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by yial 1mo ago
I can’t speak to the person you’re responding to, but I can share that in the time period they’re discussing geocaching was harder for many caches. I don’t remember ever not using gps for geocaching of course. But I do remember that the pho
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by yial 1mo ago
In 2012-2015 ish, I was building FPV quads, planes for universities. (I say quad because at the time we were staunch drones kill people….) I really don’t think you need ai for any of this. The stuff today is so easy plug and play. There’s s
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by yial 3mo ago
I have fond memories of SCSI. I by chance had purchased a workstation, using almost all of the money I had saved at the time as a kid. While dated, and late in the SCSI days, the SCSI HDD and AGP video slot seemed mind blowing in their ca
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by yial 5mo ago
Long time member / supporter / donator of Longwood Gardens here… it’s a wonderful place to visit if able - while their Christmas display is well known - I personally prefer spring / early fall to be able to more easily walk a
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by yial 5mo ago
Through my professional / personal network, I know someone who advertises himself as being a “Best Selling Amazon Author in XYZ category.” It is semi niche, but I did some ballpark math, and about 72 sales rapidly would put him in the
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by yial 6mo ago
I send and receive between work and personal probably 1,200-1,500 packages a year. I’ve stopped using UPS except when I absolutely have to. I would say 10-20% of UPS packages have some delivery issue from damaged to lost. USPS is sitting at
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by yial 6mo ago
The 5D mkii (or mkIV) are fantastic cameras - the Mkii when coupled with magic lantern is a fantastic camera still in my opinion. Glass is of course important, but I’ve taken nearly all of the digital shots I’m proud of on a mkii. (Most of
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by yial 6mo ago
I started to write a stupid comment about how insanely fast the focus on the EOS R5 C is- only to remember it’s a non reflex ! The difference in focal time between my 5D mkii even with the best lenses, and the R5 C with a cine servo or vcm
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by yial 7mo ago
I’ve self hosted a server for various things going back to somewhere around 2006/7? Whenever I finally had access to a non dial up connection. I’ve not always used it for anything amazing, over the years it’s been just an ftp server, j
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by yial 7mo ago
https://archive.ph/2026.02.20-153638/https://www.cnn.com/202...
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by yial 7mo ago
Not the person you’re replying to but backing up what you’re saying - I read a lot of fiction for pleasure, I can say with some assurance whether I’ve read a certain fiction book, or, any book I’ve read for pure pleasure. (Though as time go
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by yial 7mo ago
I also loved the number on the sign post from a while ago! This post made my night - something about it feels so fun and easy to relate to.
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by yial 7mo ago
The type of wire I suggested is easily found in the U.S. (apologies for my bias there) as large as 6g. 10-12g would be in the right range I believe. The shielding might not be needed, the low cost for single conductor wire is why I mentione
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by yial 7mo ago
Wouldn’t SOOW (or THHN/THWN-2 )in 14 or 16 gauge be appropriate for this?
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by yial 7mo ago
There are different norms in the U.S. - where I am- generally 5 mph over the posted speed on side roads, and ~9 over on interstates / highways. You are very unlikely to get stopped for either of those. Another commented using an examp
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by yial 7mo ago
Apologies - you’re correct. I should have been more specific in that I was referencing the scenario of: I’m car 2, waiting to pass car 1. (Who’s passing a car slowly ). I have safe following distance. Car 3, passes me in the right lane, an
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by yial 7mo ago
I don’t think what you’re describing is quite the same thing. At least I hope not. More concrete example: He will be going 65 mph in slow lane. Come up on a car. (Left lane empty). Slam on his brakes. Follow them at 50 mph for 1-3 minutes &
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by yial 7mo ago
Submitting nothing and missing a deadline is probably worse than submitting something. It’s great in the way of good to an extreme. I would say this trend started in 2019/2020 however.
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by yial 7mo ago
The fast lane isn’t always faster is very true! Haha What I will say is some of this may be the difference between manual driving - and automatic. If I’m manually driving - where my follow distance fluctuates more due to speed / traffi
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by yial 7mo ago
In the auto cruise example, it’s leaving perhaps 2 - 2.5 car distances. In close traffic the average human I would bet is leaving 1 or less then 1. The issue is not that I can’t rebuild the following distance, the point I’m trying to make i
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by yial 7mo ago
I do drive in the slow lane frequently - and this still occurs. (My go to is to set my cruise 6-9 mph over the speed limit, if passing to smoothly pass and get back over, and spend as much time as possible in the slow lane. ) However - I wi
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by yial 7mo ago
I wouldn’t relate this directly to cognitive performance. But my anecdotal experience working with younger employees / interns has been an uptick in situations where they become “paralyzed” by a fear of making a mistake, coupled with t
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by yial 7mo ago
I would argue I can still say it /can/ cut off 50 minutes. If you do a comparison of a 600 mile trip at 60 vs 55 you’re pretty close. But yes, to be pedantic and more exact, you are spot on that it will get you 50 miles closer. Bu
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by yial 7mo ago
This is true - but it’s hard even for “good” drivers to always understand especially on roads they might not be familiar with. Example: open space on either side of the road, tends to encourage people to drive faster. Closing that space (wh
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by yial 7mo ago
A cousin of mine is abysmal to drive with as a passenger. He follows too closely to the car in front of him, regardless of lane / speed. He will slow down, follow closely, and then aggressively pass. Repeating ad nauseam. No smooth mai
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by yial 7mo ago
I concur with you regarding gamification. When I am aware of the gamification it fills me with exhaustion to annoyance to extreme frustration. This is especially true of things that I want to use for one purpose. I also think some of the ca
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by yial 7mo ago
It doesn’t - but people don’t necessarily make rational choices regarding speed and driving. There’s a tendency to de personalize other drivers. A slight increase in average speed really only makes a significant difference over long drives.
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by yial 7mo ago
This is accurate in many ways. I use the auto cruise feature on my car frequently and I notice several things happen unless I set the distance as close as possible (which I don’t like to do. ). 1. In any amount of traffic above “a few cars
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by yial 8mo ago
I have an HP-12C I keep In my laptop bag, and I also have a construction calculator I use on occasion. The most valuable is usually the printing calculator I use for totaling sums on occasion.
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by yial 8mo ago
I still use one of mine on occasion. I would say 2-6 times a month.

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