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by rlue 13d ago
Here’s a great series from Pace Electronics from 1980: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL926EC0F1F93C1837&si=srD8... I have not found a modern resource that explains it better.
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by rlue 7mo ago
+1. I come online to discover new things because there's less friction online than anywhere else. What's more, digging through a mountain of content to find something that resonates with you is a form of work in its own right. Mic
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by rlue 8mo ago
I suspect all mammals depend on colonies of gut flora to survive. Humans are no exception.
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by rlue 8mo ago
Like all the other commenters here, I also devised my own solution—but AFAICT, it's the only other solution that's automated! Requirements: * macOS * Zoom * Home Assistant * A signal light/sign on a smart switch (li
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by rlue 9mo ago
Very informative, thanks
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by rlue 9mo ago
Very curious what other tripods you’ve found suitable for this purpose. At my own workstation, I use a pair of adhesive dashboard mounts, which allows me to achieve some pretty extreme tenting (see https://www.reddit.com/r&#
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by rlue 9mo ago
I have also contemplated wearing a keyboard on my pants and using a pair of “XR glasses” (like those by X-Real or Viture) as a display. I would absolutely never do this in a public place, much less a crowded one. This guy’s figured it out t
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by rlue 9mo ago
I use koreader, including its OPDS server support! While I'm always grateful for all FOSS (and especially for well-written FOSS), koreader's OPDS UI still has a long way to go to approximate what I'm imagining. It's basi
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by rlue 9mo ago
My dream for an open e-book reader is to have some kind of graphical OPDS browser as a substitute for the commercial storefronts offered by Amazon/Rakuten/etc. If you could host and publish your own ebook library (using BookLore o
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by rlue 11mo ago
The better example for this design principle is the big green button on copy machines. The copier has many functions, but 99% of users don't bother with 99% of them. For a little history on this design, see https://athinking
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by rlue 11mo ago
Can you elaborate on or cite a source as to why this practice is incorrect? The Nitecore D4 battery charger supports recharging of this and other sizes of Li-ion batteries (in addition to NiMH), so I am skeptical that it is inherently dange
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by rlue 1y ago
I'm skeptical that new materials like this will meaningfully drive down the demand for virgin plastic packaging. The problem is not just the absence of good alternatives; it's the fact that plastic is the fossil fuel industry&#x27
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by rlue 1y ago
Grassroots protected spaces for/by oppressed classes != institutionalized segregation.
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by rlue 1y ago
Yes, this naming is really unfortunate. It appears to be inspired by a fictional river from the LOTR-iverse: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Anduin
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by rlue 1y ago
Selective access to a set of user-specified photos is a native feature of iOS. Any time an app prompts you to choose some photos from your photo reel, you are first given the option to explicitly choose which photos the app even has access
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by rlue 1y ago
It technically doesn't say "self-contained", but it does say "portable" and "self-updating", which I must agree is misleading.
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by rlue 1y ago
Your prediction is about a hardware product, and your examples are both software products (one is a browser and another is a mobile OS, both of which are platforms for running other software, and thus extremely well-suited to the task of re
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by rlue 1y ago
Great concept. But author, if you're reading this: a piece like this could be so much better with a quick summary of what it does somewhere in the first two paragraphs. Something like: "I've leveraged my home automation syste
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by rlue 1y ago
How is the latency? All mainstream chat apps have low-enough latency that a live conversation feels fluid and natural, whereas I frequently encounter situations where I have to wait up to five or ten seconds for an email to come through. Th
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by rlue 1y ago
The one time I ever rode in a waymo (in Los Angeles), I had a contradictory experience. My Waymo was attempting to make a right turn at a red light. We were stopped behind a human driver who was waiting for pedestrians to finish crossing be
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by rlue 1y ago
Am I the only one who thought the lead photo should have included Gen 1 iMac vs. latest lineup? Even the 2021 anodized aluminum version is comparatively muted!
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by rlue 2y ago
This sounds uncharacteristically earnest for anything coming out of the Trump administration, but don't let that distract you from the irony here. Trump attempted a coup of his own four years ago. He may have legitimately won the elect
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by rlue 2y ago
On the contrary, I think it could make perfect sense: What's written in the law is one thing, and how it's enforced is another; I would argue that the former should be done with consideration to the latter. Based on my own experie
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by rlue 2y ago
This is the subject of a fun little ditty on Vulfpeck’s upcoming live album: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T7ahw2jhpdE
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by rlue 2y ago
You’re right; what I should have said was “everyone who disagrees with me is operating from a morally inferior value system!” but that’s not as pithy. In case you’d prefer something more prosaic: there is a difference between stating a cont
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by rlue 2y ago
“Everyone who disagrees with me is wrong. But if you take this irreversible life choice that lots of people actually regret, I sincerely feel that you are likely to see the light.” People shouldn’t have kids to soothe their existential mala
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by rlue 2y ago
That’s called a ring chart or a sunburst chart.
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by rlue 2y ago
+300, it’s kind of tragic that the general public’s concern around GMOs seems centered on the perceived dangers of ingesting them, rather than Monsanto’s relentless track record of predatory litigation and their apparent mission to monopoli
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by rlue 2y ago
So-called niche media hype is the reason gp thinks cat women are the product of toxoplasmosis. A general explanation for cat women themselves (along with all your other examples) is culture.
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by rlue 2y ago
No, that is not the kind of equality this discussion is about. In this case, we are asking whether two hypothetical people who are completely identical in every way except for their genitals will receive the same opportunities, rewards, and

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