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by Lio 2mo ago
The main thing I notice about new Reddit is the amount of autoplaying videos. I wonder if this is at least partially motivated by the more addictive endless scrolling design of new Reddit.
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by Lio 2mo ago
The normalisation of this creepy fucking corporate surveillance is depressing. Not for the people wearing these things, they won't give a shit, but for everyone else that just wants to be left alone.
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by Lio 2mo ago
It’s not the whole Anglosphere. 24 hour time is used extensively in the UK. For example, all public transport uses 24 hour times here.
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by Lio 2mo ago
Hell you can often even find the Korg Volca FM for under 100 bucks and it’s a patch compatible DX7 clone. I have a Casio CZ-5000, the 61 key version with sequencer. It’s well made but given its age I’m not sure I’d want to take that to a gi
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by Lio 2mo ago
Depends on what you mean by "small" and "growing". If you mean database size, SQLite can handle massive amounts of data. I've seen 281 TB quoted as theoretical max size.
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by Lio 2mo ago
I think that particle size is important. Particles caused by tyre and brake wear are going to be much larger than, say, diesel particulates. That size differences is going to affect how easily they can be absorbed into your lungs.
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by Lio 2mo ago
Oh yeah "tube bogeys" are definitely a thing. Whenever my best mate goes on about having access to "cultural experiences" that I don't have for living in the sticks I remind him it comes at the cost of massive tube
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by Lio 2mo ago
You're speculating about something that hasn't happened, using something that doesn't exist; no body is driving batteries large enough to destroy a bridge about. They are driving liquid fuel tankers that can do that around re
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by Lio 2mo ago
I love Framework's product launch style. So down to earth. "These are the top 5 things people have been asking for. We've update 3 of them". Acknowledging that they haven't done everything people have been asking
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by Lio 2mo ago
That's not at all true. Lots of people ride downhill and enduro with a set of small guards. If you google images of something like Redbull Hardline pretty much all the bikes you see will have at least one front guard. That's beca
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by Lio 2mo ago
100% this. If you see someone with mudguards on a road bike it's a sign they're a proper cyclist. I don't think you're allowed to entry audax events without guards and you definitely won't be allowed on a club run w
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by Lio 2mo ago
We get old boys in our cycling club that want to keep going out on the Saturday social ride. I don't have a problem with them riding an eRoad bikes, I like that they can keep coming out with us, but like you say I wouldn't want to
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by Lio 2mo ago
Could it be that most people drive shorter journeys than the capacity of their cars with occasional long journeys? I know that my next will need enough range for one particular journey to a relative's house but I only do that journey o
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by Lio 2mo ago
Indeed, SQLite has got to be one of the best tested pieces of software with famously 100% test coverage. https://sqlite.org/testing.html It's amazing that a bug could exist for 16 years but it is sobering.
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by Lio 2mo ago
This is a great interview, thank you. For anyone interest there's some interesting history about BCPL (the predecessor of C), TRIPOS and engineering at Cambridge in general.
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by Lio 2mo ago
Which countries are using shadow fleets?
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by Lio 2mo ago
Whenever someone suggests it's OK for the police to arrest people for future crime they haven't committed I feel the need to point out that the police do not always act in the public interest. Individuals abuse their powers. e.g.
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by Lio 2mo ago
It might be worth revisiting the definition of the term "Banana Republic" and the history of the United Fruit Company[1]. Corporations have toppled democratic governments, run dodgy drug trials and given breast feeding mothers jus
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by Lio 2mo ago
Plugin solar is really cheap though. It's possible the price of an 800W kit drops to $200. That's really not a lot for something that could pay for itself in a year and keep saving you money for years to come. Then there's
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by Lio 2mo ago
I think plugin batteries are coming too. Right now (well 27th August) you can plug your inverter into a battery but you can't connect the battery to a ring main you have to connect devices directly to it. That is under assessment thoug
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by Lio 2mo ago
I've seen Ecoflow mentioned on YouTube but I don't know how reliable that is.
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by Lio 2mo ago
One thing I've read is that if you can dual sided panels mounted on a frame over white gravel and really boost secondary feed as much as 20 to 30%. If they're mounted on a roof then obviously you can't benefit from that so it
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by Lio 2mo ago
They're a no brainer especially if Lidl can nock them out for around £200 in the centre aisle. Unfortunately for me my back garden has too much shade for panels and I don't think I could get away with them in the front. So that le
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by Lio 2mo ago
This is great. I had a little Flytech Carry-I 8088 back in the day that could just about run Windows 2 with dual floppies, 640K RAM, Hercules graphics and a Microsoft serial mouse. Although it was admittedly a bit rubbish compared to Amiga
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by Lio 2mo ago
That's the history of every country and every empire, not just Europe. Is that the standard we're holding Trump to though? Do you really think it's OK for him to invade other countries for personal enrichment because historic
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by Lio 2mo ago
Trump just dropped the part of his lawsuit against the BBC where he claimed it damaged his business because he would have to expose what his business is. The Trump regime a way more corrupt than anything currently seen in Europe. He current
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Trump drops BBC's commercial arm from Panorama lawsuit, but main case remains(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by Lio 2mo ago|0 comments
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by Lio 2mo ago
Billionaires don’t worry. Not in the main. We’re going through a series of ever record breaking heat waves where the only thing you can be sure of is that it will be worse next year. They’re still pushing fossil fuels and blocking attempts
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by Lio 2mo ago
This is an interesting response. I think you know that “windmill” isn’t just a synonym for wind turbine but a politicised insult originating in the fossil fuel lobby.
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by Lio 2mo ago
Coal mines are often associated with massive slag heaps and they can be over 200m in height. They are not pretty but what they lack in beauty they make up for with danger to the local community from leached chemicals, underground fires and

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