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by ldite 5y ago
Yeah. I worked for a tech company that was acquired by Siemens. It didn't go well.
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by ldite 6y ago
I've been round that loop a few times; if you use a full language for config then you either have to impose iron discipline or you sooner or later end up needing a configuration format for your configuration format. That is to say the
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by ldite 6y ago
one-time pads
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by ldite 6y ago
There is, of course, a wikipedia page for this as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalously_numbered_roads_in_...
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by ldite 6y ago
Can anyone recommend a cheap & cheerful SDR that would be suitable for this kind of ISM band basic investigation?
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What skipped test on Genesis would have detected the backwards accelerometer?(space.stackexchange.com)
2 points by ldite 6y ago|0 comments
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by ldite 6y ago
There's nothing intrinsically superior about storing commits as diffs - subversion stores its commits as diffs (or at least, it did a decade or so ago,) and I haven't heard anyone enthusing about svn in a long time.
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by ldite 6y ago
Isn't this documented here for react? https://reactjs.org/docs/integrating-with-other-libraries.ht...
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by ldite 6y ago
You can't say that and then not link the comment!
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by ldite 6y ago
I keep trying to get started with puppet/chef, but their homepages are so buried in mounds of enterprise products that it's incredibly hard to figure out how to get started. Once I eventually figured out which of their indistinct
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by ldite 6y ago
This seems like a new set of buzzwords with which altar.io can say "we only hire rock stars".
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by ldite 6y ago
I notice that the previous post from the same author, dated 2017, was titled "Powering BBC Online with nanoservices" [0]. Nary a mention of nanoservices now. If I were a cynic, I would say they are going out of fashion. [0] https
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by ldite 6y ago
> In addition, there was massive use of an anonymous, decentralized ecosystem called Utopia P2P. O RLY?
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by ldite 6y ago
This bug falls in with "reasons connection attempts to your server may be mysteriously failing" - this is a bug in connection setup, when you'll be setting up your secure connection.
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by ldite 7y ago
This isn't all that new - I've lost the link to the press release, but this thing will also do 1Gbps+ at 1km: https://www.siversima.com/wp-content/uploads/product-brief-t...
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State of the Art of Small Spacecraft Technology(sst-soa.arc.nasa.gov)
3 points by ldite 7y ago|0 comments
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State of the Art Small Spacecraft Technology [pdf](nasa.gov)
3 points by ldite 7y ago|0 comments
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by ldite 7y ago
There was also a digger remake, which is now so old that it's also nostalgiaware! https://digger.org/
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by ldite 7y ago
> On July 7th 2005 I was on a bbc engineering course in a non-disclosable secret nuclear bunker in the Cotswolds, This one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Norton,_Worcestershire#Th...
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Making Strong Shelves with Topology Optimization(youtube.com)
1 points by ldite 7y ago|0 comments
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by ldite 7y ago
The quote is: > North American stocks returned 14.6 percent and amounted to 41.4 percent of the equity portfolio. That's to say 41% of their equities are North American stocks, not that they own 41% of all North American stocks!
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by ldite 7y ago
...I had to look up Tucker Carlson to discover if this was satire or not.
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The Fractal Nature of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(fxguide.com)
2 points by ldite 7y ago|0 comments
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by ldite 8y ago
It's not a "meaningful vote" today (29th) - it's only a vote on the withdrawal agreement, not the political declaration. According to the Attorney General that means it's not a "meaningful vote" as previou
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by ldite 8y ago
As I understand it, they're owned by different entities; the street lights/traffic poles are often owned by local authorities (in the UK) while manhole covers are owner by the utilities. I suspect that one aspect of this is to giv
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by ldite 8y ago
I don't turn them down - bridge burning is for pyromaniacs - I just make non-committal noises and don't usually get back to them. I should clarify that I was thinking more of outfits that respond to my enquiry with "Hi $candi
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by ldite 8y ago
I'm the UK, 15-20 years experience, depending how you count it, and my skill-set is diverse :)
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by ldite 8y ago
Not really. I've never needed to research a job beyond a bit of Linkedin/glassdoor stalking and reading of corporate guff. I've never had a full day interview for a company I'd actually want to work for (based on what I&
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by ldite 8y ago
An interview is a two-way process. I typically find out a lot about the company and the people I'll be working with. Even a 30 minutes phone call is as much for me to be able to filter them out.
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by ldite 8y ago
With this approach you'll miss good senior people; I have dependants and very little free time outside work. Last time I was looking for a job I skipped everyone who wanted me to do prep/homework. If the other interviews hadn&#x

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