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willmacdonald

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About willmacdonald

meet.hn/city/59.3251172,18.0710935/Stockholm

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    Comment #47034172

    I'm about to get my second shot of Shingrix. In the clinic it says it lasts for about 12 years. I think it just means you can return in 12 years.

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    Comment #47034132

    In Sweden the Shingrix vaccine is associated with reduced stroke and dementia. https://sveavaccin.se/vaccinationer/baltros/

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    Comment #40074080

    It doesn't mention anything on the main github page, but this can be installed with: brew install oolite

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    Comment #39509051

    If you have a M1/2/3 Mac you can install the iPad version of Authy which works as a replacement.

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    Comment #39349863

    Thanks for mentioning FocusMate! I used it many years ago, but had since forgotten it's name. No amount of googling found it.

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    Comment #38938023

    My last name is Macdonald, however most banks in the UK change it to MacDonald, which is incorrect.

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    Comment #38446122

    Couldn't this be related the side of the car you drive on? In Sweden & America your left arm would be more exposed to sun. Here is an example: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-…

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    Comment #37370346

    We had a similar problem in Sweden when trying to renew passports. A black market developed as covid eased. Everyone was trying at the same time. Some one made a browser extension …

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    Comment #34182960

    In the article the author talks of WiFi interference. Try using MAC filtering. In previous experiments it drastically improved through put. I know the mac address can be spoofed, p…

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    Comment #34172479

    Slavery is definitely not abolished in the West. It is rife in the UK and Europe.

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    Comment #33182066

    I had frequently ran into problems trying to receive SMS 2FA tokens using Signal. Had to switch back to the default app on Android.

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    Comment #32842546

    I loved Simplenote, however from I could see the notes were not encrypted on the server. I have moved to Standard Notes, which looks VERY similar to OP notes app. Just this this: h…

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    Comment #32821355

    I'm in Stockholm too. I find klart.se, SMHI or yr.no to work pretty well.

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    Comment #32658524

    There is a great mac app called https://imageoptim.com/mac It tries - zopfli - PNGOUT - OxiPNG - AdvPNG - PNGCrush - JpegOptim - Jpegtran - Guetzli - Gifsicle - SVGO - svgcleaner A…

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    Comment #32458107

    In Sweden you get frozen raspberries, strawberries, cherries, passion fruit, mango, lingon, black berries plus other unusual berries. Frozen avocado too!

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    Comment #31103353

    Super Agent works great! What a difference it makes.

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    Comment #30669874

    I experimented with a few of these retro gaming systems. This one really stands out in terms of the UI. Lovely retro graphics, wallpaper, loading screen etc. All of the systems are…

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    Comment #30298616

    Making marmalade, no tech angle, just nice to work your hands! https://marmageddon.se/

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    Comment #28956711

    Le Haine (95) had a great flying camera scene: https://youtu.be/4qo3EwozH0Y (about half way through) Great Film too!

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    Comment #28562036

    I would suggest finding something that is fun, that you _want_ to do. Something you look forward to doing! I just started playing badminton, which is great fun! Already planning my…

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    Comment #27485098

    Not exactly the same, but regarding a slightly similar setting in browsers. I had problems getting some 3rd party widget working in a webpage. I had enabled 'Do Not Track' in the b…

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    Comment #26483583

    Launchbar for Mac from obdev.at. Makes using a mac so much quicker and simpler.

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    Comment #24986755

    I remember doing that with RS-232 connections and Doom 1.

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    Comment #24929591

    On a related note I can really recommend 'The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish' https://amzn.to/37YFKcy

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    Comment #24737524

    Apple would not let me register a developer account using my domain name macscan.net. Got a letter from their legal team. This was not for any product or app I was even thinking of…