philpem

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by philpem 7y ago
I feel the same way. Haven't had linear satellite/cable in years. Gave it up in my teens. Since then I've moved over to science videos and the like (NileRed, Nurdrage, RI Lectures) and metalworking/machining. Things you&
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by philpem 7y ago
Message to the shareholders: "Millions of active users, billions of messages" The truth: most of those messages are angry and argumentative, and most of those "active users" are just the same people being angry and triba
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by philpem 7y ago
They could claim to have removed the regulations on the shape of fruit (which don't really exist in the way they were described) and secured some kind of fishing deal and call it a success.
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by philpem 7y ago
Probably for a similar reason to why many hotel chains have a 'budget' and an 'upmarket' arm. Capturing multiple market segments.
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by philpem 7y ago
It seems to be a thing for all the incumbent UK banks I've tried. CYBG/B (now the second incarnation of Virgin), Lloyds, Halifax, NatWest -- all have that 3-day delay. Instant update was the killer feature that swung me to Starlin
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by philpem 7y ago
Descartes: I hiss therefore I am... ;)
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Engineering Management: The Pendulum or the Ladder(charity.wtf)
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by philpem 7y ago
It would also benefit whistleblowers, investigative journalists and other groups who routinely use Tor...
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by philpem 7y ago
Thing is, that's not valid Python - but the OP's version is ;-)
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by philpem 7y ago
Tri-X is a tab-grain silver halide film similar to Ilford HP5. T-MAX is delta-grain and more like Ilford Delta. They don't necessarily need different chemistry but it's possible to get better results if you do. Tri-X is still in p
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by philpem 7y ago
C41 minilabs won't generally let you in normal use. The Fuji machines won't allow you to put the replenisher cartridge in backwards due to mechanical blocks (poka-yoke). The only way you could pull this off is mixing up the chemis
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by philpem 7y ago
Slight nitpick, if memory serves the Fuji process is CN-16S (though I may be wrong - it's been many years since I ran a Frontier minilab!). To all intents and purposes it's regen RA4 though. The big problem with Frontiers was it w
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by philpem 7y ago
The original 6502 was also built on an NMOS process, not CMOS. It's CMOS which tends to be more static-sensitive, especially early CMOS. I'm not sure where CBM/MOS's HMOS process (used for -- IIRC -- the SID and VIC) fit
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by philpem 7y ago
The more modern foam isn't quite as bad, but keep an eye on it. Clean the pins and replace the foam every now and again.
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by philpem 7y ago
There's nothing wrong with using a screwdriver to remove a chip like this, provided it's done carefully. With that said, I'd probably have used a guitar pick. Some of the chip pullers are excessively violent and apply force t
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by philpem 7y ago
In my experience this is pretty bad advice. Friends are usually good for a kind of support, but aren't a replacement for an actual, trained therapist. After a while, the mental load gets too much for them and they cut off contact. (ent
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by philpem 7y ago
It does seem to harken back to McCarthyism when put in that context, doesn't it?
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by philpem 7y ago
Mutually assured destruction?
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by philpem 7y ago
I think you've got what @jmkni said mixed up with the common saying "read this book if you have trouble sleeping at night" -- which means exactly as you said. "If you have trouble staying awake" would be the opposit
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by philpem 7y ago
Everyone's using archive.is to get under the paywall...
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by philpem 7y ago
Turbo Pascal (or possibly Borland Pascal) was good too. From the index pages of one of the manuals: Infinite loop: see Loop, infinite. Loop, infinite: see Infinite loop.
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by philpem 7y ago
With so much to be outraged about, we're all burned out on outrage... to put it another way, the battery's in dire need of a recharge.
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by philpem 7y ago
Sounds like how the sale of a large chunk of the amateur radio IP space allocation (AMPRNet) was justified, too. http://www.arrl.org/news/millions-of-amprnet-internet-addres...
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by philpem 7y ago
Every time I see a ".gg" domain, I read it out as "gee-gee" -- a colloquial term for a horse...
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by philpem 7y ago
Because the system has been chronically underfunded for years, been the victim of private-finance initiatives and other underhanded privatisation-by-stealth tactics and is currently tens of thousands of doctors and nurses short. And that&#x
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by philpem 7y ago
Seagate had their problems too around that time. The Barracuda 7200.10 was infamous not just for its bug but also for Seagate's response. From what I recall, the SMART log wrapped around periodically - if the drive was reset when the p
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by philpem 7y ago
I think this is asking the wrong question. Your team lead might not have realised that the workload is becoming sporadic. Speak to them, explain the situation, and ask if there are other smaller tasks you could use to fill in the gaps. If i
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by philpem 7y ago
At least in my case, Sci-Hub was the difference between getting access to research and not -- and I'm based in the UK. I've requested papers through public library inter-library loan services on a number of occasions, and on nearl
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by philpem 7y ago
At least at the university I studied at, lecturers requiring their own textbooks for a course was explicitly barred as a conflict of interest. The only time it was allowed was when copies of the relevant chapters were provided free to all s
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by philpem 7y ago
What an absolute and utter waste. On the other hand: I'd rather like to get hold of a bricked Sonos. I'd stick a Raspberry Pi, DAC and speaker amp inside it. Be free of the shackles of the cloud, my child!

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