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811.
by midasuni 4y ago
2 year was frequently the length of ssl certificates (they’ve since dropped to 1 year) Or maybe it’s a coincidence.
812.
by midasuni 4y ago
Back in 2096 I had myth running on a cube shaped PC by my TV. It had one fan, with a fancy pipe work to shift heat from the processor. I got an email while I was at work on a night shift with a cou temperature increase. Sshed in and could s
813.
by midasuni 4y ago
Most of the time I get the feeling HN is mainly about techbros on macs wanting to get bight out by google for $100m It’s my first visit but I feel FOSDEM has a very different vibe, more like slashdot from c. 2000
814.
by midasuni 4y ago
Sitting in the tram this morning hearing an annecdote about someone having a huge fight. Not unusual on a Sunday morning. However this was an online fight in a forum about the merits of eaglecad vs freecad.
815.
by midasuni 4y ago
City centre not much futher. Lousie is about 20 minutes on the tram
816.
by midasuni 4y ago
Starlink will broadly charge the amount they can charge to maximise revenue, which will be the same as gogo can charge with their offering. Unless Gogo can massively reduce the cost of their satellite options they’re going to struggle.
817.
by midasuni 4y ago
The main fosdem wifi is ipv6 only. Amazing how many services don’t work on it - Uber was just failing for example. There’s a dual stack one too.
818.
by midasuni 4y ago
Massive queues at lunch, at least inside the uni. Train over from london yesterday full of people with beards and T-shirts. Feels really inspiring just being around developers, overhearing talk with technical terms in, etc Great to be in
819.
by midasuni 4y ago
What type of energy density is needed to run a combine at harvest time 24/7 from battery or (green) hydrogen?
820.
by midasuni 4y ago
I think everyone’s on the same page. But if you ignore the labour demands per mouth fed, the education needed, the amount of land to feed current western population to sustainable replacement level, the requirement to maintain advanced defe
821.
by midasuni 4y ago
As does the road network. And schools. Goverent services require subsidies, they aren’t run for profit. And the subsidies given the the rail which were needed because of the governemt laws about not travelling were far lower than US subsidi
822.
by midasuni 4y ago
I was really holding out hope this would be a story about piano playing
823.
by midasuni 4y ago
Discover is pretty much unheard of in Europe, amex has grown a lot in the last 10 or so years, it’s almost as common as visa/Mastercard for acceptance. But my inference from futurama is very few outlets take discover even in the US?
824.
by midasuni 4y ago
I took out a 7 year unsecured 25k loan last year for 1.99%. Today it’s 4.9% after the rate increases Set it at 5% above a given base rate (fed rate, Bank of England rate, etc) and what’s the problem?
825.
by midasuni 4y ago
I asked it to write some simple code do do a task. It confidently told me to use a library and use some functions in it. Couldn’t get it to work. Couldn’t get any examples out of google of it being sued that way. Eventually looked through t
826.
by midasuni 4y ago
So many talks, so little time
827.
by midasuni 4y ago
When the iPhone launched everyone knew smart phones were a thing for businesses - locked down blackberrys giving email access. The mobile web wasn’t really a thing.
828.
by midasuni 4y ago
I think one major network in the US is 720p60, but the vast majority of broadcast transmissions globally is 1080i25 or 1080i30* Of course sadly so much content is produced at 1080p24 nowadays for that “film” effect it’s rather meaningless f
829.
by midasuni 4y ago
Better google cannibaliser it than someone else. Apple released an iPhone, cannibalising their iPod market. Google built a great search engine long before they worked out how to monetise it properly. If they can’t get AI working in their pr
830.
by midasuni 4y ago
Nowhere near enough. Cut out every flight and every yacht in existence and you’re talking about a 10% reduction
831.
by midasuni 4y ago
World service was funded separately from general taxation until a few years ago.
832.
by midasuni 4y ago
That would certainly look like a bribe “Keep the change” has a benefit to both parties - no need to spend time waiting for change to be counted or carrying it round Colleague of mine left a new generator with his fixer in the Phillipenes wh
833.
by midasuni 4y ago
I have a photo of a menu from Munich earlier this year, not a particularly fancy restaurant - just a pizza place with a table on the street. 12.5% service charge at the bottom.
834.
by midasuni 4y ago
I give my wife €1 million every Christmas. She gives me the exact same gift. We’re thinking we need to increase it because of inflation.
835.
by midasuni 4y ago
I was in a taxi many years ago in Beijing. Meter said something like 16, I gave 20 and left. Driver chased me into the lobby to give me the change.
836.
by midasuni 4y ago
It’s frustrating as a Brit as it is actually illegal for me to pay the bribe (pay the money to ensure my food isn’t spat in).
837.
by midasuni 4y ago
Or plumber, or mailman, or pilot, or cop?
838.
by midasuni 4y ago
Still plenty of restaurants with “service charge” at the bottom of the menu
839.
by midasuni 4y ago
You are implying that holyrood does not have an age discrimination problem today?
840.
by midasuni 4y ago
Read a great book over summer based on a mystery of various maps - especially an old 1930s gas station map from a time of adventure that I guess doesn’t exist any more. The Cartographers, by Peng Shepherd. https://www.washingtonp

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