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by mnw21cam 4y ago
> multiple unrelated (i.e. not hard links but truly disjoint directory entries) directory entries referencing the same i-node That's what a hard link is. What we call hard links in Unix/Linux is when you have multiple distinct
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
> The obviously correct way to do that is to simply change the permissions of the file. Obvious, but incorrect. As pointed out elsewhere, the permission check is done when a process opens a file, not when it performs read/write oper
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
I work in human diabetes genetics. We're just publishing work on a gene that doesn't even exist in mice - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.23.21262262v... Part of our message is basically
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
There's a easily memorisable solution to pegs that once learnt makes the whole game devoid of any interest.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
There have been various hosting services that have hosted Raspberry Pi units - some of them even did this for free. I submit this in the best HN spirit of technically-correct.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
There are situations where it is entirely rational and advantageous to make people think you are irrational.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
The main difference between a turboprop and a turbofan is the speed of sound. A propeller needs to avoid breaking the speed of sound, otherwise you get obscene noise, a reduction in efficiency, and potentially damage to the propeller (altho
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Could you comment on the reasons for your reluctance to install a Java runtime?
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Neat idea. My main concern is about whether you're sealing all the plant nutrients deep underground too, or are they separated out at some stage? As a world, we're going to need to put all those nutrients back into the soil to be
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Yeah, I read an article a while back that was complaining that the new mirrorless cameras were claiming to be saving space and weight by being smaller and allowing better lens designs closer to the sensor. But they weren't. In actual
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Some of the better mirrorless cameras have some extra moving parts, for the anti-shake mechanism, which is capable of moving the sensor around to cancel out the movement of the camera. Yes, you can do anti-shake in the lens, but I think the
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Do it!
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
If you have "purchased" a decent collection of these films, it'd probably be worth your time going to the small claims court.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Having just been to the cinema, and seen the latest Marvel trailer, agreed.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
> pozidriv practically doesn't exist outside Europe. I had to think for a while to remember the last time I saw a Phillips screw here in the UK. Then I remembered - it was about a year ago when I had to take something apart, and I c
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
> It's entirely possible to enjoy pineapple on a pizza I was with you up until this point. You go too far.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Thirty days hath September / But all the rest I can't remember. I always just use the knuckle mnemonic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Yes, definitely. Like most things that evolve over time (like laws and spaghetti code), the mechanics of gene regulation are incredibly complicated, diverse, and messy. It's an analogue system too.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
A case of the pot calling the kettle black. It takes one to know one. Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Yes, that's one of the ways. The block size on a CD is 2kB plus error correction, by the way.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Simply the fact that it's actually very hard to make an exact copy of the disc. You can make an exact copy of the files, but there are layers underneath the file level that are harder to duplicate correctly, and the copy protection use
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Yeah. The problem with requiring a greater than 50% majority is that politically the side that wants the change to happen will complain that it's unfair.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
The reason for the "once in a generation" promise is that it is widely recognised that holding regular referenda on non-reversible decisions biases in favour of the non-reversible option. Let's imagine for example that genuin
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Definitely. The bonus is that they wouldn't have to be on the train. And the tube electric system is DC already as well. This sounds like an engineering problem that is largely already solved.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
In my opinion the worst enemy of an intelligent student is boredom. Boredom causes underachievement and disillusionment. One reason to keep a gifted programme at school is to give intelligent students something to do that is actually intere
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Forgive me if this seems all too simple to me. The solution is very clearly stop doing that then . There's a lot of value in having a gifted track in schooling. Throwing that away because it is currently inaccurate at identifying stud
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
No, that's illegal too.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
My first job interview out of university, I was asked how to have separate independent database servers, each able to read/write to the same status field, synchronised between them over an unreliable network, with consistent and atomic
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Nominative determinism at its best.
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by mnw21cam 4y ago
Indeed. If you're going to be heating all those houses with electricity, instead of gas, coal, or wood, then you'll likely need much more than 1kW per home. Especially when winter hits -30C.

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