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I have horrible news for you. Google had it, then they killed it https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleMaps/comments/1737ft9/google_...

Oh yeah, n-gate.com, "we can't both be right"

Can you pitch me on why I would want to use this, instead of Rails.cache.fetch (which supports TTL) powered by redis (with the "allkeys-lru" config option)?

It's nice being able to toggle flags immediately, without waiting for a deploy. Having near-instant rollback is reassuring for launching new features.

Very neat. I've been doing this with Calibre ( https://calibre-ebook.com/ ), which involves plugging it into your PC via USB. Simple RSS feeds work with little configuration, and m…

TIL there's a name for this! (Chargie) I have an old Mac multiport adapter (USB C / USB A / VGA) that I use only to limit the current going into my smartphone, for the sake of batt…

It really is! I built a system to monitor/control my wood stove with a pi. The GPIO pins made it easy-ish to hook up an infrared temp sensor over i2c. I found a relay hat that allo…

That's so wild. Many small businesses in my area give you a discount for paying with cash. They pass the card fee onto the consumer, but it's baked into the menu prices.

I do this! My personal computers run Windows. I have an iPod touch that I use for listening to music on a stereo in my living room. I use iTunes to manage my music library. When I …

It's not exactly what you have in mind, but my friend walked into local small businesses saying "Hey, can I make you a website?". Then he googled "how to make a website" and figure…

Precisely. I'm trying to understand the resistance in good faith, but the article didn't explain their position very clearly. "It's already prohibited" - so why the fierce oppositi…

I used this when modeling a shed-to-house I built. Like most open source software, it's not SUPER polished but it's useful. Making basic walls, doors, windows, and placing furnitur…

Today I learned that certificates getting revoked/expired can break existing locally installed applications on my Mac.

How do we find places that still value and foster this kind of community? And how do we contribute to it ourselves? Lately I've been wanting to be intentional about getting involve…

Neat. I did this for a very basic react ratio calculator I built. My state was so basic and small, it felt fine for a toy project. Certainly a practice I would scrutinize in a prod…

Is this a good example of one of those talks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKZ-dWaCiU&ab_channel=ITkon...

I'm a happy user of Atom as my daily driver for basic note taking and scratch pads. Even though it's being sunset, I look forward to using it for years to come. Perhaps it will hav…

I find it hilarious that a bit lower down, someone is discussing https://github.com/rss2email/rss2email to do the opposite of this.

How does 3M 425 compare to 3M 3340? 3340 is some foil tape I bought from Lowes in the HVAC section, with "cold weather" printed on it in red text. In terms of thickness, I see 425 …

I'm using the included monitor stand. The monitor definitely can move relative to my desk if I shake my desk, but it's noticeably sturdier than a cheap (but highly rated) monitor a…

I bought one, and I'm also upset with how Mac OS handles the scaling. I've tried absolutely every utility that allegedly makes higher DPI monitors work: BetterDisplay, SwitchResX, …

I have a similar experience with coding! I bought this monitor precisely for that. It's nice to keep some bottom IDE panel open (test results, find results, git log, etc) while kee…

I have one- I can confirm, no bezel. It's just a single contiguous panel as far as I can tell. I does have software support for feeding 2 inputs into the top/bottom, but by default…