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by red369 6d ago
I wouldn't criticise that view, because it was better than the 1st Gen SE (2016) in many ways, but did you ever use that first SE? It was even nicer to hold, and I preferred Touch ID. I think most people would agree the 13 Mini is the
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by red369 6d ago
I regretted it too after I went with an SE 2022. I thought the battery life would be better, and I thought I didn't want to swap Touch ID for Face ID. 18 months ago I bought a used iPhone 13 Mini, and much prefer it. I used to feel unh
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by red369 7d ago
At least some of the time, when people refer to using their phone as a computer, I think they're talking about plugging into an external monitor through USB-C, and using the phone as a desktop with a keyboard and mouse. I've tried
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by red369 8d ago
I also remember reading this - that unless there is oil and grease which requires soap to remove, then water alone is effective. At the time it seemed to me it was somewhere fairly reputable. From memory, the idea was that soap reduced the
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by red369 14d ago
Thanks! That makes it more understandable how he ended up in that situation.
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by red369 14d ago
Love this story. There is something interesting that nags at me though. - There's a test pilot on staff at the base, but they're not qualified for the Lightning. - There's a test that needs doing, which doesn't require a
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by red369 15d ago
Safari with the uBlock Origin Lite extension works well for me - even with "Web page Contents and Browsing History" permission set to 'Deny' for all websites.
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by red369 15d ago
I like "Vinegar - Tube Cleaner" for this. It's not a perfect solution - I have occasionally noticed it leading to some buggy behaviour in the YouTube/YouTube Music sites using Safari, but nothing anywhere near as bad as
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by red369 15d ago
Even further off-topic, but I recommend you and the parent poster watch the Buffy episode Normal Again, and the 116 episodes before it. Not waking up, but also an example of the "none of this is real" idea. I'm not sure if I&
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Stonehenge – From Restoration to Conservation(english-heritage.org.uk)
2 points by red369 16d ago|1 comments
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by red369 17d ago
I haven't got any experience with talking to Opus in different styles, but was surprised by the difference in style ChatGPT had talking to my niece. Lots more crying emojis for a start.
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by red369 17d ago
That's not a good sign. Have you checked that you're not a robot? I liked this short movie on the theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrLQXR7mKU
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by red369 20d ago
Sigh! I am so far from having this ability. Reminds me of the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Andy talks about having an easy time in the hole because he could listen to music in his head. It's interesting to think each person
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by red369 21d ago
Also I've often heard, and now seen one example myself, that it's easier to dispute a credit card transaction than a debit card transaction.
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Cookie started its life as a plastic bottle(acs.org)
5 points by red369 22d ago|0 comments
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by red369 23d ago
Yes - sadly extinct. There are still a few seeds that mostly fail to grow. I know next to nothing about it, except that the seeds must be very rare.
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by red369 24d ago
Agree trees are awesome! Wood the rarest material? Pfft! I know you're joking, but I'm glad you raised that things that are common on Earth can actually be rare in the universe, and vice-versa. I forget that unless reminded. There
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by red369 1mo ago
Interesting that this works. I know I have been frustrated recently when trying to take a screenshot of a bank transfer or something similar, but I couldn't find which app that was to test again. I tested on the iOS Passwords app, and
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by red369 2mo ago
I'm bitterly disappointed with the shape (aspect ratio) of that front screen, if the one on the iPhone Ultra is likely to be similar. I got my hopes unrealistically high based on a single comment I saw somewhere here on HN, that if App
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by red369 2mo ago
I'm a bit slow on looking at this, but looks to me like it is for a full-electric conversion and not to a hybrid? Still very cool to see and I hope it goes well for him. The more options the better.
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by red369 2mo ago
:) I was confused by the parent post too. Perhaps they mean that you see the neighbourhood before you even see the house. A little like the first impression of the house is made before even seeing the actual house.
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by red369 2mo ago
But Veracrypt can be used for encryption of a volume, without creating a hidden volume. I assume it would often be used this way. The $5 wrench decryption technique would be even more unpleasant if you hadn’t created a hidden volume, as the
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by red369 2mo ago
I once expected an aftermarket industry to pop-up to hybridize old cars. Old rear-wheel drive manual cars sound easiest. Generator attached to the flywheel instead of the starter motor, and then find some way to squeeze a drive motor by the
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by red369 2mo ago
My 1994 Toyota Celica had a vent beneath the steering column. It didn't have airbags, ABS braking, cruise control, electric seats, a 5th gear - it was missing all kinds of features that more luxurious cars had then, and even basic cars
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by red369 3mo ago
Always loved this from The Big Short (movie): "In the years that followed, hundreds of bankers and rating agency's executives went to jail. The SEC was completely overhauled, and Congress had no choice but to break up the big bank
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by red369 3mo ago
I have visited very few Indian government sites, but the list does include indianvisaonline.gov.in. Some have been horribly confusing, but some haven't. I did manage to get my Visa, complete with 17ish identical confirmation emails (I&
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by red369 3mo ago
I think you're right, if you're referring to the hardware. But there are also ever rising hardware requires for the built in apps and the rest of the operating system. An iPad which we bought around 5 years ago, which was still on
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by red369 3mo ago
Back before I got used to Google cancelling all of their projects, I was immensely excited, then disappointed by this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara
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by red369 3mo ago
Ok, me too now. But you can’t have that, so maybe you could settle for a high-reving V8 in a tunnel?
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by red369 4mo ago
Just in case, this video has more detail than you're likely to want on how the E:HEV works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLUIExAnNcE

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