initself

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by initself 8y ago
I do most of my work in a shell. But I love YouTube also! :)
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by initself 8y ago
Still rocking T60p, with the NMB keyboard. If you haven't touched an NMB Thinkpad keyboard, you haven't actually used a proper Thinkpad. One thing I found absolutely necessary to make my machine usable in 2019 was upgrading all t
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by initself 8y ago
"In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally."
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How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross(nytimes.com)
204 points by initself 8y ago|108 comments
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by initself 9y ago
I just downloaded El Capitan today from the App Store from the same machine I installed from.
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by initself 9y ago
Sometimes car head units have an undocumented bass and treble boost, so flat per the settings on the unit is far from flat. The kinds of compensations you are making get the unit closer to flat when it is a unit of configured with undocume
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by initself 9y ago
The main problem is that it runs hot as f*ck on the right palm rest, making it basically unusable.
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by initself 10y ago
I just tried 3 random contacts using a premium account, no dice on the email or phone number.
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by initself 10y ago
I don't think he bemoans it. He describes how Apple themselves extended the protocol through XML itself towards the end of the article. "Remember that the RSS spec is frozen, meaning that no improvements can be made to it, full s
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by initself 10y ago
The article says the headphones would have a DAC. You gotta get those headphone cones pumpin' somehow!
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by initself 11y ago
Rad idea. How would one initate a new network of this kind separately from what exists today? And what kind of interoperability would it have? Can't imagine it could go cold turkey!
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by initself 11y ago
The web is whatever we want it to be, but sad that lack of agreement on standards and openness of platforms severely limits what it can be now without a massive sea change. Because collective agreements tend towards entropy, those with th
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by initself 11y ago
Perhaps meditation is what you need, so you can enjoy the un-ending present AND grow as a person! http://dhamma.org
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by initself 11y ago
He says after he discovered FM brass sounds that there was "some importance" of his discovery beyond his interest in composition. What an understatement! He clearly was not interested in seeing where that discovery was going to
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by initself 12y ago
I'm looking forward to the release of the Blackberry Classic and hope that turns the tide. My spidey sense tells me that people are starting more and more to appreciate old tech, diverse tech, tools that do one job and do it well. Ho
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by initself 12y ago
I don't know but I thank you for coming up with just the right phrase to describe this aesthetic! May stripped and liberated computing never die!
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by initself 12y ago
It's irresponsible not to cite evidence for Thich Nhat Hanh's "aspirations for fame and constant media attention". Do you say that because he's featured in a Guardian article? He's a monk! He not looking for
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by initself 13y ago
For me, the glory days of Slashdot were when I consumed the daily text based email digest.
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by initself 13y ago
If you want a Portastudio feel with Logic, ditch the iPad and use a Frontier AlphaTrack: http://www.frontierdesign.com/Products/AlphaTrack
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by initself 13y ago
I moved from PCs to recording non-EDM music on Logic in 2009. It's perfect.
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by initself 13y ago
Here's mst's suggestion for changing the name Perl 5 to "Pumpkin Perl": http://shadow.cat/blog/matt-s-trout/pumpkin-perl-breakdown/
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by initself 13y ago
The cure to depression is a) calm the mind via the breath and once that is complete, usually after days of effort, and b) to observe your physical sensations from moment to moment without reacting to them in order to see Reality as it is.
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The Pallet Office: Most Recycled Office You’ve Ever Seen!(bitrebels.com)
1 points by initself 13y ago|0 comments
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by initself 14y ago
They could just leave the servers running and let people continue to use with almost zero upkeep.
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by initself 14y ago
PHP and MySQL, yuck!
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by initself 14y ago
Yes, undoubtedly.
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by initself 14y ago
Yes, there is no doubt that if you meditate two hours a day, you won't need to sleep as much. You can basically assume you can lose about 1 hour of sleep, safely.
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by initself 14y ago
I thrive on his mastery of Pali and his support through audio and video. The chanting (particularly the early morning chanting that begins around 5:30 AM), my limited but somewhat viable understanding of Pali, and the effort I make in medi
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by initself 14y ago
Well, as you keep meditating, it becomes more and more clear that all the answers you are burning to understand are found within.
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by initself 14y ago
Go take the course in North Fork, CA.

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