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toynbee

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  • Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms | TechCrunch

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  • I didn't have FSD, but this is pretty much what cruise control / lane assist did.

  • How does one code by themself?

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  • "Pick a good project" is a much more understandable, but no less accurate, way to express what I wanted to say.

  • Software bloat? This elevator needs an 8GB Core i5

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  • How does one code by themself?

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  • During job interviews, a question I used to often be asked was "how do you learn something?" (Phrased assorted different ways.) My answer was always pretty similar: don't go into the learning process with the thought "I want to know x language" (or whatever).

    Instead, have a goal to pursue. Don't start thinking "I want to learn Linux," start thinking "I want to use this operating system to make a server that can securely share media with my family." Don't think "I want to know Python," come into it thinking "I want to make a chatbot." (I don't do much real programming, so I'm sorry if that's a bad example.) Try to make it ambitious, but achievable. Originality and good execution are not even remotely requirements in this context. You just need a "why." No one else will ever see what you do unless you want them to.

    At least in my experience and that of those I've trained, if you just have an abstract target, you're eventually not going to know where to go next and will run out of motivation. With a specific aim, even if you don't comprehend the whole (yet!) you'll often have a good idea of what the next step is and, whenever you achieve it, you'll feel much more satisfaction by having gained progress on something you wanted than you would by completing an exercise in a book. As such, whatever lesson or lessons you may have learned will likely be easier to recall the next time you need them.

  • Your Garbage Truck Is About to Start Spying on You. Your Car Already Did, and Got Fined for It.

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  • "Smart" in this context wasn't as much of a thing back then, but The Transporter had a similar option.

  • A $150 Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle is being crowdfunded by Open Book Touch

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  • I prefer physical media, but I appreciate the utility of ereaders. I, too, would prefer buttons if I used an ereader with any frequency; I still lament the disappearance of them from my phone!

    However, in case this is a problem you really need fixed: my wife is an avid ereader user. She didn't like the page turning for many of the reasons you listed, so she bought a ring that has Bluetooth and a singular button. The ring connects to your reader, then when you press the button, simulates a click or screen tap. You get the page turning experience it sounds like you want and, after setup, the only thing you need to physically exert at all is your thumb.

    edit: Fixed an embarrassing number of typos.

  • Houseguest

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  • I am very uncomfortable with and uncertain of most people, especially those who are new to me. Even if I like them, which I usually do.

    A year and change ago, my wife made friends with a new family. They've become very close. I haven't spent as much time with them as she has, but so far as I can tell they all seem pretty great.

    One of the first times I encountered them other than by proxy, the mom and one of the kids came by and almost immediately settled down on one of our couches. My wife and kid spent a bit of time chatting with them, then wandered off. The mom maintained her position on the couch and I stayed in the room because I learned what few social graces I have from my mom, who never would have forgiven me for abandoning a guest. Though our guest was never rude to me, it became clear that she just wanted to idle and didn't require engagement.

    I'm genuinely glad she was comfortable here but it still seems odd to me to come to a friend's house to be alone.

  • Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media

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  • Wasn't Facebook originally made for judging the subjective attractiveness of women?

  • Vulnerable

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  • Hey now, no matter how talented anyone is at something, we all did whatever it is for the first time once.

    For example, I've opened this post as nearly the first thing I saw after waking up three times now and I'm getting pretty good at not flinching!

  • Vulnerable

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  • Oh no! Regardless of which way I turn, there's a wall!

  • Vulnerable

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  • They're Daredevil.

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  • Loving this new meme template

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  • ... As far as we know.

  • England Game Day [Twonks]

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  • Just barely missed the king of time!

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  • Roy?

  • What’s your favorite “bad” movie?

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  • Convinced my partner to install Linux on her laptop. Going with Zorin OS. Thoughts?

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  • I like Fedora anyway, but the reason I stuck with it was that every IT job I've ever had has exclusively used servers with OS' in that ecosystem. Also, though I've let it expire, I used to be an RHCE.

    As such, I figured using Fedora for personal pursuits would keep me familiar with the skills and environments that kept me paid.

  • Convinced my partner to install Linux on her laptop. Going with Zorin OS. Thoughts?

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  • My work wanted me to use my phone (which, like yours, is Graphene) to login to the messenger they use. I briefly tried; it worked, but mandated enabling MDM. I did consider it, but while researching how much control it would grant if constrained to a work profile, I discovered it's not currently supported in Graphene. So I just deleted the login and work profile and didn't try to login any further.

    I have an old, unused phone that's still Android, so if they ever insist (and won't provide me with a device), I'll probably just set it up on that phone and use my actual phone as a hotspot ... But that seems pretty ridiculous and I'd definitely have some objections.

    Similarly, any bureaucratic actions require a 2FA app. I couldn't really avoid that since I need to file my timesheets, but for reasons I've never ascertained, the app works on my tablet (which is also Graphene) but not my phone. I pretty much only ever turn my tablet on for that purpose and it's on an SSID with guest isolation, so I don't mind that as much.

  • Are there any websites from the 90s that you can remember but can find no trace of now?

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  • That looks thematically kind of like SCP.