jboles
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Comment · 7 years ago
Agreed, I have an at least 10 year old Brother laser printer and while it doesn’t support any new standard like AirPrint, their iOS app can still print to it across the network, direct from an iPhone/iPad, despite it being made likely before iPhones/iPads could even print.
Comment · 7 years ago
It’s happened. At the McDs I worked at we’d put the rest of the burger on the tray used for hotcakes.
Comment · 7 years ago
“Not bad” - something is pretty good, or at least better than expected. Had to laugh when I saw that phrase on the linked page.
“Not bad at all” - something is really good
“Munted” - trashed or unserviceable
Comment · 7 years ago
Kinetic energy rises with the square of velocity... and the Porsche is much more likely to be driving unsafely/like an ass than the truck, or in my experience, even a BMW...
Comment · 7 years ago
They are plug doors, as with all other passenger jet airliners today. The door goes in at an angle (eg. 737) or part of it slides up/down (eg. 777) to fit through the door frame.
Comment · 7 years ago
Windows 7 did for USB2 devices plugged into a USB1 port: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/usb-speederror/
If the computer can identify the device’s capabilities (using some kind of bus command, I’m not very familiar with the USB protocol) separately from speed testing the cable+device combination, no reason why it couldn’t work for USB 2/3/4.
Of course, this approach relies on the device accurately reporting its capabilities, which may not be the case for the more cheap-and-cheerful gadgets.
Comment · 7 years ago
Not really, no. Python/Ruby/Perl interpreters are not “integrated” into the OS like AppleScript and Automator are. They’re just some binaries sitting in /usr/local/bin.
Comment · 7 years ago
The humans are too distracted by non-work activities maybe? This article paints a bizarre picture: https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/19-insane-tidbits-james...
Comment · 7 years ago
As an elder millennial, I agree with your last paragraph, still a funny name for it though.
Comment · 7 years ago
Another reason: pre-auth will deduct up to $125 from your available balance, no matter how small the actual purchase is, which you won’t get back for a couple of days.
Comment · 7 years ago
Perhaps everyone is?
Comment · 7 years ago
Literal cargo culting!