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by aix1 5y ago
And, on top of that, office transfers are a thing. Half of my immediate team (including me) have applied to relocate to otherwise random international offices that would better suit our lifestyles, and all got approved. P.S. Fully remote w
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by aix1 5y ago
I'm guessing we might be in different sectors, but FWIW I've never seen this in my >20 years in the UK. To me the situation you're describing would ring all sorts of alarm bells. P.S. Not doubting your experience, just co
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by aix1 5y ago
Your comment got me curious, so I looked up per-capita annual cost of the NHS (the socialised healthcare system in the country where I live). The latest official data says "In 2017, the UK spent £2,989 per person on healthcare, which w
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by aix1 5y ago
For those not familiar with his channel, he's got a whole April Fools theme going. Here's another classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VewWKfH_0
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by aix1 5y ago
Your comment really caught my eye. Would you mind saying a few words about what a dream that's devoid of sensory content is like (i.e. what is it that remains that makes it a dream)?
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by aix1 5y ago
Beautiful pics. I wonder why, in a few places, there are pairs of bonding wires connecting the same pads.
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by aix1 5y ago
> There are no arrow keys or nav cluster, which means you need to use layers or key combinations to access them. I have no problem relearning how to use my keyboard, but dedicated keys are still faster and easier. "Easier" is s
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by aix1 5y ago
Some people (myself included) have a British Airways AmEx card to get a BA companion voucher every year.
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by aix1 5y ago
I think this very much depends on where one wants to fly, e.g. cities or nature. For a drone weighing 734g (Mavic Pro), under EASA rule one either - has to fly 150m away from residential, commercial or industrial areas (subcategory A3); o
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by aix1 5y ago
No CE class label??? edit: Found this, which somewhat explains it: https://dronedj.com/2021/11/05/dji-mavic-3-ce-class-label/
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by aix1 5y ago
> Google also runs their own public DNS servers which afaik Chrome defaults to. The statement that Chrome does not honour the networking stack's DNS settings does not agree with my observational data. I run pi-hole DNS and Chrome a
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by aix1 5y ago
This reminds me of how I used to get fake passports. There was a period when almost every day I had Royal Mail drop through my letterbox envelopes containing various fake documents (passports, driving licences, National Insurance letters, I
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by aix1 5y ago
The choice of hardware (here, type of GPU) could also impact the model architecture, potentially affecting model quality. For example, if GPU RAM is limited, one might have to reduce a model's depth or its receptive field just to be a
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by aix1 5y ago
> public transport schedule (extremely accurate in Prague) Give Citymapper a go if you haven't already. I find it vastly superior to Google Maps for public transport here in London. (And I work at Google so, if anything, am probabl
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by aix1 5y ago
> I can still walk around spaces and pin concepts to them Thanks for sharing. I'm really curious about what that experience is like for someone who has hard time visualising things. Especially: if not visually, how do you maintain
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by aix1 5y ago
The new DeepMind building and the new Google building are close to each other, yes. However, G building their HQ around DM is quite a claim.
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by aix1 5y ago
Would you mind expanding on the maths of contracting @ £500-£700 per day working out as equivalent to £200k PAYE?
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by aix1 5y ago
> I'm pretty fed up with throw-away culture, especially with big ticket items. I love what Framework are doing, but integrated hardware does not immediately equal throwaway culture (saying as something who still uses their late 2013
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by aix1 5y ago
I just learned about the existence of KOReader. Have you encountered any downsides compared to stock Amazon firmware?
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by aix1 5y ago
> Cardio is important for overall health, but you aren't going to burn enough calories for it to be a major source of weight loss. I am sorry but this claim doesn't make a great deal of sense. For example, running expends abou
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by aix1 5y ago
I wonder what the rationale was for the removal?
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by aix1 5y ago
Around here the standard protocol is to just leave packages with a neighbour (there's always someone at home) and leave a card telling where the package is.
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by aix1 5y ago
> The volume would decrease rapidly with depth but the available oxygen per breath would increase to compensate. > Unless you have something specific to correct? Firstly, how would you bring the highly buoyant bubble of air underwater
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by aix1 5y ago
That sounds like a pretty cool system.
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by aix1 5y ago
I live in central London (zone 2) and the fastest wired broadband service available at my house is slower than 20Mbps. (I'm playing with LTE now, but so far it's been a bit of a mixed bag.)
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by aix1 5y ago
There are no lawnmowers in the airspace above, or near, my house.
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by aix1 5y ago
What do you mean by max(min)?
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by aix1 5y ago
Is the claim that Amazon shows different prices for the same product to different buyers? (I'm guessing it unlikely that one person adding an item to a wishlist would cause the price to drop for everyone .)
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by aix1 5y ago
Does anyone know whether this type of co-mingling is also done by Amazon UK?
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by aix1 5y ago
That, and music videos. Though it feels like both scenarios should be pretty easy to handle algorithmically.

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