maniajack

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Donald Trump runs for cover as shots fired at Pennsylvania rally in c/news
[–] maniajack 81 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nah, fuck that. Vote.

Raspberry Pi launches its IPO in c/technology
[–] maniajack 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah good point, adds $10-$30 on top of rpi

Raspberry Pi launches its IPO in c/technology
[–] maniajack 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

After some light searching, am I missing something? I don't see n100 cheaper than rpi 5

210 Palestinians reportedly killed during Israeli hostage recovery operation in c/news
[–] maniajack 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I meant I googled the name of the person the tweet called out. Not much out there from verified sources is what I was saying. I think a paid for twitter check is probably a negative in the trustworthy dept. Thanks for the extra info though. It just all seems to be a one sided narrative at this point.

210 Palestinians reportedly killed during Israeli hostage recovery operation in c/news
[–] maniajack 13 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Oof Google that name and you get basically zero trustworthy news articles either way. Does "purportedly" even count when it's from twitter? Sounds terrible but I'll wait for a real source

ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down in c/technology
[–] maniajack 2 points 8 months ago

I got into my account the other day, it had a shit password from when I was a kid and no way for me to change it. Their web portal was barely functional.

You have 5 minutes to hide a paperclip in your home. A detective has 24 hours to find it, If they don't, you get $100,000. Where are you going to hide the paperclip? in c/[email protected]
[–] maniajack 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In five minutes!?

Are there any addons as essential as uBlockOrigin? in c/firefox
[–] maniajack 9 points 10 months ago

Privacy Badger, comes from the EFF.

OneTab is pretty great for tab addicts

Are there any addons as essential as uBlockOrigin? in c/firefox
[–] maniajack 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love it but always had problems with active redirect nodes going bad

Of all movies that you gotta watch more than once to really understand, what is your favorite and why? in c/[email protected]
[–] maniajack 1 points 10 months ago

👏

Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools in c/technology
[–] maniajack 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Got any highlights of things you had to adjust to?

Trump spirals as bond deadline in fraud case nears in c/news
[–] maniajack 9 points 10 months ago

Thank you for calling out thehill's bullshit

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TIL The name "flashlight" came from the first lights that could only briefly illuminate because the batteries couldn’t hold a charge for long periods of time (blog.bulbhead.com)
submitted 2 years ago by maniajack to c/til
15 comments fedilink
 

David Misell, an English inventor, invented the first flashlight and patented it in 1899. It used three D batteries in a tube that was used as the handle of the device. The batteries supplied enough power to create light through an incandescent bulb.

The name “flash” light was a knock on the reliability of the model. These units could not be left on for long because of the zinc-carbon batteries that couldn’t hold an electrical current for long periods of time, thus creating only a “flash” of light.

These early flashlights were nothing more than a novelty at the time. The batteries were inefficient, and the bulbs were dull. Improvements of the batteries and bulbs by Eveready and others started to increase the popularity of flashlights by the second decade of the 1900s.

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How do you discover new (to you) music? (self.music)
submitted 2 years ago by maniajack to c/music
22 comments fedilink
 

For the past few years Spotify's Discover Weekly has been the main way I discover new (to me) music. Secondarily I guess just from browsing the related artists of the ones I already listen to. Looking for other strategies inside or outside of spotify.

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r/Costco opens back up and users in the thread are pro corporate greed... (www.reddit.com)
 

The comments are so misinformed it's confusing, is it astroturfing?

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