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by edent 3y ago
Judging from the emails I receive and the presentations I see, we haven't yet got to 80% of firms adopting Spell Check.
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Why women dey less likely to ask questions for public?(bbc.com)
4 points by edent 3y ago|1 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Is a noun the same as an adjective?
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Doom Running on an Apple Pippin(vmst.io)
1 points by edent 3y ago|0 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Personally, I prefer 100 metric hours in a day. Each centiday is about 15 minutes. Each milliday is about 90 seconds. And a microday is slightly shorter than a second. But, sadly, this revolution won't occur until after I'm electe
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by edent 3y ago
Replies from the Fediverse are moderated in the same way as normal comments. So if a spammer on Mastodon replies to your post, it will be caught by Akismet (or whatever spam filter you're running).
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by edent 3y ago
The full post is sent to the Fediverse. For example, if you follow @blog@shkspr.mobi you'll see my blog's posts in your social feed. They appear just like any other message. I've written a bit about it at https:/&#x2F
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by edent 3y ago
You can, but the problem is that warm water isn't that useful. Unless your system can regularly heat up to >60C to kill legionella then it will need external heating. Secondly, when the external temperatures are high there's ve
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by edent 3y ago
I found a really good blog post about why people care about the "audience reach" they have. Perhaps you'll enjoy it? https://lolbat.netlify.app/post/wordpress-killed-my-blog/
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AI isn't a drill, and your users don't want holes(shkspr.mobi)
2 points by edent 3y ago|0 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Yes. If you follow me, you tell my my server that you want my posts to be delivered to you. That means my server has to know your account exists. I also have to know that you follow me because I can export my followers if I move to a new se
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by edent 3y ago
Well, we can - that's how VNC and other protocols work. But it has a few disadvantages. The first is latency. When you scroll or click, you want the response to happen quickly. If you're streaming the response you have to wait for
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Why is there no OpenBanking API for personal use?(shkspr.mobi)
3 points by edent 3y ago|1 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Do you do something interesting or unusual? Something worthwhile or dangerous? No? Then people aren't going to ask you any follow up questions; they're making small talk. Imagine it's the other way round - you're at a pa
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Spacer.gif(spacergif.org)
1 points by edent 3y ago|1 comments
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The minimal-div minimal-span philosophy of this blog(shkspr.mobi)
1 points by edent 3y ago|0 comments
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How were the signs for logical and arithmetic operators decided?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
144 points by edent 3y ago|36 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Do they want this? Do their customers? There are a whole bunch of restaurants near me which don't even have a website. They get more foot traffic than they can handle and don't want to give up %age to Deliveroo. If you can'
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by edent 3y ago
That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/09/who-said-brits-think-100-mi...
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by edent 3y ago
Here's the system I used. How are the WiFi speeds when you're stood next to the router? If they're slow, your router is to blame. How about the room next to your router? If they're slow, your walls are to blame. In the f
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Brits think 100miles is a long distance Americans think 100 years is a long time(shkspr.mobi)
4 points by edent 3y ago|0 comments
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by edent 3y ago
I have a Boyue eInk eReader - that has the Play Store. I don't think there's anything in the Android certification which says a device has to have a colour screen.
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by edent 3y ago
1. Yes. It sucks. It feels humiliating and stressful. 2. Yes. It gave me the kick up the arse that I needed to look for something outside my comfort zone. 3. No. Being fired may come with social stigma, but everyone knows that companies som
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The Fantilator Page(onlyfans.web.cern.ch)
407 points by edent 3y ago|75 comments
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by edent 3y ago
Why wouldn't you charge when you take a break? That's what I'm saying. You take a break, plug in, leave the car while you stretch your legs, done. The UK isn't the USA. 600 miles gets you most of the way from Land&#x27
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by edent 3y ago
I don't think that tells the full picture. Take a look at https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/housing/number... In Birmingham, about a 3rd of people have no car. But if you zoom in to cent
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by edent 3y ago
> There is definitely enough energy and the grid can cope easily. https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero-sto... You can see the grid investment at https://www.nationalgrid.co.uk/our
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by edent 3y ago
When was the last time you drove 600 miles in one stretch? In fact, when was the last time you drive 200 miles without taking a break? Guess what! You rock up to a motorway service station, plug in your CCS connector, have a slash, stretc
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by edent 3y ago
Yes. Most petrol stations have chargers. Every motorway service station has chargers. Lots of supermarkets have EV chargers. Some councils have lamp post charging. About 70% of UK homes have off street parking. Smart meters allow for time o
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False Friends – HTML Elements Which Are Also Top Level Domains(shkspr.mobi)
2 points by edent 3y ago|0 comments

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