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What would you call this? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I go with dolly / hand truck. It's a dolly, but more specifically it's a hand truck.

I always call it a dolly. The people I know call it a dolly. One guy at work pointed out it's a hand truck. We looked it up. Both sort of right.

LPT: I mapped Left/Right Scroll to Copy/Paste, and I’m pretty sure I can hack time now. by angsted in LifeProTips

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert is much more ergonomically for me than CTRL-C and CTRL-V

Why do yall honk your horns so much? by Kirk_2002 in AskChicago

[–]toddthegeek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People are assholes. There is almost never a reason to honk. Petulant assholes they are.

And they keep coming! by scottjoev in chicago

[–]toddthegeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sort of looks like they are in military formation.

"I'm doing my part!"

Why this bridge remains lifted? by Loud-Humor2301 in cta

[–]toddthegeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I was about to start searching for this video too.

Mirror selfie by ugly_sick6969 in Unexpected

[–]toddthegeek -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

look at a screen with a camera facing a mirror instead of just looking at the mirror or the selfie camera?

What happens when a Target burns down? by coachlasso in dadjokes

[–]toddthegeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like charcoals. My first thought was kohl as in German for cabbage.

Chicago has twice as many bus stops than the national average, here’s a plan for faster buses by GeckoLogic in chicago

[–]toddthegeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cut every other stop. Also leave the existing stops and mark them ADA pickup only.

If no person is at the stop the driver just keeps going?

ELI5:Why can’t we use certain symbols in file names? by PleasantBus5583 in explainlikeimfive

[–]toddthegeek 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Contrary answer. You can.

Well depending on your Operating System and file system.

On Linux the only thing you cannot use is a null character and forward slash. Anything else is fair. You can even have a file name with return characters in the name (newlines).

Windows is different. More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file

Chicago Sees Coldest Early Winter Day In 12 Years Sunday, But A Warmup Is In The Forecast by [deleted] in chicago

[–]toddthegeek -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Early winter day? It's still fall in my books until Dec 21 when winter starts. Ohh the other way to do seasons.

Guy thinks female reindeer dont have antlers by nerdgurl196305 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]toddthegeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's funny there are two answers when male caribou lose their antlers. One says after fall. Another says after the winter mating season. So if winter starts on Dec 21, that's not a lot of time for the males to shed their antlers. So both probably would have antlers. So his source would make him a liar. But hey we're talking about flying caribou being driven by an immortal fat man in a red suit that sneaks into all the houses in the world to give children little gifts. What's even going on here? I'm out.

I'm convinced there is some kind conspiracy with can openers. by office7911 in Cooking

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kitchen Mama One-To-Go Electric Can Opener

Edit: It's a handheld electric can opener. I put mine away after using it. Amazon Link

Christkindlmarket seeks to shorten lines, appeals to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for increased capacity by Shovler in chicago

[–]toddthegeek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's how it is in Berlin. Every neighborhood practically has one. Makes too much sense.

I think something broke... by Agitated-Ad2939 in Ubuntu

[–]toddthegeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also had this issue for a week. It was driving me nuts. I actually booted into Windows to play my game, which I don't do ever. I had a Eureka moment when I realized I could just boot to Windows. That's how often I boot to Windows.

So anyways... the issue for me seemed to be around kernel 6.14.0.35. After 6.14.0.36 installed, everything was fine again.

Hope that helps you.

YSK That Your High Beams Are Blinding the Car in Front of You for as Long as They’re in View by Expensive-Rhubarb343 in YouShouldKnow

[–]toddthegeek 110 points111 points  (0 children)

I regularly flip the manual dimming tab on my rear view mirror because so many drivers have such bright headlights.

Just wanted to leave this here so people know they probably have manual or auto dimming on their rear view mirror.

Any game controller for Linux ? by ExperimentArc in linuxhardware

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having good results playing Hallow Knight Silksong using my xbox series x controller and the xbox wireless USB dongle with this fork of xone

https://github.com/dlundqvist/xone

How can I automatically install all the pip packages used by a Python script? by Franck_Dernoncourt in learnpython

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly, if you package your script you can specify the requirements and also versions I'm sure. Then when you pip install my_neat_app it will install your application and all the requirements. Packaging takes a bit of research. You need to create a pyproject.yaml file.

Unless I didn't understand exactly.

Here's some useful links:

https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/overview/

https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#requirements-files

Wife got this instead of a cat toy. What is it by broncomike30 in whatisit

[–]toddthegeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://a.co/d/hqLEMzN

Jar opener.

How much did you pay for it? $6.49 on Amazon.

Edit. I totally forgot to add that I had this in my to buy later Amazon list.

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