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by patrickk 7y ago
More info about Survation, some of Nigel Farage's pals made quite a tidy profit off the fall in the pound after the Brexit referendum: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-21/for-farag...
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If this is a topic of interest, I can recommend this independently created documentary 'The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire'. It's the story of how Britain's elite created a financial web spanning the glo
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That's likely because Google trains the algorithm on EU parliament texts, which are published in all the official EU languages by human translators, among other sources.
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I wonder if the announced VW EV factory battery investment will have a long-term impact on lithium-ion battery knowledge and supply chain in Germany, especially for grid storage. Lithium ion batteries initially became popular for laptops an
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Calibre is a great way to manage syncronisation and reformatting to Kindle-supported file types, it even allows you to select your Kindle model to make sure it looks well: https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://www.h
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by patrickk 7y ago
> They've been pushing their proprietary custom-built hardware and protocols Fritz!Box routers? I was shocked how expensive they are, and how widespread.
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I'll be moving within Germany at some point in the next 12 months, and one of my top considerations will be what broadband options already exist in the area, because of the reasons you mention. If you move to an area with slow/no
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Retroarch Emulator Platform Is Coming to Steam(pcgamer.com)
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Sounds similar to Irish forests. The trees are in artificially straight rows, really dark underneath as no natural copse can form. No wildlife to be heard.
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> *What Apple does is buy companies with fantastic technology, but a very limited ability to bring that to the market as a compelling product on their own. Not always, Beats headphones was them buying a company producing complimentary pr
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One alternative to traditional concrete is autoclaved aerated concrete[1], a 70 year old material that's more eco friendly. Some of the advantages are mentioned in this video[2]. I'm guessing higher upfront cost means it's no
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Not to mention the supply of cars will be limited to RHD vehicles. Britain is the only nearby car market[1] with RHD cars. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#/...
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Anecdotally, the average person would do it once per year at most. More perhaps, if you have relatives in the UK and like to drive there with small children in tow.
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Here's an interesting article, some quotes So if the A-10 was never going to be around in enough numbers, what could be done? Only one group had enough distance from the Air Force and enough independent money to consider a viable alte
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Thanks for the tip! I did some foobar2000 research yesterday and came across that component. It appears to work, next step is to convert remaining songs to mp3 so everything works as expected. I like foobar2000 lightweight 'feel',
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Which plugin? I've been trying to break free from iTunes with a modded 5.5 gen, but Rockbox caused endless errors where non-corrupted songs would skip constantly(1). Wiped back to the default Apple firmware, and voila, no skipping. I t
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Exactly. Derek Sivers gives some good examples for programming in this essay[1], e.g. overcoming a common mistake, cool trick or suprising feature of a language. These are obviously useful things to have immediately when you need them. I th
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Ya it's pretty rough compared to the default Apple UI. The downside of using the default Apple firmware is that you're tied to iTunes, which is awful. The last time I added a bunch of new songs it took multiple tries to even scan
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Check out the resources I posted in another comment. I got all the replacement parts from Aliexpress, takes ages but worked just fine. Message the sellers to make sure you get the correct parts for your 4th gen.
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Hey sure. I am delighted with how my project turned out, an old iPod is fantastic in the car, gym, while travelling without data allowance etc. I hadn't modded an iPod before this and it worked out ok. This has some details: https:&#x
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The iPod classics are also wonderful single purpose devices that last a long time, and are quite upgradable. The software is much simpler than an iOS device, and can be changed to the open source Rockbox. You can replace nearly all the olde
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by patrickk 8y ago
> Nowadays everything is “setup” for the cooperation of public and private, but what are the key “ingredients” to make it happen? Norweigans trust their government, corruption is low, there's strong institutions already in place (a
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My favourite "conspiracy theory" is that PEDs are rampant in football/soccer. It's not a high profile issue because those in charge of running the sport don't want to look under the carpet for fear of what might be
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Interesting. After reading Siver's writing on this topic[1], and your comment, this is really something to get into. Every once and awhile I'll re-read something that I "should" have retained and internalised (by my own
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If its that much mental stress, get an Otterbox case or similar.
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Yup, clear case of submarine marketing (classic PG essay http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html )
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There is evidence[1] that tropical plants and microorganisms in the soil will remove VOCs from sealed indoor environments, although the effect will likely be limited in an open plan office. At least they are nice to look at. [1] https:&#x2
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Additionally, they're coasting on the the tech industry trend which encourages urban agglomeration[1] meaning it's more valuable to have people packed into a given urban area, therefore driving up the price of land. You can see th
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Yeah I've seen projects like OpenVix running on nice hardware, e.g. VU+ tv boxes where there's a nice UI that is a clone of the standard Sky menu.
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I know of people who do this for Sky Sports UK (traditional premium tv), who hold the exclusive rights to many English Premier league games (soccer). When the off season approaches, call up Sky and ask to terminate your subscription. Either

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