sfled

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by sfled 2mo ago
Ah the memories... I was doing in-home tech support and repair back in the day, and an elderly gentleman had let his seven year-old grandson use his Win 98 box unsupervised for 30 minutes or so. The end result looked just like win1998.com!
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by sfled 3y ago
Nothing wrong with them. I use them for a few names and inexpensive hosting. I've had a good experiences the few times I've used their chat-based support. I was saddened that there were some CSR issues when Russia invaded Ukraine,
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by sfled 3y ago
Currently: DirectNIC and Namecheap Past: One&One, Hostgator Hallowed antiquity: Network Solutions, when domain names cost $100 and you were happy with .com, .net, or .org dammit.
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by sfled 4y ago
I'll usually leave one of those 8- or 10-hour "soft waves on an island beach" clips playing in the BG. Nice alternative if the view out the window is snow, lol. If I want a little emo-boost for ADHD I'll just watch a few
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by sfled 4y ago
That is a little strange. Perhaps management and the developer team want to try to keep it as apolitical as possible? By the same token, it's pretty effortless to indulge in my penchant for conspiracies and call ChatGPT a MAGAI. *Edite
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by sfled 4y ago
My browser doesn't render two spaces in a row unless they're   .
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by sfled 4y ago
Script feels faster than block. Also, I enjoy using a good pen or pencil and just writing in script. My handwriting is OK. Funny thing though; If I use a pencil for writing it's better if I'm using a single sheet on a hard surface
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by sfled 4y ago
Every once in a while I'll get a customer who is using older versions of a language. I keep my old books for these guys, especially after having to repurchase a few books used on amz.
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by sfled 4y ago
Somewhere along the line I automatically started internally multiplying monthly payments into yearly payments. It really helps when I'm in the decision stage.
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by sfled 8y ago
Needs more shredder.
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by sfled 9y ago
A Variant of the Abigail Oath I am hired because I know what I am doing, not because I will do whatever I am told is a good idea. This might cost me bonuses, raises, promotions, and may even label me as "undesirable" by places I d
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by sfled 9y ago
Apple's best innovations have been in the form of exploiting tax shelters.
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Hurricane Damage in Puerto Rico Leads to Fears of Drug Shortages Nationwide(nytimes.com)
2 points by sfled 9y ago|0 comments
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by sfled 9y ago
Marty: Why don’t you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder? Nigel: (pause) These go to eleven.
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by sfled 9y ago
I use a 1998 "Wallstreet" PowerBook G3 running OS 9.2 and MS Office 98 for word processing, some email, and spreadsheets. No Wi-Fi, so I tether it to another laptop via Ethernet.
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What is the real reason we sleep?(bbc.com)
156 points by sfled 10y ago|84 comments
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by sfled 13y ago
Not a logo. A logotype.
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by sfled 16y ago
Seems like by "designers" it means you would like contributions from "graphic designers", yeah? Just my humble, but designers, like programmers, can grow as their knowledge and experience encompasses more techniques. From drawing to composi