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MikeRichardson

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    Comment #48869988

    If the slop wasn't bad enough, halfway down the page you get a newsletter signup lightbox - the use of which ought to be a felony in my opinion.

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    Comment #48869918

    Parks and Rec reference?

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    Comment #48182879

    You used to be able to connect Google Voice to a specific brand of ATA (and existing connections still work); that would have been perfect for something like this.

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    Comment #48163131

    Did those machines have public routable IPv4 addresses or something?

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    Comment #47685422

    50 users???

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    Comment #46717414

    The "no cameras/no phones" rule is absolutely enforced in Harris County, Texas, although as an election worker I have never seen this escalate beyond "Please put away your phone". …

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    Comment #45766477

    You can change the screen resolution and make the notch go away (along with all of the other pixels to the left and right of the notch).

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    Comment #44918332

    For the love of God, or cake, or whatever - PLEASE remove the "smooth scrolling" code from your site. It completely fucks up all pre-existing expectations on how a mouse wheel or t…

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    Comment #44918285

    I don't think you have to subscribe to Amazon Prime in order to rent movies. Same thing with Apple TV (formerly the iTunes store). For whatever reason though this distinction is no…

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    Comment #44918261

    I LOOKed at the MOVIE, and so did my friend DOT, and we came TO the same conclusion that it's not working as specified.

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    Comment #44918099

    Minimize seeding on torrents. I've still gotten a few strikes from various ISPs though. Some ISPs seem to care more than others, in my experience.

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    Comment #43519629

    The RAM got corrupted?

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    Comment #42481433

    Don't forget prepaid Visa/MasterCard too. (Maybe grandma still sends a $20 every birthday.)

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    Comment #42481239

    > code I quite like the parts of the code that prevent random electric shocks, and the parts that keep the roof from caving in, etc. (I assume you meant building codes) The forthco…

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    Comment #42481134

    > There is nobody to offer a first hit if you're hanging out online. Silk Road/etc.?

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    Comment #42480944

    > the collective illusion that 1996-Apple offered anything > substantially different or better than Windows '95 PowerPC

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    Comment #42480845

    MacPro5,1 is the new 8500 then

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    Comment #42480815

    Primary lithium batteries absolutely do leak, given enough time. Often the victim is an old Mac motherboard, search for "mac pram battery ruined motherboard" on an image search eng…

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    Comment #42480776

    FireWire hard drives still work fine though. (FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt adapter, connected to a Thunderbolt to TB3 adapter). Why support the adapter and hard drives, but not audi…

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    Comment #42480682

    I have an AirTag in wallet. Every month or so it will chirp for no obvious reason. My phone might be with me, or upstairs, or whatever. It's just random.

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    Comment #42480653

    I wonder a 3rd party tracker (using Find My network) could fool the iPhone somehow. Maybe if it does 1 minute on, 1 minute off, or something like that?

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    Comment #42480487

    > any dollar they don't spend, they get to KEEP I'd love a source on that.

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    Comment #41726892

    Why not implement Juno as a userscript? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/userscripts/id1463298887 is supposedly compatible with Apple Vision.

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    Comment #41356289

    I was a kid in daycare a lot. Also, my mom (sole caregiver, besides daycare) was a registered nurse and at the time specialized in staff (i.e, direct patient care) nursing. No way …

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    Comment #41227496

    This wouldn't work, unless you actually have some legitimate way to obtain the grain of sand. So Patreon would have to actually staff a location somewhere that distributes the sand…