mrtomservo

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by mrtomservo 2mo ago
I've been a Kagi user since 2022, and a paying user since January 2024, and I can say that I have not thought about another search engine in as much time. Absolutely worth the $10 per month. Using a browser that defaults to another sea
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by mrtomservo 3mo ago
In my experience, in natural environments that contain a vertical paper towel holder, Torqueroligiverasacculum Genera finds a nest and potential mating area underneath.
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by mrtomservo 3mo ago
I wonder if unchecked capital accumulation combined with cutting the social safety net and major public works will lead to commerce without customers: An economy built on consumption where nobody has the money to consume.
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
You've got the crux already: > Stories are being weaponised by populists who thrive on fear and capitalists who benefit from monetising it. The best storytellers are winning attention and winning power and keeping their power by tel
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
This is a press release from a company that markets an AI relationship platform.
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
It sounds a bit like Canabalt, maybe? https://canabalt.com
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
While fun to look at, it becomes gibberish for assistive software like screen readers.
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I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President)(theverge.com)
7 points by mrtomservo 1y ago|1 comments
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
https://archive.ph/yRCSW
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Uncle Patrick's Secessionist Breakfast(sfchronicle.com)
2 points by mrtomservo 1y ago|1 comments
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
I've mentioned this here and elsewhere, but it's an app where you specify a word or phrase, and get a notification when someone else is nearby and has the same word or phrase set. Seems like a nice starter app. Good luck on your j
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
I live in a city with a large number of unhoused people. I think I would use unlimited resources to buy and renovate old buildings[1] downtown to build housing, and fund support services on-site to help people escape homelessness and addict
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
I love my 0.7mm Zebra Sarasa Clips (dark blue). I buy the refills to put in other pens. The ink dries nearly instantly. Not fancy, but a great workhorse pen.
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
https://archive.is/dkkWy
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
Could it have been https://poolsuite.net ?
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
This is the first earthquake where I got a ShakeAlert notification _before_ the shaking started. I had a good two seconds to think before I felt it, and that's pretty cool, all things considered.
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
I did notice some character encoding issues, but this is very helpful and handy, thank you! https://pure.md/https://unionize.fyi
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by mrtomservo 1y ago
I agree -- color bars pre-printed on tractor-feed paper would have used a Pantone ink, maybe a tint of 290 for blue, or 358 for green. Mills wouldn't have likely used a C+M+Y build: Why pay for three inks (and the potential for misregi
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by mrtomservo 2y ago
> Ricks, a native of the Ninth Ward, later told NBC Nightly News that he wrote the bulletin based on his previous experiences with Betsy and Camille. [...] The bulletin, and the rosary that Ricks clutched as he and his fellow forecasters
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National Weather Service Bulletin for Hurricane Katrina (2005)(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by mrtomservo 2y ago|1 comments
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by mrtomservo 2y ago
This is a personal anecdote, and just one data point, but still. I work on websites for customers, and frequently I'll need to (for example) iterate through some spreadsheet data, or convert a big object of this format to some other fo
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by mrtomservo 2y ago
I made a decent pizza sauce last night with help from ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/share/f8bb2dfb-6e14-4678-bbca-f5a338a490...
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by mrtomservo 2y ago
My uncle was the head of the projection department at Paramount Pictures for a long time, and he knew I liked Star Trek growing up. When we went to visit once, he gave me a VHS tape of Forbidden Planet, only saying I'd like the part th
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by mrtomservo 3y ago
This has been my experience as well. My wife has end-stage kidney disease, and we have found that the system works (for us!) when we stay within our hospital system. We don't travel much, we keep to within a certain radius of the hospi
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by mrtomservo 3y ago
Every year I go to the slightly-fancy supermarket in town and buy some gift cards for the people I can't think of presents for. Everyone buys food, and it's fun to find it in your wallet and have an excuse to go and get a nice blo
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by mrtomservo 3y ago
I was interested to try this out. I downloaded the app, and obtaining the mID was presented as an application process. The first step was to scan both sides of my driver license. The second step was to submit to a scan of my face, where the
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Ask HN: Bracing for Traffic
5 points by mrtomservo 3y ago|3 comments
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by mrtomservo 3y ago
As someone who has had a (brain stem) stroke, and also as someone with close family members that have/had dementia, thank you for your work.
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by mrtomservo 3y ago
I use the Just Press Record[1] app on my watch, and it transcribes the audio automatically. They're not anything sensitive or confidential, so the convenience is nice. 1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/just-pre
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Ask HN: Office Multifunction Copier/Printers
1 points by mrtomservo 4y ago|0 comments

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