matgessel

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by matgessel 1mo ago
I got a Android tablet...I can't recommend it. YT has gotten pretty toxic with the dark patterns. There are the usual interstitial ads, but after you skip and go full screen there's another ad widget in the lower left of the video
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by matgessel 4y ago
It's difficult to skim the stream of symbols and instantly recognize concepts. Think of a word finding box puzzle in English ( https://duckduckgo.com/?q=word+finding+puzzle&iax=images&ia=... ). It helps if you ad
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by matgessel 4y ago
My second favorite tape is Honda's spicy rodent deterrent tape. It's made in Japan with capsaicin. It's not cheap, but much cheaper than an wiring repair at an auto shop*. The lowest price I was able to find seemed be be a de
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by matgessel 4y ago
Good question. I Last bought a 60 yard roll for $12.50; sold directly by Amazon. Looks like it's about $14 now. Here's the listing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JX9D6I2/ The listing in the p
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by matgessel 4y ago
My favorite tape for attenuating bright or annoying LEDs is ruby litho tape (3M Lithographers Tape 616). It passes deep red light and dims bright green and blue LEDs to a faint red. It's perfect for green/amber status lights; the
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by matgessel 4y ago
> temporary impact on your credit score. Applying for multiple credit cards at once will reduce your score for a few months; if you will be applying for a mortgage, car loan, job, apartment, or other situation that requires a check of yo
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by matgessel 4y ago
I have (and use daily) a pair of 13 year old Westone 3’s*. I bought them thinking of using them for a 40 minute walking commute involving freeway underpasses and a noisy sales pit style office. The commute case didn’t work out because they
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by matgessel 5y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/IWantOut/
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by matgessel 5y ago
Some ideas for playing a notification sound in a script runtime: Shell # system beep; also flashes the screen if you have that enabled in accessibility osascript -e 'beep' # play the sound file given by the file system
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by matgessel 6y ago
A little more info for the curious: Toyota Market Cap: 171.994B Tesla Market Cap: 205.619B > Market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares > Market cap is
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by matgessel 8y ago
Don't know how much of this still applies (2011), but it's a good starting point: How Browsers Work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/internals/howbrow