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by lb1lf 2y ago
> but when my brain calmed down I realized network systems in the 19th century didn't really make sense. -Now, in the 18th century, on the other hand, the Chappe telegraph network was king. [0] [0] https://en.wik
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by lb1lf 2y ago
I remember this got posted to HN some time, and absolutely loved it - particularly as the sign was for all intents and purposes perfect and flew under the radar even of the authority which would normally have been tasked with putting it up
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by lb1lf 2y ago
I believe it is a fair assumption that 'simply asking' would entail all sorts of red tape the UnterGunthers simply weren't interested in; after all, Monum would want all sorts of assurances that the restorers wouldn't me
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by lb1lf 2y ago
Stories like this restores my faith in humanity. Using skill and irreverence for the common good, making the restoration basically a piece of performance art in itself. I'd buy the UnterGünthers a beer.
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by lb1lf 2y ago
...not to mention the 'Aaaaarrrgh!!!!' moment I had when finding that the brand spanking new network adapter I had purchased during my student days had no floppy with drivers in the box. Oh no. The manual stated I could simply go
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Or, as a cat-loving friend of mine succinctly sums up the difference between dogs and cats and their relationship to us: Dog: The humans feed me; they must be God. Cat: The humans feed me; I must be God.
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by lb1lf 3y ago
This was really sad news; his Security Engineering probably did more than any other single textbook to influence my career and making me a better engineer in the process. All the examples of bright people having made systems which turned ou
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by lb1lf 3y ago
In fairness, though, mail volume must have plummeted as email and electronic invoicing became a thing. My receiving a letter by actual mail now usually means I have forgotten to set up e-invoicing for a service I subscribe to. Yet, most of
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Not OP, but at my alma mater, NTNU in Trondheim, Norway, Amazon was definitely common (at least in geeky circles) in 1999 - lots of textbooks were cheaper than at the campus bookstore, at least until Amazon purchases became widespread enoug
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Amazon, 1999. Only used for Kindle purchases nowadays. eBay, 1998. Used regularly. SSH login at my Alma Mater's Computer Club, 1997. Daily. Primary E-mail. Also had a Hotmail account which MS eventually canned as I failed to login suff
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by lb1lf 3y ago
I held onto my former job for another couple of years longer than I had expected precisely because of the fine, German engineering language. It turned out that a supplier of a critical subcomponent in some of the systems we were designing a
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Yes, but the small car will bounce you over the hood and dump you back down again, worse for wear, but presumably alive. The bigger vehicles slam you down and then drive over you, for a much less pleasant experience.
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Well, one topic which is covered in some detail when you are screened for security clearances is precisely how you use alcohol (and other intoxicants!). I imagine it is for this precise reason.
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by lb1lf 3y ago
I've had it on my list for ages, but never quite got around to it - I seldom get as far east as the Jannowitzbrücke, most of my friends are in Tiergarten/Moabit area. Speaking of museums, one of the most charming museums I've
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by lb1lf 3y ago
I enjoy the font diversity every time I visit - same, same - but different. I hope there will be no drive to replace existing signs for new ones (unlikely, given the state of Berlin's finances) - the various fonts used on signage throu
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by lb1lf 3y ago
IKEA - an acronym for Ingvar Kamprad, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd (With I.K. being the name of the founder, Elmtaryd being the place he grew up and Agunnaryd being the closest village.)
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Incidentally, 'kuk' is a Norwegian word, a somewhat pejorative synonym for 'penis', but almost as versatile as the four-letter word - it can be used as an adjective, a verb, an adverb, a noun etc. Saying that 'somet
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Not the OP, but if your taste in music (at least partially) flies under the radar of the streaming sites, you'll find yourself doing it on a regular basis. Doubly so if whatever music tickles your fancy was released a few decades ago.
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by lb1lf 3y ago
> Especially on the DAC side. Lots of snake oil that measures worse than very cheap solutions. -Which, cynically speaking, is really a requirement. After all, many manufacturers of such gear claim a 'house sound' - but how do y
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Agreed; I believe the tipping point is where the company becomes so large that you no longer know, or at least are familiar with the people you're working with. I expect you are much more inclined to try to find a workable solution if
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Cynically speaking, HR is an abstraction layer between management and employees, sorry, 'resources'. When I worked for a huge engineering multinational years ago, it showed time and time again that people went into HR with the bes
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Problem with that in context of Starlink is the terminal needs to know its position relative to the satellite to communicate with it; spoof position, and you're likely to lose comms.
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Don't we? I distinctly recall that when I was using a left-handed mouse on WinNT 4 in the nineties, the mouse pointer was reversed? Whether that was the original cursor or just someone at IT being a leftie and installing a custom curso
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Arguably in two - 12 Monkeys, too...
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by lb1lf 3y ago
And, just in case anyone wondered - 60,000 Estonians is just shy of 5% of the population. (Assuming that Estonian-speaking Estonians are over-represented at this event, and given that almost a quarter of Estonia's population are ethnic
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Oldest thingy I bought new myself probably is a Nikon F4s, spring 1994. It is the SLR which is so tough it is the only known object which can inflict blunt force trauma Chuck Norris. Still use it for a reasonably liberal definition of &#x27
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by lb1lf 3y ago
This is SOP in manufacturing to indicate that a bolt has been torqued to whatever torque specified in the assembly drawing; as an added bonus, if the mark is applied properly, you can also tell at a glance whether the bolt has worked itself
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by lb1lf 3y ago
Would those be European or African football fields?
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by lb1lf 3y ago
There's a lot of 'That depends...' when it comes to fuse ratings; for instance, a tardy porcelain fuse of the kind used domestically in Scandinavian countries until fairly recently were rated to take 90% over rated load for 1
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by lb1lf 3y ago
No, never quite got around to that, I'm afraid - has been on my to do-list for ages, but every time I sit down to do something about it, I glance over at my cameras and go out shooting another couple of rolls instead! (Mostly landscape

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