tnarg42

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Big hospitals still have them to send medications and random lightweight stuff around the complex. My wife has worked in two large hospitals that had pretty extensive tube systems, used especially with pharmacy.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

In the suburbs of a middle-sized city in Ohio, USA. So midwest, but a bit older, higher-density, and more northeastern suburban layout than, say, Iowa. Built up in the 1960s-70s. Almost all single-family suburban homes on large lots.

(these are walking distances, not straight lines)

  • To the nearest convenience store: 1.6 km
  • To the nearest chain supermarket: 4.2 km
  • To the bus stop: 1.5 km
  • To the nearest park: 226 meters
  • To the nearest big supermarket: 2.1 km
  • To the nearest library: 2.6 km
  • To the nearest train station: Hahaha! (Ok, it's actually 78 km, but it's mostly worthless as a train station)

Straight-line distance to Big Ben: 6297 km

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Texas gets kinda hot in the summer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've used it off and on in KUbuntu for a couple of years without issue, installing the helper app from the .deb file directed to me by the plugin. I have scanned it for viruses and watched for strange behavior, and I haven't observed anything suspicious. It runs as the current user, no elevated privileges required.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Watch for battery life when buying older Surface devices. Replacing batteries in the older Surface Pros is notoriously difficult, because apparently the whole assembly is glued together. Loss of battery life is what forced an early retirement of my 5th-gen (2015) Surface Pro, even though not was otherwise completely serviceable. Newer versions are apparently more repairable, but you'll have to investigate where that cut-off line of repairability is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Mach-E GT's are a steal right now

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

I mean, I think it started as a BSD fork with a Linux kernel jammed in so... you're not far off.