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by gandalfian 8y ago
https://xkcd.com/949/ Though between my family members teamviewer has a basic file transfer mode that works quite well, pc to pc, assuming both parties have it installed.
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by gandalfian 8y ago
My amazon usb hub blocks the wifi whenever turned on... I should have returned it. Junk. They are such a mess. The amount of items that have changed the product but kept the reviews, often from a phone case but now its a video projector pre
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by gandalfian 8y ago
"These figures are guesswork, and I should be interested if someone would correct them for me." Interesting to see that the standards of internet journalism are not entirely new...
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by gandalfian 8y ago
Footnote from Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: "NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary
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by gandalfian 8y ago
But they have "digital" motors. A concept that hurts my brain. But seriously he probably just wants to be like Bosch. A desirable place to buy you electronic components. Otherwise reinventing cars is what sunk Sinclair...
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by gandalfian 8y ago
Again it sounds great but I know people whose underfloor coils started to leak at which point the system is written off... Retrofitting anything to an existing solid floor is a nightmare as well. Sorry to be so negative. But that`s why so f
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by gandalfian 8y ago
Here in England we heat by pumping fairly hot water through metal radiators, heated by gas or oil. A heat pump produces only lukewarm water at a slow but efficient rate. It is really hard extract the heat out of lukewarm water into a room,
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by gandalfian 8y ago
Tinted?
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by gandalfian 8y ago
Mainly solar thermal. Looks like the Dover house stored heat in tanks of melted salt. They leaked and after three years the salt and water stratified and refused to remix so it stopped working... Clever attempt though. https://ww
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by gandalfian 9y ago
Or you know let google photos work with google mail so you can insert a photo without some convoluted work around.
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by gandalfian 9y ago
I never understood this. They casually suggest they can solve the energy crisis but think the big break-though will be making it compact? Its like saying I can turn lead into gold but I'm waiting for the travel version? It makes no sen