chris1993

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Boeing 737-MAX “D-grade aircraft”(abc.net.au)
8 points by chris1993 4y ago|1 comments
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by chris1993 4y ago
Well described in 'Diaspora' by Greg Egan
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by chris1993 4y ago
NBN satellite (aka Sky Muster) is pretty solid and speed is generally ok but the latency is a killer and makes it useless for anything interactive. Fine for the target audience web browsing and streaming videos.
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by chris1993 5y ago
Unfortunately even a clear couple of acres won't protect against ember attack. The house can be built to be fully fire-resistant and you're still faced with stay-or-go decisions when the next fire arrives.
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Our Local Bubble revealed by Gaia telescope(nature.com)
2 points by chris1993 5y ago|0 comments
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by chris1993 5y ago
Storms, and just heavy rain, consistently send our satellite internet offline. This is Australian “sky muster plus” pointing at a geosynchronous satellite at a higher orbit than starlink.
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by chris1993 5y ago
Possession of the Christchurch video is illegal in NZ. Not sure about elsewhere.
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by chris1993 5y ago
My wife's cousin almost died from heat-stroke in her drive-way when her car trapped her inside the vehicle in full Australian summer sun because the battery failed while she was inside checking something. Doors and windows wouldn'
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by chris1993 5y ago
Google Docs is one of the classic examples
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by chris1993 5y ago
Expensive to maintain and injure stock.
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by chris1993 5y ago
Charles Stross has used it in a couple of novels: 'Saturn's Children' and 'Accelerando.'
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Remote access brain implants for Parkinson’s(abc.net.au)
4 points by chris1993 5y ago|0 comments
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by chris1993 5y ago
I think that describes Perl v7 pretty well.
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by chris1993 5y ago
Having school age kids, and social connections in general, make a nomadic life challenging.
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by chris1993 5y ago
A lot of seeds don’t need frequent watering to germinate. One heavy water to start and then keep it damp, not wet. If the ground is too cold many seeds will just rot. Seed trays make it easier to manage the temperature and water. Beans in
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by chris1993 5y ago
A handy tip I got from a citrus grower is to feel the leaf. If it feels cool the plant is transpiring and has enough water, otherwise give it a bit of water. Too much water and too little water both can look the same and plants wilt.
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by chris1993 5y ago
This deal was initiated during the trump administration.
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Toyota to cut car production due to chip shortage(abc.net.au)
2 points by chris1993 5y ago|1 comments
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by chris1993 5y ago
I looked but can't see in the FAQ or anywhere - do you provide a way to migrate from Jira and do you integrate with bitbucket?
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by chris1993 5y ago
Why is it desirable to track the kids backpacks? Are they so very untidy that they often get lost?
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by chris1993 5y ago
The technical term was 'geriatric primagravida' for us with a first child at 32! It felt quite insulting at the time.
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Covid lab leak “unlikely” say most virologists(smh.com.au)
2 points by chris1993 5y ago|1 comments
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by chris1993 5y ago
Mostly this seems to revolve around 'eat less', which is a challenge for many people.
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by chris1993 5y ago
Yes, Windows Terminal allowed me to retire putty. Proper font support and tabs beat out the putty scroll buffer advantages.
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by chris1993 5y ago
It seems quite possible if they fix the issue of having panels too close to the ground. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-25/parkes-solar-pa...
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by chris1993 5y ago
It was named 'chinese gooseberry' until Hort NZ rebranded it but they are unrelated botanically (European gooseberry is Ribes uva-crispa, Kiwifruit is Actinidia deliciosa).
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by chris1993 5y ago
Best to use certified seed potatoes so you don't introduce virus problems for anyone else growing potatoes in the area.
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by chris1993 5y ago
In the comments why does everyone refer to the author as ‘Sabine’? It seems overly familiar and derisory. Men are granted the respectful use of their full name or their surnames.
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by chris1993 6y ago
They’re pretty common in Australia and have evolved resistance to many chemical treatments, to the extent that the recommended treatment is combing with conditioner, but you only need one or two eggs to be missed to restart the cycle. Plus
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by chris1993 6y ago
Australia has the same approach to selling off monopolies. Nice little earners.

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