Tharkun

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by Tharkun 8y ago
In Belgium at least, swimming proficiency is rapidly declining. Can't remember the numbers, but many children can no longer swim. Some schools have changed their programmes and have lowered the bar from the traditional 1KM in breast st
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by Tharkun 8y ago
IIRC their yum repository is having some GPG signing issues as well. This isn't increasing my confidence.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
I hope this will finally fix the "XML Parsing Error: Undefined entity"-bug that's been present for nearly a year now. Last I heard RedHat and the Thunderbird team were still bickering over whose bug it was or whether it was a
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by Tharkun 8y ago
I've tried setting up WPA2 Enterprise but have been unable to set it up in a way that works with all client hard/software in the enterprise. Windows was especially horrible. Most Linux distros and OSX seemed to kind of Just Work f
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by Tharkun 8y ago
SMS has been free (or very nearly free) for at least ten years over here. Pretty much any phone plan comes with unlimited messages or something like 10k/month, which most users won't reach.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
A device to detect cameras would likely be a camera, thus aggrevating the problem. I'm not sure what the solution might be.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
To anyone who finds this interesting and wants to explore this further: i can recommend the book 'Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction'.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Time to set up an IRC server again then. Sigh.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Long term migraine-with-aura-without-headache patient here. I've found reddit's /r/migraine to be a pretty good resource/support group over the years. I've not been able to find a source, in spite of years of l
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by Tharkun 8y ago
YMMV but my vivosmart 3 is useless at sleep tracking. I read in bed, and my heart rate goes down while i'm doing this and the thing invariably thinks i'm sleeping, messing up the stats.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
I was shocked to discover that finger is no longer installed by default on most linux distros.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
AFAIK the same thing has happened in Belgium. There are several databases, allegedly controller by hospital networks, which you can access using government ID. There's supposedly an opt-in clause, but I've certainly never opted in
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by Tharkun 8y ago
The history of the .plan file goes back to way before ID or Carmack. It's been part of unix for a long time. Back when things were simpler, you could finger a user and read their .plan to see what they were up to.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Another interesting one is the Battle of Tsushima of 1905, where the Japanese navy all but destroyed the Russian navy. This affected the power balance in Europe and ultimately contributed to the start of World War 1. It also gave the Japane
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Home office bureaucracy? That's a new one. Is this because your employer mandates it, or is it some kind of government regulation?
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by Tharkun 8y ago
I find that long sofa coding sessions leave me with poor posture and neck pain, but maybe there's a way to improve my sofa posture.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Navigation? Really? I don't drive, so maybe I'm somewhat atypical in that sense, but on those rare occasions when I do use my phone to navigate, I find Osmand(+) to be extremely useful.
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Ask HN: Do you have a home office (if you work from home)?
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Most of us don't work for Google or FB. Most of us aren't even in the US. I can definitely see laywer or banker types getting all the perks the parent mentioned, while devs are treated like overpaid secretaries.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Not likely, unless these managers have really keen eyes and are able to look at everyone's monitor at the same time....
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by Tharkun 8y ago
YMMV, but in my neck of the woods the whole office-share thing is having a very hard time. Prices are either very steep and include private offices (hah!), or very cheap for open plan offices. Many of the latter places have devolved into re
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by Tharkun 8y ago
1) Reducing demand would be a great place to start. Good insulation, something to help keep the sun out in warm climtaes, efficient appliances of any kind etc. 2) Timing demand to peak solar moments. When the sun is brightest, why not start
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Ankidroid for android is really good. Not sure about a web interface.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
Who do I vote for in order to make this happen?
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by Tharkun 8y ago
The heart speeds up and slows down for various reasons, including its own internal pacemaker, stimulation of the vagal nerve or of the accelerator nerve (by the medulla oblongata). The article doesn't mention whether these organoids co
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by Tharkun 8y ago
> If you'd watched the segment, you'd realise there was a reason for it. I did watch the segment. And pretty much every other episode of his show. And while the serious bits are usually quite interesting and well thought-out,
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by Tharkun 8y ago
I guess a lot of people enjoy his style of "humour" where he randomly insults people, countries or cultures for no apparent reason.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
PSD2 is not what you think it is. It has API access, but not for the end user. Only 'integrators' will have access to these APIs. You will need to request permission to write/deploy software using the APIs. This involves mass
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by Tharkun 8y ago
That's all fine and well when OSA is the problem, but many people suffer from central sleep apnea and that has nothing to do with weight. Saying weight loss can mitigate the need "almost always" is an exaggeration at best.
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by Tharkun 8y ago
You can be in an "underslept state" even if you get 8 hrs a night. I usually am. I snore. Most of the time and very loudly. So do maybe a billion other people. It negatively impacts the quality and quantity of your sleep (and that

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