mikestew

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by mikestew 3d ago
Three questions: 1. Why is the city creeping on children with surveillance cameras? I'd be tempted to run for city council and beat that drum until the head broke (but then I'd have to serve on the city council). 2. How did they
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by mikestew 3d ago
The water-injection system for your carburetor that the oil companies don't want you to know about! -- paraphrase of an actual Popular Mechanics ad circa 1978
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by mikestew 4d ago
Would seem kind of silly to look at photos on a B&W display. https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipod/specs/ipod_photo_30g...
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by mikestew 4d ago
My favorite is "Florida Hill Country" of Dade County. I raced a bicycle road race in Dade County once. It did, indeed, have a few hills, but the toughest climb of the whole race was literally an interstate overpass.
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by mikestew 4d ago
Sue for using “cola” in the product name? Citation most definitely needed.
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by mikestew 4d ago
They’ll probably want to go after Jones Soda first. :eyeroll: https://www.amazon.com/Jones-Soda-Fallout-Nuka-Cola-Flavored...
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by mikestew 5d ago
Republicans have been a buttplug in the political process for going on twenty years, and yet who has the majority in congress?
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by mikestew 5d ago
I clicked, and still only saw the first paragraph or two of TFA.
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by mikestew 5d ago
I did find a few eGolfs and leafs for $5k-8k, but in my experience if a car is that cheap there is a reason for that The reason is: no one wants them. Three years ago we sold an OG Leaf my spouse’s coworker for $3500. Battery was about 80
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by mikestew 6d ago
There's more to it than just a loop. If it was just a loop, it would peg a CPU core and be done with it. But you'll have to reread TFA to find out how it takes out the window server, thus freezing the rest of the system.
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by mikestew 6d ago
You've got 14 days to return it, at least in the U. S.
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by mikestew 6d ago
As a user of both Garmin (and Suunto, Coros, Polar would be in the same category) and Apple Watch Ultra, you'll find one main difference again and again: battery life. The not-Apple-watches will last a week or more before charging, AW
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by mikestew 6d ago
Yeah, and read the responses to your comments: "but, but, 'professional' is a state of mind, not just a piece of paper" and some crap, completely missing the point. Professionals push back with "I'll lose my li
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by mikestew 6d ago
A PBS tote bag is a “good or service”. The broadcast isn’t, pedantry aside.
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by mikestew 6d ago
https://archive.is/EqYcW
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by mikestew 7d ago
Not to be too dismissive, but have you heard of Garmin, Suunto, Coros, or Polar? They all have something similar.
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by mikestew 7d ago
The only thing keeping on a Garmin is that my OG AW Ultra probably won't last a mountain 50 miler (I've used it for easier 50 mile races). If it truly lasts anywhere near 45 hours, even my old, slow ass could knock out 100 miles i
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by mikestew 7d ago
It's flagged and dead but good advice. Flagged, dead, moderator dang weighed in, and you felt the need to repost it verbatim?
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by mikestew 7d ago
Trivializing the problem and victim-blaming? You’re off to a great start, maybe finish up with how the victim should be prosecuted for leaving the account unsecured?
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by mikestew 8d ago
So don't give it your Xfinity creds? My understanding is that Xfinity doesn't let just anyone connect to that network.
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by mikestew 8d ago
That's good that they let you know right out of the box that the TV needs to go back in the box, and back to the store. I mean, c'mon, OP is willing to desolder a board on their brand-new TV, boxing it back up and buying something
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by mikestew 8d ago
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/08/hyundai-and-kia-are-sellin...
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by mikestew 8d ago
Why? Just don't connect it to the internet. (Yeah, yeah, when someone actually demos a TV seeking open WiFi APs, then we'll talk. And anyone bringing up ETH over HDMI gets a spankin'.)
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by mikestew 8d ago
I was surprised that the first thing I was prompted to do was to download an app and sign up for an account. The TV would not work unless I was signed in I missed the part of your comment where you put it back in the box and returned it.
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by mikestew 8d ago
Not because they're much better but because discoveries like these will leave a bad taste in people's mouth whenever they want to buy a new TV. It ain't just TVs. Now that I've found out that my Hyundai is not only spy
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by mikestew 8d ago
I’ve not used it, but the HN commenter seems to like it for sending articles: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49598789
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by mikestew 9d ago
Thanks for the confirmation, you two. Amazon's dropping one off today with the rest of our order. I've been using a 2012 Kindle Paperwhite that is long past its expiration date, and I've little interest in continuing with Kin
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by mikestew 9d ago
It's an opinion piece, I'm at a loss as to how it could be "fake". Regardless, the owner of the site is still pissy about...something to do with Tesla, I've since forgotten. Doesn't make him wrong, but it'
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by mikestew 9d ago
If I might be allowed some pedantry, it’s Dm that’s the “saddest of all keys”: https://hub.yamaha.com/brand/creativity/the-saddest-of-all-k...
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by mikestew 9d ago
Did you know that no one has implemented it? You might as well talk about packet-carrying fairies in your TV. And of course the Apple TV box it’s connected to will be quite happy to share its network connection with arbitrary crap you conne

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