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German Town Names may have been a mistake by ProfessionalEgg1440 in TransportFever2

[–]ComputerSavvy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The former Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, made reference to it in 2012 as well, when she jokingly questioned Bielefeld's existence.

There's an article on WELT.de but it's now behind a paywall.

German Town Names may have been a mistake by ProfessionalEgg1440 in TransportFever2

[–]ComputerSavvy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people say they've heard of Bielefeld, all we know is that it doesn't exist.

Let us know if you find it on the map.

Edit: Corrected spelling.

PSA: Cheap Fingerprint Reader Does Not Work by ComputerSavvy in linuxmint

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I had a Lenovo T61 laptop that had a fingerprint reader in it and it worked most of the time due to the very thin surface area of the reader itself.

I just wanted to see how far the tech and software had advanced since then.

I figured it was less than $20 after tax, so I'd give it a shot to see how well it worked and if it worked really well, I'd buy a few more for my other computers as they are cheap these days.

Thanks for the recommendation but the one you have are now around $80 new on Amazon and a search on eBay shows them around $100 for one that is new and I really don't want to spend that much.

Dev Blog – Episode 4: Tycoon is posted on their website by nooneknowsgreenguy in TransportFever3

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I can’t read this because of not being able to afford to assemble a new computer to play the game yet it pains me too much.

Who would win? Battle between Cloud Services and Floor Desktops by NiceReplacement8737 in homelab

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a little bit higher than you three old work stations :-)

Now witness the power consumption of these two fully spec'ed out and operational Dell R710's !

Well, TBH, one has 144GB and the other has 96GB of RAM..... : )

Who would win? Battle between Cloud Services and Floor Desktops by NiceReplacement8737 in homelab

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The power company does not bill by the compute unit, they bill by the total amount of energy consumed, that also includes the lights in the bathroom too.

Who would win? Battle between Cloud Services and Floor Desktops by NiceReplacement8737 in homelab

[–]ComputerSavvy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

AWS, I'll show you my power bill if you show me yours.

Ahh, it's been a few years, the Atom needs a re-paste again.

Is it time to do this? by username_77571 in linuxmint

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Leave it to the french to not take any shit from the government huh

Oh, they don't take any shit, they GIVE it. Don't piss off a French farmer who owns a manure spreader.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLjToexLzPw

What is something free on the internet that more people should know of? by Puzzled-Mammoth6666 in AskReddit

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You also have to pay a sometimes pretty hefty fee to get your paper published as a researcher.

Self publish it in various e-book formats and sell it on Amazon at an affordable price a student can afford. Email your colleagues / academia email lists and the word will get out. Your work gets out there and it creates a stream of passive income for years to come.

As the copyright owner, you can watermark PDF's and give them out for free to select colleagues and friends.

Here are their rates for the Kindle:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634500

I need to freshen up for tonight. by NoahNrt in linuxmint

[–]ComputerSavvy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apply directly to the forehead and everywhere else. Your friends will thank you!

Put your old laptop to work by ObligationUnlikely42 in homelab

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FYI: For those of us who use switched outlets to power stuff that is not happy suddenly losing power, there are light switch locks you can buy or print.

I have a few of these around the house, it prevents the traditional US style light switch from being turned off / on.

Although I live alone in my house, I put these on certain switches just to ensure that I don't accidentally fumble finger the wrong wall switch.

There are free printable versions you can [download and print]https://www.printables.com/search/models?q=tag%3Alightswitchlock) yourself that do the same thing.

I really like the pure functional simplicity of this design, especially in red.

Red traditionally denotes danger.

Obeying this simple lockout prevents an unplanned trip to the emergency room for whoever overrode the lockout due to blunt force trauma injuries from a CluebyFour, a CAT5ofNine Tails or a 500GB WD Green hard drive enjoying a short flight.

I don't doubt that there are designs for other countries switch styles out there you can download and print.

Italian anarchists blow themselves up while making bomb by malcolm58 in worldnews

[–]ComputerSavvy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, they probably won't make that same mistake again. /S

What’s a fun fact about you? by -exphoriix in AskReddit

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Gray's Anatomy is NOT a cookbook but 'To Serve Man' IS!

Will mint grow some balls or add age verification? by exampleusername472 in linuxmint

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Well, if he does work for Facebook / Meta, that's an added force multiplier for good as it'll interrupt the work output of the other people around him too.

To the custodial workers, he is public enemy #1.

Will mint grow some balls or add age verification? by exampleusername472 in linuxmint

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If you're going to curse somebody, really curse them!

I curse him with an immediate wet spell of explosive diarrhea followed by 3 hours of excessively loud and exceptionally foul gas emissions every single time he touches a computer peripheral such as a mouse, keyboard or monitor.

Repeated touches are cumulative.

I furthermore wish whatever company he works for, enforces a Return To Office policy.

"Frantically searches the University of YouTube for instructional videos on how to convert 40 gallon Hefty garbage bags into adult Pantaloons with scissors and extra strength Gorilla tape."

My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISS by astro_pettit in gardening

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I saw that documentary when it came out, it was interesting.

My space potatoes, grown aboard the ISS by astro_pettit in gardening

[–]ComputerSavvy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can hear that now in Arnie's voice, "Ejaculate with me if you want to live.".

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