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by ljf 1y ago
I had not heard of those - I'll have to look out to see if the NHS offers these. Currently on 5 yearly review until I hit 50, as my oldest brother had the same cancer at 56, which sadly took his life, so I am not of standard risk. Read
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What an excellent story! I need to explore the rest of that site now, cheers for the introduction.
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My wife paid for ChatGPT and is loving it - she only types to it so far (and sends it images and screenshots), but I've had a go at talking to it and it was much better than I thought. If I'm alone I don't mind talking if it
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by ljf 1y ago
Very true, and this is what caught my father's bowel cancer and saved his life. That said, for someone with increased risk, nothing compares to a colonoscopy - at it does a better job of catching things early, before you start getting
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by ljf 1y ago
I used to love 'Scrap Heap Challenge' - brilliant Sunday TV (mixed with an episode of Time Team too!)
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There is usually an unmanned machine you can go and type your number plate into, how long you want to park and pay by cash or card - as an alternative - but the apps are faster and usually offer more flexibility (such as a notification when
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by ljf 1y ago
Fair enough - you are lucky there - in the UK lots of city and council owned parking has ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) - just by driving onto the lot and by the sign you are deemed to have agreed to their conditions. If you don&
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by ljf 1y ago
While I agree that you don't need an app - you still need a smart phone to be able to buy that ticket from the website - unless you are carrying a tablet or laptop with a network connection.
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by ljf 1y ago
AliExpress now sells the batteries - about £9 delivered. I haven't bought one yet (both my nook last over a day before needing a charge and that is fine for me for now) - and I still have a battery somewhere from my very first nook tha
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This - the Nook Simple Touch was £29 in 2013 - https://pomeroy.me/2013/05/review-nook-simple-touch-ereader-... Was (and still is) a great epub reader - I still do most of my ebook reading on it. Same that Libby wo
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by ljf 1y ago
Just bought a Nook Simple Touch from ebay for £9 delivered - I already have one that I bought new for £29 delivered back in 2014 - but a second one felt useful. Getting an old but useable ereader for £20 or less is very doable right now - p
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It is also a sign of where something is in its cycle - when engines were first invented they laboured in mines originally, then moving traction engines/tractors, then trains - it was a long time before the average person owned an engin
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I remember telling a friend I’d always beat him at the game, and I always did. I had no more skill than telling him I’d win each time and I pretty much always did especially if it was best of three
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Wish I’d screenshot it but I quit at 32 points after a series of combos - think I had no more than 15 rounds.
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Wage theft takes more money out of people's pockets than robbery, auto theft, burglary and larceny combined. Should we not care about them as they are such a small part of gdp? Wage theft is about $20b a year. https://en.m.w
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I think their point was that this was all that was recovered, from the approx $20b stolen each year through wage theft. I believe wage theft is one of the largest value crime by $ amount in the US - but is very rarely prosecuted. https:&#x
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by ljf 1y ago
On the example images, the only one I'd be happy with is the pug (if these were my pets) - the rest actively disincline me from wanting to use the site, as my expectation is now that the site won't do a good job of turning my pet
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by ljf 1y ago
Was a hard read this morning, but one I found amazing in so many ways. I was holding my breath as I read it.
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A boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max(theguardian.com)
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Isn't it more 'let's store this surplus' - then 'oh man it looks and smells different now but somehow better'. For example cheese was likely discovered when people tried transporting milk in water carrying bags
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by ljf 1y ago
Previously posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44051652 (1 day ago, 78 comments)
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by ljf 1y ago
No idea why the source is flagged - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44043754
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I review a lot of CVs and it is clear a lot of people don’t update. I always have since the 00s but I don’t think we are the majority.
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On a personal note - I always advise friends to tailor their CV for every application. It is a pain and it takes time, but the days of just submitting 'your CV' for every job are gone. If the job spec says 'Team management&#x
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Coastlines in danger even if climate target met, scientists warn(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by ljf 1y ago|0 comments
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Yahoo Auctions - not thought about that for ages - as a huge Yahoo auctions fan (and seller) it was really frustrating to see eBay win - when yahoo was free, had better features and at least in the UK had a better user base too in the early
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by ljf 1y ago
Finally watched the video and fully felt chills when I ended it - amazing to consider his life, and also what will remain of me in 40 or less years time...
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I can't remember where I was reading someone the other day remarking how since they had stopped working extra hours, they had suddenly been promoted, after years of trying. They now stuck to their hours, got used to saying no, but work
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I love falling into sonder - on a bus journey or in a plane, or just people watching in a pub - life of this around us (and before and ahead of us) is just as wonderfully complex and interesting as our own. So thank you, I'll watch the
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You might live to be 100. Are you ready?(theguardian.com)
4 points by ljf 1y ago|2 comments

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