dkresge

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by dkresge 2mo ago
If only it was simple rage bait. As a member of this thing we call "civilization" I can't help but wonder how the hell we got to this point. #rhetorical
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by dkresge 3mo ago
Seems like an excellent startup opportunity? Build a clean, no-ads streaming stick with open source firmware upstream of the requisite DRM bits and who wouldn't buy one? Almost like what Roku used to be, and the reason we recommended
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by dkresge 2y ago
I believe the intent was thus: “Aye, that makes sense (not the [reauthorization of] slurs, but the explanation). Thanks.”
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by dkresge 2y ago
There are also image stabilized binoculars. I have an older Canon 10x30 that I absolutely love (enough to tolerate the plasticizer now breaking down on the rubberized exterior)
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by dkresge 3y ago
Oh how I drooled for that Astrocam 110.
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by dkresge 4y ago
Interesting. I recently admired the creative engineering of my neighbor’s dishwasher which simply, and quietly, projects a small status light on the floor. It’s a Bosch.
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by dkresge 4y ago
I agree with your point regarding local culture, but I'm not clear on the economic waste. An empty second home generates property tax revenue for the city/town in which it exists, yet, by virtue of being empty, creates no burden
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by dkresge 4y ago
What I wouldn't do to be done with (some of) "today's standards".
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by dkresge 4y ago
Wow this feels a bit Baader-Meinhoff. With Valetudo + self-emptying as motivation, I received my Z10 via Amazon / "Dreametech official store" just this past Friday. Happily, it arrived with fw 4.1.7_1056 and I was able to use
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by dkresge 4y ago
Moreover, something rarely mentioned, multiple processes and pipes can give you some free parallelism courtesy of the scheduler.
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by dkresge 6y ago
Hear hear. You may enjoy “An Exaltation of Larks” by (the late) James Lipton of “Inside the Actor’s Studio”
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by dkresge 6y ago
When I was 13 or 14, I had befriended the Sysop of a regional BBS who was gracious enough to offer me (and my Father) a tour of his workplace “where they made the C64”. Feeling like Charlie in Willy Wonka’s world, I was awed by the magic w
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by dkresge 6y ago
"Thank you" doesn't seem to suffice. Where might I donate?
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by dkresge 7y ago
There was even an add-on “dump cart” which could be towed and (IIRC) dumped programmatically via the 1/8” mini-plug that served as part of its hitch. Fun times!
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by dkresge 8y ago
You’d love the Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest.
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by dkresge 8y ago
The fun thing about the “use the force” quote is that it was a clue. If you could channel your inner Jedi, and the only shot you fired while in the trench was the one into the exhaust port, you were granted a pretty decent bonus (especiall
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by dkresge 8y ago
Note also it says “reports”, not complaints.
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by dkresge 8y ago
Is the physical volume of the average pill predominantly "active ingredient"? If not, why not just "print" a single pill per customer-dose comprised of the prescribed constituents?
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by dkresge 8y ago
Or annoying, apparently. A good friend of mine’s father, having recently acquired a unix based POS system for his retail store, decided he’d prefer a nicer name than ‘root’. Apparently, ca. 1984 unix was rather particular about names (ins
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by dkresge 8y ago
What if man pages colorized (or greyscaled) oft-used vs. esoteric or less common options? Just having a common visual cue could both save time and reduce risk.
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by dkresge 8y ago
How about placing a clear date/time stamp on the chart?
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by dkresge 9y ago
So, more fundamental than UX, that the proper employee action for an “exercise” differs from that for a real threat doesn’t seem to be a proper test. Why not just have an administrative airgap keyswitch that enables exercises to be conduct
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by dkresge 9y ago
reminds me my once time rather enjoyable error of "ls -l | moire" (with xscreensaver installed)
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by dkresge 9y ago
I don't know if they were ahead of their time, or woefulily, even negligently, unaware of their market. I remember going to "the mall" as a kid with my Mom and spending (what seemed like) hours staring, coveting, and sometim
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by dkresge 9y ago
Especially when you can reap all the benefits of increased sales without having to pay for real estate or employees. Seems they're cutting off their nose to spite their face.
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by dkresge 9y ago
Such a wonderfully insightful and well written comment and you choose to belabor a typo? sigh
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by dkresge 9y ago
My friend's parents were the same -- they did it on principle because the telco charged for touch tone. Never mind that it cost the telco substantially more to continue supporting the "rotary" infrastructure, I'm sure i
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by dkresge 10y ago
Chaos aside, I wonder what the impact would be of simply declaring that all pennies are now worth $1. Based on circulation ca. 2009 it would imply a $1.65 trillion "conversion"; ~10% of GDP.
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by dkresge 10y ago
Yep, this would be in the US. I had hope that there would be, at a minimum, some exclusion for infrastructure on private property, but it appears that isn't the case. Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction.
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by dkresge 10y ago
I've been contemplating setting up a small [NW]ISP for our neighborhood (rural, wooded, private roads) but LOS issues limit my wireless options. One thought was to install a few airfibers and "demux" them with G.fast to each

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