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AliasVortex

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  • ‘Manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women using smart glasses

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  • I'm partial to OVVO, I tend to be pretty hard on frames (-8 prescription, I can't not wear glasses), but the two pairs I've had have been nigh indestructible- deceptively sturdy especially given how thin and light they are. (Bonus points for not being part of the eyeglass cartel too)

  • Mix and match login managers and desktop environments

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  • Good news! If you have a regular local account, this should just work for you. If you open the user tab in the settings menu and pick your account, you should have an option to configure the fingerprint reader (framework docs).

    This doesn't quite work for me, because my account doesn't show up in the users list to configure (I think it's because domain accounts tend to have higher UID's than "normal", so they get filtered out, but I'm less sure what part of KDE controls that to dig into it).

  • Scrum

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  • This. A scrum master's job should be first and foremost making sure that the dev team has what it needs to get real actual work done. Ideally, the scrum master should be face tanking status/ update meeting, coordinating with outside entities, and ensuring that as few distractions make it to the team as possible.

  • You can count past 1,000 on your fingers by using binary, instead of just 10

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  • ASL can count as high as you need to, it gets kind of tedious after about a 999, because of all the place markers that need to be added in (like manual counting, or spelling out a number on a check), but one can sign up to 999 with a single hand. for numbers up to 99, it's more or less using the chart above. For everything after that you mark the hundreds place with the letter C and then go on the rest of the number (476, would be signed 4 C 76). Beyond that, it's just a matter of adding on the place value signs for "THOUSAND", "MILLION", etc. (which are two handed signs) so, 456,789 would be signed as 4 C THOUSAND 56 7 C 89.

    The exception to this would be strings of numbers, like phone or room numbers, where you sign them much like how they'd be spoken. So when directing someone to room 235, you'd just sign 2 35 (the concept of hundreds isn't really important here, because in most cases, the leading 2 just means the room is on the second floor).

    Edit: ASL is very visual so here's a link (with the caveat that there's variations in signs between signers/ regions, so online stuff may be different than what folks in your area are using)

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  • Doesn't help that they're almost all owned by the same company...

  • Nightshift | The Most Powerful Pirate In History

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  • Nice! Kurzgesagt teaches history instead of theoretical physics (and existential dread) was absolutely not on my bingo card for the day, but I will absolutely take it! Kind of digging the water color vibe compared to their usual vector animation.

    Speaking of Zheng Yi Sao, the band Bastille devoted a track to her on their Ampersand album last year and I'd highly recommend it (mostly because I'd highly recommend Bastille in general, and couldn't pass up an opportunity to plug them).

  • Is a Dell Latitude 7430 any good for general school stuff?

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  • That sounds like a perfectly capable school machine (especially for $250). According to the service manual for that model, it looks like the storage can be upgraded (assuming that you can get your hands on an SSD). There's no mention of replacing the RAM, so I'd almost bet on that being soldered, but realistically 16gb should be plenty for the use cases you mentioned.

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  • Can I get in on that action?

  • What are some lesser known facts and hidden easter eggs in movies/TV shows?

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  • Yeah! I put an order in for it back when it was announced and I think I saw that they're not far from shipping out (I'm excited!)

    I'm also a Kickstarter backer for Olan's new project Godspeed whenever that gets off the ground. I'm just still bitter and very willing to hold a corporate grudge (it'd take purging the CEO and board before I'd even consider giving them money again).

  • What are some lesser known facts and hidden easter eggs in movies/TV shows?

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  • From the deep Final Space shaped hole in my heart, fuck WB/ Discovery.

    I'm of the opinion that claiming media for tax breaks should immediately forfeit IP/ copyright protections and require it to be made available to the public.

  • The dominoes are falling: motherboard sales down 50% as PC enthusiasts are put off by stinking memory prices

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  • So... A Chromebook?

  • How many of you young adults here still live with parents/relatives?

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  • I'm in my late 20's and while I have a good job and enough cash on hand that I could make a down payment and move out, I'm not sure that I want to... As a US-ian The economy is in pretty rough shape and I'm not sure I want to be tied up in a mortgage when the bubbles start popping. Plus, if I were to uproot myself and move away from my family and friends, I'd almost rather full send it and emigrate to somewhere walkable, where the wrong medical diagnosis isn't a financial death sentence.

  • Steam winter sale is now live

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  • I'm partial to isthereanydeal.com for a more platform agnostic view of historical lows (it's also super handy to see if a game gets frequently bundled or is perpetually on sale).

  • What X-mas themed things do people who hate X‐mas like?

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  • Carol of the Bells absolutely slaps! I'll very much agree that it's one of the few Christmas songs I genuinely enjoy.

  • What is the problem here?

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  • Ender's 3 price point is tricky, because the initial machine is so cheap there isn't a whole lot else in the same sub-$200 bracket that's particularly great. Realistically, if you can step up to $300 (which you'd probably spend in upgrades for the ender anyway), you've got the Bambu A1 and Elegoo Centauri Carbon. I'm not personally a fan of Bambu, but they are very set and forget folks that don't mind being in an ecosystem seem to love them. Centauri is on the newer side, but from everything I've seen, it seems to be a very strong contender for best budget printer (also worth noting that there's rumblings of a version 2 coming out early year, so you might be able to snag a clearance sale or some shiny new features).

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  • I'm taking this as an excuse to share Ian's shoelace site (complete with step by step instructions on how that knot works and how to tie it) because it's one of those corners of the Internet that's handy to know about. Plus, I feel like most people don't realize that how a shoe is laced can dramatically change the fit and comfort of said shoe.

  • Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living

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  • As someone stuck in a car-centric suburban-hellscape, sign me the fuck up!

  • xkcd: Chessboard Alignment

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  • It was absolutely Bughouse (with some house rules tacked on)! It's been years since I've played, but I'd never thought to see if the variation had a formal name. Thank you!

  • xkcd: Chessboard Alignment

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  • I once played a team chess variant where each player could place pieces captured by their partner on their half of the board instead of moving. Made for some of the wackiest play lines since a piece materializing on the board could throw off your whole plan, but super fun from a strategy perspective, since board state could change dramatically between turns.