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by ljf 7mo ago
To be honest, I didn't know either, so was glad someone asked.
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by ljf 7mo ago
The user who posted this seems banned, but their answer seems correct: jonaslanglotz 2 minutes ago [dead] [–] It's digital mourning stationery [1] in memory of Tony Hoare [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mour
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Reaching net zero by 2050 'cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis'(theguardian.com)
4 points by ljf 7mo ago|0 comments
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by ljf 7mo ago
Which to we ignore for coal? Cost to build a new plant? Cost to run? The decommissioning costs? (Yes we ignore the externalities, and no I don't think we should burn coal. My point is Nuclear has yet to pay its way anywhere in the worl
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by ljf 7mo ago
Upfront costs... then running costs (in the UK at least, it has to command a premium over other energy prices, to be profitable)... afterwards costs (in the UK no private company is on the hook for decommissioning their nuclear plants, the
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by ljf 8mo ago
Where have had said I had an issue? I was just commenting on the amazon/ebay leveraging as someone about spoke about it...
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by ljf 8mo ago
Some peoolle have automated ebay/amazon leveraging set ups - for eg the cheapest I could find a brand name snorkel set on ebay was £19.99 - and since i often find ebay the cheapest, I bought without futher searching. 3 days later the p
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by ljf 8mo ago
I'd never make porridge with water at home - but in winter in the office I used to cover a 1/3 bowl of oats with boiling water and then microwave for just 30 seconds. Once the oirriois cooked (it really should be already) add a te
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by ljf 8mo ago
Had this recently, bought a dehumidifier for a good price, marked as new - arrived and had obviously been opened and didn't work. Out of a desire to have a dehumidifier sooner than later I was about to open it up when I saw it already
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by ljf 8mo ago
All cars in Germany need an inspection every 24 months (or 36 months from new) - so you'd expect other electric cars to have similar issues here if that was the case.
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by ljf 8mo ago
Someone posted a similar story on one of the other times the 500 mile email was posted - where a car would fail to start if the owner bought strawberry ice-cream from the store, but would work if they have vanilla. I love the processes that
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by ljf 8mo ago
For me it is like an appendix - or a route we could have taken. As a child of the 80s and 90s, all things VR held a special place in my heart, even if they were terrible. I never had one, never even played the real hardware, but owning one
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by ljf 9mo ago
If you are looking for a fermented foods guide/cookboard/potted history - I really recommend 'Of Cabbages and Kimchi': https://fermentingchange.substack.com/p/on-my-bookshelf-of-c... I enjoyed &#x27
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by ljf 9mo ago
Wow, those before and after videos really are amazing - while my own scars are tiny, they aremore noticeable than some of these fairly major wounds.
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by ljf 9mo ago
I would have agreed with you for a long time (especially when I was very aware of how many pints I could drink and still work well the next day), but since homebrewing and having my own beer taps, I now drink any amount I want. I have a few
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by ljf 9mo ago
When I was in Product, one of my favourite roles was at a company where there was a massive distinction between protoyping code and live code. To the extent that no prototype could EVER end up in live - it had to be rewritten. This allowed
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by ljf 9mo ago
It has been a long time since fuel was sold here in the UK in gallons, but most cars still are spoken of in terms of MPG (miles driven per gallon of fuel). There are steps to move this to L per 100km - but most people here still use MPG. We
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by ljf 9mo ago
Austria has 30 days leave after 25 years service (other wise 25 days) - so that is 6 weeks, plus 13 public holidays. So some people get around 8 weeks there. Here in the UK, I get 29 days leave, I buy 5 more, plus get 8 bank holidays - so
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by ljf 9mo ago
"I'll just buy one more note book, this one will be for xxx and will solve all my problems!" (proceeds to never write in the notebook as I don't want to sully it and don't really know where to start)
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by ljf 9mo ago
The link you shared doesn't show me any public domain books. I just see a swipe left or right style interface with modern books (and no audio on my Android phone). Is the link right?
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by ljf 9mo ago
Shame the podcast didn't play for me. An interesting story
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Fatberg the size of 4 buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches(theguardian.com)
10 points by ljf 9mo ago|2 comments
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by ljf 9mo ago
I'm 'lucky' to live near a couple of offshore wind turbine 'fields'. From the shore these are barely visible many days of the winter, and when they are they cause me no concern or upset seeing them on the horizon. I
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UK secures record supply of offshore wind projects(bbc.co.uk)
53 points by ljf 9mo ago|65 comments
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by ljf 9mo ago
While other areas might receive high doses, I'd wonder if there is a link here to the amount of salmon and deer the people there eat, that itself consumed exposed plants or lived in exposed water, compared to the rest of the country? O
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by ljf 9mo ago
I agree that technologists are SME of their field (so we still call them SME in my Corp)
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by ljf 9mo ago
I like it - though we use SME- Subject Matter Expert. E.g. If you aren't an SME or a Manager, then why are you in the meeting? (SME encompasses PM and BA roles, as they too should be experts in their domain and ideally on the domain we
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by ljf 9mo ago
When I was commuting back to London for work I tried a hostel in Central London, I think it was about £25 a night 9 years ago. The room itself was clean and 'only' 6 people in it. The main lobby was nice and a pint was a reasonab
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Russia's attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires(theguardian.com)
18 points by ljf 10mo ago|1 comments
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Starlink satellite just exploded and left 'trackable' debris(engadget.com)
4 points by ljf 10mo ago|1 comments

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