wmsmith

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by wmsmith 2y ago
I don't know why I know this, but the first five digits of a win95 key were a julian date. Your cd was pressed on the 352nd of 1996, or December 18th.
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by wmsmith 2y ago
I don't know how many vacuum cleaners I ruined with those little wires, and I still don't understand what a j/k flipflop foes, but I did spend three days wiring up a wheel of fortune circuit to marvel at what was possible wit
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by wmsmith 2y ago
Reminds me of the sound racer v8[0]. This gismo was a lot more fun that people gave it credit for -- it read the rpm from the 12v signal in the power and modulated a v8 over fm. Had a blast in my little four cylinder sounding like a beefy v
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by wmsmith 3y ago
You're welcome. I just finished linux-ifying the last pc in the house. I'm sure this is what brought us over the edge. I mean all we need is a browser and steam. Both work halfway decent on mint on older hardware. Sometimes inksca
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by wmsmith 3y ago
That's news to me! Thank you for sharing!
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by wmsmith 3y ago
Payment gateways (paypal, apple, google), in general, do NOT let you cancel individual services and are linked to your CC. Vendors (I'm looking at you, Audible!) constantly hide their account termination under layers of dark patterns.
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by wmsmith 3y ago
Asking a centralized body (IETF) to do something about centralization. Rules for thee but not for me?
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by wmsmith 3y ago
Honestly, stories like this (and similar when streaming services change catalogs) is why I've gone back to DVDs. Nobody has knocked on my door (yet) to get those back. Han Shot first! I had to find an old VHS to see this with my own ey
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by wmsmith 3y ago
I think this speaks tremendous volumes to the legacy of these programs. Using this site, I fired up an old unix v6 on a simulated pdp11. I've never used a pdp 11 or unix v6. I was able, within a few seconds, navigate the system and fin
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by wmsmith 3y ago
It's not the vacuum, guys! Still super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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by wmsmith 3y ago
I wouldn't deface them, but I keep a couple mutetheads[0] stickers in my glovebox. Perhaps I can share the "secret mute" button with the next person. [0] MuteTheAds.com
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by wmsmith 3y ago
I didn't know that archive did YouTube. Thank you very much
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Ask HN: Is there an archive of videos like archive.today?
7 points by wmsmith 3y ago|3 comments
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Netflix is raising prices, again(npr.org)
28 points by wmsmith 3y ago|37 comments
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by wmsmith 3y ago
From the article: Netflix also announced it's raising the price for its most expensive streaming service by $2 to $23 per month in the U.S. — a 10% increase — and its lowest-priced, ad-free streaming plan to $12 — another $2 bump. The
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by wmsmith 3y ago
While I believe that HA is very cool and many vendors provide valuable solutions, we must consider what happens when we die. This is just one anecdote, but I believe the problem is more pervasive. I was called to an elderly lady's home
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by wmsmith 3y ago
(Not to mention I can pre-record a stream for participation in long company calls)
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by wmsmith 3y ago
A can of green paint. Seriously. I painted the wall behind me green. OBS studio does my pre-filter and keys well off the wall. Certain services (aws chime and Google talk on firefox), don't do virtual backgrounds and none of them frame