ptcampbell

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by ptcampbell 5y ago
That is a cool story, thanks for sharing.
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by ptcampbell 5y ago
I live in the US now but miss having an avenue to pursue if unjustly treated as a consumer. A watchdog with a modicum of actual power is a good thing. A small example: at one point it felt as though mere mention of the ombudsman was enough
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I like System 76 and I use Pop OS on a desktop PC. I don't know how else to say this but crikey, these machines are ugly. Edit: I expect to be downvoted, and this is just my unhelpful, subjective opinion. But the font on those keys loo
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
This quote does not support your argument.
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
Wow. Do you have an example of this happening?
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I get the point you're trying to make but regarding the hotel analogy, I expect a lot more from a hotel than a video game. The trappings of a dodgy hotel are more universal than the subjective shortcomings of games whose tropes align t
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
My guess is Australians would continue to use a non localised version of Google. Bing and by extension DDG is awful for Australian results in my experience.
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Indie dev postmortem: Lenna’s Inception(lennasinception.com)
1 points by ptcampbell 6y ago|0 comments
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
As pointed out by others, a cheap HDMI to USB converter unlocks many possibilities. I use a Sony RX100 on a tripod plugged into a $20 eBay dongle. Works flawlessly cross platform, no drawbacks except there is no mic.
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Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam 'from nearby star'(theguardian.com)
7 points by ptcampbell 6y ago|0 comments
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
Can you elaborate on this?
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
Anyone know if GOG will process refunds? My cloud-sync has been munted from the get-go. Via Geforce Now the files have gone missing between sessions. Not to mention the numerous bugs I've encountered making certain missions unplayable
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I started baking bread when I moved to the US cos it was so hard to find any without sugar.
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
You are correct, I am very sorry.
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I did the same thing last year for similar reasons. Unfortunately there are some deal breakers for me and I’ll be going back to Mac. Easily the worst part for me, and it’s the same with Windows: Mouse scrolling, touchpad feel and gesture ex
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I've lived in the US for around 6 years. When I served on the board of a co-operative apartment building, I was taken aback by the level of detail tenants and some board members made for themselves in the event of a major catastrophe.
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by ptcampbell 6y ago
I believe the author is theorising a phenomenon not a conspiracy.
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Our love of the cloud is making a green energy future impossible(techcrunch.com)
6 points by ptcampbell 6y ago|3 comments
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
What a depressing, callous analogy. You are comparing the IP of an entertainment product to a drug of significant consequence to the health of citizens throughout the world. Well done.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
The tank was empty introducing it. I don’t think removing it reflects poorly.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
Only one half of you needs to be.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
Is voice chat always on?
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
I've found the "CPU Power Manager" add-on pretty good for battery life. I flick between the profiles depending on what I'm doing. Could be better, but I still get at least 4 hours on the "Multimedia" setting.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
I was using an add-on to enable experimental scaling but it's noticeably slower and my remote desktop client doesn't adjust its scaling accordingly. But you're right – browser scaling gets you half way.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
Mac user here. Still use a desktop Mac mini daily, but have replaced my 13" Macbook Pro for a 14" Thinkpad running Ubuntu. So far so good. Haven't had nearly the amount of hardware issues reported in this thread. Only the fin
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
I thought this was going to be about US healthcare.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
I am not advocating a blanket ban on all guns. Rifles, sure. For hunting, sport, farming etc. But semi-automatic AR-15s have no place in a civil society. Preventing access to them seems like a sensible compromise, and it has been demonstrat
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
It sounds like you just disagree with its contention. I don’t see anything gratuitously provocative here at all.
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
> Their laws prevent it. That's the problem with these comparisons. You have to compare apples to apples. Oh, OK. Different then. Had better move on. > I'm sure they have pretty good gun control in North Korea. There's
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by ptcampbell 7y ago
> If you can guarantee a society without weapons then everyone is comfortable not having any. Introduce asymmetry and the arms race begins. I haven't seen any evidence of an arms race in Australia or NZ, for example. > This is a

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