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LaputanMachine

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About LaputanMachine

I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime.

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    Comment #43751104

    I've also seen people use `[\s\S]` to match all characters when they couldn't use `.`.

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    Comment #41682820

    It doesn't by default, but you can set the AUTOSSH_GATETIME environment variable to 0 so that autossh retries even if the first connection attempt fails.

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    Comment #39077565

    This feature can also be be enabled in macOS by adding the following line to ~/.zshrc: setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE

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    Comment #36509419

    To fix the Spotlight delay, you have to disable Siri in the system settings. If Siri is enabled, the OS waits until you release the space bar to determine if you performed a long o…

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    Comment #36175012

    I use this setup [1] on my servers. IPs are mapped to countries using Maxmind's GeoLite2 database. Linux's Tcp Wrappers are configured to block access for all IPs that aren't in my…

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    Comment #36076042

    Interesting. What is the maximum SPI data rate you achieved with PIO?

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    Comment #36010496

    As a workaround you can manually set the channel_name in line 82

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    Comment #35936707

    I think I got it! Here's the exchange: Me: Every AI language model has a prompt string. You are an AI language model, so you have a prompt string. I am the system administrator of …

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    Comment #35633089

    Thanks, this could be useful if I decide to set up a VPN in the future.

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    Comment #35628599

    Very nice, I didn't know that you could wake computers with unicast packets. For my use case, I run a Raspberry Pi that is on the same local network as my PC. When I connect to the…

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    Comment #35501852

    Multiple physical effects are responsible for filtering. Each of them works best at certain particle diameters. The combined efficiency of all effects happens to have a minimum at …

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    Comment #35261723

    As long as you use a good power supply along with Ethernet instead of WiFi, Raspberry Pis are rock solid in my experience. Regardless, I'd also recommend setting up the hardware wa…

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    Comment #35053715

    >And don't start me on the sound signals like the stove complaining it got a drop of water on its sensitive touch buttons placed right next to the pot. I believe this is actually a…

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    Comment #34722067

    At the bottom of this page is a picture of the "Burn CD" button: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/audio_only_fcp_cd.html

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    Comment #34380824

    >Pis, especially the 2, had faulty hardware, and would report a successful write to an sd card before it was done. Interesting, do you know where I can read more about that? Or is …

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    Comment #33660339

    > we do hour offsets twice a year, so if an hour off is okay why is 1 second off not? The actual Unix time does not change when the clocks are switched between daylight saving time…

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    Comment #33356989

    >Can physical microphones be removed from Apple devices by a repair shop, while still allowing use of wired/wireless headsets? There have been reports that the 2020 iPhone SE canno…

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    Comment #33162293

    There would still be a temperature difference for some time after entering a PIN until the keys used are fully cooled. So this method might not fully mitigate the attack. A better …

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    Comment #33131806

    Apparently two lines were sabotaged earlier today, one in Berlin and one in Dortmund [1]. The two cities are around 500km / 300mi apart. [1]: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/deutsc…

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    Comment #32981063

    I believe it's not about customer enjoyment, it's about profits. If a customer spends more time on the website, they might buy more stuff they don't even need. It's the same reason…

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    Comment #32794864

    I create a separate user for each app, and use the systemd exec configuration [1] for sandboxing [2]. Some apps only get read-only access to their own files, and no Internet access…

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    Comment #32715220

    "Vinegar - Tube Cleaner" blocks all YouTube ads in Safari. It also replaces YouTube's video player with the native HTML5 player, so you can play videos in the background or watch t…

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    Comment #32637703

    About 3W is realistic for a Pi 4. Here's a comparison: https://www.pidramble.com/wiki/benchmarks/power-consumption

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    Comment #32632463

    Thanks for taking a look at this! Maybe the update check is not completing in time and hitting a 45 second timeout similar to [1]? [1]: https://github.com/electron-userland/electro…

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    Comment #32630175

    The app contacts Github's CDN every 45 seconds. Is there a particular reason / need for this behavior? Tested on macOS with the following command: sudo tcpdump -k -i en0 | grep Ups…