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To state that some relief agencies are - I'd say success-driven rather than profit-driven - is not an attack on the people in direct contact with, and assisting, victims. There is …

He's not bringing the whole layout, but the skyscrapers are pretty big; having a dedicated room for the models plus tools (including glue and paint, both of which are fragrant) wou…

His layout was featured in Model Railroader back in 2007: http://mrr.trains.com/magazine/press-releases/2007/10/rod-st...

Yep! I like that the mouse is always in exactly the same place on my desk (s), so muscle memory always lands on it (especially useful in my home office, because the keyboard tray d…

My personal favorite is an Elecom left-handed model: ELECOM M-XT4DRBK Wireless Trackball mouse for Left-Handed, EX-G series L size 2.4GHz 6 buttons Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/…

Reading the article wasn't disturbing? FWIW I assumed from the title that he hadn't killed himself; if he had, the title certainly would have stated it.

> Ok, you drilled open a smart lock. Is the drill able to be positioned in such a manner when the lock is installed on a door? He drilled it from the front; the face is off in the …

Yeah - weird they haven't updated https://centos.org/ with the release announcement yet...

I use a MBP at work and an XPS 13 at home and much prefer the latter - Ubuntu with a Plasma desktop makes for a crazy configurable UI.

Interesting. I use a MBP for work, and hate that Finder intermixes directories and files. I much prefer having directories sorted separately: it makes it easier to drill down throu…

Many thanks!

I'm both surprised and skeptical. It makes me wonder whether there's a larger story, now lost... Perhaps the archetypal occurrence was someone famously humorless, and their outburs…

I know the rest of these, but Buddies is a new one; to whom does it refer?

Tangential question I don't think anyone here can answer: what did the Times mean by 'put her intelligence background to work'? Does that mean her training suggested a possible thi…

Punic refers to the people. Carthage was the name of their city, so they're also referred to as Carthaginians (see also: New Yorkers, Londoners, Dubliners, Parisians, etc.).

Seconded. Even before I knew dang was a moderator I'd been impressed by dang's ability to pour oil on troubled water... Thanks to both of you for a job thoughtfully done, and done …

The demo was a modified cable, but the article said Hak5 was interested in manufacturing them.

I blame Disney for an unrealistic princess fantasy.

I was just having a similar thought, alright the logistics of making that happen are helacious. Not least of which: how does one make a platform with global dominance into a nation…

An implicit acceptance and endorsement for the messages of hate and violence? I personally doubt violent video games turn people into murderers; I suspect they do desensitize peopl…

My concern: the person expressing 'calming, positive comments' gets doxed and/or SWAT'ed for their efforts. I agree in principle with what your suggesting, but at this point those …

It's not Internet service that's essential: it's phone service - the ability to make emergency phone calls.

I don't find it so. I do both Perl and Python at work: the Perl code is almost always clearer to read IMHO. I know some people find curly brackets and sigils distracting, but to me…

Medieval Christian cemeteries often overfilled, especially if the cemetery was thought especially holy. Demand was so high in some places graves were regularly reused: the bones we…

I saw it too - amazing to see a steam locomotive that size moving under its'own power!