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kriskrunch
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I turned off AI overviews in Google search a few days ago. It's often wrong and always distracting.

I changed my default search engine to: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

Author should mention that you can change your browser's default search engine.
kriskrunch
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks. The front door is a wood grain textured fiberglass double door, so I want to avoid drilling into the door face. It's an interesting challenge.

Trying two of these between the levers for now: https://www.amazon.com/U-Shaped-Proofing-Cabinets-Adjustable...

Plus, I found this, hoping it will work for me without too much damage to the door: https://www.snappower.com/pages/huglock
kriskrunch
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
You're fortunate! Deadbolts are no match for our 22 month old... He already figured out how to disarm three types of safety latches, and he's halfway to opening the safety gates.

I don't want to show him too much television, but it's the only thing that keeps him in one place
kriskrunch
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks for the tip. I just ordered some. I'm worried this style won't work for my front door, unless I can mount it above the door. I have a fiberglass double door...

Using two of these between the levers for now: https://www.amazon.com/U-Shaped-Proofing-Cabinets-Adjustable...

Other options involve drilling into the door face which I'm not keen on...

Also, I ordered some of these too https://www.snappower.com/pages/huglock
kriskrunch
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I need a lock like this to prevent my hyper active toddler from leaving the house through the front door.

It'll be strange to replace my front door with a guillotine slider, but I'm willing to try about anything since I found him half a block away playing in a puddle last week.

I literally just tried to send one text message. Poof he was gone.
kriskrunch
·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Doheny was approved shortly after the Huntington Beach desal plant was killed. Update from last month: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/11/26/landfill-trash-could-h...

Poseidon currently runs a desal plant in Carlsbad. My understanding is that the water the plant releases into the ocean requires exemptions for how concentrated it is. Additionally, the plant draws plankton filled water. Not really what we want in California.

There are better desal solutions out there like OceanWell. They have a deep water desalination solution that solves many of the problems of conventional desal. They just signed a project in Nice, France in the past few days. Also, they are working with the city of Las Virgines over the past few years.

If I remember correctly, the new desal plant in Doheny has a slightly different approach to draw water in from beneath the sand, using the sand as a prefilter. But I'm not sure how that works better than drawing water in from near the surface. I can't imagine how the plankton can possibly escape the suction forces drawing them into the sand.
kriskrunch
·7 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Anyone use SmartTube? Or is it something I should remove?
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Check out the discussion[0], looks like there are submissions in several languages. Go, Rust, Python, and C++, to name a few

[0] https://github.com/gunnarmorling/1brc/discussions
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
> No external dependencies may be used
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
The irony is Wozniak and Jobs manufactured and sold devices, called Blue Boxes, that hacked the phone system to provide free phone calls.

> "If it hadn't been for the Blue Boxes, there would have been no Apple. I'm 100% sure of that." -Steve Jobs

For your Apple collection:

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/24495/lot/109/wozniak-steve-...
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Aluminum was once rare too. It was considered a precious metal. The obelisk at the Washington Memorial is capped with Aluminum... I've heard stories that it was used for engagement rings in that era as well!
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Yes! The movie is a good one. My wife enjoyed it and she doesn't know anything about pinball. There's a little love story woven in. Highly recommend it.
kriskrunch
·3 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Get new machines if you can afford them. Stern or Jersey Jack.

90s machines are great, I love them, but they are 30 years old and are not where I recommend anyone to start... My first pin was a fixer upper Twilight Zone. Learn from my mistake! Haha

The most challenging part is the maintenance, especially the classics. Owning several machines taught me to fix them. My newer machines broke less often...

Every time I threw a decent party I'd end up buying minimum $200 in parts and spending half a day fixing them.

Lord of the Rings is one of my all time favorites. I highly recommend it. It's not ancient, and the game is really deep. It's pretty easy to work on and fix. Make sure you protect the plastics, I couldn't find after market ones. The Wizard mode is extremely satisfying because it is super difficult to achieve... There are a couple fun special modes you can unlock.

On modern solid state pins, you can adjust the difficulty settings to make the game more fun for friends.