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ObsoleteNerd
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Comment #26529553
That’s so cool. I had no idea this was a thing and it’s right up my alley.
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Comment #26509792
Basically there's 2 versions of the database file, the old (KDB) and the new (KDBX) which has more features/fields/etc. For the clients, 2.x uses KDBX files, but is also compatible…
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Comment #26509387
I YouTube-dl anything/everything I think I might like to watch again. Tutorials, reference videos, music videos, you name it. Storage is cheap and YouTube has proven they’re not a …
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Comment #26509379
The fish big enough for google to care about are all protected from this stuff. YouTube is completely and utterly broken for anyone smaller than “I make tens/hundreds of thousands …
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Comment #26509323
I thought the exact same thing fwiw.
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Comment #26509205
Yup: https://curl.se/docs/mqtt.html
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Comment #26497583
Audacity is up there for me with those open source projects that deserve to go into some form of OSS Hall of Fame. Audacity, VLC, Blender, KeePass, Inkscape, OBS, etc (there's many…
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Comment #26486511
Abandons NEW combustion engine development. They’re still developing their existing combustion engine platforms further and aren’t giving up on ICE.
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Comment #26471977
Absolutely. I gladly pay for YouTube Premium, Subscribe to Twitch streamers I like to remove ads there, and other services that do an ad-supported free tier than a premium ad-free …
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Comment #26465293
I’ve used Telegram for years now, along with almost all my family and friends. I’m a huge fan of it, and it’s basically the only IM I use anymore (other than Signal with some tech …
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Comment #26419117
GCode Viewer is included with OctoPrint, it lets you preview the loaded GCode layer by layer before/while printing, and can sync to the print in realtime too.
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Comment #26406280
Ok that's fair, I hadn't seen that. They really should have more "real" photos/videos of it on their website then. A flashy website full of renders then a link to a Github that's 9…
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Comment #26406138
Is this anything more than a pipedream at this point? I've seen it come up multiple times over the last year, and yet a quick skim through the Github shows that there's not really …
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Comment #26405747
As someone who spends a fair few weeks a year in hospital, the idea of internal hospital security cameras being connected to the internet at all is absolutely fucking horrifying. I…
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Comment #26405686
I had no idea they did that, and that's a really genius idea. I'd happily pay that for sites I like reading so I can pull the content in and read it how I want to rather than deal …
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Comment #26373040
I've been wanting something like this for ages. I always thought the Kindle not having the full Wikipedia archive as an optional install was a massive missed opportunity, especiall…
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Comment #26372116
His entire point is trying to get stuff working (even for a few seconds) using cheap hobbyist printers and not requiring skills in metal fabrication or any special equipment. With …
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Comment #26372104
Integza is that perfect mix of entertaining and actually-impressive-science. Every video he puts out is doing stuff no one (or very few people) have tried, and his passion for it a…
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Comment #26314205
Yeah I’ve been using Keepass with a synced db for about as long as it’s been around and never had a complaint. Got most of my family doing the same and they like it too... and no l…
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Comment #26289486
The real "Beetle of EVs" will be something that is priced down around the Honda Civic, Mazda 3, etc. AUD$30k (~USD$20k) or so. The first major brand to come out with an EV comparab…
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Comment #26281119
IS300. I’ve had some older ISes and always been a fan so this was a dream purchase for me.
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Comment #26280945
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. I have a new (1yr old) Lexus and you’re correct, no touch screen.
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Comment #26280933
My 2019 IS300 doesn’t have a touch screen at all. It has a small wide-screen display on top of the dash but it’s controlled by a physical controller in the centre console like a mo…
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Comment #26269244
This just nailed just about everything I was going to say. I’ve used and liked both since both started and this entire thread is pretty embarrassing.
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Comment #26247553
They kind of still do the split home brands, the “Essentials” brand is the super budget stuff and their “Woolworths” brand is the better-packaging stuff. There’s definitely product…