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Re: PSA: maybe MAJOR PSA: You may want to opt out of "Amazon Sidewalk" - 25 days ago

What happens after 10 days? Does the setting to disable it go away? Or is it just that Sidewalk launches in 10 days?

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Re: Looking for headset recommendations - 28 days ago

QuoteBuzz You are looking for Soundcore Life Q35's..... "Breathable" leather, over comfy memory foam, so may work. Worth giving it a try. Not sure about cloth earcup availability, if any. Good luck. == Interesting. They look a little small, but I'll track down some dimensions. The ear cup contact area is a little narrow, so that might help it breath. These will be stuck to the side

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Looking for headset recommendations - 28 days ago

Yeah, here I am, looking for advice for something that probably doesn't exist. I need a new headset. I had a Plantronics gaming one from 10+ years ago, but the plastic became brittle and started cracking. It finally gave out. Now I basically want the same thing, but wireless. I'm looking for: - Comfortable to wear 8-10hrs/day - Great quality audio for music - Microphone since I'll use it

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Re: car lease rant - 28 days ago

QuoteSpeedy QuoteM A V I C QuoteSpeedy Fritz, I have to say that’s a pretty short rant. Not as short as a M A V I C rant, but close. What? Are my rants really that... common? Nah, I just couldn’t add a poll with you as a choice.

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Re: car lease rant - 29 days ago

QuoteSpeedy Fritz, I have to say that’s a pretty short rant. Not as short as a M A V I C rant, but close. What? Are my rants really that... common?

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Re: Good FTP client these days? - 30 days ago

I tried CyberDuck, but it was more awkward than what I'm used to. If this was the 90's, I'd probably be fine with it. I used to spend plenty on FTP clients, and was happy to pay for the best. Quoteclay QuoteM A V I C Does Transmit have column view? Years ago I tried to use it, wanted column view and they said they wouldn't ever include it. Yup. Unless I'm not understanding what you are askin

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Re: Good FTP client these days? - 4 weeks ago

Does Transmit have column view? Years ago I tried to use it, wanted column view and they said they wouldn't ever include it.

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Good FTP client these days? - 4 weeks ago

I'm trying to move a few sites back over to Dreamhost and it's amazing how little I deal with file transfer apps anymore. I used Interarchy for a long, long time but it doesn't seem to be updated anymore and doesn't work with recent versions of macOS. I have three basic requirements: 1. Store passwords in Keychain 2. Column view as an option 3. Support FTP, SFTP and probably some of the oth

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Re: old fogey?!......Apple declares this now 'obsolete/vintage'.... - 4 weeks ago

Quotepdq QuoteZ Someone made Internet Exploder work on an SE/30? That’s amazing, or ironic, or something... And they loaded Flickr on it.

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Re: How long is this trend against blue light going to last? - 4 weeks ago

Are we talking about LED streetlights and people fighting those because they're hard on your eyes?

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Re: We're releasing a new version of CCC tomorrow - CCC 6 - 4 weeks ago

I makes me happy to see you both still together and making a living off this.

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Re: Apple/Epic court fight and the App Store - Lessons Learned, NOT! - 5 weeks ago

Quotesekker QuoteM A V I C Disagree. There's plenty of reasons for free apps. Eg, I'm currently working on an app for a major financial institution. There's no reason for end users to pay for it. If someone wants to make an app and not charge for it, that's up to them. There's still plenty of ways to make money for it, if that's what they want. If a bank wants to pay the App Store for the ma

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Re: Apple/Epic court fight and the App Store - Lessons Learned, NOT! - 5 weeks ago

Disagree. There's plenty of reasons for free apps. Eg, I'm currently working on an app for a major financial institution. There's no reason for end users to pay for it. If someone wants to make an app and not charge for it, that's up to them. There's still plenty of ways to make money for it, if that's what they want.

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Re: is Email the best way to track customers & projects? - 6 weeks ago

It all depends on what the communication is. We use email, slack, confluence, jira and a few other collaboration tools.

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Re: Cholesterol testing on the cheap - help me interpret my results - 6 weeks ago

Simple interpretation: you need to buy a new bike. Hope that helps.

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Re: Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 6 weeks ago

QuoteBernDog We have an online account with Ally I clean out once a month into our main checking. I basically treat it like a monthly paycheck. Used to do the same thing with PayPal before eBay switched us to managed payments. I may end up doing that. That said, selling things locally has become a lot easier over the years, even for less common items.

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Re: Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 6 weeks ago

I've known too many people who've had their PayPal accounts frozen, cleaned out or otherwise withdraw from without their consent because of eBay. Either because of a scam, bogus dispute or some other reason. There's no way I'm connecting my bank account to eBay. Guess that means I'm done selling there.

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Am I the only one who will use eBay less when they drop PayPal? - 6 weeks ago

I knew that there was a gap growing between PayPal and eEbay, but only today did I realize I would no longer be able to pay or collect money via PayPal. I have no interest in connecting my eBay account to my bank account. I like the extra layer of protection there.

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Re: Do we want the www in our URL? - 8 weeks ago

I prefer to drop it.

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Re: Should I keep or toss this garage feature? - 2 months ago

If I didn't need the space, I'd leave it. It would not be worth the effort to remove it.

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Re: Amazon "no need to return your item" - 2 months ago

Used to happen to me more often.

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Re: 1996 is calling - 2 months ago

The site has been updated over the past few years. It used to be worse.

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Re: Really, really old furniture - what to do with it? - 2 months ago

Quotetestcase Shoot an email & pix to American Pickers? I'll look into that. Thanks. QuoteRandalls Since it has been in the family forever would any other related family members want it? No. There's some reasons for that. QuoteDennis S There are local/regional swap and shop places on Facebook that lots of people look at. No one is really going to want it for furniture. Decoration,

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Really, really old furniture - what to do with it? - 2 months ago

I have a bed frame, dresser and bureau that has been handed down through the family. It's southwestern in origination, and somewhere around 300-400 years old. It's intricately hand carved. It's not in perfect shape. Mirrors were added to the bureau at some point, and they're old enough that they're purple now. Someone also painted them, but my mom had stripped and restrained two of the items.

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Re: It's been a year - can we chat e-bikes again? - 2 months ago

For your use, I'd have no problem going with a Rad bike. They are local to me. I know one of their c-suite execs.

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Re: Greek letters ‘will never be used again’ to name hurricanes=World Meteorological Organization - 3 months ago

This reminds me of some schools deciding to not use red pens to grade papers because students learn that red means they got something wrong.

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Re: Logitech C920s Pro HD Webcam - 3 months ago

You can set exposure, but the app to do it is a little buggy.

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Re: Georgia may stop “falling back.” - 3 months ago

QuoteFilliam H. Muffman QuoteM A V I C QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Standard time better supports students getting enough sleep and supports 'science' with terrestrial noon having the Sun straight up. How does it help students get enough sleep? Seems like a 4am sunrise would prevent more sleep than having sunrise be an hour later. Read up on why Seattle moved back high school start times. Pretty

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Re: Can anyone recommend an application for modeling a workflow? - 3 months ago

Gliffy works. At last check, there was a free version of it as a chrome extension.

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Re: Georgia may stop “falling back.” - 3 months ago

QuoteGareth CA passed a bill to stay on DST all year years ago... Nothing has happened... At this point, I’d take standard time all year, and then we could make a one time switch if DST ever gets approved. OR and WA did at the same time. Quotemattkime I'm very glad to hear that states can't chose on their own. That would be a nightmare. They can choose Standard Time year round, but no

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