damian2000

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German pilot traces an outline of plane with flight path(flightradar24.com)
2 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
I've never had a problem with TP-Link over about the last ten years and 3 modem/routers. I have heard lots of other people complaining about them though.
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by damian2000 11y ago
For half the price you could buy a Raspberry Pi that just runs a simple watchdog program doing the internet connectivity check. Upon a problem, it could connect to your modem's web admin page and launch a restart from there.
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by damian2000 11y ago
I got into the field of scientific oil & gas software just through being in the right area of the world - Perth, Australia which is a hub for Oil & Gas exploration. Prospects are not great these days though, due to the resources dow
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Bike Draft – 124 km/h(youtube.com)
1 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
They fell into the big rewrite trap ... possibly driven by developers hoping to clear out some cruft http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
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Chinese drone maker unveils human-carrying drone(phys.org)
6 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
Because there's huge amounts of money at stake, I believe banks operate with a far higher level of security than average companies doing business online ... for them its an existential threat.
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by damian2000 11y ago
Put the phone on speakerphone with the volume down, don't listen to them at all and just get on with what you were doing, make some occasional noises to keep them interested. They normally get fed up after about 5-10 mins though.
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Chameleon Cold Brew Coffee (2160 mg caffeine)(caffeineinformer.com)
2 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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Working at a Japanese Company (2015)(rubyronin.com)
92 points by damian2000 11y ago|31 comments
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Setting Up a Custom Domain for Azure Web Apps Using NameCheap's FreeDNS(dodgycoder.net)
2 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
So the fake virus scammers who call from 'Microsoft' are also using the same system then ...
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Virtual queue(en.wikipedia.org)
73 points by damian2000 11y ago|23 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
This made me think about self driving cars and whether its possible to make a self driving delivery van or truck - able to handle bulkier / heavier loads and all weather conditions.
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by damian2000 11y ago
Engineering Software as a Service: An Agile Approach Using Cloud Computing http://www.saasbook.info/courses
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by damian2000 11y ago
Chapter 11 on physical security was great. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/SEv2-c11.pdf How to steal a painting (7) Bruno cuts the telephone line to his rival’s gallery and hides a few hundred yards away in
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Writing my own encryption algorithm(security.stackexchange.com)
3 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
The household savings rate in China is one of the highest in the world however ... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-01/chinese-co...
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by damian2000 11y ago
Part of it is being outside the US as well- there is a reluctance to keep sensitive data on servers owned by a foreign company. Attitudes are changing though ... MS and Amazon for example have a really good presence in Australia these days.
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by damian2000 11y ago
It could take a while yet before all companies big and small start using the cloud to its full potential though ... in my experience people in management are usually against it, citing data security issues.
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by damian2000 11y ago
"each strut is about 100 micrometres in diameter, with a wall 100 nanometres thick" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_microlattice
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by damian2000 11y ago
Water doesn't compress as far as I know, so it would be like the egg hitting concrete...
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by damian2000 11y ago
My opinion is that when you're using something like AirBnB, you can't expect hotel level service when things go wrong... instead of making last minute decisions, research the place a bit - look through the comments, start up a thr
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by damian2000 11y ago
Smoking reduces your appetite, leading to less eating and less weight. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/09/137085989/the-skinny-on-smokin...
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by damian2000 11y ago
Microsoft's "How Old Do I Look" site (it uses the Azure machine learning API) ... https://how-old.net It worked pretty well for me - within 2 years.
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by damian2000 11y ago
I worked in a similar field until recently ... a lot of the ICs being used were automotive rated, hence the high temp rating. Also, pressures on the outside of the tool get massive - up to 15,000psi depending on depth.
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by damian2000 11y ago
Have a read of this info here which might be useful to you ... http://www.shrm.org/templatestools/hrqa/pages/wagesandbankru...
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Airbus crash linked to faulty software installation procedure(reuters.com)
2 points by damian2000 11y ago|0 comments
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by damian2000 11y ago
Here's the important part ... "Investigations are at an early stage but the key scenario being examined is that the data -- known as "torque calibration parameters" -- was accidentally wiped on three engines as the engin

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