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by ljf 2y ago
That is to assume that people are not illegally breeding, selling and keeping big cats today in Britain - people who keep one of these cats and lose it (or set it 'free' when it becomes to problematic to look after), would not be
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by ljf 2y ago
I used to love doodling and drawing, but as soon as I start to write my hand cramps up. I take hand written (short notes) for work and I struggle to read them a month or so later when the context is gone. I also really struggle to spell, a
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by ljf 2y ago
I see that the parent has already addressed this in another comment and has edited their original statement, but I'll leave my question up - this helped me understand the difference: https://www.tls-containers.com/tls-b
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by ljf 2y ago
Forgive me as I am one of those illiterate people - but if it is right to say: "By 2011, solar PV provided 18 TWh of Germany's electricity, or about 3% of the total" why is it not right to say the above? source: https:/
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by ljf 2y ago
He gets paid twice - what a business!
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by ljf 2y ago
I'm in the UK - but yes he's a registered 'pest controller' - he gets paid by local farmers to keep the invasive deer population low (muncjac and Chinese water deer), and is also licenced to sell the meat. You can get ei
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by ljf 2y ago
I grew up on a (very) small farm - so I knew where all the meat we ate (and eggs, apple, plums and jam) came from. One of the things I find most disconcerting as an adult is the disconnect with the food I eat. Even the local 'farmer bu
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by ljf 2y ago
I spent a bit of time looking into building your own - from a parts point of view (buying new) you are still looking at £1000 to more like £2500 worth of batteries, controllers, motor and prop, plus the foil and the board you attach it all
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by ljf 2y ago
Is there a pay wall on the Guardian now?
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UK armed forces' personal data hacked in MoD breach(theguardian.com)
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by ljf 2y ago
Actually man would have been 2004 - it was this site that I lost days to - https://www.cedmagic.com/selectavision.html
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by ljf 2y ago
Back in about 2008 I found a huge load of UK CED discs for sale, plus about 10 different players. As someone who'd been fascinated by vcd, I was interested in this other appendix media - sadly I didn't buy it all, but for the best
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by ljf 2y ago
The fuel you burn is neutral in that it pulled as much carbon from the air while growing, as is released by burning it. But the carbon cost to manage, process and transport that fuel is not neutral.
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by ljf 2y ago
And link to the butterfly ballot https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/19/bad-ballot-d...
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by ljf 2y ago
Pond water is perfect for using in a DIY laser microscope https://civilpedia.org/p/?t=Laser-Microscope&pid=30 All you need is something to 'hold' a drip of water - I pipette or syringe is best but it can
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by ljf 2y ago
I remember my father going away and putting a lock on the rotary dial phone - this meant you could only dial 999 I think - but my brother quickly showed him you could 'tap' out the number in the number in the way that you describe
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by ljf 2y ago
Do it on the lowest point on your land - is there anywhere that naturally gets boggy and damp in the rain? I lived on a small farm as a child and at the bottom of the land someone had dug a basic well near a very small spring. The spring wa
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by ljf 2y ago
https://github.com/harbaum/galagino And https://www.hackster.io/john-bradnam/galagino-esp32-arcade-3... Though I'm sure there are loads of others!
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by ljf 2y ago
I believe (historically at least), local calls in america were free - setting up a robocaller could take advantage of this - the only cost was energy. In the UK/EU the same calls would cost the robocaller money. Similarly, I understand
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by ljf 3y ago
He led an interesting life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooley_Wilson
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by ljf 3y ago
Same - I first saw the 'N-wheeled vehicles' posted to HN years ago and lost a good day to it: http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/nwheelcar/nwhee...
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by ljf 3y ago
It was his mini Atari 2600 etc that blew me away originally - and his site just felt so 'fun'.
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by ljf 3y ago
As a young child I went mackerel fishing on a small boat in Shetland with my father and a local he knew. The man steered the boat with one had in the water, until he announced we were near a shoal of mackerel - he said he could feel the gre
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by ljf 3y ago
Man that is fascinating - too good not to share as a post itself https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40021455
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Chappe Telegraph(en.wikipedia.org)
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Long Covid blood clues could prompt future trials(bbc.co.uk)
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by ljf 3y ago
No - he included a different email address in the book to gather feedback from readers. This email address was then linked to his personal Google accounts (how, is not described - but I bet Krebs On Security would know how).
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by ljf 3y ago
This is similar to a friend of mine that read that those who play golf socially, live on average 10 years longer than those who don't. He's very unfit, drinks a lot and doesn't eat well - but gets a round of golf in 2 or 3 ti
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by ljf 3y ago
It is wild isn't it - I know it was a blip but when I went to Auz 25 years ago it was AU$2.50 to the pound, EU was 1.67 to the pound when I went on holidays to Greece in my 20s and then when I first went to the states (2008) it was $2.
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by ljf 3y ago
Not a teenager here - but I still make Spotify playlists for my friends, and I come across shared/curated playlists that people post all the time. Pre-spotify I used to make youtube playlists of music I loved - so pretty sure teenagers

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