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New comment by buttocks in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

buttocks — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:27:40 +0000

I didn’t realize it was so controversial. Indeed, I have a set of CFL from around 2010 that have about 30 second warm up to full brightness; they look just right behind their lamp shades. I tried replacing these once with LED and the light kind of pierced through the shades and looked harsh.

New comment by buttocks in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

buttocks — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:26:20 +0000

Huh, I actually liked CFL and the quality of light they produced.

New comment by buttocks in "I don't have a smartphone or at least I wish I didn't"

buttocks — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:09:54 +0000

No one actually believes you if you say that. Even if it is true.

New comment by buttocks in "An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy"

buttocks — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:30:14 +0000

I wonder why the 486 DX is supported but not the SX. How is the math coprocessing unit necessary for kernel and basic system tools?

New comment by buttocks in "Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good"

buttocks — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:44:55 +0000

I understand it, but I am not the majority Apple user.

New comment by buttocks in "Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good"

buttocks — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:20 +0000

This author misses the point because he is a geek. Ordinary users love Apple and do not care about these issues. Ordinary users throw money at Apple. Apple has some bugs to fix but overall the product is good, and that’s why they keep raking in cash. Saying good riddance to Tim Cook because of the system preference pane, among other trivial things (to most people), is simply misunderstanding business.

New comment by buttocks in "Email could have been X.400 times better"

buttocks — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:57:02 +0000

And still, ITU modem standards and T.30 … yes, fax still lives!

New comment by buttocks in "IPv6 address, as a sentence you can remember"

buttocks — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:40:24 +0000

The new times take now beneath the new time while new times take the new year.

Or more concisely, localhost.

New comment by buttocks in "Major airline bans 'barebeaters' across all 24 daily flights from UK airports"

buttocks — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:59:28 +0000

Brings to mind boom box punk from Star Trek 4. Flight attendants should be allowed to Vulcan-nerve-pinch.

New comment by buttocks in "Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid"

buttocks — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:48:37 +0000

Will not pass muster with FCC. Know Your Customer regulations require the company to … know the customer. They will not last.

New comment by buttocks in "Can you slim macOS down?"

buttocks — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:26:48 +0000

I’m more of an arse than a tool.

New comment by buttocks in "Can you slim macOS down?"

buttocks — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:06:54 +0000

Don’t read the comments. Author responds like a tool.

New comment by buttocks in "XMPP and Metadata"

buttocks — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:46:04 +0000

I always liked XMPP and SIP as messaging protocols. So easy to read and understand and implement. Both are extensible and can be made secure.

New comment by buttocks in "Children and Helical Time"

buttocks — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:46:38 +0000

Life with young children is actually mostly dreary and stressful; the fun and excitement and reliving of childhood memories is 1% or less of life, in my experience. By time I realize I am having that <1% experience it is over. I still feel as though I am chasing after something vanishing and never catching it.

New comment by buttocks in "How I block all online ads"

buttocks — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:27:34 +0000

NextDNS is sufficient on its own. $20 for a year of no ads (or smut if you want to block that too).

New comment by buttocks in "Retiring Test-Ipv6.com"

buttocks — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:39:36 +0000

Please don’t turn it over to Cloudflare.

New comment by buttocks in "Self-hosting email like it's 1984"

buttocks — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:07:54 +0000

I was hoping he’d set up Citadel! Email system and an 80s bbs platform in one. citadel.org

New comment by buttocks in "Is a movie prop the ultimate laptop bag?"

buttocks — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:20:02 +0000

JGC has star status here.

New comment by buttocks in "You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here"

buttocks — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:34:24 +0000

French is one of Canada’s. It’s generally spoken poorly in Vancouver.

New comment by buttocks in "Making the most of a dumb fax switcher box in the old days"

buttocks — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:14:14 +0000

In case you think fax is now ancient history, there are tens of millions of faxes still crossing the PSTN every day. Fax is alive and well!