: 1. That Wifi causes cancer. 2. That there is no vaccine which is "safe and effective". 3. It's unknown if the Polio vaccine prevented more deaths than it caused. This quote from him seems to summarize his vie
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by daleswanson 1y ago
That's a regional difference in terms. I would generally call a limited access highway, a "highway". https://brilliantmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/big-fast-road.j...
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by daleswanson 1y ago
I literally just had this printed, following that same blog post. Would recommend Whitewalls, it was a very high quality print. I got the 12x18 size, kind of regret not getting it bigger, but I didn't have the wall space.
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by daleswanson 2y ago
That's how shutdown works on Linux too.
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by daleswanson 2y ago
What do you mean? You can manually run Heroku database maintenance. We just did this recently at work. https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgres-mainte...
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by daleswanson 3y ago
Heat pumps are air conditioners that are run in reverse, ie, you are air conditioning the outside. Another way to think of any AC/heat pump/refrigerator is as a heat mover, you can move (or pump) heat from one place to another.
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by daleswanson 3y ago
How did you notice? Don't they just look like normal cameras with the AI facial recognition running on the backend?
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by daleswanson 3y ago
> It would also just randomly forget the resume point, and revert to playing the "first" file on the disk. Is there any hack that fixes this? It's my number 1 annoyance with my Mazda.
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by daleswanson 4y ago
Freezing is always what you want, that's what they are required by law to provide. There is no law that says they can't also provide something similar and encourage people to pay for that, and that's what locking is. I recen
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by daleswanson 4y ago
If you're ok with a bit of DIY, I recently got some Qwiic I2C sensors combined with an ESP32 running ESPHome. The Qwiic connectors made the hardware part really plug and play. I have SGP40 for VOC - https://www.adafruit.com
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by daleswanson 9y ago
I recently did a bunch of research into password managers, and went with Keepassxc as well. I'm using Syncthing to sync the password archive across Linux, Mac, Android, and Windows devices. The whole setup is working very well and is
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by daleswanson 11y ago
What watchdog do you mean? I've ssh'd into my Mazda3 and was planning on doing it again soon, but I don't know what you mean by that.
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by daleswanson 13y ago
See for example, the Star Trek TNG episode that used Sherlock Holmes. At the time, the studio assumed Sherlock Holmes was in the public domain, but were contacted by the estate and told they would have to license the character if they want
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by daleswanson 14y ago
It's almost as if it was meant as a joke.