philjohn

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by philjohn 6y ago
"Anyone with right of center political views is casually censored from the platform with no recourse" That's just not true - Donald Trump hasn't been "casually censored", neither have any of the GOP representat
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by philjohn 6y ago
My all-time favourite car review was of the Renault Twizzy ... all because of the line "And when it starts raining the canopy keeps you mostly dry"
1293.
by philjohn 6y ago
Except there have been other low-cost airlines that are now, sadly, defunct who had a decent service (still no frills, but less of the nickel and diming) and were low cost - Monarch and FlyBE. Monarch especially was great as they had a dire
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by philjohn 6y ago
It is indeed less effective some years than others, which is when hospitals tend to suffer stress with usage levels. As for very old people, yes, also true, but care givers are often immunised to decrease the risk to that population.
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by philjohn 6y ago
The issue with comparing it with the flu is that people who are at an increased risk of serious complications have the vaccine made readily available to them - yes, each flu season there are spikes in cases, and deaths, and yes, some hospit
1296.
by philjohn 6y ago
And now that we know more about the mortality rate, what comorbidities lead to a worse prognosis etc., models that project deaths, hospital stays and the capacity of the health service to cope have been refined. That's not to mention t
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by philjohn 6y ago
There's a great track for Assetto Corsa called Rio which is a race around the streets and highways of Rio de Janeiro.
1298.
by philjohn 6y ago
And now InfluxDB 2.0 which uses push for Telegraf, and pull to scrape Prometheus-style metrics.
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by philjohn 6y ago
Also gracefully degrades if the font isn't available for whatever reason, you'd see: {0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90}
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by philjohn 6y ago
Didn't he want to be made head of ATI at the time though, as part of the deal?
1301.
by philjohn 7y ago
Yes, but he's Tim Bray and has an amazing track record behind him, I'm sure he'll have people beating down his door to make offers to come onboard. He's also 64, not far from retirement age, he may not want to work again
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by philjohn 7y ago
It's laughable, the UK spends half as much (as a % of GDP) and has similar outcomes (and far better outcomes in areas like maternal death). It seems the default assumption is that the US government could never run something efficiently
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by philjohn 7y ago
The liquid in a custom loop never gets particularly hot, mine tops out at around 34c. Ideally, you want to set your fan and pump speed based off coolant temperature, which is inexpensive with a simple screw-in temperature sensor.
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by philjohn 7y ago
I found an AIO (Corsair H115i 280mm rad) wasn't significantly quieter than a large air cooler. On the other hand the custom loop I now have which has a 420 (triple 140) and a 280 (double 140) rad and includes the CPU and GPU is whisper
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by philjohn 7y ago
If you're looking for offsite backup (which seems to be the main use case of your use of Google Photos and now iCloud) then Backblaze if you're on Mac or Windows, or Backblaze B2 if you're on Linux is very affordable.
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by philjohn 7y ago
Except AirBNB has been shown to radically distort local housing markets.
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by philjohn 7y ago
The problem with "open" surveilance systems is they can be a useful tool for abusers to track down people who have escaped their clutches. Know your target number plate? Oh look, they go to such and such supermarket at around 8pm
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by philjohn 7y ago
IPC on Zen 2 is arguably slightly ahead of Intel, but they don't overclock or boost to 5Ghz.
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by philjohn 7y ago
I've got it (albeit limited to 7 digit numbers) in an interview before. Lots of fun edge cases to handle.
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by philjohn 7y ago
Exactly this. For computer parts in the UK I usually go to Overclockers UK - free shipping is possible if you take part in their forums and prices are often identical to Amazon. Even the big-box electronics retailers like Currys regularly p
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by philjohn 7y ago
Can't even trust the books now: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/6/24/18715584/amazon-coun...
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by philjohn 7y ago
I've noticed the opposite in the UK - saying they'll take up to a week to deliver, and then the item turning up the next day, or the day after.
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by philjohn 7y ago
Except it's not rationing per se, it's demand outstripping supply. You'll still get your elective procedure, but since it's not life-saving in the strictest sense you may have to wait a bit longer for it. But the flip si
1314.
by philjohn 7y ago
Noticed a typo: "Turn then On/Off instantly" then should be them
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by philjohn 7y ago
I fairly recently went 100% SSD on my home build - the price is still high, but over the last year we had some historic NAND price lows - I've got a 1TB NVMe drive for boot/apps/games, a 1TB SATA drive for user profile and an
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by philjohn 7y ago
Sounds like a great place to put massive solar farms ...
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by philjohn 7y ago
Does this not make the case for investing in renewables over shale extraction and fracking that has a price floor below which it's not economical?
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by philjohn 7y ago
Let's not jump the gun yet - not even been peer-reviewed.
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by philjohn 7y ago
In the UK (and probably many other European countries) it's usual to have an initial probationary period of 6 months - notice required from either side to terminate in that window is 1 week. I don't think it's helpful to the
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by philjohn 7y ago
This. My father was laid off in Belgium after working for the (US) company for 33 years and got an amazing severance package totalling almost 3 years salary. He was planning to take retirement in 3 years anyway, so it just meant he got to t

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