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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal on Monday February 02, 2026 @07:03PM (#46864235)
I know for a fact Kentucky offers both.
Re:Coding on iPad using self-hosted VSCode, Caddy, and code-server on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @02:49PM (#41449152)
I started on a TI-83 Plus with a program that helped factor quadratic equations. Before I knew it I was making games on it. What I would have gave to have had an iPad with all that RAM!
Re:Show HN: Low Cost Mini PCs on Thursday August 29, 2024 @09:34AM (#41390643)
I went down this rabbit hole earlier this year. Best I came up with was to calculate the TDP at max for the whole year. Full TDP is unrealistic, but it gets us a worst-case "max running cost" . Energy for me is roughly $0.12/kWh, so the yearly max running cost for a 35W TDP is $36.79, 65W is $68.33, and the 95W would be $99.86.

I ended up going with a HP EliteDesk 800 G5 Mini I5-9500T (35W) off of Ebay for $100 and it does the stuff I need it to do just fine. According to my current monthly power usage graph, it's averaged 7W which accounts for $0.61 of this month's power bill.

"Deleted immediately" is more likely a flag in the database being set to "don't show".
Re:Writing an Interpreter in Go: The Paperback Edition on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @12:21PM (#13707165)
I didn't see it anywhere, but does the print version come with the PDF version too?
I worked at a warehouse during college on the weekends (3 12-hour shifts Fri-Sun) and on day one was assigned to the conveyor line where I used a broom to free stuck packages and then a while later got "promoted" to gift wrapping where I stayed until I left when I got my degree.
Re:If you were an elephant on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:53PM (#13474312)
Adopting a rhino (5-year-old brother loves them) is not what I'd thought I'd be doing today.