Liambp

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by Liambp 3y ago
The BBC micro was a ridiculously good hobbyist / tinkering machine ever created. It had a bunch of easy to use interfaces both digital and analog. It had great upgrade potential with interfaces for sideways roms and even a second proce
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by Liambp 3y ago
Glad I dodged a bullet there by not buying Apple stock back in 2006'
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by Liambp 3y ago
Prepay is generally a better deal in UK and Ireland and often includes unlimited internet for about €20. Here is an example from Vodafone (not the cheapest by any means): https://n.vodafone.ie/shop/pay-as-you-go-plans.h
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by Liambp 3y ago
"when my mobile net has run out"? Are Japanese mobile networks stuck in the 2010s? In Europe unlimited (or at as near as makes no difference) data has become so ubiquitous that public wifi is more or less redundant.
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by Liambp 4y ago
Anyone explain why it sang with an Irish accent?
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by Liambp 4y ago
Can someone explain to a clueless person (me) how a 1Hz CPU manages to achieve even 0.1fps frame rates. That is only ten clock cycles per frame. I don't know what the IPC of Chungus 2 is but that doesn't seem a lot of cycles to ca
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by Liambp 4y ago
Can anyone give me a TLDR of this? I think it is saying that "Just cause cats don't act like humans doesn't mean they aren't smart" but its very long and doesn't have a decent summary so I am not sure.
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by Liambp 5y ago
This annoys me because it is the opposite of the way I do matrix multiplication myself. I work from left to right taking the rows of the left hand matrix, transposing them then scalar producting them with each column of the left hand matrix
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by Liambp 5y ago
I can bring you back a little further than BBS system. I was in University n Europe in the 1980s and thanks to IBM European Universities got free access to a European academic research network (EARN). We soon discovered that you could use v
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by Liambp 5y ago
If you have any interest in the origins of the personal computer you should track down the sublime documentary series "Triumph of the Nerds" by Bob Cringely. You an find various versions on Youtube.
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by Liambp 5y ago
Wait a sec. I can rent a whole car for less than €8.50 per hour. I sure as heck am not going to pay an extra €8.50 an hour for a car I already bought and paid for.
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by Liambp 5y ago
There may be a way to get out of this by switching to another plan and availing of the 2 week grace cancellation period. https://responsivedesign.is/articles/cancel-adobe-without-pa... Happened to my daughter she neede