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by mikro2nd 5y ago
The blog theme is 11-sentence essays, but then the author makes use of a semicolon where, tbh, I'd just have split the sentence. But that would have spoiled the structure/restriction, wouldn't it? Style thing, sure, but I&#x2
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Microwave oven. 30 seconds. Full power.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
The law is not necessarily rational. A court must follow the law, not justice nor rationality. Sorry.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Yeh, it's a real pain in the arse. I used to be able to run my side hustle from the office using company phone, photocopier and network. Now I have to provide all that infra myself, at home!@$# ;P Seriously: Isn't it funny how for
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
"kalk" is a great name for a calculator since the word also means "chalk" in a number of European (and descendant) languages.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Agree that "burn in fiery torment" might be going a bit too far. Instead I'd suggest "listen to their own on-hold muzak for the rest of eternity" as a more appropriate punishment.
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Facebook refuses to appear before South Africa's parliament(dailymaverick.co.za)
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Narrator: The theory was wrong.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Been wondering lately how the word "fast" means "moving quickly" and also "not moving at all" (as in "hold fast" and also the root of "fasten"). (Also: "refrain from eating".)
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Not so. Sanctions can be devastatingly effective applied by a significant majority of the world over a length of time. Sanctions were the instrument that brought an end to the Apartheid regime in South Africa: sanctions, having brought th
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
"These questions were once beyond the pale. [...] None of that made them untrue" So the question is, what are the questions we could be asking ourselves about how the world "is" right now ? What are the unquestioned a
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
There's no silver bullet. Cultivate as diverse an ecosystem as you possibly can. Good indicator species include amphibians (esp. frogs), spiders and fungi -- if you're seeing lots of those in your veggie garden, your soil ecology
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Indeed. Decision Making As A Service.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
I stand corrected. Are they still so widely used on employees by Three Letter Agencies?
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
That argument has never had the lightest effect on the (ongoing) use of polygraph testing by law enforcement agencies, nor on the use of polygraph results in obtaining convictions by courts. And yet it is well and truly established that pol
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Naaah... it was the need for more beer. Jokes aside, there is a significant body of prehistorians who hold this as a serious opinion, so it's puzzling to me that the article doesn't address this use of grains as a driver for the a
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
I'd respectfully suggest that HN is not the best forum for expressing those wishes, but using Syncthing's issue-tracker and/or fora/mailing lists (whatever form of community/dev discussion they use - haven't lo
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Love the notion. Quite recently I was forced to endure an almost 2 month long Internet fast (telco's copper cable was stolen, rural area, lackadaisical response to say the least - DM for a link if you want the story). It was quite fant
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Are you suggesting that the Italian judiciary is incapable of acting independently and impartially?
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
You ask "Is this legal?" I ask, "Where?" Because jurisdiction matters. A lot. Another big question would be whether you developed these utilities on your own time (again: jurisdiction matters!) or on the company's t
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
No need... the builder used tinfoil-based insulation when they built my house.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
And here I was expecting to read about hoppy beers... :(
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Back in the mid-1980s I recall playing a sailing game -- Wooden Ships And Iron Men" -- on the BSD-4.2 based Stride "supermicro" (68000 CPU, 80MB hard drive, can't remember memory). It was a multiplayer battle game simula
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
OTOH, growing plants, turning them into charcoal and sequestering that can be carbon-negative.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Not sure what you're referring to, since South Africa has had a well-ordered and fully functional cadastre for well over a century (to my knowledge, probably quite a lot longer).
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
I'd drop the bleach if your dishwasher has stainless steel interior walls. Chlorine is hostile to stainless steel, causing pits in the oxidised surface of the metal, resulting in corrosion.
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Original hacker did say that he's never allowed the thing an actual internet connection, though, and it's still working just fine. So clearly the internet connectivity is not a hard requirement. I wonder what it does send back
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
Loved the obsessiveness! FWIW the entire beer-brewing industry runs on NaOH for cleaning and sanitising. Disposing of it is not quite as environmentally-friendly as the dishwasher manufacturer seems to want you to believe -- in most place
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
How, exactly, do they think they're going to implement such a ban? As a non-US person, I have trouble understanding how the legislature of one, single state could have the slightest impact or effect on entities not registered or having
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by mikro2nd 5y ago
And in other news: Some people are less productive in the office than others.

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