qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Do you have a bulk food store nearby? We have one where you can BYO containers, tare and label them, and then fill them up at the store. Bulk food with no bags or single-use containers, it's great.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this useful?

https://github.com/rodlie/powerkit

Not affiliated and haven't used it, but its tagline of "Desktop Independent Power Manager" seems like it fits the bill.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Plate nuts are really useful, used them on vacuum systems in grad school. Once threaded by hand, you don't need a wrench for the nut end since the other nut prevents the plate from rotating. Made star-pattern tightening a large flange with cramped access relatively easy.

Can't believe I went through years of grad school with puerile labmates and never once heard (or used) that phrase...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Shut the fuck up, Alexander! You're out of your element.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Debian got me through grad school.

Not the latest and greatest (if you run stable), but if you need the latest e.g. Julia, it's not too bad to compile it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

RHEL would like a word ;)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"popularity contest" is an opt-in on Debian. It's not malicious, and it's not for financial gain, but it is in a loose sense spying.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

Toss up between VOY and DS9 for me (VOY catchier but a little more saccharin). TNG just a bit too...exuberant.

VOY fun to really ham it up on the piano though.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

I think the 1st-party device support is a little trickier on Linux than on Windows, which IMHO hampers the widespread adoption of Linux on the desktop.

The reason it's trickier is that the Linux kernel has no stable API or ABI


which is ultimately a good thing ( https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst ), but for closed source drivers presents a problem.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Dynaco ST-70 stereo tube amp, probably from the 60s (no date on them that I can tell).

Very proud of it, got it for free at a garage sale. Replaced selenium rectifier with silicon diodes, a few new caps, and new tubes. Sounds great.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

On my Mac running yabai it sometimes gets into this weird state where the mouse does this as it toggles rapidly back and forth between some windows. No idea what causes it...

On Linux I run i3 which kinda negates the need for the mouse finder since it will move the cursor to the active window.

I guess I didn't remotely answer you question though!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Lot of folks here making the "nothing to hide? Great show me your browsing history" type arguments.

I think this isn't really arguing in good faith. There's a big difference between a personal friend knowing something about you, and a faceless algorithm knowing something about you. The two cases are different; it's fair to argue about how one is better or worse, but they are different.

 

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Alvin

Sounds like it was (shocker) really well designed. It even sank once when a cable snapped on support boat


crew escaped, and it was recovered and retrofit. And if things go sideways, the cabin/titanium sphere could detach, floating freely up to the surface.

After hearing about OceanGate, deep sea subs sounded terrifying


but reading about this is somehow very comforting.

 

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