alex_duf

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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   Out of curiosity, how do you control that a device has access to its updates, but isn't able to "phone home"?
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   This might lead to a retro-futuristic look, with wooden TVs and laptops
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   oh, fair enough then I was asking because I wondered what sort of use case would electric cars not fulfil properly, and although not perfect they're getting pretty good. I can live with electric cars struggling on a track, it feels nic
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   Which electric car doesn't pack enough raw power for your needs, and what are your needs if I may ask?
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   I'm assuming it was suggested to replace a chain by what is essentially a dynamo + motor. You pedal to generate energy, and move that energy to the wheel through wire and another motor. (I'm not saying this is a good idea, just de
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   You also have to take into account the extra weight of having a dynamo + a motor, I doubt it's more advantageous than a chain on a classic bicycle. For an electric bicycle though, I see it as a really good contender
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   Same here, for me I started to lose interest for him when he started to sell the boring company as a solution to traffic jams. The solution already exists and it's called "public transport". I suspect this might be due to bei
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   I'm actually pretty excited about the three features you mention, mainly because it would make WASM useful to me.
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   by alex_duf 4y ago

   It's enough of a possibility that there are start-ups working on the concept https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98mlJ1N50DU
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    by alex_duf 4y ago

    >The Pico-Robertson neighborhood has been a Jewish enclave since the end of World War II, so it makes sense that then-owner Occidental Petroleum disguised this drilling site at Pico and Cardiff as a synagogue in 1966 The cynicism hasn&#x
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    by alex_duf 4y ago

    The video in the tweet shows a big latency between the head movement of the operator and the head movement of the mech, I assume this is making the pilot rather motion sick. They may benefit from using a 360 Camera and pan using software ra
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    The main power of NATO is dissuasion, and I assume (maybe naively) that it's hard to measure dissuasion.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Anecdotal evidence around me suggest Cognitive Behavioural Therapy might be an approach that may help you on that front. Seek professional help.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    It turns out if you link a large enough area, a local lack of wind doesn't really matter. If you inter-connect the whole of Europe you get a pretty stable source of energy with just solar and wind: https://twitter.com/n
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I know I'm going to sound like an unpleasant person, but I now get that same feeling every time I drive by a petrol station (with my electric car).
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Honestly I miss riff-raff :D For anyone who doesn't know about it: https://github.com/guardian/riff-raff
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Hey former Guardian employee here. The Guardian has hundreds of servers running, pretty much all EC2 instances. EC2 images are baked and derived from official images, similarly to the way you bake a docker image. We built tools before docke
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Make it 10 and it's still not unlikely to have law enforcement simultaneously break 10 doors at the same time. The distribution technology is really interesting but certainly not censorship proof.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I think the `.json` can be solved by looking at the `Accept` header rather than switching the URL
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Although I agree it's not better, it's also not worse. So there's a case to use the web browser that will improve your safety and privacy.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I've spent hundreds of hours on OpenTTD, the UI is not great and brings back some 90s user experience. I have an irrational love for that game, I discovered the original (TTD) as a teen so it will forever be "that game". I al
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I find the official website ok, assuming you use the option to sort the feed by time rather than algorithmically.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Thanks!
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I'd be curious to know how stable is the connection? notice any drop while on a video call?
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I hate to tell you that but Instagram is probably two generations too old. I doubt teenagers are joining much anymore.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Aircon would be a great application for that, assuming this applies at all.
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Also it makes the justification of buying such a product much easier. "I need to track my backpack" is better accepted than "I need a GPS tracker to follow my ex partner". I do believe Apple opened a can of worms they sh
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    I think this article is very much about wasm running on the server rather than in a web browser. In fairness there's been some very exciting development on that front, mainly pushed by Fastly with their own compute @ edge proposal and
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    What's the white dot going right to left at the bottom of the video? glare?
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    by alex_duf 5y ago

    Which side of the pound is that? Because I haven't heard of too many solar panels or electric cars causing any issue anywhere in europe just yet.