Notices by adiwan (adiwan), page 13

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I got a project that needs hardware (laptop) provided by the client. However it's a quite locked-down thing where even the wallpaper is reset on a reboot. The worst part is that it has a rather short time until the screen gets locked on idle. Going away for 5 minutes, like going to the bathroom or getting a snack, is enough for the screen lock to trigger. I have to dig up my Arduino Leonardo to emulate a mouse and make it wiggle from time to time or enter a not common keyboard button like any F-button above 12, which won't affect any regular application.

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First victim a tomato fruit just fell after a very heavy rain. Still have lots.

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Tomato count: 98. A few of them will be ripe in a few weeks.

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Next time Trump is on stage he can ask the people to lend an ear.

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Current tomato count: 70. Most of the flowers are very recently fertilized. I'm slightly anxious when thinking about the harvest. It'll be probably too much for me to handle. Most of the tomatoes are beefsteak tomatoes, an old French sort called Marmande, and they can get up to half a pound, mostly quarter pound. There are currently 25 of them growing and judging from the blossoms 3 times as much will develop. Thankfully not at the same time. I guess I need to prepare for cooking huge amounts of tomato sauce. Need tons of jars.

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Ah yes New York... It needs 1.6 million USD paid to McKinsey to determine that trash bins are effective. I could have done for half.

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I only own MTG cards and some old-school Pokémon cards. I have only a hand full of MTG cards that can be considered pretty valuable (> 50 USD) and my Pokémon cards are in total worth 30 USD, even a good chunk of 1st edition ones, but they are all in German.

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I have 3 access points (same model) and they all died within a short time span, even the one that wasn't plugged in for over half a year. It's super strange.

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My mother planted some beanstalks in my garden but they haven't survived. They got victim of mildew. I tried to use some household remedies and worked for a short while, however sustained rain washed the remedy away.

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Tomato count: 50.

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Hahaha... If I had a decent and recent GPU I wouldn't sell. My PC is about 9 years old. At this point my PC would be in 3rd or 4th grade in Elementary School.

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Original Brexit day

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HELP. I bought more tomato seeds for next year. I bought "Ananas Noire", "Purple Sunrise", "Osu Blue" and some other. They look visually appealing. "Purple Sunrise" is dark pruple on top and yellow on the bottom. Wanna taste the sunrise.

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Star Trek Prodigy season 2 is out and I've binged it as fast as I could. I still think that Prodigy is the best Star Trek series currently. I really hope this series continues and won't be canceled as anything close to good in the past decade.

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The rain and wind in the night were so strong that they knocked over some of my tomato plants. Now I have bound them to a pole. Before that they were wound up around the pole by itself. I had the impression that they were attached well enough. At least they weren't damaged in an obvious way. Maybe I'll have to think about getting a greenhouse.

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The curse of having multiple 3D printers. A family member has a startup and wants me to print a Neon-LED sign. More specifically the channel that the Neon-LED strip is put in. The sign is a text sign but with a funky futuristic typeset. The worst part is that the sign is so big that the model had to split into a myriad of individual pieces that need to be glued together. The sign will be 400cm x 68cm in size (13,1234ft x 2.230971 ft).
Well... It's not only one big sign but two! The other will be similar in size, maybe a little bit shorter.

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Ananas-lime lemonade is not good. I like them both individually but combined it tastes very off.

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I'm realizing that my mineral water contains not enough sodium for the amount of sweating I do during this unbearable heat, which explains why I'm so super groggy. The mineral water I get has only 5mg/l and isotonic drinks have about 450-1100mg/l. Usually it's fine as most food contains too much sodium but right now I'm dying (not literally).

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I think communities die because there are more people who expect others to act first so they can react in turn (or just lurk). Because people eventually go on with their lives the momentum of the actors slow down and in turn the attraction of new people who keep up the critical mass of actors also dwindles. The internet landscape is equally fractured and concentrated. Small forums are cozy and fun but it's very noticeable when there is a lack of activity. Easier to find communities (facebook, twitter, reddit...) are also a double-edged sword. Bigger communities get toxic and can also shrink to non-existence. There are always exceptions.