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541.
by jaclaz 4y ago
I thought that - generally speaking - you can set a device to static IP (no DHCP) and set no gateway to prevent it to access the internet. Or has this changed?
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by jaclaz 4y ago
It was later re-tested and re-classified as plausible (for some reasons the particualr episode was aired in EU but not in the US): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Epis...
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by jaclaz 4y ago
What I meant was that the "nearness" is somehow "random", I don't doubt that the results come from a clever analysis of a zillion documents or websites, still the final result makes little sense. Your explanation is
544.
by jaclaz 4y ago
>The EU banned incandescent light bulbs and apart from minor whinging there's been no real problems. CFL's were progress, right?
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Look, you stated that drugs (such as Viagra) were easily available ("de-facto OTC") in several countries, I can only report the actual situation, to the best of my knowledge, for the country I live in (Italy) which is that without
546.
by jaclaz 4y ago
That: >semi-valid piece of white paper with maybe some intestation is more like a fake prescription, and doesn't sound like: >A4 blank piece of paper and 'be your own doctor' by writing in what you need by hand and sign
547.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Bah, they had to invent PtEL and PtNL to call both PDR, it seems something that should be submitted for an Improbable Research award. The 1:1 ear/nose "golden ratio" is pure nonsense, Dr. Kendra Schmid, an assistant professor
548.
by jaclaz 4y ago
As a metrically inclined friend , your metrical formula is wrong, it is kg for weight allright but meters for height (not centimeters) or you need to multiply by 10,000, see example here: https://www.calculator.net/bmi-calc
549.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Well, that can happen about almost anything, having data and mains cables separated is anyway a good idea, but (with the correct cables) is not (anymore) against code in many situations.
550.
by jaclaz 4y ago
>Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece is de-facto OTC (you can go to a pharmacy with an A4 blank piece of paper and 'be your own doctor' by writing in what you need by hand and signing it off still as 'your own doctor' w
551.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Not only, the whole stuff about eSim (and iSim) might be an issue when you have a problem on your hardware (phone): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33121530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32138466
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by jaclaz 4y ago
No, it is not EU (AFAIK). Anyway, besides Britain (both before and after Brexit), there is only a handful of countries in EU that do not require ID, among them Denmark: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Lacing was widely used in (industrial) electric switchboards, at least here what is used nowadays in them is not so much zip ties but rather plastic spirals or similar continuous cable wraps, like these: https://www.hellermanntyt
554.
by jaclaz 4y ago
>It is highly recommended, and often required by code, to keep low voltage and high voltage (high voltage being 120V AC power lines, which really aren't that "high" of a voltage) separated physically. It depends, there are
555.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Same year and series, makes sense. But I would like a confirmation that a different series/different year still are similar, which is was I doubt.
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by jaclaz 4y ago
I can confirm, the first time I saw one of them (many years ago, I believe probably 15 years ago, maybe more) it was in the workshop of someone who provided assistance/repair to sewing machines (and embroidery machines), from what I ca
557.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Yep, circa 1995 a "normal" hard disk was 300 to 500 MB, a whole disk image would fit on a CD, we had an external CDRW drive (yes, parallel interface), soon after 1 GB to 2.1 GB become common, and I remember making multiple "
558.
by jaclaz 4y ago
JFYI, something like that did exist (but unfortunately didn't have success): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33957246
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>I'm sure you are sarcastic here, because ... Actually I was mostly surprised by the parent comment, I thought that even in the subset of just dishwashers they had at least three different sets of controls/menus/settings.
560.
by jaclaz 4y ago
I see, I thought there were tens of different models with different features/interfaces/settings/whatever. At least then Bosch is coherent.
561.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Like the golgafrinchans? https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchans
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by jaclaz 4y ago
>From the manual Out of curiosity, how do you know the make/model of goblinux's dishwasher?
563.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Hmmm. All embroidery machines I have seen in the last - say - ten years were retrofitted with a floppy emulator like the Gotek, (only as an example, there are tens of possibly the same devices sold under n brands/names): https:&#x
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Try game #160 (25/02). Input as guesses: digit number car compare Once you got the solution, please explain to me how it works again.
565.
by jaclaz 4y ago
The thesis seems to me very different, it is about who pays in the end the part of the high processing fees generated by the rewards, but unlike similar thesis, the accent is about differentiating "financially sophisticated" peopl
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by jaclaz 4y ago
Maybe something less "other worlds"? These should all be suited to a 12 years old, though of course it is up to you: Back to the future (1, 2 and 3), Time after Time (1979), Gattaca
567.
by jaclaz 4y ago
This (PDF) is the actual article by Marc-Antoine Fardin: https://gwern.net/doc/cat/biology/2014-fardin.pdf
568.
by jaclaz 4y ago
AFAIK, it is non-Newtonian allright: >The Law of viscosity states that a fluid flows at a speed proportional to the force that is applied, where the constant of proportionality is the viscosity. Because ketchup does not obey this Law, it
569.
by jaclaz 4y ago
The "unworthy" meaning has been lost over time in Latin derived languages, the Italian "invalido" is (was) an official word to mean someone that for any reason was not fit for work, typically, but not only, soldiers woun
570.
by jaclaz 4y ago
Yep, thanks, still we don't know if it was because they are (now) considered somehow offensive of women or if it was because (even if protection was not enforced) they are copyrighted. Or simply because they were sourced from Playboy m

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