qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

We breathed a huge sigh of relief when our kid got vaccinated (first dose at ~1yr old). I just can't fathom voluntarily not doing that.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I switched from raspberry pi and orange pi to a cheap Intel NUC, and I think it's just a much nicer experience.

The pi is great fun, but the HW transcoding on a NUC "just works," and the SSD and 16GB RAM opens a lot of doors. My N100 NUC was less than $150, and it included everything (case, power supply, 500GB SSD).

My pi found new life as an off-site backup: attach a big HDD, set up WireGuard, and have a cronjob do daily rsync and snapshots. I have it set up at in-laws, and it works great.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

I have one SSID with pihole (which I use), and one without. Works pretty well, if you're ok with a VLAN-aware network.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

It's a bill pointing out the hypocrisy of reproductive rights.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Ah, good point!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dell XPS 13 Snapdragon seems like it's trying to compete with the Air.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago

It's on https://www.thefarside.com/ today as one of the "Selections of classic The Far Side comics." Comic says ©1984, but doesn't give a specific date (an image on reddit suggests 4/6/84).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago

I mean, I don't think "reflexively opposing" is really a good thing, ever


in this case though "reflexively opposing" and "opposing on merit" would (as far as I know) yield the same outcome, so it's functionally the same thing.

I don't hate Trump's nominee's because I hate Trump, I hate them because they're antithetical to a working government.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sounds like it was a 2 petawatt pulsed laser, with picosecond pulses, so 2kJ/pulse. Staggering amount of power and energy for a pulsed laser!

Note that it's not CW, so the average power will be much, much, much less than the pulsed power. Too lazy to find the rep rate to see average power.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

man rot13 ;)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Great shot! I live in SF so I've ridden them


they're fun, but also...they just work. Not as smooth as the new Siemens units that run on the other lines, but they get the job done.

I also really appreciate that they're not a tourist gimmick


they run a real route, and they take the same payment & cost the same as other Muni bus and rail lines.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

TIL, thanks! Edited my earlier comment.

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