willmacdonald

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by willmacdonald 7mo ago
I'm about to get my second shot of Shingrix. In the clinic it says it lasts for about 12 years. I think it just means you can return in 12 years.
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by willmacdonald 7mo ago
In Sweden the Shingrix vaccine is associated with reduced stroke and dementia. https://sveavaccin.se/vaccinationer/baltros/
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by willmacdonald 2y ago
It doesn't mention anything on the main github page, but this can be installed with: brew install oolite
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by willmacdonald 3y ago
If you have a M1/2/3 Mac you can install the iPad version of Authy which works as a replacement.
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by willmacdonald 3y ago
Thanks for mentioning FocusMate! I used it many years ago, but had since forgotten it's name. No amount of googling found it.
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by willmacdonald 3y ago
My last name is Macdonald, however most banks in the UK change it to MacDonald, which is incorrect.
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by willmacdonald 3y ago
Couldn't this be related the side of the car you drive on? In Sweden & America your left arm would be more exposed to sun. Here is an example: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage...
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by willmacdonald 3y ago
We had a similar problem in Sweden when trying to renew passports. A black market developed as covid eased. Everyone was trying at the same time. Some one made a browser extension which repeatedly tried to book appointments. The government
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
In the article the author talks of WiFi interference. Try using MAC filtering. In previous experiments it drastically improved through put. I know the mac address can be spoofed, provides no security and can be a pain to set up when everyth
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
Slavery is definitely not abolished in the West. It is rife in the UK and Europe.
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
I had frequently ran into problems trying to receive SMS 2FA tokens using Signal. Had to switch back to the default app on Android.
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
I loved Simplenote, however from I could see the notes were not encrypted on the server. I have moved to Standard Notes, which looks VERY similar to OP notes app. Just this this: https://simplenote.com/help/#sync-encryp
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
I'm in Stockholm too. I find klart.se, SMHI or yr.no to work pretty well.
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
There is a great mac app called https://imageoptim.com/mac It tries - zopfli - PNGOUT - OxiPNG - AdvPNG - PNGCrush - JpegOptim - Jpegtran - Guetzli - Gifsicle - SVGO - svgcleaner And picks the best result. You can tweak a
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
In Sweden you get frozen raspberries, strawberries, cherries, passion fruit, mango, lingon, black berries plus other unusual berries. Frozen avocado too!
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by willmacdonald 4y ago
Super Agent works great! What a difference it makes.
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by willmacdonald 5y ago
I experimented with a few of these retro gaming systems. This one really stands out in terms of the UI. Lovely retro graphics, wallpaper, loading screen etc. All of the systems are still FAR too confusing for the casual user. Installing Rec
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by willmacdonald 5y ago
Making marmalade, no tech angle, just nice to work your hands! https://marmageddon.se/
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by willmacdonald 5y ago
Le Haine (95) had a great flying camera scene: https://youtu.be/4qo3EwozH0Y (about half way through) Great Film too!
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by willmacdonald 5y ago
I would suggest finding something that is fun, that you _want_ to do. Something you look forward to doing! I just started playing badminton, which is great fun! Already planning my next few matches. (It is cheap, easy & accessible.)
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by willmacdonald 5y ago
Not exactly the same, but regarding a slightly similar setting in browsers. I had problems getting some 3rd party widget working in a webpage. I had enabled 'Do Not Track' in the browser, which broke the widget. I'm sure the
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
Launchbar for Mac from obdev.at. Makes using a mac so much quicker and simpler.
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
I remember doing that with RS-232 connections and Doom 1.
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
On a related note I can really recommend 'The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish' https://amzn.to/37YFKcy
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
Apple would not let me register a developer account using my domain name macscan.net. Got a letter from their legal team. This was not for any product or app I was even thinking of making. This was purely: 'You cannot use that email ad
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
The section about false cleaner fish is even more intriguing.
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
Seems similar to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88 The Cambridge Computer Z88 is an A4-size, lightweight, portable Z80-based computer with a built-in combined word processing/spreadsheet/datab
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
I think that unions in Sweden would be better classified as Professional Societies. There are unions for different professions, and they help with training, education, discounts etc. A lot of people in UK and America unions are associated w
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by willmacdonald 6y ago
I have a similar issue with Safari. I have not opened it for months, but every so often it is the frontmost app after waking.
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Google productises its own not-a-VPN secure remote access tool(theregister.co.uk)
2 points by willmacdonald 6y ago|0 comments

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