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[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I got into an argument with someone once about this, when they told me (paraphrasing) "it's safe to drive listening to music through headphones, because they let outside sound in".

Yes they indeed might, but - even ignoring delay introduced from digital electronics - you've now lost all sense of where that sound is coming from, because you're listening to the sound of one microphone being played through one speaker.

The human ear really is an incredible thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Also he listened to a smart person.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Generally, you just need to export the pool with zpool export zfspool1, then import again with zpool import -d /dev/disk/by-id zfspool1.

I believe it should stick after that.

Whether that will apply in its current degrated state I couldn't say.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While I have a personal general rule against backing electronics on Kickstarter and would likely wait for it to be available at retail, I wouldn't necessarily immediately discount this one.

It's probably worth noting - mentioned in Jeff Geerling's video - they had a MOQ of 1500 on the metal case, which likely forced them to be significantly further through the process than a lot of Kickstarters are at launch.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago

Indeed, you will note that they carefully chose the moniker "Daily Active Uniques" and not "Daily Active Users".

I think that speaks volumes, as humans are definitely harder to retain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

My cauldron uses an induction stove powered by renewable energy.

Braised in wine, the way they're accustomed to. Attempting to roast the rich doesn't achieve a great result.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

My first time hearing that word too, but apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckle

late Middle English (denoting a wheel or pulley): from Anglo-Norman French trocle, from Latin trochlea ‘sheaf of a pulley’. The current sense dates from the early 19th century and was originally dialect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Surprisingly, no.

I've got both the first-gen Palma, and a Kindle Oasis (2017).

Ignoring anything that's purely a function of the Palma being significantly newer - has a cool-warm light while that model of Kindle is one colour temperature only, and that it has a faster-refreshing e-ink display, etc - it's still often a more pleasant experience.

The Palma is a little heavier (especially vs the Kindle without its case, which is typically how I use it), but because it's narrower much easier to hold. The Oasis does have the physical page turn buttons, but I never found them to be particularly well placed, always required holding it a bit awkwardly.

It's mildly painful for content that doesn't reflow (like PDFs) due to the phone-like 16:9 aspect, but imho for e-books is the superior experience.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Per the article... yes

We’ve put taco meat in places that I can never repeat

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, that depends...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can also recomment "Sqwincher" (stupid name aside) products.

https://www.sqwincher.com/products/single-serve-qwik-stik-zero/

As they market primarily to people working in construction / other trades - and are therefore sold at the likes of electrical and safety supply stores - we buy them in bulk for when we're spending weeks installing racks of servers in our datacentre at work.

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