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Dobbs

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About Dobbs

A self taught Unix Geek.

bit-hn@keyneston.com

Recent public activity

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    Comment #41850403

    Minecraft has a lot of bugs or otherwise surprising behaviours that parts of the community have come to rely upon. This means that most non-vanilla minecraft servers aren't 100% dr…

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    Comment #41223859

    It is correct in so far as Trader == tradesmen. But it isn't some "politically correct" thing. Also attributing political correctness to terms is often a political move in and of t…

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    Comment #41223853

    > politically-correct word for ‘tradesman’ There is nothing politically correct or incorrect about it. It is just the standard term. Meanwhile in Australia they use 'Tradie' from w…

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    Comment #40904248

    mason can install them, but there isn't a way to "ensure-installed" built in. So that was a second package I needed. Then I needed a third package to configure things. Maybe I'm mi…

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    Comment #40903652

    Just migrated from Vim to NeoVim. Downloading and configuring all the various LSPs has genuinely been one of the most frustrating aspects.

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    Comment #40115222

    You are working on project A, and project B. Project A uses python 2.6, project B uses python 3. You want a simple way to switch back and forth without reinstalling everything ever…

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    Comment #39905358

    If you are on iOS Overcast is really nice.

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    Comment #39681040

    They can, and that is the alternative to complying. Apple wants their €€€ and to eat it too.

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    Comment #38449272

    That was my point. Most cars don't have this issue because they use materials that don't rust as is. Why is Tesla choosing to use something that is hard to work with.

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    Comment #38446691

    Sure the car will come out less damaged, but the pedestrians will be far more likely to die.

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    Comment #38446682

    That is odd, never really seen rust on any of the non-stainless steal cars I encounter in my day to day life. Not unless they are really old and damaged in significantly other ways…

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    Comment #37926802

    Waterstones and B&N are the same company.

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    Comment #37830901

    I didn't think @ took on the "at" meaning until email came around.

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    Comment #37830481

    Yea that is sorta what I'm talking about. The previous version didn't use Plaid and required you to manually enter everything. This forced me to be on top of it. The new Plaid vers…

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    Comment #37830465

    Having ADHD and Autism even something as simple as 30 mins a week can be a lot of effort when it isn't the thing I'm hyperfixating on.

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    Comment #37822287

    Not terribly surprising. The time in my life that I was most on top of my finances was when I was using the old YNAB which required manually entering all purchases and manually rec…

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    Comment #37716611

    I have autism and can definitely say that my mother didn't drink diet soda. My partner has autism and I can say his mother also didn't drink diet soda. I know anecdata doesn't inva…

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    Comment #37716023

    Looked it up on google/reddit. Turns out it is for DJs who remix music.

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    Comment #37715102

    Being able to call 911 is an essential part of a phone. To the point that Apple (and I'm assuming Google) both allow calling emergency services while the phone is locked.

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    Comment #37690520

    This is the new CEO who is taking over for Elon.

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    Comment #37555034

    That is a really nice chart, thanks for sharing. What is confusing me is the Netherlands. We only have about 13% adoption. I'm on one of the largest ISPs KPN and get 10/10 on IPv6 …

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    Comment #37075228

    > On the other hand, vim and neovim are almost the same thing, and wherever they diverge, it is always to the detriment of vim. They are quite different at this point and personall…

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    Comment #36083481

    Orcas are dolphins. Do you mean bottle nose dolphins?

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    Comment #36081571

    > Switching to a GUI to browse the JSON that would let you copy the path to the current value would probably also help there I use an app called OK JSON on the mac for this. Its ok…

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    Comment #35914631

    Because it is fine for a bit, but long term having a LHD vehicle in a RHD country (and vice-versa) is annoying and causes issues. I speak from experience having moved to a LHD coun…