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voyagerfan5761
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About voyagerfan5761
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Comment #49129544
Jerks do push all the buttons to make everyone else wait. It's why newer elevator systems are often configured to ignore those if too many floor buttons get pressed at once.
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Comment #41747684
For this, I blame Reddit. Yes, I thought the same when I was new.
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Comment #41395023
Shouldn't have to replace the aircon/heat-pump components, only the controller hardware. OP indicated that a new control system would be about $1700 (I assume AUD), or 14-17% of th…
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Comment #40531728
You got all the same answers I did, which helps me determine how good my sleuthing skills are. I used exclusively strings, either API routes, error codes, or version/build numbers.…
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Comment #40109391
Thanks a bunch to you and thenickdude for the test command and config to change. I have an old VPS that isn't worth trying to update to a newer OS image, because I'm already (slowl…
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Comment #38871137
Oy. The morally correct way would be to, at minimum, allow subscribers to opt out. It might even be acceptable if opting out was a "feature" of their paid plans. The tiniest consol…
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Comment #37506096
Some modern clients (or clients-as-services) build in image/file sharing.
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Comment #37128421
A lot of personal sites such as this one are built on a public repo someplace, and one is often invited to submit typo corrections etc. upon finding the source. In this case, thoug…
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Comment #37121374
As an example, the options where I am right now (thankfully temporary) are: - $55/mo. 3 Mbps DSL - $80/mo. 300 Mbps cable (or even more expensive, faster cable) - $120/mo. 100+ Mbp…
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Comment #37119327
Self-promotion.
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Comment #37108490
Ooooof, at least in the genres I tend to listen to, SME (and numerous sublabels thereof) are basically impossible to avoid. I can take advantage of how low streaming payouts are, I…
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Comment #37108409
They might be preventing new malicious actors from signing up. Maybe. Catching a lot (anecdotally, from this thread) of legit users along the way. Meanwhile, what have they done to…
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Comment #37108380
Weary of Render is what OP will be if they don't take care of the problem. Wary of Render is what you (and I) should be.
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Comment #36926415
It doesn't work on iOS? I was about to comment how impressed I was that it works (and pretty smoothly) on mobile—but I'm on Android over here. Wonder what's not supported in Safari…
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Comment #36926399
Avoidant as I am of Apple's ecosystem, I can only imagine the "security" justification for serializing a display panel. Covert exfiltration of sensitive information from password m…
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Comment #36900292
First-hand experience tells me that Verizon has eSIM working, at least for their free trials. "You can participate in Verizon Free Trial with an eSIM-compatible smartphone." ( http…
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Comment #36900182
What's funny is I have yet to encounter anyone IRL who talks to Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant often enough to notice. Maybe building chatbots as a layer beneath the existing vir…
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Comment #36889922
I do not even want to know what sort of weird-ass GUI code or behavior made those two operations dissimilar.
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Comment #36889883
This cover sounds like something that could easily be illegal depending on the location. Quick research says that license plate covers are "Allowed" in just 16/50 states, though I …