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I have converted 'RJ11 phone plugs' to Ethernet in multiple rentals to the delight of the landlord. One should also not that event Cat 5 can carry 1Gbps (instead of 100Mpbs) and Ca…

I recently made some changes to a website generated by a non-technical user using Dreamweaver. The initial state was quite poor, with inline CSS and what appeared to be haphazard c…

Quite simply, I may have to login into a server on a high pressure time sensitive environment, think downtime. I want to maintain my vim skills at a level that allow me to focus on…

I have been using an ortho-linear for years now. I programmed it in a way so that the layout is not too different from a regular keyboard. I like it very much, but because I use a …

By showing what is possible with an ARM CPU in terms of performance/power efficiency ratio on the CPU. Apple may trigger an increase of investment in ARM technology. The wave will …

> That was probably a fair assessment a decade ago, but Linux seriously "just works" now. My anecdotal experience tells me otherwise. During confinement, I tried to install OpenSUS…

When I learned skydiving in the early 2000s, I did about 50 skydive jumps; I was still a rookie. In France, where I learned, I found the industry very well regulated with the highe…

I can find a few non-bottom dollars on this page; P.A. Semi and Anobit as examples. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisit...

Short video on the history of open space and how today's version is a copy of-a-copy of-a-copy of-a-copy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p6WWRarjNs

> Do you mean like how some people are born into rich families and some into poor families? (I kid :)) I understood it as: how is it that education is a privilege?

I have done strength training without a coach for 6 years. My squat went up to 185kg/407lb without any injuries. You can do it, and depending on the coach, you may be better doing …

Being a non-native English speaker (edit: my native language is French) leaving in South-East Asian I can attest to two things: - peoples accent improves in the first months of the…

On the other hand I don’t understand how Apple approved the Amazon Prim and YouTube Apple TV apps. The UX are horrible and I would rather not use them. edit: added Apple TV

Is this the reason they have switched to Pentalobe screw. I have googled for material but couldn't find anything. Pentalobe screws are not that hard to find and considering the pop…

Glad I pulled after it was removed. In some countries (incl. Singapore) this domain is banned & blocked. Plus off-course I ran it from work...

Made a couple of changes to add median value and local DNS (via ViewQuest). ./dnstest.sh| column -s\, -t DNS test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average Me…

Isn't the problem the same but with different technology? I remember families that had a no TV policy while other spent diner watching soap operas. I was surprised the first time I…

> simplify other people's hard work I don't mean to pull the argument one way or another one. But, IMO simplifying other people's hard work is hard work too. At least I personally …

Interesting, I just had diner with a French friend and his wife currently living in Hanoi. As we were sharing a nice peace or rare beef they told me that they could never have that…

I don't see this as bragging but as an reality/consequence of introducing change. We do a lot of things to minimise occurrence and impact of change but there always is(/will be?) t…

When I moved out to a far away country, in the early 2000's, my non-English speaking mom started using my localised-Windows desktop as the mean to keep int touch (hello Yahoo messe…

Five years ago we moved in an brand new office with this type of elevators. It had bugs but improved over time. A traditional elevator only know where your are. This type of elevat…

As a regular visitor of /r/all The_Donald is spoiling the experience. Racism and bigotry aside, if all posts are coming from the same sub there is a point to change the rules of /r…