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MacBook owners: The NVMe/M.2-style SSD (e.g., Samsung MZ-KPU) in 2013–2015 models uses a proprietary Apple connector (12+16 pins). It won’t fit standard M.2 enclosures.
Behold the UN Peace Coin. Non transferable Vegas/Macau quality tokens good only for peacekeeping operations. 2.5” diameter chip with 193 flags in 4 concentric rings split across sides, each flag has about 7mm of width. Friend in need? Send your envoy with a physical…
For a brief period when Flash was still a thing, I hoped to popularize the term ‘Keg’ to indicate 100kb.
Fixed the lights on a Solder Gun. Grok made the suggestion that I put the two leds in opposite directions so they would switch instead of blinking together at 60hz. This is in slow motion. This was a good suggestion.
My favorite is putting my phone down for 5 minutes to go get a snack and coming back to my sweet phone telling me it is optimizing charging and will be done by 3:30am. It actually thought I was going to bed at 11:34pm, adorable
Miles/Hour isn’t just speed. It’s also used to measure how fast an electric car gains range. 50 mph means 50 miles of range added per hour. It’s weird (maybe not that weird) because no other unit combo, like km/L or N·m, flips contexts so much. This dual meaning, describing a…
So the interest on the DOE’s outstanding loans is approximately equal to their annual budget of 79B. Congress could cut them off. The Treasury could stop collecting the money and just let the DOE use this as their working budget. No new loans. Focus on Individuals with…
I had an experience living in the Seattle area that might be unique to me. I got in the car and heard the last half of Weezer’s ‘Hash Pipe’. It was 2001, first time hearing the song. When it ended, the DJ said ‘That was Sting …’ 🤯 It wasn’t a mistake, he was just listing the…
Issues with grok voice interface: 0) I love grok and use it more than google, so these issue affect me but i work around them. Just thought I’d use my Massive Social Media Reach to better mankind. 1) Sometimes stops recording when you pause in speech (750ms), not helpful…
Prompted ‘Screenshot in Minecraft’ to find the key combination. Grok drew me this, thinking this is what I wanted. Reader, this is what I didn’t know I needed 🥲
As an old dog, the problem isn’t learning new tricks. It’s not forgetting my old ones.
When pawns are doubled up, they are worth 1.5 points total. Passed pawns are worth 1.5 points each. How much should doubled up passed pawns be counted as? Maybe 2.25?