DamonHD

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by DamonHD 2y ago
Not all accelerators take equity. Some are pure grant funded such as one I used.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
1) Work paid part time at something else. 2) Join an accelerator or similar. Both have worked for me. There are other solutions too.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I watched up close a multinational try to create a shunkworks and the ugly result was a lot more shunk than works...
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I contracted/consulted around London for decades, and though I was with some clients for many years in total, others were much shorter, and short entries on a CV were not seen as a red flag AFAIK. (Well, there was one hiring manager id
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by DamonHD 2y ago
There's really nothing very exciting except I don't want to sure the bits used to keep out bots to avoid them being gamed too easily! The main script is ~10 key lines. If you send me contact details (eg via stuff in my bio) I co
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I analyse the server logs with awk + friends, filtering out obvious bots.
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Amentum awarded Sizewell C project management contract(world-nuclear-news.org)
1 points by DamonHD 2y ago|0 comments
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Firefox 136 brings the features that fans wanted(theregister.com)
3 points by DamonHD 2y ago|0 comments
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What did the Lehman Brothers implosion look like to a techie? (2013)(theregister.com)
3 points by DamonHD 2y ago|0 comments
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by DamonHD 2y ago
No VPN for me.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
vi .work/TODO (under SVN control on my server) Stickies app on MacBook desktop Pieces of scrap paper torn from physical envelopes etc!
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by DamonHD 2y ago
One US state considering eliminating daylight saving time...
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Oklahoma: Tell State Lawmakers "Yes on HB 1223". Ditch DST(votervoice.net)
2 points by DamonHD 2y ago|1 comments
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by DamonHD 2y ago
Played the original text Colossal Cave on the school RML 380Z nearly 50Y ago! I still remember us slaying the dragon with our bare hands!
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by DamonHD 2y ago
Yep, happened to me.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I get rejected similarly from the UK.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
FOSDEM unplanned(!) lightning talk (video and PDF): https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6839-ligh... Also see main working page: https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html I
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by DamonHD 2y ago
Yep, and I had a whole bunch ready to show off! I've even given talks about them at conferences! B^>
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I've done that at least once. Researched a topic fairly thoroughly with a friend and turned it into CV material for both of us, rocked up at an interview for a fairly dull role, and ended the day starting a much more interesting role
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by DamonHD 2y ago
If the panels don't have a slope of at least 5 or 10 degrees dirt can easily accumulate on them and may not wash off effecively with rain. I have a couple near flat on my porch roof for example, that suffer from dirt accumulation more
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Bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism – altruistic nutrient recycling(nature.com)
1 points by DamonHD 2y ago|0 comments
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by DamonHD 2y ago
My very first visit to SF (and the Bay Area generally) was from Edinburgh Scotland, and I wrongly assumed that SF would be warmer when I packed. (This was kinda before the Internet existed, so not trivial to check...)
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by DamonHD 2y ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0q080y02xgt Also, posted later as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43083016 https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-crash-toronto/
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by DamonHD 2y ago
As the slightly unwilling current receipient of the role of chair for several local organisations and their meetings - a position that some would call 'leadership' and a sign of greatness or whatevs - been there done that... B^
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by DamonHD 2y ago
It's not any sort of reasonable discussion if you present a very very slanted set of contentious 'options' which presume malice on the part of "science" (as if that were one cabal), and do not for example list any c
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by DamonHD 2y ago
You could barely make this question more "leading" if you tried.
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by DamonHD 2y ago
I'm a couple of years into a PhD and while the university is supportive and cares about doing the Right Thing (TM), I'm not seeing particularly better or worse 'eyes watching' than amongst the buinesses that I have worke
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by DamonHD 2y ago
It's too common in all human organisations of all sizes, IMHO...
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by DamonHD 2y ago
OK, but is that while achieving the same flow teperature or a lower one?
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by DamonHD 2y ago
Do you mean running at a lower flow temperature when you say "reduce the temperature difference"?

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