jones89176

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by jones89176 2mo ago
Shouldn't the y-axis better be called "Standard DeviationS"? According to one comment on the site, the 3.5 means "3.5 times the SD", which makes much more sense to me. I initially tried to make sense of "SD bei
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by jones89176 5mo ago
it makes private energy storage a viable investment option. You can just invest in a large battery (or other storage system) and make a profit over buying/selling energy. I really hope, this happens on a big scale and further reduces t
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by jones89176 8mo ago
unfortunately in German, but here's a recent talk on how to self-host your won music streaming: https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn23-153-tschss-spotify-und-co-self-... you can scroll through the slides to get the idea
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by jones89176 10mo ago
hodl
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by jones89176 10mo ago
while I certainly do oppose many of the cuts of our civil liberties, I think that statement is quite an exaggeration... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index
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by jones89176 10mo ago
https://freedom.to/ (I expected it to be harder to find with that generic name) edit: I like Leechblock for Firefox
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by jones89176 10mo ago
underrated comment
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by jones89176 10mo ago
FYI: here are the videos of the latest matrix conference: [1]. I think there's a lot of interesting stuff going on! also, instead of hosting your own server or using some (more or less well-financed) public servers, you can simply thro
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by jones89176 10mo ago
no shit, Sherlock! ;-)
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by jones89176 10mo ago
See here for some archives: https://hacker-archive.org/s/Start/item-set/6601 https://github.com/mwarning/chaos-sticker-collection
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by jones89176 10mo ago
Here's a good talk that gives some advice on how to make good stickers yourself: https://media.ccc.de/v/camp2023-57194-from_c3stoc_with_love_...
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by jones89176 10mo ago
There's a big difference between the materials that's used for the sticker itself (paper, plastic) and the glue they used. By now I have a good feeling about the "removability" of a sticker once i have it in my hand.
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by jones89176 10mo ago
What's that "NUDES" sign in the background?
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by jones89176 11mo ago
"Following an official letter submitted to the United Nations by the Republic of Türkiye, the country's name has been officially changed to Türkiye at the UN. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that a letter had been received on
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by jones89176 11mo ago
I enjoyed "The Night Watch" a lot: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mickens/files/thenightwatc... > A systems programmer will know what to do when society breaks down, because the systems progra
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by jones89176 1y ago
I think Parent is using a Gigaset GS5
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by jones89176 1y ago
Oh, hello, i recognize your username from the jolla forums :-) I do have two Gigasets here (GX290 and GX4 pro) waiting to be flashed, but I still need to finally set up a windows machine to make a proper backup of the stock android images a
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by jones89176 1y ago
> "banking apps still require Android compatibility layer" I would say that this is really not the OS's problem, but the bank's problem. I find it absolutely intolerable that there are banks that force me to use a OS
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by jones89176 1y ago
I wouldn't say "Sailfish failed". It's still well alive, mainained and useable. All they need is some more traction and a proper business case
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by jones89176 1y ago
Ah yes, sailfish is actually pretty usable. (Unlike Ubuntu Touch, tbh). I've used it in the past on my Nexus5 for some years. However, they are still not 100% open source and they're too much into the AI-Hype as of recently (Mind2
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by jones89176 1y ago
Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like banana.
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by jones89176 1y ago
my family takes care of a large-ish forest, so I have to help since my early teens. Let me tell you: think twice, it's f*ckin dangerous. Chainsaws, winches, heavy trees falling and breaking in unpredictable ways. I had a couple of clos
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by jones89176 1y ago
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1987/ (I've seen https://xkcd.com/927/ in the comments a few times, but apparently I'm the first one who had this one in mind)
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by jones89176 1y ago
it's not always 9 pins. you can get pretty creative regarding the number and type of pins (high current, coax) you can fit in that shell: DE with 2 High current contacts: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Sub#/m
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by jones89176 1y ago
Here's the actual EU directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/53/oj/eng I tried to find some official document that properly explained how and why they agreed on these values, but it&#
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by jones89176 1y ago
I think it's mainly a regulation/law thing: "In contrast, European regulations are much stricter regarding the dimensions of trucks. In European Union member countries, trucks cannot exceed 18.75 meters in length, which prior