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Re:Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal on Monday June 15, 2026 @09:57PM (#48549602)
Install Projectivy Launcher. No more ads and you can customize everything.
In the early 2000s after 9/11 there was a guy doing public surveillance tours around New York City using "photocopies of hand-drawn maps".

NY Times archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20100317184609/https://www.nytim...

Thank you! Was really missing hndigest!
Re:Public static void main(String[] args) is dead on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:31PM (#45270920)
I haven't written Java since college CS, over 20 years ago, and I still remember that one line. It's burned in my memory.
Re:Search all text in New York City on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @08:42PM (#44895567)
The first text I thought to search was "as old as hills". https://www.alltext.nyc/search?q=as+old+as+hills

As seen on the sign of a liquor store near where I used to live. More info revealed https://lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-mystery-of-...

Congratulations! As a non-gamer I have absolutely zero idea what this game is about or how to play it, but you've got a big audience!
Re:United States Power Outage Map on Sunday February 16, 2025 @09:05PM (#43074152)
Re:USPS carriers love their new mail trucks on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:16PM (#42252560)
Was it the jawn? That article was by Jonah Weiner who grew up in NYC.
Honestly thought from the title that this was some kind of food recipe cookbook using LLMs.
Yes for a bidet! My wife wanted one, I thought I'd hate it but it really is fantastic. We have a Toto Washlet C5. Heated seat, heated spray, warm air dryer. Had to cancel the Amazon toilet paper auto-delivery.
My doctor did. My blood pressure was slightly elevated in his office and I said it happens at every doctor. He said to get a home monitor, test 3 times in the morning, 3 times in the afternoon for a week and bring in the results at the next appt.
Re:The 1/8th Sleep on Sunday October 13, 2024 @10:53PM (#41833797)
Do people use this only in the hot months? It's beginning to get cooler where I live and from now until around April we do the opposite and use a heated mattress pad. For me there's nothing better than getting into a warm bed in a cold room. I immediately turn off the heat after getting in though, otherwise I overheat and sweat.
Re:Low Cost CO2 Sensors Comparison: Photo-Acoustic vs. NDIR on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:35PM (#41632612)
I'd say the AirGradient products are a better choice since they includes VOC, PM and NOx sensors (Aranet4 doesn't), are open source, and Achim Haug who did this study is really dedicated to air quality.
It saved me a lot more. I was parked on my street and a garbage truck sideswiped the front driver side corner. The truck driver said it wasn't his fault and the car was parked too far from the curb but the videos showed what really happened.
Minoxidil also comes in tablet form if you don't want to mess with the liquid or foam.
Re:Steve Albini has died on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @10:16PM (#40304630)
What could be better than this?

"Shellac agreed to play in my parents' living room in 1993 because I sent them a fax." - Jon Solomon https://www.instagram.com/p/C6t2pvCvhpx/

Jon Solomon is a super DJ who among other things has hosted an annual 25 hour long "Holiday Radio Show" on WPRB over Christmas for the past 35(!) years! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Solomon

Not the author but I'd often seen him at the local coffee shop in Princeton reading or working. He was incredibly kind and generous with his time (I also made sure to not ask about GoL because I'd read about his feelings regarding it). He even showed my 6 year old a few puzzles. Even though we'd see him all the time, each time was like seeing a celebrity for me.
Re:Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things on Thursday April 18, 2024 @10:35PM (#40082928)
I was looking for something like this when redoing my bathroom tiles but surprisingly couldn't find anything. I ended up using draw.io which worked but not that easily.

A few suggestions for your tool. Add millimeters as an option. I'm using 12"x24" tile for the floor but they're really 300mm x 600mm. I learned most 12"x24" are that size. Another thing I learned is with that size it's recommended to use a 33% offset pattern. This guy explains it well https://www.diytileguy.com/12x24-tile/

I'm not so sure about this.

Wikipedia says "The earliest known publications of the words to The Twelve Days of Christmas were an illustrated children's book, Mirth Without Mischief, published in London in 1780" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(...

This site https://www.birdspot.co.uk/culture/the-birds-of-the-twelve-d... tries hard to link them all to birds but it's a far stretch, considering it falls apart at "Five Gold Rings". "However, Mirth and Mischief includes an illustration that clearly depicts the rings as jewelry." Archive.org even has a scan of the book: https://archive.org/details/mirth_without_mischief/page/n7/m...

I bought a Canon (model LBP612C/613C) color laser printer 3 years ago and have been using 3rd party toner. The prints are great and I've never had a problem. Prior to that I used a Brother b&w laser, also used 3rd party toner, and never had an issue with that one either.
We also installed a Mr Cool DIY system in our house about 3 years ago. We also did it ourselves. It works well, no complaints, and has an app that you can control it anywhere with. 36k BTU 21.5 SEER Multi-Zone all for about $3700.
Re:The Odin – DIY genetic engineering on Monday February 13, 2023 @10:26PM (#34784857)
There's a huge community of people actively doing this. Type 1 diabetics were tired of waiting for a "closed loop" (aka artificial pancreas) insulin delivery system so they developed their own. One open source project is called Loop https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/ It's very mature and I know a few people who have been using it for years.
> If a person can't breath through their nose, I suggest trying Afrin.

Be careful of the "rebound" effect with nasal sprays. Years ago I was "hooked" on Afrin. Not in a getting high sense but in the sense that I started to constantly need it in order to breath out of my nose, even after my cold went away. It was a terrible feeling and took weeks to wean off.

With a bad cold and miserable congestion, nasal spray like Afrin is like a miracle. I still use it in those instances but only for 2-3 days max and very sparingly.

If you really can't breath out of your nose well see a doctor.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/allergies/exp...

https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/nasal-congestion/rebound-c...

Re:Microsoft Azure Outage on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:54PM (#34527497)
I use Azure DevOps daily and honestly have no issues, it works well. What didn't work for you?
Re:How do ADHD people cope on here? on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:42PM (#34498446)
100% about the digest. https://www.hndigest.com I set it to arrive at 9PM daily (nice feature!) and spend 30 minutes to an hour browsing the top 20 (another customizable feature). I don't visit any other time of day.
Re:Hyundai Head Unit Hacking on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:16PM (#34436301)
Yes you can see all of these metrics and more on the Tesla mobile app. There's also a handful of 3rd party Tesla apps that do even more. https://www.tessie.com/ https://tezlabapp.com https://teslafi.com Or host your own: https://github.com/adriankumpf/teslamate
This is a video for the Mr. Cool brand of mini splits. Starting about the 45s mark you'll see how they do it without removing the unit. https://iwae.com/resources/videos/mrcool-care-kit-ductless-m...
Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:09PM (#34285104)
Got the same model a year ago and it's been fantastic. We use it multiple times a day. It's so much better than the french press we were using before.
Re:2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:57PM (#34134411)
It's funny sad that every year is the year of Linux on the Desktop. I used it as my desktop from around '97-'99 and eventually gave it up for Mac. It was fun to tinker with and get my Enlightenment setting just right but I can't see it ever taking much marketshare.
Re:Philadelphia Phreakers installing free payphone on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:50PM (#34089567)
My local Barnes and Noble still carries it in the magazine section.

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