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by louthy 2y ago
My impression is that the Germans have been anti-debt ever since [1] led to some pretty catastrophic repercussions (culminating in WWII) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_R...
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by louthy 2y ago
re: usings. These are the only ones that are necessary: using LanguageExt; using static LanguageExt.Prelude; I list all of the others so that people can easily add them to their global-usings. The key is `using static LanguageE
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by louthy 2y ago
> p.s.: I really wish that instead of LanguageExt, companies would have adopted F# instead. Ah the standard "why don't you just use F#" line. I have a standard response to that now ;) https://github.com/lou
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by louthy 2y ago
7 years ago: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/issues/1060 3 years ago: https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang/blob/main/meetings/2021... I've given up submitti
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by louthy 2y ago
"LINQ Performance improvements" really should read: "our own List<T> implementation performance improvements". Microsoft seem to spend their time improving what they need, rather than spending time on general impr
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by louthy 2y ago
> What’s that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41767648
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by louthy 2y ago
Been using Kagi for a good year or more now and am very happy, but this feels like a real level-up. This is exactly the kind of thing I want to be paying for. It doesn't even matter if it's not 100% accurate (I don't think i
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by louthy 2y ago
Lovely plumage
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by louthy 2y ago
To be fair Microsoft have been making contributions. I’ve received two $1000 contributions from them in the past couple of years. It’s obviously not enough to give up the day job, but it dwarfs all other contributions I’ve had.
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by louthy 2y ago
Getting a massive haul of conkers was almost as important as the game itself. So, that might add some context.
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by louthy 2y ago
Maybe, but I took a guess based on how high horse chestnut trees can get. I’m almost sure I am underestimating. The best ones I used to climb were those that lined the entry to a country estate and they were clearly very old and were absolu
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by louthy 2y ago
You and your friends get a stick each, together you drop it off a bridge over a stream (upstream side), then you run to the other side of the bridge, whichever stick appears first is the winner.
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by louthy 2y ago
> All swans Not all, just mute swans; so not Bewick’s or whoopers (if I remember correctly) Edit: “His Majesty specifically owns any unclaimed mute swan in open water in both England and Wales in a ceremonial fashion. This has been a law
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by louthy 2y ago
We still have a queen, just not the one we want ;)
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by louthy 2y ago
> Mainstay? For sure it is. Every boy (and probably some girls, but never seen myself) plays conkers and likely puts their life in great peril climbing horse chestnut trees to gather the best conkers before anyone else gets them. When I
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by louthy 2y ago
Less typing
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by louthy 2y ago
Now you’ve got n problems
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by louthy 2y ago
Search “peachick”, it works fine. I assume Google would be the same. I guess using the correct terminology matters.
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by louthy 2y ago
I have an Oura Ring 3 and I find it useful to: * Track my sleep (ongoing, not just initially) - My sleep wasn't as good as I thought it was, so it's good to try and improve my sleep hygiene. I like seeing how much deep and REM sl
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by louthy 2y ago
Japan declared war on the USA during WWII. Famously attacking first at Pearl Harbour. So, no, this unexploded munition has nothing to do with “democratisation”
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by louthy 2y ago
In other words: "if you get blown up by a bomb that we haven't listed here, it's not our fault!"
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by louthy 2y ago
> Sorry about that Right back atcha. Let's learn from this and stay friends!
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by louthy 2y ago
> Also if you visit London you can go around and see a bunch of buildings they haven’t rebuilt and just left them in semi destroyed state as monuments I lived in London for 20 years and never knew or saw anything like that? The main thin
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by louthy 2y ago
London fairly regularly has WWII unexploded bombs to deal with. When you look at all the bombs dropped [1] on the city, it's hardly surprising! [1] http://bombsight.org/#13/51.5008/-0.0536
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by louthy 2y ago
> they used to break character My personal favourite: https://youtu.be/G_X_7TrcHGM?feature=shared > I think he's married to Jennifer Saunders (of Absolutely Fabulous and French and Saunders fame) but I don't
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by louthy 2y ago
I started strength training a few months back (using The Pump app [1]), still a relative noob, but it's the first time I've been able to stick to any exercise programme (usually my ADHD brain loses interest and goes off to somethi
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by louthy 2y ago
Here’s its current location: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:16...
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by louthy 2y ago
We can only use the laws that exist. Bad actors will act bad regardless.
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by louthy 2y ago
> shadow account That sounds like a GDPR breach to me, you should report it to the ICO (if you’re in the UK, not sure what the EU equivalent is). They should not hold data on any UK or EU citizen without the citizen’s consent.
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by louthy 2y ago
If you’re in the EU or UK, yes. File a GDPR request for removal of all data relating to you.

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