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If you have a sudden increase in floaters or start seeing flashes of light, this is a medical emergency. If you’re unlucky, it’s a retinal detachment and you need medical attention…

There is a setting that turns off many of the notifications that irritate people. Settings -> System -> Notifications. Scroll to the bottom, expand Additional settings. Uncheck "Su…

If you have a router you control, many routers allow you to take away internet access from a device while keeping it on your local network. Some (all?) Asus routers can do this fro…

The limit (in the US?) is 100 Wh. If this is the right battery, the specs page says it's 90 Wh. https://www.ugreen.com/products/ugreen-nexode-power-bank-250...

It's similar-ish. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell and https://www.powermag.com/fuel-cells-vs-batteries-whats-the-d... , tho the latter may be biased.

DNS query type AXFR allows for subdomain querying. There are security restrictions around who can do it on what DNS servers. Given the number of places online one can run a subdoma…

> There's still no good window manager for macOS. Rectangle is as close as it gets, but it's not good IMO because it only works on non full size windows. (the solution is just get …

Both of those officers appear to be located in the UK. It is common to pay people located in a different place than the company HQ using a local entity. Whether this is mandatory o…

Rounding is generally done only for cash transactions (“cash rounding”). For all other payment types, the unrounded price is used. I wrote code for this a long time ago when cash w…

Totally agree it could get us there faster. My issue is more with the things general purpose LLMs train on. Maybe train a custom one on known good sources specific to a language?

I continue to use traditional methods. Why? Because I, the person learning a new language, cannot validate the information the LLM presents to me. For me, the risk of learning bad …

They're not being dumped. Putting them on YT lets WB make passive money while maintaining control of their rights with little effort on their part. If WB makes a better deal down t…

> and reduce your cooling costs as much as possible with outside air when temperatures are cool To add to this: University of Texas' supercomputers have used a variation of this fo…

While most analog clocks' minute hands sweep from minute to minute, jumping minute clocks have the issue the article brings up. Depending on when / where you went to school, you ma…

It says both. The 1 in 3 refers to those under 23. > One in three U.S. adults has been arrested by age 23. The has a criminal record refers to the population as a whole. > [...] be…

This is a naming coincidence and has nothing to do with the Matrix protocol (which also happens to be used by the French government). https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/04/eurocop…

The CDC does not "recommend" vaccinations over 45, mostly due to previous exposure. I suspect one can find doctors willing to do the vaccination for those over 45, though one may n…

I skateboard "regular" but snowboard "goofy". Not that I'm amazing at either, but that's just what felt natural to me for each.

I was diagnosed and successfully treated for HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer in 2023. My treatment results were almost perfect, from a clinical perspective. I had transoral robotic surge…

This article is correct and sould be unflagged. With the release of 18.1, custom audio setup (to create an audiogram-based profile) is only available for “supported Apple and Beats…

Not specific to Alpine: Cummins has a 2022 article addressing their view[0] of internal combustion hydrogen vs fuel cell. Short version: fuel cell + battery works well for peaky lo…

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> 8.5-foot-long (2.6 meters) 8.5’ is 102”. There aren’t any current, mainstream cars sold in the US that are shorter than 150”. A Messerschmitt KR200 was 111”, a Toyota iQ 118”. Or…