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by implements 2y ago
> I have Accubattery installed, so it pings to tell me to unplug it, … Just as a PSA, you can create an Automation in the built-in Shortcuts App to do something similar. (Show Notification / Speak Text on Battery Level below 20% &#x
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Ringway Manchester (YT radio enthusiast) has a good video about OFCOM DF monitoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMUwIpWvnbE - may have been scaled back now, though.
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There’s also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol) (We used back in the day to move files between PDP11s and PCs - it was the original “anything to anything” file transfer program)
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by implements 2y ago
During the Falklands War there were discussions in British political circles about what death toll would be unacceptable to liberate 1,800 people from Argentine occupation and rule - a calculus on the value of human life vs geopolitical con
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“A large human population isn’t the best use of the Earth’s resources” would seem to be an obvious conclusion of a superior thinking entity with no compelling reason in prioritising us over its own interests (which might not be selfish eg i
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by implements 2y ago
Thanks. I did wonder what the launch veto system was actually for? - working from the assumption that it would be procedurally impossible for a crew to successfully vote for a launch without receiving the correct authorisation codes from an
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by implements 2y ago
(Not speaking for the actual expert) - I think I read that missiles require two separate Launch Control Facilities (LCF) to turn keys for immediate launch, but will eventually launch after a (classified) delay if just one does (unless vetoe
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by implements 3y ago
In case no-one’s aware, iPhone / iPad Files app has a “Connect to Server” (…) option which can connect to an SMB share, making it significantly easier to back up any downloaded or created files to a PC without having to install and use
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by implements 3y ago
Yeah - I have an OS map that shows Longcross railway station apparently serving … empty countryside, but actually a large army R&D establishment (closed, now a film studio).
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by implements 3y ago
Well - it’s reasonable for a government to seek to stop absolute privacy subverting the prevention and detection of crime … I think, so a state has to find some way to be able to construct reasonable suspicion and then lawful search on rout
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by implements 3y ago
> Most likely Snapchat's E2EE is just a facade, they probably have a dictionary of "funny" words on the device (and/or the server) and automatically flags the message in the internal systems when certain stopwords are
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by implements 3y ago
(As a PSA for anyone with an emergency phone in the UK) You now need a valid SIM to ring 999 in the UK as they were getting too many nuisance calls - but any network will roam the call if reception is bad on your own one.
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by implements 3y ago
> Records could be edited at any time by any of several parties, … I took an “Accounting for managers” course back in the nineties which included double entry book-keeping - we were taught to never erase a mistake but create additional e
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by implements 3y ago
See also Dell OptiPlex 9020 Mini (i5-4590T 4x2GHz 16GB) - that class of “One Litre PC” make an excellent VPS / multi-VM setup.
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When the UK’s Guardian newspaper closed its talk-boards the die-hard users created: https://www.justthetalk.co.uk/ Not high-level, but possibly of interest.
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> but I assumed Lisp hackers would be on something beefier. He’s using an “Intel CORE i7 ASUS Chromebox 3 with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage”. https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-i-use-a-chromebox Previously discussed he
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by implements 3y ago
Good catch! - I think I’ll have to hand back my Irish passport in shame!
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by implements 3y ago
Aviation site avherald.com does the same with “Air” - for example “Iran Air” becomes “Iran” and “Air Lingus” just “Lingus”. The site still refers to itself as “The Aviation Herald”, somewhat ironically.
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by implements 3y ago
Yes - it’s important rice is either hot or cold, not kept warm for long periods (five or so hours) and then eaten.
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by implements 3y ago
You have to pay [1] the Hebrew University of Jerusalem when you use something that’s only a characterisation of Albert Einstein - I believe it’s considered part of his estate’s intellectual property. [1] https://einstein.biz&#x
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by implements 3y ago
> "Most people are either men or women. Some people aren't, and that's okay - you should still treat them like anyone else." Is that what they're just teaching, or are they saying that a) human nature is fundamen
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by implements 3y ago
You’re being downvoted, but that’s exactly how I use HNs - if the comments are interesting enough then it’s probably worth clicking the link.
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by implements 3y ago
Iirc, mechanical watch repairers have a type of putty they can lay across sprung components likely to fly off never to be seen again … Yeah: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BERGEON-Bergeon-Professional-Cleani...
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> Side note, I haven't heard failover used in the context of kicking unhealthy backends before … In OpenBSD “Failover” also appears in “Trunking a Wireless Adapter”: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireles
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by implements 3y ago
Recently, I opened 80 and 443 so I could use LetsEncrypt’s acme-client to get a certificate (and then test it). Tightening up security a bit, I configured an http relay to filter people accessing 80 by ip address rather than domain name -
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by implements 3y ago
Back in the 80s, BMW considered a radio an optional extra. Admittedly they fitted a Blaupunkt (when that was a luxury brand), but still …
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by implements 3y ago
> Umm, what's the controversy here? Fear of radiation, fear that the Japanese government / Fukushima’s owners can’t be trusted to release only what they say they will. Personally it seems safe to me and I’m confident the IAEA’s
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by implements 3y ago
The vomit taste comes from butyric acid, I believe - which seems to be a breakdown product of milk: The process is a company and trade secret, but experts speculate that the milk is partially lipolyzed. This produces butyric acid, a compou
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by implements 3y ago
Not in the field, but this recent podcast covers it: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/two-psychologists-four... Harkening back to episode 73, Alexa and Yoel discuss recent evidence of fraud documented in the
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by implements 3y ago
Fresh milk is currently £1.45 for 2.27 litres, down from £1.65 at peak. Tip for UK readers: You can put an unopened 4pt plastic milk bottle in the freezer and it will keep as long as UHT. Defrosts in a few days in a fridge. (Was handy durin

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