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russh··on Today I solved a twelve-year-old Outlook mystery
Honestly Comic Chat is one of the best things to ever come out of Microsoft. I miss it.
russh··on To Save a Neighborhood, Ban a Dollar Store?
Are you allowed to use the "guest" soaps at your inlaws house?
russh··on To Save a Neighborhood, Ban a Dollar Store?
Dollar stores don't sell lettuce.
russh··on Sonic Devices Play High-Pitched Noises to Repel Teens
I'm 53 and can still hear and feel 17KHz. I truly dislike these devices.
russh··on .DS_Store
Not a bad idea.
russh··on How Robinhood blew a launch so badly that Congress got involved
"This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content."

I'm going to pass on this offer...

russh··on Grubhub is using fake websites to drive up commission fees from real businesses
And this is how I know google does not give a shite about the people who actually use their search engine as a search engine.
russh··on Mouse support could change the way you use your iPad
How about Home and End keys that just "do the right thing".
russh··on Cross-national CCTV footage shows intervention is the norm in public conflicts
There is an excellent episode of "A crime to remember" on Hulu that tells the story in detail.
russh··on Girl flooded with beauty ads on Instagram
"Update 19th June 2019: Since this article was published, Tamsin Winters has found out that her niece did receive a broader range of adverts than she originally believed. In addition to the 13 adverts mentioned, she also saw ads for trainers, chocolates, a drink and women's football."

So.... never mind....

russh··on The worst morale-boosting gesture I've experienced
My wife is a registered nurse and the facility she works for had a Christmas party "to recognize all the hard work" everyone did. At some point they did a raffle and handed out a total of 8 gift cards among the 200 employees at the party. Whatever. Her next pay stub had a deduction for $35 to cover the cost of that party and the "gifts" that were given.
russh··on Steal Million Dollar Homepage Pixels
I'd start with "The Godfather" and if you still have any questions follow it up with parts II and III.
russh··on Retail stores use Bluetooth beacons to track customers
You may have been misinformed about the effectiveness of keeping Bluetooth "turned off".
russh··on Retail stores use Bluetooth beacons to track customers
But didn't Apple change IOS so that the button to turn off bluetooth does not actually turn off bluetooth's ability to work with beacons?
russh··on What's Happened Since February?
I like it. I can Zoom in 300% and easily read the text with my outdated prescription glasses.
russh··on Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
May we assume your girlfriend is a more attractive individual to the average driver then you are?
russh··on Ask HN: Is there a HN clone that can remove NYtimes, WashPost, etc.
Thank you, I had not thought of doing that.
russh··on Chelsea Manning sent back to jail after refusing to testify before a grand jury
I'd go as far to say it's your duty.
russh··on Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal with Comcast
I subscribe to HBO, ShowTime, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, have an antenna. I pay less then half the amount I was paying to DirectTv. So it's not even close to dead.
russh··on Mac: Keyboard Shortcuts Killed by Bug
This is my take as well.
russh··on Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B
I think so, I had to google it.
russh··on After suggesting a developer drop Linux support, Vivox have released a statement
"And never mind getting a nice IDE environment like Visual Studio up and running."

I guess I'll just have to settle with using Visual Studio Code for linux.

russh··on Foxconn Tore Up a Small Town to Build a Big Factory–Then Retreated
Ours is not to be able to read the articles, but to be outraged by the clickbait headline.
russh··on Core Memory Shield for Arduino
If you have a local makerspace, take it down there and see if they know of anyone who would be willing and able to help you.
russh··on Google Is Eating Our Mail
Add me to the "I've run mail servers since the mid 90's and the experience above exactly mirrors my experience." list.
russh··on Smoke and Mirrors: How Snap and Pinterest Hide User Attrition
Unfortunately for us google is not interested in making the google search engine useful to us in that way. You might be able to append -pinterest.com to your search, I'm not sure that works these days.
russh··on Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales on human rights concerns
>> I don't think Microsoft shaped that product with battlefield efficiency in mind.

Exactly why it's useful.

russh··on Boeing 737 Max Crashes: Sensors Vulnerable to Failure
It was more fun flying into a downdraft in the middle of power on stall training.
russh··on Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator
Thanks for signing up for Ferret Facts! You will now receive fun daily facts about FERRETS! >o<
russh··on Protections Against Fingerprinting and Crypto Mining in Firefox Nightly and Beta
I too do not like spending a $1 so somebody can earn $0.0002.
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