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by ChrisRR 5y ago
The problem though was the question, and the mismatch between how the scientific community and the layman communicate When asked do masks stop the spread of covid, the answer is and has always been no. No mask 100% stops the spread. If yo
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Millions of houses suddenly going underwater in the space of a few decades is going to cause a hell of a lot more issues in the housing market than adding solar panels.
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
It's insane watching american politics as an outsider, as they treat their politics like sports teams. They just seem so intent on constantly screwing over the opposition, rather than trying to improve their country That and how clear
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Depends on the industry. In embedded, I've only ever seen one person use a mac for work
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Hardly. We're talking 22 years ago here. Why wouldn't they just go with the official, well-supported tools
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Like it or not, climate change is happening, and you can't just avoid doing something about it because it's inconvenient
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Having a building is the least of the concerns, there's tons of buildings around. You need beds, medical staff, and vents/cpap. And if you don't prevent the spread then your infection rate is exponential and collapse the heal
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Part of the problem is that the layman doesn't understand the way scientific communication works. When asked do masks stop the spread of the virus, the answer is factually no, and people then go and spread that about like masks do noth
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
I'm an embedded dev too and I just barely use SO. Too often the questions are either out of date, not relevant or questions get flagged as duplicates because a tangentially related question has been answered for a different architectu
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Come on, it's been a year and a half now. Why are people still making these tired points which have been discounted all over We all know with covid doesn't always mean because of covid, but it's statistically significant eno
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
I would guess because covd patients are already taking up hospital resources (beds, vents, care staff) even with restrictions and vaccines. If the solution was cure rather than prevention, then the hospitals would become overwhelmed while
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
I disagree. Even if you make a complete left turn and only work on something tangentially related, you still likely have a wealth of knowledge that you can build on. I doubt you're going to make many moves in your career where you 100
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
The SO survey is an absolutely awful representation of the community, because it mainly represents the young inexperienced engineer and students who can't do much without googling. The longer you are in the industry, the less time you
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
https://twitter.com/lego_group/status/842115345280294912
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
The NHS does ask for current drug use if it's appropriate. I've definitely recently been asked when taking medication if I'm taking any illegal drugs. If there's a risk of interaction with the medication, they'll a
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
It would be helpful if you could just search by postcode, by phone doesn't want to allow GPS on your site for some reason
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
I've never used it, because every time I click a tweet, all of the replies are pointless meme gifs, or people desperate for attention That and the side bar is desperate to remind you about every awful thing that is going on in the worl
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
If the last year has taught us anything, it's that how many people 2% actually is
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Exactly. It's literally just burning the world's resources just for the modern equivalent of beanie babies For those who genuinely want decentralised currency, there's so many more efficient options
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Just like the UK the milk is in this in-between phase where some of it is metric, some imperial
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
I agree about Hitchhiker's guide. I've read the first book and at one point it even makes jokes about its deus ex machina. Despite it being very funny, it doesn't drive me to read the other four books because it doesn't
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Apple is heavy on their advertising. If there's a way to spin it, they will
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
And so what? People are well within their rights not to work for companies they find unethical. Yes, it won't make a dent in Apple's finances, but at least that person can sleep better not supporting a company they find immoral
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
It's one of the issues with a company that's based so much of its marketing around its style. They have to be seen to be innovating to keep the interest, which unfortunately means that they have to overhaul their UI once every few
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
As long as quorn and similar products continue to taste bland and have little texture, it's going to be an incredibly hard sell to convince people to switch over from meat, otherwise quorn would already be the top seller. And that&#x27
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
We need both. We can't just ignore all individual action just because there's worse offenders. Everyone collectively doing their part will have more of an effect than sitting on their arses and blaming fossil fuels.
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Anti vaxxers don't need ammunition. They're the ones who are spouting absolute crap about turning into a butterfly and 5g mind control. No amount of logic will ever convince them Vaccine sceptics are the ones who are swayed by t
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
It's a $5 microcontroller and 1 bit display. The cost of this isn't in the BOM The cost is in the development of the included games, which I'm willing to bet few people are going to be actively interested in ever single game.
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Good luck posting anything anti-apple on this site. The fanboys will be out in droves Where as the advert for an apple keyboard gets voted right to the top
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by ChrisRR 5y ago
Or you could just get your car fixed

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