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by nateguchi 7y ago
You can feasibly combine an RCD and an isolated transformer, not sure I've seen this done before though or if it gives any real benefit.
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by nateguchi 7y ago
In fact, you can buy transformers that are ungrounded to isolate the supply and make it safe to touch either wire. When combined with an RCD, this makes a very safe system
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by nateguchi 7y ago
I may be biased, but I think British plugs are great. They have integrated fuses and are switchable too! The sockets have shutters as well to stop children sticking paperclips or forks in and electrocuting themselves. Not great to stand on,
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Free ATMs vanishing at “alarming rate”(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by nateguchi 7y ago|0 comments
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Thyssenkrupp Multi: World's First Rope-Free Elevator(multi.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com)
3 points by nateguchi 8y ago|0 comments
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by nateguchi 8y ago
Is anyone using Mongo in a large volume production system?
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by nateguchi 8y ago
Yes, MySQL has more developed methods of replication. There are also some specific functionalities available in either MySQL or Postgres that you may pick based on your use case (geo, upsert, insert and replace). There's definite varia
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by nateguchi 8y ago
If you're looking for customer support, I really recommend First Direct, their phone support is completely unreal, 1 ring and you're through to someone that can service any banking need you might have with them, no transfers, no w
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by nateguchi 8y ago
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by nateguchi 8y ago
Asked this on the other posting of this but, does anyone know when Kubernetes will stabilise their IPv6 support? Anyone using / planning to use this in production?
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by nateguchi 8y ago
Does anyone know when Kubernetes will stabilise their IPv6 support? Anyone using / planning to use this in production?
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Show HN: Check whether an email address exists(email.universlabs.co.uk)
12 points by nateguchi 9y ago|19 comments
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TFJS: WebGL accelerated, JavaScript library for training and deploying ML models(github.com)
2 points by nateguchi 9y ago|0 comments
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by nateguchi 9y ago
ISPs can always (and sometimes do) use NAT, Then they only need a few IPs. I know most mobile providers do this.
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Could someone explain why there is such a cult following behind these old Amiga machines? I see them mentioned a lot on HN and would like to understand the interest...
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by nateguchi 9y ago
> Slack's business model is to record everything said in a workspace and then to sell you access to their record of your conversations. Whilst this is partially true, One of the key features enterprises need and that Slack supplies
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Royal Mail (in the UK) is currently trialling an electric post van [1]. [1] https://electrek.co/2017/08/23/royal-mail-new-electric-auton...
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by nateguchi 9y ago
I'm currently in the annoying situation where I need to replace the "Adaptive" LED headlights on my BMW, these units cost ~£3000 which is significantly more than the alternative (bulbs)....
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Most microwaves I've seen now seem to have the same (annoying) interface/software where you have to first select the power (always 100%), press start (it doesn't start), then select then time and press start (actually starts
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Deepest hand dug well in the world (2006)(mybrightonandhove.org.uk)
87 points by nateguchi 9y ago|16 comments
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by nateguchi 9y ago
This happened just after the Great Storm of 1987 which hit the UK on the 15th-16th October. Wikipedia has the following slightly unbelievable snippet: "Following the storm few dealers made it to their desks and stock market trading was
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Surely Multipart is a more standard way to achieve this?
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Will there be a time when ZFS is the defacto standard on Linux or is it only suited to specific use cases?
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Does anyone know what the circular indicators in the middle of some of these control rooms are for? Right in the centre of the indicator wall here: ( http://blog.presentandcorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09
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by nateguchi 9y ago
For those interested in audio fingerprinting, There was a company called Echo Nest that open sourced a full audio fingerprinting stack (server + client) called Echoprint [1] but it seems they've been bought by Spotify now and there&#x2
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Ah, this reminds me of the Chumby ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumby ) from 2008, I'm sure with voice recognition and video call capabilities, the Echo is hopefully a bit more useful.
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by nateguchi 9y ago
If the car has a Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF), then it can more accurately calculate the fuel usage. The majority of older / cheaper cars use a Manifold Absolute Pressure Sensor (MAP) and have to make some guesses at what the actual fuel
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by nateguchi 9y ago
I know that Volvos have two separate CAN buses, one for important safety critical systems and one for interior functions and infotainment. They are joined with a proxy/firewall that provides separation and limits the functionality avai
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by nateguchi 9y ago
Is the fact that GraphQL is typed really a negative?
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by nateguchi 10y ago
Large companies have big legal resources: if you mess up a contract with a big company, it could be game over for yours

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