djbeadle

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by djbeadle 1y ago
https://tenbluelinks.org helps makes this easy
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by djbeadle 2y ago
See also: Overland for iOS (Very configurable, very minimal UI): https://overland.p3k.app DayOne for iOS has background location tracking with CSV export
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by djbeadle 3y ago
I'm a big fan of https://www.thesimplepostcard.com/
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by djbeadle 4y ago
Supported on all major browsers and 93% of total users according to caniuse.com https://caniuse.com/?search=dialog
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I've written this comment before bu what you need is a remotely controlled finger for pressing YubiKeys: https://bert.org/2020/10/01/pressing-yubikeys/
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I'm working on a photo-sharing service for groups to replace shared Google Drive folders. Even if a Google Drive is publicly editable uploads count against the uploader's quota unless they select all, right click, change owner to
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by djbeadle 4y ago
It's a handy thing to have in your toolbox https://xkcd.com/530
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by djbeadle 4y ago
Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone (the comedy podcast) had scientist Ralph Harvey on to talk about collecting meteorites in Antarctica in episode 208. He made the point that any rock you find out there lying on top of the ice is probably a
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by djbeadle 4y ago
Cool concept! I bet there's a way to reassemble the entire book from it, though. For example "Show me the first paragraph of chapter 4." returns—what seems to be—the actual requested value.
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by djbeadle 4y ago
A photo sharing website for high-trust groups. Only the album creator needs an account, then they can share a hard-to-guess link with the group members allowing them to upload photos. Anyone with the link can upload and download. Before thi
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by djbeadle 4y ago
What you need is a remote controlled finger for pressing YubiKeys: https://bert.org/2020/10/01/pressing-yubikeys/
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by djbeadle 4y ago
This has been a problem with NYC's bike share program, CitiBike. The solution was to add an alert when your phone's location is far from the location of the bicycle you are trying to unlock. > Citi Bike says it is aware of a sc
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by djbeadle 4y ago
More anacedata: GeForce now over Ethernet is significantly better than Wi-Fi 6 in my apartment building.
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by djbeadle 4y ago
15 network requests, 247 KB transfered May I recommend as a lightweight alternative http://shrug.io which weighs in at a whopping 799 bytes transferred.
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I had never heard of this and took a look at the Wikipedia page you linked. > Contact with STEREO-B was lost in 2014 after entering an uncontrolled spin preventing its solar panels from generating enough power, but STEREO-A is still oper
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I got this email in June of 2021 when my name came up on the waitlist, unfortunately I was not able to participate at that time. This is for the "System Blue" kit: You should try to build your own loop antennas. If you do not
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I could not replicate after several minutes with the maps app open on my M1 MacBook Pro. I did find the Last.FM app seeming to request scans though?!
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by djbeadle 4y ago
There are some interesting alternative search engines listed in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783391
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I have spent lots of time fiddling with OpenVPN and Wireguard configurations. On a whim I tried out Tailscale and literally within 10 minutes I was up and running, it totally blew my mind. Not a paid shill and I don't even use it that
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I've had some luck by scribbling on the first page of every new notebook. Subconsciously it is now "ruined" and safe for every day use.
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by djbeadle 4y ago
This is a nice visualization and would be nice to see similar diagrams for other technical solutions. Off topic, but the iceberg pictured is probably not a stable configuration, try drawing it here: https://joshdata.me/icebe
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by djbeadle 4y ago
I've been experimenting with a static-site generator for the photography half of my website trying to make the process of getting the photos off my camera and laid out in a cohesive form easier. I've tried to minimize my use of Ja
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by djbeadle 5y ago
From the proposal to remove urllib linked in the article: https://lwn.net/ml/python-dev/CABqyc3wGDmdnDjrhYh0SxT_Tgr5M8... From: Victor Stinner <vstinner-AT-python.org> To: Python Dev <Python-D
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by djbeadle 5y ago
The photos of negatives with holes punched in them trigger flares of anger in me, especially where the puncher has seemed to purposefully hole-punched the face of a subject. After glancing through a selection of other hole-punched photos li
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by djbeadle 5y ago
Some context for others who are hesitant to click on a random Youtube link about vaccines, this appears to be a video from the verified account of Wall Street Journal science reporter Daniela Hernandez. And here is the video embedded on the
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by djbeadle 5y ago
Apparently at some point in the past three pieces were removed from the sides of the painting. > That’s why we’ve had so-called artificial neural networks working overtime on reconstructing the original appearance of the painting. Hour u
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by djbeadle 5y ago
Note that despite the similar price points and form factors they serve two different purposes. The Raspberry Pi is a full computer shrunk down and made (relatively) cheaply. The Arduino is a cheap microcontroller made large for convenience.
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by djbeadle 5y ago
This is great for situations where your Raspberry Pi doesn't have any other internet access. But if you do have and ethernet drop or Wi-Fi you can also use your carrier's email to SMS gateway! For example "[YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER]
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by djbeadle 5y ago
Well maybe but also: > The speed benefits Google marketed were also at least partly a result of Google’s throttling. Google throttles the load time of non-AMP ads by giving them artificial one-second delays i
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by djbeadle 5y ago
I have never gotten in to the nitty-gritty of what Netlify can do but the free tier is my go-to tool for posting fun little side projects. Buy a domain, create a new site linked to a Github repo, and write HTML and push! (Not a paid shill,

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