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by nly 4mo ago
As always, zoom out.
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by nly 4mo ago
I've been using a VPN in the UK on my laptop and phone exclusively for 20 years, and the state has been working with ISPs to make "connection records" for most of that time. On mobile a VPN isn't always effective in avoi
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by nly 4mo ago
All well and good provided your opcodes are sequential/dense
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by nly 4mo ago
I'd settle for 1 Gbps with a real IP address (UK)
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by nly 4mo ago
Almost all parents I know just let their kids use their phones. It's wild.
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by nly 4mo ago
Tbh I've never understood why a strict non-negotiable ban on phones in schools hasn't been in place. This is an easy win with no negative consequences for adults.
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by nly 4mo ago
That basically kills the business model and would wipe hundreds of billions of $ in capital away Not that I disagree
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by nly 4mo ago
Perhaps using anonymous registration-free platforms like Session
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by nly 4mo ago
Alternative title: ID verification to be required for all UK citizens to use social media
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by nly 4mo ago
You might want to read this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa
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by nly 4mo ago
Your map example only concerns the standard library, not the language.
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by nly 4mo ago
> obtuse error messages With concepts and constexpr-if and consteval it's increasingly less of a problem
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by nly 4mo ago
The median terraced house (entry level family home) in London is actually £642K 'Inner London' and it goes up to £876K
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by nly 4mo ago
Yeah, but they probably have a £700K mortgage and will have to bulldoze one career to have kids.
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by nly 4mo ago
Snozzcumbers
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by nly 4mo ago
Funny, but it's actually in Wiltshire
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by nly 4mo ago
A 40:1 or 70:1 contention ratio doesn't sound unreasonable. Those under-utilising subsidize those over-utilising
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by nly 4mo ago
Thankfully none of this is live... One of the ones I hit was a Californian residential suburb and had filmed the neighbours drive and front door.
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by nly 4mo ago
Most underpaid taxes are collected via a change in tax code for the following year.
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by nly 4mo ago
It's not about the result. Most people who build these sets get satisfaction from the build process itself. It's a form of therapy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect
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by nly 4mo ago
In theory you could do this with 3rd party verification and zero knowledge proofs orchestrated by the users browser. Mozilla Persona comes to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Persona This will never happen o
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by nly 4mo ago
Defined benefit pensions schemes ultimately need heavy regulation and a government backstop otherwise failure is inevitable. That said, they can work great in tandem with the stock market. The Kensington & Chelsea local government pensi
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by nly 4mo ago
I worked at a small firm once where an 18 year old joined and took full advantage of the "unlimited PTO". He was taking roughly a third of his time off. Fired inside 6 months, and amazed it took this long.
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by nly 4mo ago
Index funds follow indices and often only rebalance quarterly
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by nly 4mo ago
Most sports betting markets have a degree of unpredictability, and bookmakers will ban sharps (those falling outside the statistical norm or continually hitting lines just before the market moves). Betting on a final score in most markets i
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by nly 5mo ago
I just reply with "Is this AI? I'd rather you replied yourself"
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by nly 5mo ago
I'm not sure how hitching a ride with another space agency is a huge achievement. For her personally yes, but it's hardly national pride stuff, is it? That said, she had an OBE, so has been recognised.
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by nly 5mo ago
"free-float adjusted" is the key term
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by nly 5mo ago
€2M isn't "unfold amounts of money" It's enough for a modest retirement.
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by nly 5mo ago
Still blows my mind that Americans have to do this. In the UK almost nobody needs to "file their takes" and if you do you just do it online without the need for software.

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