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by robaato 6y ago
Back in the day ('80s) worked at Logica with colleagues who did Xenix support!
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by robaato 6y ago
A link from that is interesting: https://inflatablekayaksandpackrafts.com/2020/12/02/lindeman...
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by robaato 6y ago
Surprise, surprise, the military has been around a few years/centuries. Some of that experience has stuck... I remember an ex-colleague saying that as an RAF person, he knew he could go on to a totally new airfield and ask for "
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by robaato 6y ago
Recommend "The Lost Art of Running" by Shane Benzie. He's trained people to complete lots of ultra events, including on pretty low milage - focussing on form/technique.
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by robaato 6y ago
Famous case in UK where lying about the speeding caused the problems (for a Member of Parliament): https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/29/labour-mp-fi...
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Scientists studying why gamers invert their controls(theguardian.com)
1 points by robaato 6y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 6y ago
As cecilpl2 commented - it's the typically the binary art assets (occasionally other files) which are unmergeable which need the exclusive lock turned on. And of course you want to avoid branching those too in many cases.
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by robaato 6y ago
From CLI, p4 is pretty consistent - rather more so than git (which I suppose isn't a high bar!). But of course there are some inconsistencies - as with any tool, particularly if its been around a few years.
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by robaato 6y ago
Really tough situation - thoughts and prayers with you. Hang in there, meditate, focus on things you can control.
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by robaato 6y ago
Agree - take a deep breath/sleep on it. Things look different in the morning...
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by robaato 6y ago
Kudos!
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by robaato 6y ago
I've had a Brother 5150D for over 10 years without problems. Some issues with Windows drivers over the years, but pretending to be a recent Brother model has always worked.
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Under pressure: why athletes choke(theguardian.com)
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by robaato 6y ago
Or you have commands which randomly reverse the meaning of the confirmation prompt: Continue: yes or no? Don't continue: yes or no? As long as operators know to expect this, they also know to wait and actually read the prompt before an
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by robaato 6y ago
Bash tip I picked up from observation - always start a potential command with # # rm -rf some_dir Then if you accidentally press return before completing it hasn't happened. When you have reviewed and are sure it is correct, you recal
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by robaato 6y ago
"Nuns on the run" (Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqXZ9YoRD50
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by robaato 6y ago
Back in the '80s I worked on a financial system (SWIFT interface) for an Italian bank. It went operational and we observed 2 operators effectively doing "pair operating". We just thought it was weird Italian style socialising
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by robaato 6y ago
I did Computer Science at Edinburgh in the early '80s. While there were VDUs around, there weren't enough - especially at assignment crunch time. Thus sometimes the only terminal available might be a teletype printer. So Ed was th
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by robaato 6y ago
I learned French, German and Italian to a good level at school and then by working there in my early 20s. Some decades later, I don't speak them that often but sometimes at work with customers. I am still pretty good in all 3, and a da
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by robaato 6y ago
Oh and read the rest of his writings to get a feel for what enlightenment is :)
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by robaato 6y ago
Jan Willem van der Wetering "A Glimpse of Nothingness" Would there ever be a time, I thought while I brushed my teeth, when meditation is an accepted general activity? "Where is Father?" "Father is meditating."
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by robaato 6y ago
I think it was more serendipity re lots of salmon available to export, and large potential market if hurdles can be overcome... Win, win all round!
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by robaato 6y ago
Slightly off topic, but reminds me a little of the story of Norway managing to market salmon to Japanese as sushi option. https://www.npr.org/2015/09/18/441530790/how-the-desperate-n...
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by robaato 6y ago
I set up a domain for family and created an email for my aunt <auntie>@<family>.<domain> She was in a retirement community and in her 80s was Chair of the Computer Club and used to do orientation for new people. She quickl
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by robaato 6y ago
In the UK they still deliver single books with wrap around cardboard cover - seems to work fine. Never had a problem. Could be a size issue.
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by robaato 6y ago
Worked on a project in late 80s for an Italian bank. We implemented a SWIFT (financial) interface (on Stratus for reliability reasons). A few fun and games: - The Stratus supposedly had fault tolerant duplexing of boards - pull one out and
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by robaato 6y ago
Easy to find stories on the origins of India Pale Ale and how it survived by ship through the tropics...
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by robaato 6y ago
My mum emigrated to Gold Coast decades ago - still makes great marmalade in her 80s!
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by robaato 6y ago
We have quince jelly too in Britain. As the article says, there are marmalades and marmalades - the good stuff is great!
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by robaato 6y ago
Was luck enough to get a tour of the bird's egg collection at National History Museum at Tring, and also see some of the huge number of "skins" they also had. We were there to donate my father-in-law's egg collection - w

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