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Comment · 4 months ago
If you just want a tiny desktop computer, sure. The reason to buy a Pi is for the GPIO and the well-established ecosystem.
Comment · 4 months ago
The linked model has 16x the amount of RAM that $35 model had. You can still get a 1GB model for less than $50.
Comment · 1 year ago
What do you mean by “iterating animal names”?
Comment · 1 year ago
True, but I think it’s a distinction without a difference. If 30% of folks voted for it and 40% didn’t care enough to show up, it’s still a damning indictment of the American people.

Note: I can’t see the original comment, so hopefully I’m not defending some heinous remark…

Comment · 1 year ago
I’d love for you to expand on this!
Comment · 1 year ago
> with the possible exception of Bluetooth

Good thing no one uses that!

Comment · 2 years ago
Yup, it’s exactly this for me. I recently spent about six months with Fedora. It felt good and did everything I needed it to, but it was plagued by connectivity issues with my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

I have things to do. Diagnosing driver/chipset compatibility problems doesn’t help me get those things done, so back to macOS I went.

Comment · 2 years ago
Just a disclaimer, I’m not an expert in this area.

Yes, a person in 60° water is losing heat energy more quickly than someone in 60° air. This is because water is much more efficient at transferring this energy - something like 24x IIRC.

Determining an equivalent air temperature requires knowing a bunch of additional factors (e.g. humidity). I don’t know of a rule of thumb you could apply other than saying the equivalent air temperature of water below one’s body temperature would be much colder, and the inverse would be true for water temperatures above one’s body temperature.

Comment · 2 years ago
Water is a much, much better conductor of heat than air.
Comment · 2 years ago
I’ve found that surrounding myself with competent people - or better yet, people far better than me - has lead me to much better paying jobs.
Comment · 2 years ago
> The answer was that they are free and therefore we don't trust them.

If you don’t mind a bit of unsolicited advice: run.

Comment · 2 years ago
100° for green tea… madness!
Comment · 2 years ago
SomaFM is awesome. I’ve actually got DEF CON radio playing in the background right now!
Comment · 2 years ago
> I’ve tried to switch away from… search

FWIW, I’m absolutely in love with Kagi. I do realize the price makes it a non-starter for many, though.

Comment · 2 years ago
> If someone’s going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself.

I don’t see how what advertisers are doing could be construed as blackmail or any other form of extortion. At least to me, this looks like a simple protest - certainly not anything illegal or nefarious.

Maybe there’s more to it that I’m not aware of. If so, he didn’t make a compelling case here.

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