glaurung_

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by glaurung_ 6y ago
I can't imagine you'd have any issue. My jellyfin box has an fx6300 with an even older quadro gpu (600 I think), and it doesn't seem to have any issue running multiple streams at once. I'm honestly not even sure if it&#
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by glaurung_ 6y ago
I'd second this one!
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
> even on the desktop I'd dare say it's already happened on the desktop. I do IT for an elementary school, and pretty much none of the employees use any app other than their web browser. Right now the computer I'm sittin
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Unfortunately there's an unavoidable stretch of two lane highway with no sidewalk or bike lane between me any my workplace. If I lived somewhere where I could make the trip reasonably safely I absolutely would!
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I really wish someone would bring back truly small trucks like the old Rangers, or even something like an el Camino. Having a truck is really nice sometimes, but driving a tank around every day seems just silly.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
> somewhere between the not-ashtray and the backside of the moon. This makes me crazy. I used to drive a '99 Mazda b2500 (basically a Ford Ranger). I could reach any of the controls without even leaning forward. In a newer f150 t
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
So intent to be annoying is a worse offense than intent to rob someone?
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I suspect that in the not too distant future (perhaps in my lifetime) there will be companies buying up landfills in order to mine them for recyclable materials.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Maybe facet the mirrors so that the reflections would flicker in some something like Morse code. I imagine it would be very difficult to decipher and could only convey a few bytes though. Maybe just send a sealed capsule capable of re-entr
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
That's because by default it keeps running in the background when you "close" it.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
This isn't quite the same situation but it reminds me a little bit of xkcd.com/1421
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
My gaming desktop right now is actually an old Dell Precision tower with a third gen i7 that I got for $140 off eBay. I swapped out the PSU, upped the ram to 16gb, added an SSD I had laying around, and replaced the Quadro GPU with a 1060.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I'd guess he wants to be able to sync bookmarks/passwords/etc across platforms. It's nice being able to find something on my phone and then pull it up later on my desktop using synced bookmarks or Firefox's "s
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Not to mention that if you're in that <$40,000 income bracket, you're almost guaranteed driving a car that has a very high probability of needing a $400 (or worse) repair quite regularly. You also likely live somewhere where y
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Something about this reminds me of the Witch-King of Angmar.
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Firefox Monitor(monitor.firefox.com)
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I don't believe you can install the play store itself, but Spotify should work. You would have to manually side load it, or install the yalp store which will manage fetching and updating play store apps for you.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Definitely! I thought the same thing. Also relevant: https://xkcd.com/1377/
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
You're definitely right. I wonder if he's thinking of jumping off of the swing and doing a 360 in the air. Apparently it can be done if your swing has rigid bars in stead of ropes: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kv
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I suspect the bone injuries come from the traction you get on those mats more than perceived safety. In the gravel if you put your arm out to catch a fall, it slips (and you scuff up your palms, learning not to do that next time), whereas
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I actually have Diamond Age downloaded to my ebook reader right now. I'm working through Liu Chixin's Remembrances off the Earth's Past trilogy right now, but I'll have to start it next! I tend to have trouble getting
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Two things I look for when replacing a phone: 1. Lineage OS support. (So you actually get security updates) 2. A decent repairability score on iFixit. (So you don't end up with a brick when your battery dies in a few years.) Right now
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
7 000 000 000 * .01% = 700 000 Still, you make a very good point. Homo Sapiens will stick around. Advanced civilization might not.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Out of curiosity, what did you switch to? I'd like to leave Gmail and Proton Mail seems to be pretty well recommended. Is Fast Mail a better option?
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I rather doubt that internet communication has become less important since 2013.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
The college I went to had a mix of whiteboards and chalkboards. Even as a student I preferred the rooms with chalkboards. It seemed like the light on dark contrast and no glare made them easier to see. I also find disposable markers to be
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Guerilla Gravity recently started using a similar process to build carbon fiber mountain bike frames. It's allowed them to build frames in the US that sell for less than comparable bikes made in Asia. https://m.pinkbike.com
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
I noticed that too. Apparently hn's algorithm really likes recent posts. Switch your view from "top" to "best" and it jumps back up.
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
This is really cool. I (and I think some others around here) would like to move away from Google, etc, but sometimes it's hard to find other options. It's great having a semi-comprehensive list in one place! I'll definitel
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by glaurung_ 7y ago
Solus and Elementary come to mind, though I agree I'd hardly call it a Cambrian Explosion.

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