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For some replacement computer parts and other such items shipped via FedEx to a certain remote location, all packages came with a coating of dust. Like wash your hands after receiv…

Firefox used to have better redirect limitations, I guess web developers didn't like that and they were noisier than the users that took advantage of it.

I'd like to know this too-- my music player has a few different rendering options for one on screen view, GDI has always used fewer gpu and cpu resources than direct2d and direct3d…

That would be a great win for improving linux compatibility!

Yeah, IRC shows it's age, but it's easy to get connected and talking, no phone number verification or required account creation, or other byzantine verification process.

There are drying oils and non-drying oils. Drying oils are what you want to put on your cast iron pan to polymerize the oil into a coating. Tung oil would be a bad choice for chain…

I have a dishwasher that says an upright glass of vinegar is an option if dishwasher cleaning tablets aren't powerful enough but warns that it is harsh on the plastics and seals.

Mazda and BMW have had something like this in some of their cars for years now. It's been a pleasant experience in the few cars I've used that had that kind of setup.

And even better, you can just go into system preferences and turn off what you don't want! At one point I had a newish version of OS X spotlight pared down to be about as functiona…

Also known as force touch on an iPhone.

It's a terrible idea to me! Like sure, I know the devs want to do the minimum of work, but that doesn't make it a good idea to take the easy way out.

To do math, I may literally visualize the numbers in my head, like an extra piece of paper I can manipulate numbers on, but it's not literal paper so it doesn't have to conform to …

If your wood frame house has been on fire on the inside long enough to scorch a wood frame through the drywall or damage the drywall itself, concrete construction isn't gonna be mu…

Not all store bought ketchup is created equal, through trial and error I've found a few better store brands, some of which I've forgotten the name of. Sir Kensingtons > Heinz

A sub-10 mile ambulance trip can easily cost $1000 US if it's not covered by insurance. If you're already barely eeking out a living working paycheck to paycheck, that might be a b…

Unless the religion one follows condemns you to an afterlife of suffering for the actions you took to have a full tummy.

I guess it depends greatly on what version of bash and such, but with something recent, trying to execute the script will escape the problem characters when printing if it prints t…

As an end user, I care more about code quality and stability than I do speed of shipping code. I don't want to use some buggy code that was pushed through production too quickly ju…

Need big bank to support the home loan and childcare.

I bought a pair of AKG k171's a while ago. They've taken everything without issue. The insulation on the cable got damaged a bit too much for my tastes after a few years, so I boug…

That does not at all sound normal. A stable system (linpack and furmark at the same time stable) shouldn't do that. It's not impossible for that to be a BIOS/EFI issue. Personally …

The effects of costco and walmart's behavior is largely contained within their own retail space. Amazon.com has no such constraint. I think my answer is yesno. It isn't about the a…

It takes time to google things, and the engineer is paid to write code not google stuff.

Which for whatever reasons doesn't really work very well. You can request that the region be different, but it doesn't seem that the setting is uniformly respected or doesn't work …

It's kinda implied when you hear 'fully vaccinated people do not require a mask'. I think that it's a bit of a stretch to come to the conclusion that that implies the vaccine is a …