cheradenine_uk

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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Same pattern as when Japanese auto manufacturers first entered US/EU markets. They were initially a joke. Now: not so much.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
I'm doing no such thing. Apple should be completely free to charge as they like for their toolchain. But other toolchains will arise. And Apple's doesn't half stand on the shoulder of others.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Decline? What decline? https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/ January data: BEV share +20% YoY
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
The losses are a problem not even NASA had a solution to! "During NASA's Space Shuttle program, which was carried out from 1977 to 2011, more than 24,500 tons of liquid hydrogen were purchased, of which 54.6% was used on-board; th
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
No. It has extremely poor energy density. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-liquid-hydrogen-dumbass-p...
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
If the EU is serious about breaking up the monopoly, the notarization requirement is what they will go after.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
If that happened to me, I'd regard it as a lucky escape. That sort of counterparty will abuse you -- like dropping your salary just as you're about to sign. Everything is a negotiation.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Ah, the investor cash incinerator that is what3words!
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
> The DMA is expected to force Apple to make a range of significant changes to the way the App Store, FaceTime, and Siri work in Europe I'm not sure that's going to fly. My understanding is that the DMA, like the DMCA, applies
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
"My arrogance and small-world view is available for hire!"
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
They could merely be replaced with "I do not like" or "I prefer a different approach".
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Only lasts 5 years, and doesn't affect cars with emissions < 150gCO2/km (which a lot of hybrids will fall into).
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Nope, that's not a contract because there is no consideration.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Given the entire company is worth < £200k, I think I'd say "the best of british luck to you". ( https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live....
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
WHat a crock. Wires are a messy, pain in the ass. I switched to a bluetooth keyboard as soon as I could and have never looked back.
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
> It feels like for all its faults, the global West has values worth preserving for the future, and that involves, well, going through with it and making babies. As someone childfree by choice, I care about the preservation of the global
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
I'm talking about the emitter rather than the source. (ductless) Air/Air is relatively unused in the UK (except for aircon) for the (stupid) reasons described, work perfectly well even in very cold climates) and offer extremely go
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Air-Air should be more popular in the UK - modern units have very attractive COP (gain) - nearly 5.0 - without complexities of right-sizing pipework and emitters. I think it's a tragedy that they aren't more popular. One of the re
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
I follow Rosenow on twitter. he tried to tell me that Heat Pumps /were/ economic, because the gas/electric ratio would change /in the future/ ! "I'll wait until then, then". I've been saying the
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
Doing an API-first approach - which I recommend - a) involves an incredible amount of DRY in the specs (to the extend we tinkered with a DSL to generate the openapi which feels wrong) b) doesn't have very good ways of splitting large
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by cheradenine_uk 3y ago
It's _all_ experience. "Don't sell the sausage, sell the sizzle". This is why car adverts are either belting round implausibly empty urban streets, or of Wankpanzers off-roading in a way almost no owner will actually do.
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
A loathesome place filled with tax evaders hiding their wealth from the countries and citizens that made them rich. When I watch those programs which celebrate the 'glamour' and 'lifestyle' of these people, all I wish fo
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
"I keep trying to hire using <old model of the world> and keep coming up short in <new model of the world". E.g: I can't hire developers! Nobody wants to work! (Actuality: Nobody wants to spend £7k/pa to commute
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
The story, and the study, are terrible. Chris Snowden demolishes it here: https://snowdon.substack.com/p/is-drinking-never-good-for-pe... > Notice, by the way, that nobody involved in this research is recommending t
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
Clear, unambiguous and - wrong.
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
I think Sinofsky is the best thing I've read on the "office" subject: https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/creating-the-future-of... This really resonated with me: "It will be tempting for some to c
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
I was just thinking that I could likely make a reasonably accurate guess to commenters age based on their reactions to this article. But you trigger an interesting question. Frankly, part of my value to an organisation /is/ the ac
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
I don't believe it misses the article's point - I think he's asking the valid question "if the target system has the ability to to store all the required state in order to understand mappings between what I want and what
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
Sure, but isn't the artcle suggesting tags rather than the name / ID ? One problem, as mentioned in a sibling comment, is if you don't have state then how do you know a resource has been deleted? One other option might be a s
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by cheradenine_uk 4y ago
I see this a lot, and I'm put in mind of the Dawkins quote (to paraphrase) "Nobody preaches about the sun coming up tomorrow. Nobody preaches about certainties. Believers preach about their world view not because they are certain,

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