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Site appears to have been hugged to death. Here's a link to an archived version: https://archive.ph/iTJTI

This list is frustrating to read because it reminds me of all the time I've spent dealing with these bugs. Not all of them thankfully but more than half steal my time at least once…

Interesting tool, would probably be super useful if I had more knowledge of the things floating around out there. I'm usually just concerned with photographing the galactic core on…

A couple decades ago I came into posesion of some late model compaq servers, some fibre channel equipment, and a stack of small FC disks. Thanks to my MSDN sub I then had the neces…

Perhaps, but I value this simple explanation of the setup because it serves as a "these parts work well for this purpose" testimony. I'm already familiar with Manfrotto quality but…

I would if I could but like I said, sometimes watching a video isn't an option. The move in some areas to publishing everything as a video instead of writing a proper article is pr…

Data hoarders. I'm in a plex group on fb and there's people there with libraries that they could never personally watch all of. It sometimes seems like it's more a game of collecti…

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If they were only arresting people not in the country illegally and doing it with constitutionally guaranteed due process then you may have a point. But they aren't. They are arres…

As someone who has built multi-camera live broadcast systems and operated them you are 100% correct. There is color correction, image processing, and all the related bits. Each of …

Yeah I have no idea how they pulled off the structural piece. The building was built long before the technology was invented. It is a specialized building though. I was reading abo…

Back 30 odd years ago I was doing work with a graduate/post graduate chem-e/material science group at the U of MN. I was working with a PhD candidate who was working on synthetic i…

This reminds me of a story I heard about a bus driver who would always pull away from the stop right on schedule even if a regular rider was running up. His calculation was the 30 …

I had the same experience, loved my cardboard bricks. My kid never connected with them the same though even though my kid is big on building toys. Now they mostly just take up spac…

Screen devices can be a toy but it takes very intentional use of them. My child has had an old iPhone se since 4yo. It has no network connection. I load music on it. It only has mu…

I actually played mouse trap but my kid and their cousins do nothing with the game and love to just setup the trap. That game from the 80s has become a favorite toy of the gen alph…

That's a common refrain that frankly just isn't backed up by analysis of the inflation adjusted price of Lego over time. https://www.pricing-evolution.com/p/surprising-trends-in-le…

These are all good toys, my middle elementary kid really likes magnatiles. That said, I still think Lego runs the board. My 40yo Lego is still in use, I still get pleasure out of i…

Previously on HN: The biggest CRT ever made: Sony's PVM-4300: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40754471 Overview of the KX45ED1 / PVM-4300 (Worlds Largest CRT) [video] https://…

Also doctors: Patients want schedules to run on-time but come in with a laundry list of concerns and will expect to be carefully listened to for 30 minutes during their 20 minute a…

Don't tug on that applies to hardware too. Years ago I worked on contract for a large blue 3 letter company doing outsourced server management for the fancy credit card company. Th…

I think the point is that winter can create periods where there is neither adequate wind or adequate sun. Having strong wind production at some times will only be good if there's a…

I loved NOLF and NOLF2. I was actually thinking about pulling them off the shelf and loading them up again the other day. I had no idea that the rights around them was such a mess.…

Smugmug already bought Flickr a few years ago and that seems to be going well.

The power drill mention in the headline is a bit click-baity because in the end while a power drill was used it was unnecessary and was not the solution to the problem. Had they kn…