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Yup, this is Season 3 Episode 1 of CSI Vegas, titled: "Revenge is Best Served Cold."

For some languages this can make sense, but I think most languages aren't suited for installing things, manipulating the filesystem, etc.

I think of scripts as the middleware between the operating system and the shipped code. The code is controlled by the operating system, so the operating system's tools should be used to manage it. In many cases this means bash or make.

Plus, I don't want modern Javascript to do things on the filesystem that would require importing dozens of projects that I need to vet before using. Golang or Python perhaps, but the buildchain for modern Javascript is hell as-is; it doesn't need another layer of Javascript.

I applaud the author for the depth and detail - this is fantastic. Well done!

As bad as Experian is, at least the baseline product works for free unlike TransUnion.

I have a tip for Amazon shopping related to these weird brand names: Do not buy anything that will go in or on your body. Doing this significantly reduces the likelihood of counterfeit or poorly packaged goods.

Mumble - "a free, open source, low latency, high quality voice chat application" that I can manage the logs and certificates for. Kinda the only choice because Discord doesn't have an equivalent setup/mode.

Pi-Hole - DNS caching and adblocking for networked devices that I can't run a normal adblocker on. I also set it up to block Facebook where possible.

Minecraft (Java) - Because gotta have fun, right?

It's not the video, but it certainly has some of what I am looking for. Thank you; it's appreciated.

Very related to this, I've been trying to relocate a video about "making a sun in a box" where the creator does the following: - goes over power and lumens, basic wiring for a bare LED. - details how the color of light matters. - instructs how to measure the focal length of a fresnel lens for parallel light rays. - how to make an appropriately sized box that can be stacked in both directions to crate a "window" effect.

I've spent tens of hours trying to relocate this particular video; I thought it was a "DIY Perks" video but either he deleted it or it was someone very similar. It's so similar to DIY Perks' projector project and satellite dish sun project that it's uncanny, but it's neither of those videos.

If anyone knows this video and has a link I would be appreciative.

Say that to the acidic invasive Eucalyptus leaves eating away at the paint on your car, or leaving stains on your paved walkway, or choking out your pretty wildflowers.

Or maybe take it up with the Bigleaf Maples clogging up the storm drain front of your house causing water to slowly creep up your poorly graded property on Middlefield Rd.

Or maybe the pine needles that turn brown and look like garbage on your lawn.

A lot of leaves suck to deal with. Blowing is the what the property owners want.

It's sometimes a bit more nuanced than that.

For example: For a number of years Palo Alto has had a law about gas leaf blowers (Ordinance No. 4634, I think). The "easy" way around it is to use an electric leaf blower. Where do you plug in an electric leaf blower in Palo Alto? Probably the same place as where the public trash can is: Nowhere. You've got to use the customer's house. Not every customer has an outdoor socket. Try explaining that to a customer: The city you live in voted to 1) Make me plug in my outdoor tool inside your house. 2) Use your electricity instead of my gas. 3) Make the job take longer. Helping a customer "understand" why they're going to see an extra dollar on their electricity bill and inconvenience every 2-4 weeks is harder than you'd think. The people of Palo Alto don't like being told they're wrong or what they have chosen costs more money. I have seen with my own eyes people forego service because of a $10 monthly increase after multiple of great service.

Long story short: People like to vote against themselves. People are not reasonable.

My father is a licensed landscape contractor in Menlo Park (the same place where this law change was written). For 30 years I have watched (and helped) him with jobs almost always involving small off-road internal combustion tools. He works 6 day work weeks and easily 10h+ a day. His small truck fleet not only includes lawn mowers, blowers, and edge cutters, but also a trencher, a compactor, and a couple pumps.

As well intentioned as this law change is it will only make a hard job even harder. Battery cost, battery swaps and reparability, battery theft, arguing with locals who still will still yell at him for being "too loud".... it's just not going to happen or be worth it. He will continue to buy tools from places with lower sales tax and there is no possible way you can argue that an electric trencher or compactor is going to work for more than a couple hours a day without a repeated battery swaps. Have you even seen how large the properties are in Woodside, Atherton, Portola Valley, Palo Alto, and Cupertino? Those kinds of jobs are impossible with electric tools. Sorry, not sorry.

You're correct. The Youtuber is James Stephanie Sterling. She called it the "Youtube Deadlock" mechanic. Though the trick seems to be less successful now.

I also have this cube as part of a set. As a far as desk accessories and toys go it's unique and a fun thing to show off.

If you get the set that has the copper cube beware that the copper one will oxidize and discolor if you touch it a lot.

Does anyone know of a teardown like this for more recent chargers (ie. the "top rated Amazon chargers" or "Best Buy Specials")?

A friend told me a story similar to this where a psychologist helped a patient with their taxes and credit card debt, the patient was immediately more functional as a result.

The crux of it being that academically this is the "wrong" solution because the textbook and journals don't cite it as a valid one. But a medical professional's job is to not only treat symptoms, but to treat the underlying problems as a person. This was the right solution for this particular person. Yes, it doesn't scale, but neither does perfect medical care in general. There is a difference between "triage" and "care".

"Pacific NorthWest". Basically, near Microsoft's main Redmond campus.

Discord has not yet "won" for me. Until I can host it myself, use my own certificates, and control the server bitrate and logs I won't use it.

For now, Mumble serves all my needs and works great. It is by far the lightest and fastest voice system out there right now.

0 for 20 on the most popular and recognizable video game music, like the Super Mario Bros theme song. Seems to only work with top 100 yearly tracks with lyrics.

And then get a drawn out lawsuit. :)

Funny you mention Sony -- Linux support on the PS3 turned into a big deal. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS )

Historically, other game consoles could be used a "general purpose computing devices," such as the Sega Dreamcast with Windows CE and the Nintendo Famicom (which is short for Family Computer).

These are great points. I'd like to add some more to them:

On minified source code, Extensions/Add-Ons are allowed to be deployed with minified source code as long as you provide the unminified versions to Google/Mozilla during review time.

On chrome vs. browser namespaces, a quick 'let chrome = browser;' can help you keep the diffs small between versions. I have yet to find a complete solution to fixing 'forked code' between Google/Mozilla Extensions/Add-Ons.

Also, storage mechanisms between browsers using the same extension code can be completely different. Beware if you're using caches, navigator.storage, and storage.local.

Finally, extensions don't consider themselves secure, depending on the browser. moz-extension:// is not considered secure for cache access, whereas chrome-extension:// is.

There lots of little 'gotchas' like these when developing browser extensions. :)

As a developer who has worked with reCAPTCHA in the past and as a diehard Firefox user, what likely happened here is a form of shadow banning.

You're moving too fast; your mouse and mouse clicks are "too good" to be human. Try solving the reCAPTCHA slower and you'll see wildly different results, or, purposely fail one reCAPTCHA to get easier ones.

reCAPTCHA tech is crazy; reCAPTCHAs are not simple web forms and Javascript, they're a sandboxed and monitored 'window' to a Google server. If you solve too many reCAPTCHAs too quickly (ie. when you are testing a web page, or are rotating your passwords on many websites) then Google's servers will try to rate limit you with slow animations and harder reCAPTCHAs.

I mostly agree. The author of the piece didn't go into much detail about their medical needs at the time - perhaps they were a high-attention patient and didn't know it? Hence my call to educate oneself about their own situation. When you're in a foreign bed/room, in some amount of discomfort, on (likely) new medicine, you probably aren't the best judge of neediness and intent. The best you can do is ask and see what you can do to make the situation better.

I felt the question and answer to be a little flippant, which is fine, but hear this: Sometimes there are reasons, very genuine reasons. I've been recovering from a recent stay. I, too, was interrupted frequently - every 45 minutes in fact. After a few nods off and being woken up by a knock at the door repeatedly I asked 'why' and the staff gently explained that me sleeping for too long would be a bad idea for a few reasons:

1. My surgery affected my nervous system and thyroid; maintaining blood flow (especially in my legs) was important.

2. Knowing how I felt at the time kept the nurses informed about the dosage of medicine they should administer. Hormones and their effects can change rapidly.

3. Having a patient awake for blood draws, or an emergency, is useful. I’m not a small person; turning me over for some blood is much easier if I am awake and cooperative.

I can imagine anyone with recent head trauma shouldn’t be allowed to sleep either.

Ask your doctor (and nurses!) to keep you informed and educated about your situation. You're responsible for yourself. Medicine isn’t always intuitive, especially if you’re not yourself yet.

Yes! Mineral oil cooled PCs in aquariums have long been a thing-to-do (but it's very messy).

Exactly. They sort of hide it.

I'm in IT and order these all the time for engineers and sales folks; it's much preferred over the new models. ;)

Here you are, friend: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2...

If that doesn't work, go to Mac > Macbook Pro > Buy > 15" > Scroll down to the 3rd option.

They come in and out of stock though.

I'm in the SF Bay Area and after looking at traceroutes and packet loss it looks like something at PAIX has failed between Comcast, Hurricane Electric, NTT, and others.

A coordinated attack could be a cause of something like this, but more often than not it's a hardware or power failure at a critical exchange like PAO, DFW, IAD, etc. Also possible, human error in turning down traffic to certain servers, networks, and IP ranges.

Just expanding on your idea here - Japan also has a million times more vending machines as the US and they're full of Pepsi/Coke products, fruit juices, energy drinks, and even ice cream or beer. At 2am you can get your carb fix across the street from your apartment for a measly 100yen.

I really like this demo; it makes sense and was stepped through beautifully.

I would love to see a 'weaknesses' explanations about blockchains though, like how 'truthiness' is generated and speed of verification and distribution.

Well done.