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Ho-lee poo poo. Finally caught up with this thread after I think like 1,5 years. Sadly forgot all those things I wanted to post about. 
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Boiled Water posted:Depending on just how crap your mail server is that might still be true. Getting an "i forgot my password" request from EA.com for example can easily take an hour, if it ever arrives. I just deleted 40k deferred e-mails after a compromised web spammed a lot. Some legit e-mails might never arrive.
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Dec 15, 2016 16:29
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Powered Descent posted:40k, you say? "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only spam." My boss was 'not amused' when I told him about it, but hey, what can you do? \/  \/ (I even called SpamTitan support to see if there was any other option)This is what happens when you don't notice/fix a spamming web for a week.
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Dec 15, 2016 16:43
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Kelp Me! posted:Anyone who recommends an FM transmitter has never tried using one in or around a major city I disagree, I live in a major city and used to live directly below the main FM broadcast tower, a good one works perfectly fine and doesn't interfere with anyone else. There is enough unused bandwidth, at least in my country.
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Mar 9, 2017 23:34
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Pham Nuwen posted:For a while I was running some Cyanogenmod build or whatever that set up the phone so that IIRC a quick double tap on the volume-up button would skip to the next song, and that was a huge improvement over trying to use the screen. It was great when riding the motorcycle too because I could hit the volume button through the outside of my jacket pocket. Any Android I've encountered lets you skip by either double tapping or holding the volume up.
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Mar 10, 2017 13:41
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I heart bacon posted:
That car is so old i feel like a bluetooth joke just doesn't work.
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Mar 10, 2017 16:06
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Collateral Damage posted:The only time I hear about prepaid cards nowadays is when people are talking about scams. Prepaid cards are still attractive for underage kids.
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Mar 17, 2017 11:50
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). I just log in to my online bank and generate a temporary card that draws from my regular account up to a chosen limit.
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Don't worry guys, remote control shenanigans are still alive today since TVs haven't changed. Everyoen who has an android phone with an IR LED is sure to be blasting at beamers, TVs and everything else IR controlled. Since TV sessions were the best, I don't think anyone had any reason to want to mess with them tho.
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Mar 20, 2017 09:34
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Krispy Kareem posted:It wasn't malware, it was a way worse root kit. Lenovo installed a thing that put a root CA in, I think people even got the private key for it after a short while.
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Mar 21, 2017 16:58
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ReidRansom posted:In case of emergency or if other infrastructure is down for some reason, I could see it being very useful, though that's a long way to go for emergency preparedness when an FRS/GMRS/CB would probably work for basic communication in that sort of scenario. Well, all those unlicensed bands are already semi-crowded and would be really bad when everyone gets out their walkie-talkie. In HAM radio you got fairly decent coordination, but more importantly you can choose from a wide range of frequencies.
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Mar 28, 2017 14:46
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ReidRansom posted:Although I feel like even unlicensed band equipment is an uncommon enough thing these days that it would still be somewhat useful, yeah that is a tick in the HAM column. I'm not sure about the US, but PMR446 is something you can go 'scanning' with any old end device and you can be certain that you'll pick something up on channel 1 within no time. Hell, I had people randomly braodcasting music on there. CB is also filled with truckers and some diehards who don't want to become hams and just transmit with thousands of Watts. In my country you also get a lot of interference from Russia.
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Mar 28, 2017 20:34
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dont be mean to me posted:Familiarity is a hell of a drug. I don't get people with no sense of direction, I was out and about just exploring some roads and my phone locked up and I couldn't get it to work within reasonable time since it was dying at that time, I just used road signs and scenery to orient myself. I still got home.
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Apr 5, 2017 06:49
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Gromit posted:I describe myself as having no sense of direction and I can read a map and follow signposts and look for landmarks no problem. But drive me out somewhere I've never been and I can't point my way home. I need to travel a path multiple times before it sticks in my head, and I find it very hard to memorise street names. I would describe what you're talking about as being a spatial awareness issue or something. I would have used it the other way around, but I guess these are fairly flexible terms anyway. Luckily finding my way back has never been a problem for me either.
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Apr 5, 2017 07:07
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Cat Hatter posted:I have no idea why some people think their priorities are universal. The screen is bigger, they can support real-time traffic (Garmin and Tom Tom have been doing that for about a decade), usually have a more sensitive antenna, the radio turns itself down so you can hear directions, don't have to plug your phone into a charger and attach it to the windshield with a suction cup that sometimes falls down (and I think is illegal in some states), works in areas with poor cell reception... Theres also air duct mounts, magnet mounts... Sygic also has live traffic and screen size is a preference with phones just as much as gps.
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Apr 5, 2017 10:04
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Gromit posted:A friend of mine loves milsim and when we play Arma 3 he can read the heck out of a map and use the compass to cover many virtual square miles of terrain. Get him into Killing Floor and he gets lost going from the trader back to our camping spot which would be the equivalent of going about 150 yards through some corridors. It's weird Honestly, a lot of the Killing Floor maps have a confusign layout, and I totally feel your friend, when you never really take the time to learn the layout and are focused on pulling constant headshots, certain maps have almost nothing identifying one end from the other.
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Apr 6, 2017 07:50
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The problem with maps are the ever changing road structures around here, it's the downside of an efficient Autobahn provider.
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Apr 6, 2017 09:25
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Cat Hatter posted:...So nobody should ever have the option of a built in navigation system because they might want a smaller screen that they have the option of mounting in a different way that is still less secure than having one built into the dash? You do realize there are huge phones too? I for one certainly would appreciate the return of the DIN radio, gently caress all these fancy radios taking two slots with a special cover that can't do the most basic things unless you pay 1000+ $ to get the 'better' model.
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Apr 7, 2017 07:50
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Platystemon posted:lol if you buy a phablet just so you can have a bigger screen for navigation No, but his argument seems to be a bigger screen, other people have huge phones that a GPS can't even compete with.
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Apr 7, 2017 08:38
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Humphreys posted:As a dude who spent the money and time hacking/modding to get the 'better' model, all I want it a double DIN. It's just annoying as gently caress that you can't put any aftermarket radio in, because it will never fit with the dash with the cover removed. On my old RAV4 I replaced the radio with a cheap 100 $ unit and had all the features VW would charge me at least 1k to upgrade to (Bluetooth...). Afterwards the dash still looked fine. I know integrated is modern and it is sleek, but I feel like you could still make it so the radio is replaceable without completely loving up the look.
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Apr 7, 2017 12:05
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Good solder joints are important unless you want your things to burn and/or break.
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Apr 24, 2017 14:26
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HAT FETISH posted:Apropos of nothing, are there any particularly good books about phone hacking/phreaking that anyone would recommend? I like the PLA book, not much hacking tho, really.
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May 8, 2017 08:02
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Grand Prize Winner posted:The inclusion 5 1/4" and 3.5" floppies is an interesting timeline thing. By the time I got into gaming the big floppies were gone, and I remember increasing numbers of floppy disks, then floppy disks+CD, then finally just a cd, then two CDs, then (Holy poo poo, Riven) like four CDs. Then they started selling games on DVD. Have they moved on to Blu-Ray or something now or are physical releases basically just a memory? Which physical releases? These days you get a code and maybe a CD/DVD with Steam on it.
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Aug 25, 2017 07:08
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Phone scanning apps are garbage and it doesn't allow me to store documents in sufficient quality to replace paper copies.
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Sep 7, 2017 08:22
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All this CCTV chat about resolution is redundant, most cameras in use today are poo poo because of exposure, and general problems with image quality rather than the resolution. I'd take a sharp, high range camera at 480p over any lovely 1080p crap any day.
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Nov 30, 2017 10:43
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Any recognized brand uses good LEDs, not necessarily Cree. I like Nitecore, Fenix, Led Lenser (too expensive for what they are), with nitecore having the best firmware on the market IMO.
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Feb 2, 2018 11:56
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spog posted:Ditto: I have a few of these in different sizes and they all work very well. 3xAA for the car, 2xAA for taking the bins out, 1xAAA pocket carry and they are all as bright as gently caress and cheap enough not to worry about. Well most chinese craplights don't remember mode but have 20 because they want to be like the big boys. So to switch between high and low, you have to go through strobe and SOS as well. usually with a lovely switch. Nitecore lights have tons of small extra features that are really neat AND several programmable modes for your application. Only thing I don't like about them is the 18650 batteries, I am bad at keeping them charged. For AA I have been happy with my fenix tho.
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Feb 2, 2018 20:42
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PhotoKirk posted:I put one of the LED conversions in my big 5D Maglite and keep it in my truck. Much brighter and I can use it as an improvised hammer. I have an old 3D and 4D, I thought about converting them, but D cells are expensive and hard to come by and the conversion kits are expensive, especially for what they are.
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Feb 2, 2018 20:45
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sarcastx posted:mostlygray isn't entirely wrong about the "predictive" aspects of his rant - cars will get there, of course, and when they do, they'll be able to This already happens. There are 'virtual diffs' that are based entirely on braking the other wheels. Hell, this whole statement is ridiculous, I live in a country with snow and mountains, and for shits and giggles I went down a far too steep hill in my minivan, I actually got up that hill without snowchains by letting the TCS do it's thing for a while. No one can tell me that turning it off and just putting the throttle down is any better than controling every brake individually and auto-throttling according to wheel slip. The car can literally inch itself forward this way in a way you never could.
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Feb 20, 2018 13:42
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Collateral Damage posted:I wish more phones had options for putting a better lens on it though, since that's the usual shortcoming of phones. The problem is putting a proper lens connector on a phone that already has zero real estate for anything.
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Feb 20, 2018 13:54
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sarcastx posted:I'm not sure if you got the point of the post; we are in agreement on mostlygray being hilariously wrong about driver aids. Oh alright I missed that. The second part of my post wasn't aimed at you either way.
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Feb 20, 2018 15:06
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DoctorWhat posted:Windows 8 has a great start menu, people are just babies about it. Windows 8 doesn't even have a start menu.
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Mar 28, 2018 09:35
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I suspect it's spite for when they can't get away with the whole unit because it was properly secured.
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Nov 14, 2018 14:13
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T-man posted:why is it rendering a condom? Showing that you can use it for sex ed too.
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Jun 23, 2019 20:41
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Geoj posted:I'd be more concerned that they're currently owned by the same group that thought Chrysler was a sound investment, and spent the post-war era through 2017 under the management of General Motors. I'm pretty sure you can't even throw most Opels, so that's not a valid way of getting them to move either. Pushing might still work Disclaimer: I don't actually hate Opel, they are just unequivocally known as being bad cars.
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Sep 5, 2019 07:15
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Phy posted:If you were locked in an apartment with a credit card, a source of potable water, and a phone that only went to the McMaster app, you could actually live quite comfortably until you died from a vitamin deficiency. (They sell office snacks including energy bars and beef jerky and Gatorade packets. And the energy bars have vitamin c, so no scurvy!) Alternatively, you could just order the tools to get out, but any prison is just in your mind, I suppose.
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Sep 11, 2019 06:44
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I've been meaning to implement a sort if wake up light type alarm clock, but for noe I am using the type that tries to wake you half an hour early but only works if you are in light sleep.
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Oct 7, 2020 06:37
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Slimy Hog posted:Unless it phones home, then you'd have to setup a dummy server + know what response it should be sending Well no, you can just block it.
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Jan 5, 2021 07:38
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Powered Descent posted:When I'm driving, the last thing I want is to be fiddling with my phone, so I don't bluetooth it to the car stereo at all. Instead I've made a USB stick full of folders that roughly correspond to the mix CDs (or burned copies of albums) I used to keep in the CD changer in my last car. Of course now I can have way more "CDs" and they aren't constrained by the 74-minute limit. Every now and then I bring the USB drive in and add to or change up the music. You can get your phone to autoplay whatever you like
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Mar 3, 2021 09:17
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rndmnmbr posted:What is this "paid vacation"? At job 1, I'm at 36 hours per week, classified as PT and get no benefits. Job 2 is a contract gig, I get two weeks but they're unpaid and still working job 1. The last "vacation" I had was two weeks 100% unpaid three years ago, recovering from emergency gallbladder surgery. Holy poo poo how do you survive mentally?
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3D Megadoodoo posted:So apparently OLED displays are prone to screen burn-in? Lmao. Yes. Ever since my Galaxy Note I have specifically looked for non-OLED phones.
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