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clegko , 1 month ago

It’s not self hosted, but I spent some time curating the news feed on Bing. It works well enough that I felt comfortable switching from Google Feed, and I don’t have to worry about self-hosting random news feeds.

clegko , 2 months ago

Uhhh. No.

clegko , 5 months ago

The one place where Sam’s beats Costco is its scan and go app. You literally scan the barcodes of the items you want to purchase as you shop, check out in the app and walk out the door. Never have to speak to anyone or wait in the checkout line.

clegko , 6 months ago

Give Oracles always free tier a try. I shuffle over a TB through them every month with no issues.

clegko , 6 months ago

Not wrong calling the rabid fan base that though…

clegko , 6 months ago

This is the real issue. Gas cars burn quick and it’s done. EVs can burn for days.

clegko , 6 months ago

Have you tried Pandora? I always thought Pandora was better at recommending music than GPM was, but it was close.

clegko , 6 months ago

They are defining web standards. They control chrome and chromium. So all of the alternative browsers that aren’t safari and Firefox are using Google’s web engine. Even Firefox and safari are beholden to Google as they fund both these web browsers through their default search deals.

🎶 I think I’ve seen this film before… 🎶

clegko , 6 months ago

Lots of those fucking proctoring softwares detect when you’re in a VM and refuse to run. 🙄

clegko , 6 months ago

There are but sometimes you want shit to just work. Annoyingly, a real windows computer is the easiest sometimes.

clegko , 6 months ago

Just block it.

clegko , 6 months ago

You say that, but Walmart and SamsClub’s Scan and Go is extremely well received because it allows people to scan shit as they put it in their cart and pay on their phone.

clegko , 6 months ago

The store near me stops the scanning process and makes an attendant come check your shit. Literally sits on a screen saying “AN ATTENDANT WILL BE WITH YOUR SHORTLY, PLEASE WAIT”.

clegko , 6 months ago

I have all of mine in their respective directories and have a master script that I run to bring them all up or take them down. Easier to exclude services from start up if I end up not needing them or something.

clegko , 6 months ago

This is the #1 reason I won’t be able to get an EV any time soon. We live in a townhouse, and while the HOA gracefully ‘allows’ us to install chargers (because its illegal for them not to allow it), the way the rules are set up it’s practically impossible to actually install one.

For example, here’s our bylaws regarding EV chargers:

1. All Charging stations require approval – The application should discuss where the charging station will be mounted, the type of post used to mount it, and, in the townhouses, the path that the charging station wiring will use to get to the common ground. The townhouse owner is also advised that the installation of a charging station on HOA common ground requires a legal agreement between the HOA and the homeowner regarding maintenance and liability of the charging station.
2. Chargers of 120V (Level 1) or 240V (Level 2) are allowed. It should be noted that while it is possible to use a 240V extension and there are some 240V extensions sold as charging cables, at this time, the use of such extensions is illegal in Maryland and will not be approved in an application. All 240V outlet plugs must be directly wired to the electrical panels of the house.
3. Under no conditions is it acceptable for a charging line to be stretched across a community sidewalk. For a temporary installation of less than 6 months duration, residents may apply to have permission to place a tube under the sidewalk in order to run a 110V extension while their permanent charging station is installed.
4. All permanent electrical lines must be buried in conduit according to code and go under any sidewalks, ramps, or gutters. No 240V electrical wires are permitted to be installed under community sidewalks.
5. A charging station must be placed inside a single parking space. It cannot straddle the dividing line nor can it be centered in the parking spot as that would interfere with the numbering of the parking space.
6. For single family homes a charging station can be mounted directly to the house or garage or mounted on a post that allows easier access to the parking spaces. If post mounted, it should be mounted in the half of the driveway that is closest to the house.

There are a number of things in there that are contradictory. You can install a L2 charger, but if you’re in a townhouse, you’re not allowed to wire it up using 240V. You also can’t place it on your house, because the cord wouldn’t be able to reach and that’s not allowed anyway, because it’d cross a sidewalk. Neat.

clegko , 6 months ago

The issue is that you can’t run 240V under the sidewalk, where all townhouses have a sidewalk between your front yard and parking spots.

clegko , 6 months ago

I don’t think OP was talking about working in with their passions. My job isn’t my passion, but I enjoy it and I rarely have a bad day just because it’s “work” like I used to have at my last job. OFC some days can be harder than others, but that’s anything.

clegko , 6 months ago

I would say this is another brick in the argument for an open source car operating system

…Go analog with a carb, maybe? Only thing that can stop a carb from working is it being out of gas. Or changing altitude. Or bad fuel. Or it’s too cold and/or hot. … OK lots of things can stop carbs, but the government sure can’t, at least.

clegko , 6 months ago

It only helps when people leave it on.

It’s a small sample size, but literally everyone I know that owns a car with that feature turns it off immediately after starting the car every time they get in it.

clegko , 6 months ago

That’s what the Seagram is for, probably.

clegko , 6 months ago

Maybe the higher end TVs publish the feet width on the box, but the one I got a few years ago sure didn’t. It was actually really frustrating to find that info for any of the TVs I was looking at at the time.

Even looking at a modern budget TV from Amazon, it doesn’t say anything about the width of the legs on the product page. www.amazon.com/…/B0B3GTSQ9Q/

I found what I believe to be a very similar (if not the same) TV that OP has, and it also doesn’t have the specs listed on the Bestbuy website. www.bestbuy.com/site/…/6538141.p?skuId=6538141

clegko , 6 months ago

I just found what I believe is the same TV OP bought and it doesn’t list the stand width. www.bestbuy.com/site/…/6538141.p?skuId=6538141

A number of other budget TV brands I checked don’t have it listed, either - including a Fire TV from Amazon. www.amazon.com/…/ref=sr_1_

clegko , 6 months ago

Exactly my thought. Makes this place seem toxic as fuck.

clegko , 7 months ago

The people who still want SD cards have never had an SD card fail on them and it shows.

clegko , 7 months ago

The last time I tried to use a degoogled phone it was basically impossible. Authy isnt on any other store, updating apps was a pita, notifications didn’t work half the time because too many damn apps rely on Google’s push notification system…

clegko , 7 months ago

But the children yearn for the mines.

clegko , 7 months ago

Run in docker and set auto-update on? Idk seems simple…

clegko , 7 months ago

Because Americans spend WAY more time in their cars than most other countries and I’ll be fucked if Im spending an hour+ each day in a cheap econo-car.

clegko , 7 months ago

With the way the economy is going, it may well be many people’s primary house.

clegko , 8 months ago

I love that most people don’t realize how close Reston, VA (You know, where AWS 1 and 2 is located) is to DC.

clegko , 8 months ago

Opera was also 100% up front about it and sold it as a feature. They didn’t sneak it into installers and crap. IMO that’s the issue, the lack of communication.

clegko , 8 months ago

Is LibreWolf still a version or two behind on Gecko?

clegko , 8 months ago

Word. Last I had looked, they lagged a version or two behind on the base FF version. Likely just a lack of contributors or something then. Ty.

clegko , 8 months ago

Epub doesn’t natively have user tracking and DRM either. Mobi files are just ancient and there are better alternatives for them. Like bmp files vs jpg.

clegko , 8 months ago

I’ve been using YouTube Premium (née YouTube Red) for so long that I totally forgot that there are ads on YouTube and was surprised by all of this news popping off.

clegko , 8 months ago

In my case, it’s less of a “value my time” and more “I’m just tired of being advertised to constantly and want a break”

clegko , 8 months ago

I’d kill for a service where I pay a monthly fee for news sites and it just analyzes which ones I actually used and splits the money up to them accordingly.

This is exactly the reason I use Apple News+. I get access to multiple magazines I have read forever, actual well written journalism, news briefs tailored to my wants, etc. It’s very much worth the price for me.

clegko , 8 months ago

This isn’t always the case, but it seems to be the majority of companies where it’s used this way. My current job truly is unlimited PTO with an unwritten “TAKE YOUR GODDAMN TIME OFF” rule.

clegko , 8 months ago

So you’re OK with EV batteries no longer being made, along with numerous other things?

clegko , 8 months ago

Asbestos is genuinely a wonderful material. It’s heat-proof, it’s a wonderful insulator, it’s one of the best filters for gas masks, it’s wonderful for use in brake pads and clutches, etc.

It’s just a damn shame it causes cancer in living things.

clegko , 8 months ago

I don’t think there’s really any measurable difference, assuming the nonstick pan isn’t scuffed enough to cause bits and pieces to flake off into your food.

clegko , 8 months ago

…It’s West Virginia?

clegko , 8 months ago

Librewolf != Firefox, fwiw.

clegko , 8 months ago

The problem is, Tesla’s “ignore it till people complain” baseline is lower than most other mfgs.

How many references would you like? cnbc.com/…/tesla-lags-auto-industry-in-quality-fi…greencarreports.com/…/1128625_tesla-ranks-last-in…www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/business/…/index.html

clegko , 8 months ago

Remember when Opera had all of these things a literal decade+ ago? I remember.

clegko , 8 months ago

I love Vivaldi, but there’s just something about it’s UI that bothers me. I can’t quite put my finger on it - it just feels slightly off.

clegko , 8 months ago

What if you just got USB-C headphones?

clegko , 8 months ago

Literally everyone I talk to uses Telegram and not a single one of us uses their Stories feature. It’s fucking useless in a chat app.