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sjruckle

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    Comment #33235182

    Also, there's greater immunity to interference and poor connections.

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    Comment #28592586

    Try the SponsorBlock addon. Nobody's added anything for this video, but there are a lot of other videos that have their ads in its database.

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    Comment #27456273

    Sure is. See this stackexchange link: https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/12115/is-using-15-am... So what I think what the contract was specifying was several 15-amp receptacle…

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    Comment #27295647

    I've done this. It doesn't hurt. In fact I didn't feel anything besides the battery terminals.

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    Comment #27174611

    Car 12v systems can be really noisy. The inverter and power bricks are pretty much guaranteed to filter all that out. Besides that, this way doesn't need any soldering, which is ni…

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    Comment #26707321

    It's somewhat larger. https://xkcd.com/1389/

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    Comment #25910036

    Only $5,100.20 from Mouser https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microchip-Technology/09...

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    Comment #25161375

    They look like anchor points for small vertical cables running to the dish. I would guess to keep the dish from moving around when it's windy?

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    Comment #25091890

    That's a really good idea! I'll try it next time.

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    Comment #25091815

    Are you actually the owner of steve.com? Because I've been ordering Dominos pizza with the email steve@steve.com for years. Edit: nevermind. I see you own the .net tld. I've defini…

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    Comment #25016366

    If I were you (and I was) I'd seriously consider going to rehab. They'll have experience easing your withdrawal symptoms and getting you on a road to breaking the cycle.

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    Comment #24538208

    I'll concede that yes, technically, the disconnected wires become an antenna. The audio signal will radiate away from the section of wire between the amplifier and the switch. But …

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    Comment #24537092

    How do you figure?

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    Comment #24319386

    Powder? https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust2/

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    Comment #22732371

    The original post had the phrase "hard to not call" rather than "hard not to call". The meaning is inverted by swapping the "to" and "not".

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    Comment #21835869

    Probably referring to FTDI-Gate, which is where FTDI shipped a driver that bricked counterfeit usb-serial converters.

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    Comment #20310126

    Yes, but if garbage never caught fire nobody would bother inventing better fire suppression techniques. Also, nobody ever saw a fireman by hiding inside with their window blinds sh…

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    Comment #18918086

    Personally, I doubt I would get along well with an assistant that was keeping score of all the times I was wrong, and always questioning my abilities based on that. "Dave, you have…

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    Comment #18900769

    It's his wife.

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    Comment #18899369

    Like coaxial cable?

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    Comment #17985182

    Can't you delay the signal sent to the center-parts of the polarizer relative to the edge? I think the panel would appear to switch all at once to somebody far away. Seems like thi…

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    Comment #17956567

    Yup. I saw one on the cash register at Einstein's. "Some products sold here will give you cancer, etc." I figured it was for the bacon though...

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    Comment #16684139

    You can also use the Debian package i2c-tools to communicate with things connected to the busses on your computer. I once used it to play with a set of Melexis IR sensors I'd solde…

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    Comment #16635415

    It's more like the combination of ip / website / using-adblock / screen resoluction / installed fonts / installed plugins and their versions / hash-this / hash-that are individuall…

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    Comment #16634848

    As a Californian, I predict we'll convert all the HOV lanes to exactly what you've described.