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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years? on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:29PM (#45310057)
I quit my last job. I found myself thinking that the easy way out was really attractive, and I was seeing fewer and fewer downsides. Then I thought, I might as well quit, enjoy as much as I could, then take the easy way out when my account ran down to zero. Then, as it was approaching zero, I found out I could start withdrawing pension from my old job, with a heavy penalty for doing so early. Fuck it. I did that. Now I'm limping by on about $1500 a month. It's working for now, but I can imagine the end not too far away. But that eternal darkness is more attractive than dealing with the day to day bullshit of working while my country falls quickly into fascism, in addition to the normal fucked up capitalist morality and thinking.
This is what I've used for years. I guess my use case is probably different than what OP posted as I don't understand what I might gain from his plugin.
I don't see a single thing wrong with that sentence.
Re:Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected on Friday January 24, 2025 @10:29PM (#42819211)
The article says this version sends it back out on the same power lines, either used by other trains or pushed back into the grid. Seems like a perfect job for supercapacitors, although I have no idea about the feasibility of that solution. I imagine that batteries having huge input/output cycles like that wouldn't be healthy for them. Again, pulled from my imagination because I don't really know much about battery wear/use.
Re:I got a heat pump, and my energy bill went up on Sunday January 19, 2025 @10:01PM (#42764561)
He was out of town for 3 weeks the year before. He then compared to previous years and his use is way down.
What's a middle manager to do if s/he can't Lumbergh around the office?
Re:Moral Progress Is Annoying on Monday January 13, 2025 @05:29PM (#42690378)
I developed my own internal system of values or ethics when I was in high school. I thought it was great. Then I went to University, read Hume, Mill, et al. and realized that my thoughts were not original at all. That didn't make them less relevant, just made me a little disappointed. I spent a disillusioned year or two thinking University was just going to be giving proper names to thoughts I'd already pondered.
Re:How do you backup your Android? on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:18PM (#42651832)
Is that really an issue? I just haven't seen a file name with a newline in it. If so, couldn't it just be run with -o0?
Re:How do you backup your Android? on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:08PM (#42651781)
Just install a couple Magisk modules and your banking app should work fine. At least mine does.
Any complaint that starts with "used meta..." just loses me. It's like, I stuck this needle into my left testicle and now that testicle hurts.
I bought a used '14 Leaf in '16. It has been a great car with very little battery degradation. Sure, I'm not going to be taking it on any long trips, but for 90% of my driving it is great. I paid $11k for it. Best car purchase I've made in 30+ years of car ownership.
> backpacking with high school friends in the Catalina Islands

Channel Islands or Catalina Island. Something fishy there. Probably some OpenAI written article. Don't trust it. The new AI overlords are trying to manipulate us all.

Re:Why are so many Americans acting like a pack of ghouls? on Saturday December 14, 2024 @06:11PM (#42420165)
Seems like a nothing opinion piece offering no new insights.
Re:Yinpiao Zhou Charged with Drone Flying over Vandenberg on Thursday December 12, 2024 @06:46PM (#42404591)
I wonder what a drone shot would give the CCP, that they wouldn't already have from satellites.
Re:ChatGPT Is Down on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @09:05PM (#42395404)
Oh no. How will I be able to "write" code or reply to an email?
Re:Louis Rossmann for FTC chair [video] on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @08:20PM (#42395114)
He's not even close to being corrupt and stupid enough for the incoming adminstration.
Re:What TDD Is Good For on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @12:36AM (#42374089)
I've found that if I'm in a fight with someone with a better ground game than I have, my TDD really is important.
Looks like Windows only, at least I only see an exe.
So many of those freaking ugly shitmobiles in my area. I think 1/2 of those numbers probably ended up here. People with money and no taste or research skills.
Re:Why 'open' AI systems are closed, and why this matters on Sunday December 01, 2024 @06:48PM (#42291665)
Reminds me of Asimov's story The Feeling of Power.
I can remember when people actually advocated for a flat tax with a straight face. Freaking hilarious idea supported by shallow thinkers.
Re:Pocket 4: Modular full-featured Handheld AI PC on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:52AM (#42262804)
>Most successful businessman own a Macbook or Surface.

That's some dime-store psychology going there. Freaking hilarious.

Well, that just sounds to me like an inconvenient truth.
Re:The biggest blocker to LibreOffice adoption? LibreOffice on Sunday November 24, 2024 @12:39AM (#42226128)
I read posts like this and thank Buddha that I, for the last couple of decades of my working life, didn't work in an environment that necessitated using MS products.
Re:A cycling desk / Zwifting with a split keyboard on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @09:00PM (#42132394)
warpd has helped me, as far as limiting annoying mouse use.

https://github.com/rvaiya/warpd

Re:The transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @02:07AM (#42113431)
I have no idea what is going on with your search history or whatever, because I just tried your suggestion and got this: https://ibb.co/ypZ1GfW
Felonies are down in California, year over year, for the past decade. Reservioirs are above historical averages. Homelessness is a problem, but people freak out when you address real solutions, like minimum wage changes. Brownouts and blackouts are far less likely than they were a decade or two ago. Thanks to green tech like solar panels and batteries.
Re:Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy on Sunday November 03, 2024 @09:44PM (#42037942)
I might have personal preferences for dealing with my resume, but I can't criticize the tinkering itch that this project seemed to scratch.
Re:Spectra is a customizable, JavaScript ESP32 smartwatch on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:21PM (#41890476)
Low cost, high-ish price.
I really, really don't understand the airlines' problem with this. The seat was paid for, if nobody is in it, they save a fraction of a penny on fuel. What do they lose if the seat is empty vs the person still sitting in it? They get the exact same revenue. I'm so confused.

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