JR1427

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   by JR1427 3y ago

   On a somewhat related note, one thing that annoys me is that the self-checkout lanes at my local large supermarket are getting ridiculously long. These were touted to be the end of waiting in line!
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I learned basic digital electronics by having a clear goal in mind - building a Z80-based computer I dubbed the ZX-JAKEY https://www.jake-reich.co.uk/projects/zx-jakey/zx-jakey
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I don't really see this as necessarily hypocritical. He called for a change (with a bunch of others), but continued with the current way of doing things for the time being. This is how the vast majority of us operate, because often a c
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   This seems terrible, but then again my daughter was born with a doctor yanking on her head with a pair of BBQ tongs...
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I feel for VanMoof owners. Another one for https://twitter.com/internetofshit
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I think you can only tell what true innovation is when looking backwards in time. Meaningful technology never really goes away. We still use the wheel, all the mechanical fasteners that were invented through human history (cordage, mechanic
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   Not only is software hard, but software is disposable, i.e. we don't set out to maintain it long term, instead we throw it away.
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I feel your pain.
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   by JR1427 3y ago

   I whole-heartedly believe that a good fraction of what we have come to think of as innovation and progress is utterly useless. Technology and innovation have become products that often have no intrinsic value, but that marketing efforts con
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    I love baklava, especially with pistachios and rosewater. They used to make some good stuff in a great kebab shop in North Kensington, London, called Fez Mangal. It's the kind of place that has photos of famous customers all over the w
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    E.g. emergency service phone numbers in different countries, is one that springs to mind. You could still make it all wiggly and fancy etc.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    The design on the passport made me thing that it would be really handy if the anti-forgery stuff contained information useful to a traveller, and not just be decorative.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    Good luck with the surgery and your recovery.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    Reverse parking (as it is known in the UK) is one of a number of tasks than can be tested in a UK driving test. I reverse park 99pct of the time. I think it's safer to be able to see where you are going when getting out of a space, so
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    One thing I think people are missing, is that labs replicate other experiments all the time as part of doing their own research. It's just that the results are not always published, or not published in a like-for-like way. But the info
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    I think this wouldn't work, because many experiments need such specific equipment and expertise, that it would be hard to find labs that already have said equipment.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    I did a cell biology post-doc for a couple of years, and then got a junior job working on data visualisation libraries, which I really enjoy. After two years my salary has doubled. I had no experience of large projects, either. I followed t
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    I doubt any real trickery was involved. The Russians who sold the US the ore wouldn't have cared where the money came from. The US did them a favour by making an effort to disguise who the real buyer was, so the ore sellers wouldn&#x27
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    This is a good point. I hadn't thought about bioaccumulation. Thanks for raising.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    In the paper they mention a concentration of 20ug/ml. I haven't compared this to what is typical for drinking water, food, etc.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    I meant microplastic concentrations in the real world, i.e. not in a lab. If the concentrations of those used in a lab are far in excess of those in the real world, then these results may be of less concern.
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    by JR1427 3y ago

    It would be worth checking that the concentrations of microplastics used in this study are of a similar concentration to those found naturally. Otherwise the research is not very meaningful.