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by robaato 4y ago
With our application, THP enabled manifests as excessive system cpu. Have a nice graph of busy system where it dropped from 30% to 5% immediately.
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‘No miracles needed’: Prof Jacobson on wind, sun and water powering the world(theguardian.com)
1 points by robaato 4y ago|4 comments
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by robaato 4y ago
As per the article Bjorn Eirik Olsen was a key participant. His love of Japan was driven by his interest in Aikido, and he has become one of the relatively few westerners to reach 7th Dan. He's a very nice guy, and entertaining with st
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by robaato 4y ago
Heard a nice interview with Tara Brach on meditation. It's not about never losing focus on your manta or particular technique, it's about noticing when your focus has wandered and starting again. So don't beat yourself up,
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by robaato 4y ago
For some reason "A Fish Called Wanda" comes to mind! Or maybe that should be "Fish go Wandering"?!
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Powerful people have blind spots – now neuroscience has proved it(theguardian.com)
4 points by robaato 4y ago|1 comments
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by robaato 4y ago
Good twitter comment re Purdue bucking the trend. https://twitter.com/ElberfeldTom/status/1588366784045817856?...
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TikTok: Trojan Stallion(profgalloway.com)
37 points by robaato 4y ago|2 comments
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by robaato 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies
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by robaato 4y ago
Some nice links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02bpmd6
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by robaato 4y ago
A few decades ago, when learning languages at school, we had access to tape recorders for particular phrases: listen, record, rewind, repeat ad nauseam. Very powerful. These days recording tech is all around. But study and repeat. Ask frien
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Dynamic pricing – Bruce Springsteen tickets for $4k(theguardian.com)
3 points by robaato 4y ago|0 comments
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Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data(theguardian.com)
2 points by robaato 4y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 4y ago
My maths teacher used to finish his proofs with QED - which he said stood for Quite Easily Done! My latin teacher was not so convinced...
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How to age well: live for today the philosophical way(theguardian.com)
1 points by robaato 4y ago|1 comments
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by robaato 4y ago
As a teenage air cadet in the 1970's in northern Scotland, I learned to fly in open cockpit gliders and effectively went from scratch to first solo flights in a long weekend (January!) - within a few hours... This seems familiar - I re
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Nano-scale magnets made by bacteria help target cancer treatments(theguardian.com)
2 points by robaato 4y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 5y ago
A good therapist is worth it. Over 20 years of marriage, a variety of issues to cope with between us (kids etc), and difficulty discussing difficult topics. Currently doing an hour a month (or so) with a (good for us) therapist, and stuff i
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by robaato 5y ago
Yup - I remember a customer who boasted how he always negotiated, and I didn't see the warning signs until it came time to pay my invoice!
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Elon Musk brings up Adolph Hitler(theguardian.com)
8 points by robaato 5y ago|7 comments
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by robaato 5y ago
Japanese have the concept of the stages of shu/ha/ri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuhari This applies to learning martial arts, but to many other disciplines, e.g. in software engineering: https:/&#x
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by robaato 5y ago
Jared Diamond talks about dead trees: https://www.openculture.com/2015/08/jared-diamond-underscore...
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Cheap (but reliable) smartphone-based Covid test kit(theguardian.com)
2 points by robaato 5y ago|0 comments
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Staying fit in your 40s (inc pro athletes)(theguardian.com)
10 points by robaato 5y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 5y ago
If only we didn't have a prime minister trying the same thing...
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by robaato 5y ago
I found this book to be very educational and though provoking. Coping with the death of loved ones too, let alone yourself. https://www.amazon.com/Final-Chapters-Hospice-Workers-Storie...
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The lost art of recovery for healing(theguardian.com)
87 points by robaato 5y ago|36 comments
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Paxlovid is expected to work well against Omicron – the problem is production(theguardian.com)
1 points by robaato 5y ago|0 comments
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by robaato 5y ago
Depends on the quality of the writing! This was a pleasure. YMMV
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by robaato 5y ago
St Mary's Kew (West London) has a lovely small graveyard and overlooks the cricket ground. They also do great afternoon teas, and (respectful) consumption of tea and cakes in the graveyard (while watching the cricket) is welcome. I&#x2

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