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by fredley 5y ago
> Set on getting more: likes, followers, comments, I soon found ways to improve my metrics: I think the fact that 'taking better/more interesting/more unique photos' is not on this list is telling.
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by fredley 5y ago
Yes, while you don't get such extreme drops, surge can drop from 1.6x to 1.4x by crossing the street if you're in the right place, which can save quite a bit on a longer journey.
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by fredley 5y ago
This has a nice visualiser: https://observablehq.com/@four43/h3-index-visualizer
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by fredley 5y ago
Fun fact: Uber surge pricing is calculated per-hexagon (h9, I think). If you're near a hexagon boundary experiencing surge, hop across to another one and check again.
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Why I Left Academia(jpehs.co.uk)
9 points by fredley 5y ago|1 comments
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Minus(minus.social)
659 points by fredley 5y ago|169 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
This is an extremely cursed idea, I love it.
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by fredley 5y ago
Buy your own cables, and as you unwrap them, secure a tamper seal around them in some way. Commit the tamper seal codes to memory. Only then can you be absolutely sure.
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by fredley 5y ago
As was posted in a separate thread, you might look at http://tomu.im/ too
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by fredley 5y ago
They sell a programmer for it, so probably!
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O.mg Cable(shop.hak5.org)
1690 points by fredley 5y ago|538 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
As a counter (and I watch James Hoffmann's output religiously, which is potentially up a notch even from this): If you enjoy your coffee the way it is, don't get pressured into making it 'better'.
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MasterCard to end magnetic strip on cards(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by fredley 5y ago|0 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
I'm on a laptop and it's taking up a third... But great article!
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by fredley 5y ago
I'm reading Wilding by Isabella Tree that contests this view of the past flora in the British Isles. The impact of megafauna on the development of woodland is seemingly not accounted for in the accepted view of the historic landscape
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Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by fredley 5y ago|0 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
This is the truth nobody will really talk about. Climate change is rooted in the size of the global human population more than anything else. Reducing our emissions buys us a bit of time, but it's just kicking the can down the road; as
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by fredley 5y ago
Man I miss the enthusiasm and optimism of the 90's
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by fredley 5y ago
The same goes for mesopotamia. We know a bit from the clay tablets, but we don't know anything about the ephemoral memes of the time.
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by fredley 5y ago
You could, but it was (and is?) cooler to have flying toasters.
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by fredley 5y ago
You mean this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLYatZdABrs
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by fredley 5y ago
You're totally right! I think you could have flying fish too!
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by fredley 5y ago
Beautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this. I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers. For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tube
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Wu-Tang Clan album bought by Martin Shkreli sold by US government(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by fredley 5y ago|0 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
We had to sign a 'contract', promising never to implement our own crypto!
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by fredley 5y ago
Until a few weeks ago the minimum wait was 12 weeks! Data on rates here: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations
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Why we're blind to the colour blue(calebkruse.com)
1 points by fredley 5y ago|1 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
I can't believe how it's impossible to buy an induction hob with knobs. I'm almost at the point of building a control panel myself.
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All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot(twitter.com)
1017 points by fredley 5y ago|707 comments
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by fredley 5y ago
For those who may not know, Tony Hoare invented Quicksort and the concept of null in computing, amongst many other fundamental things.

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