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by ericpp 3mo ago
You can continue using normal Windows 10 if you have a Microsoft account attached to it. They give you the option to sign up for free extended updates (until 2027).
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by ericpp 4mo ago
"The exact cause of this breach is unclear but is most likely due to multiple factors, including interruptions in sterile fly production due to the COVID-19 pandemic and illegal cattle imports, as well as the challenges involved in sur
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by ericpp 4mo ago
Nice native ad for Waymo
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by ericpp 7mo ago
I first got it in 2015 after playing Fallout 4 almost nonstop for the entire weekend. The game ran poorly and the low stuttery fps caused a massive migraine in my head. I took Tylenol and went to sleep and woke up with it ringing in one of
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by ericpp 9mo ago
Meanwhile Sears is still thriving in Mexico under different ownership.
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by ericpp 11mo ago
Unfortunately we use the proprietary HD Radio spec in the US. The company requires paying a license to use it and so many stations and manufacturers don't support it. I wish we used DAB instead.
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by ericpp 1y ago
This was really fun to play with at VCF Midwest. It makes me curious to see it working with other vintage computers.
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by ericpp 1y ago
I'm glad that they kept the anime girl rather than replacing her with a sterile message. The Internet should be a fun place again.
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by ericpp 2y ago
McDonald's as well http://al.com/news/2023/12/fast-food-chains-use-alabama-pris...
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by ericpp 2y ago
It's a common mistake that newcomers to the language make. You assume empty is an empty string check when it's really a falsy check that is equivalent to: (!isset($var) || !$var)
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by ericpp 2y ago
There are a lot of dead podcasts in general. It's tough to sustain a podcast and many people give up after doing a handful of episodes.
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by ericpp 2y ago
V4V is a concept and not a technology. It's simply that the podcaster provides something valuable to you with their podcast and you're expected to return an equal amount of value back to them in whatever form you choose. It could
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by ericpp 2y ago
No surprise since he spends most of his time on Nostr nowadays.
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by ericpp 3y ago
Technology connections has a good video about retroreflectors https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bi_Tp1H9CDs
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The Downfall of Amazon: Top Ranking Electrical Fuses Show Dangerous Results [video](youtube.com)
70 points by ericpp 3y ago|58 comments
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by ericpp 3y ago
Apple runs the Internet's defacto index of podcasts, due to iTunes popularizing podcasting, and provides an API that many/most podcast applications use to find podcasts. When they delist a podcast from their index, it's like
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by ericpp 3y ago
This shows why it's important to have open alternatives to Apple's podcast index. The Podcast Index still has it indexed https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1112548
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by ericpp 4y ago
I was hoping they would do more than just put ChatGPT into Bing. For instance, the question about travel should generate a result of suggested places that includes photos and links to more information. The result should be easily skimmable
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by ericpp 4y ago
PHP 8 does exactly what he suggested and omits the token name: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token "::" https://3v4l.org/2T8qQ
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by ericpp 4y ago
if time.hour == 12 && time.ampm == AM: return 0 elif time.hour == 12 && time.ampm == PM: return 12 elif time.ampm == PM: return time.hour+12 else: return time.hour
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by ericpp 4y ago
The vast majority of clocks in the US use 12 hour time. 24 hour time just isn't used here outside of limited applications (military, computing, etc). People generally aren't used to seeing time expressed in a 24 hour format. Most
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by ericpp 4y ago
It's indecipherable to most people in the U.S. who refer to it as "military time".
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by ericpp 5y ago
A better strategy to me would've been to keep it free and tightly integrate it with Docker Hub to push people towards Docker Hub services. This software is already installed on most Windows computers that need to use Docker and provide