thisisnico

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by thisisnico 2mo ago
This is really sad. I used to listen to Cranky Geeks religiously when I was younger. I was always excited about a new episode. I still remember many of them. I remember them talking about web 2.0 and what that means, talking about twitter,
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by thisisnico 2y ago
Anecdata as well: I own a 2022 Jeep Wrangler 4xe that comes with a 17KW battery pack with Samsung Prismatic Cells, battery management includes liquid cooling with chiller, liquid heating for winter months. I've seen about 10% degradati
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by thisisnico 2y ago
The RayBan AR Glasses are about right for size/style. This is not something I would wear out in public. Cool technology, lacks style. Style for a wearable is necessary.
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by thisisnico 2y ago
It may have been an illegal increase, any apartment built before 2018 in Ontario is subject to rent control, 2.5% was the max this year. RealPage would only have an affect on new leases with new apartments. Your lease does not renew, it aut
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by thisisnico 3y ago
As a Canadian, living in Southern Ontario, I couldn't agree more with your assessment. Somehow we are ranking #1 on so many charts for quality of life etc. I'm starting to believe these sites and reviews of Canada are paid for. We
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by thisisnico 3y ago
Having worked in manufacturing IT, I can tell you that the security of shop floor systems is an afterthought. A lot of the systems are German based, and they are set in their ways when it comes to IT, they find something that works and they
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by thisisnico 3y ago
Where I live in Canada here it's like a mini-china when it comes to shops and manufacturing. You can speak to someone that speaks English and won't steal your product. As well as USD is worth more than CAD, you will get a decent d
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by thisisnico 3y ago
I work as an IT Infrastructure Architect for VMware and Windows Based Enterprise workloads and a lot of the time it's just more cost effective to have the servers in house for many of the workloads. It isn't the case for ALL workl
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by thisisnico 3y ago
As someone that works at an IT company, not a software company, Almost every customer that started with google is switching to o365. Nearly 99% of our clients are on o365 or are switching from on-prem exchange to o365. I can see maybe the b
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by thisisnico 4y ago
I'll be patiently waiting for the vermintide - the day the rats fight back.
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by thisisnico 4y ago
This is my childhood and much of my teenage-hood!
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by thisisnico 4y ago
Sell it yourself.
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by thisisnico 4y ago
Honestly he's got some obsessive issues here. Mental health issues that he's willing to try anything to be younger. He doesn't look young in the face and very little can change that. He must be very insecure about it. The sad
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by thisisnico 4y ago
There is data that shows that exercise can reverse-aging, I forget the mechanism. Calorie-restriction can do the same, through a different mechanism. It's reversed up to a limit of course, the sands of time continue on.
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by thisisnico 4y ago
Couldn't agree more.
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by thisisnico 4y ago
Considering that China has the ultimate power over apple with Foxconn manufacturing their device in China. Apple makes a lot of money because of China, China can have a lot of influence over Apple. I'm not pro-China, pro-America, pro-a
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by thisisnico 4y ago
How does real estate make sense when interest rates are rising?
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by thisisnico 4y ago
This really just depends on where you work
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by thisisnico 4y ago
When you live up north you quickly realize that a bike is not a all-season practical mode of transportation. Additionally, when you have kids, everything changes.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
10KRPM SAS drives in my SAN.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Canada, US, UK, and more are blocking their ability to withdrawal foreign reserves.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Have been reading since the beginning, it's amazing what social media can do but, thank you for all your amazing articles and knowledge! Helped me jump start my IT career and now I'm a Sr. Sysadmin :)
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Immigration will make up for the difference.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Not necessarily, let's say it's a 2008, you can easily find 300 junkers now worth almost nothing.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
We have a Toshiba CNC machine at our shop that enters paths like this on the controller, always wondered why; now I know.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
This seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
I feel like extraordinary monetization of reddit would ruin reddit, and the reason why people actually like reddit.
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Honestly, from a social media perspective, TikTok feels like the least toxic environment. Nobody is showing off their new homes, cars, kids, spending. It feels like a significantly reduced pressure to produce. Many of my friends are just co
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Living in Canada, I have Fiber optic now, but I definitely pay for it. We have total telecom monopolistic practices that send prices upwards over time. It's in the news all the time, Canadians pay more than most countries in the world
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by thisisnico 5y ago
Both of my parents grew up as farmers. It's an astronomical amount of work. The costs are insane, unless you have massive scale it's impossible to compete. The farmland was sold off to large scale farming operations because they c

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