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I recently installed hassio in docker on a VM on a fitlet2 (also running asterisk and pi-hole on the same machine each in a separate VM). So far no problems controlling a TV and some z-wave light switches.

Maybe workaround transmission power by reflecting and modulating a signal over an existing power source. Like a very big mirror with an LCD pixel in front of it.

I think the only difference is that foreground service must show a notification that's all. Users will learn to just disable those useless notifications.

Pie requires coarse location permission for accessing SSID.

I think Piaggio were the first with a modern two front wheels scooter in 2006. They also had a hybrid plugin model doing 0-60 in 5 seconds (2008).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_MP3

Again: you pay not only with your data. The cost of advertising is already included in the cost of the product being advertised. You pay for it both ends.

Homo sapiens whedonum

https://rifters.com/blindsight/vampires.htm

Legal contracts are copyrightable too. I've learned this when looking for a basic tenants contract trying to save on lawyer's fees which seemed too high for such a standard document. So not sure how legally safe it is to just copy such documents.

Impersonal interests, receding ego, universal life, like rivers merging with the sea...

Yes, nice comforting lullaby. Never understood these types of texts.

“And time continues in its immemorial way of making everything and everybody look and feel like shit” – Martin Amis

This I understand. Sugar coating not necessary.

What really makes coding environment productive for me are: file navigation, code browsing, call hierarchy, class hierarchy, find usages, find declaration, find implementations, refactoring, build integration, debugger integration, documentation integration.

I did try vim more than once over the years. I'd use it to edit config files on servers but would much prefer an IDE for coding.

Additional read:

"Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics, and Design" By Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, sponsored by the Department of the Navy

    In this report, we will present: the presumptive case for the use of 
    autonomous military robotics; the need to address risk and ethics in 
    the field; the current and predicted state of military robotics;
    programming approaches as well as relevant ethical theories and considerations 
    (including the Laws of War, Rules of Engagement); a framework for technology 
    risk assessment; ethical and social issues, both near- and far-term; 
    and recommendations for future work.

http://ethics.calpoly.edu/ONR_report.pdf

and "Malak" by Peter Watts

Inside the mind of an autonomous drone with a conscience, but as usual with Watts it all goes wrong.

https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Malak.pdf

This makes me sick. Now I need to take my temperature.

I can't wait for the toilette paper that transmits my poop analysis in real time directly to the good and helpful corporation. For my own good. Who wouldn't want such close attention to their well being. And it would only cost 10x more and will be mandated for insurance eligibility.

You are not served ads but even as a subscriber you are tracked by them and your information is traded. (source: their privacy policy.)

I had bad luck with the 6.1. Constant Wi-Fi disconnections.

They claimed to have solved it with the august update but many still experience the problem and no response from HMD.

See this forum thread (there are more on the same topic):

https://community.phones.nokia.com/support/discussions/topic...

I don't understand why people think these services cost nothing monetarily.

All ads are not free, all advertised products already include the cost of advertising in their price.

So everybody are paying for those "free" services whether they use them or not.

Thanks for the responses.

Note to self: buy laser printer not inkjet.

  printer is 15-years-old

Seriously, I want to know what printer is that.

Of all my printers in the past 20 years none has lived from more than three years. I had the cheap ones as well as the more expensive ones with 3 years warranty.

  The rise of Hollywood in the 1920s would have been slowed if, as previously, theatres had needed to close in hot weather.

Reminds me of a movie theater were I grew up that had no roof at all just open sky above. Obviously only good for night time at summer.

Anecdote: this one drive I have with more than 10 years power on:

  Model Family:     Hitachi Travelstar 5K160
  Device Model:     Hitachi HTS541660J9AT00

    9 Power_On_Hours          -O--C-   001   001   000    -    89479
   10 Spin_Retry_Count        PO--C-   100   100   060    -    0
   12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   000    -    112
  191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      -O-R--   100   100   000    -    0
  192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    47
  193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--C-   001   001   000    -    18380622

According to spec the "Service life of the drive is approximately 5 years or 20,000 power on hours" and "The product supports a minimum of 600,000 normal load/unloads"

But where is the science? It looks like shooting in the dark and out of frustration coming up with more stories and pretending that what? progress? At least it makes for good sci-fi like Peter Watts'.

So right. I have a grease monkey script globally to inject css to make text black. Which works well except when the background is dark of course. But I find reading light text on dark background also an effort so I usually just skip that.

It would have been more interesting to add placebo butts and also a nicotine carrying material that looks differently than the butts.

It's a cultural thing because "It's painful to be caught between the closing doors. Even more so are the eye of those looking at you."

http://www.rifters.com/crawl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/door...

Yes, KDE on 4k looks good since 17.01. But non Qt/KDE GIMP, InkScape, Audacity, are still a pain to use on Linux with HiDPI.

My own Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 is now at Power_On_Hours=81569 (9.3 years) Load_Cycle_Count=16793410 It doesn't work very hard though.

Also it seems to require too many permissions for what is does.