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  @fugueish @skinnylatte I look forward to the epic screed about yummy restaurants.

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  I'm trying to use InfluxDB with Grafana because I want the `integral()` function it implements in order to accumulate a cubic-feet-per-minute metric over time. To get `integral()` you must use Flux to query InfluxDB, and holy cow do I not like this. ``` from(bucket: "flowrate") |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop) |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "cfm") |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field =...

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  @fugueish Is Nonsense part of Stuff? Or is the modern flood of terrible ideas an entirely separate category from physical goods?

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  Received an invitation to attend an event from an organization I definitely did not expect to hear from again. I decided to accept and to try to keep an open mind. Wonder what will happen.

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  Just had some really great Szechuan beef. It made ice water taste funny. So good.

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  > - I use my US eSIM through my Australian eSIM transparently You kept a US number, it sounds like using VoWifi over the Australian data network ? How is that working, do calls ring and text messages appear without excessive delay? We ported our US numbers to Tello based mainly on its good VoWifi support overseas, and for the month we spent in Europe this summer it worked. No roaming US data plan in Europe, only a local eSIM and the phone set to use Tello VoWifi over the other SIM&...

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  @phire For the US Gov tech, blowing up USDS maybe didn't help.

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  Recommendations for Trademark help? Many years ago I filed for a trademark which was rejected as being too generic, and I decided not to pursue it further. Since then, roughly weekly, I get solicitations from firms about how my trademark is in jeopardy or that there is a competing application and that I must urgently call them. Most of them are email, a sizable number are SMS, a few actually call me — several pretending to be the USPTO urgently reaching out. YEARS later, they are still emailin...

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  @fugueish Yes. I think USB Zip drives and floppy drives score slightly higher. Parallel port Zip drives with a USB<->Centronics adaptor score higher still.

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  @fugueish I too binge-watch The Expanse, but only the scenes with Amos. Good fit with today's world.