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by scrlk 3y ago
> Service costs for EV are crazy for even small problem anywhere close to battery or power circuits. This also has a knock-on effect for insurance prices: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/30/
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by scrlk 3y ago
It's a shame that 3:2 is still relatively rare to find in laptops and external displays.
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by scrlk 3y ago
DEC did it in the 1980s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX_9000#SID_Scalar_and_Vector...
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by scrlk 3y ago
Base 14" M3 MBP comes with 8 GB RAM at $1599 USD. That's pretty stingy.
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Ofcom revises net neutrality guidance(ofcom.org.uk)
1 points by scrlk 3y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
Amex UK gives the option to receive OTP via email or SMS. Looks like Amex US is similar: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/security-center/safekey/
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John Nash's cryptography letters to the NSA (1955) [pdf](nsa.gov)
2 points by scrlk 3y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
Glad to hear the GSL and pro scene still lives on. 2011-12 SC2 was the first esport that I followed. Plenty of good memories from those days, like the GSL final with the Archon toilet.
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by scrlk 3y ago
> The GTX 1080 MSRP was $599 in 2016, the RTX 4080 launched $1199 this year. Nvidia shifted their entire product stack up in the 4000 series - the 4080 should be badged as a 4070.
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by scrlk 3y ago
> Honest question, which of those is in any way applicable to this technology? Speed of a signal travelling through optical fiber or copper cable? Additional latency of cloud gaming rules out genres that require twitch reactions (e.g. co
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by scrlk 3y ago
N3E will be an improvement in cost, but cutting down on the number of EUV layers vs. N3B will have a negative impact on transistor density. Seems like N3B is a bit of a flop: simply too expensive for anyone but Apple.
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by scrlk 3y ago
"After running your proposed project through the HM Treasury Green Book*, I'm afraid we can't justify funding it." * The Green Book is how the government appraises public projects. It has often been accused of having a m
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by scrlk 3y ago
Isambard Kingdom Brunel in modern Britain probably wouldn't bother with civil engineering; planning permission for his projects would get tied up in 10-15 year legal battles against NIMBYs.
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by scrlk 3y ago
> Within three days, over 30 fires, caused by ruptured gas mains, destroyed approximately 25,000 buildings on 490 city blocks. The fires cost an estimated $350 million at the time (equivalent to $8.08 billion in 2021). https:/&#x2F
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by scrlk 3y ago
> This reminds me of rocket scientists trying out ever nastier and deadlier chemicals in the early days of space exploration. An engineer at Toyota must be a big fan of John Clark's "Ignition!", or Derek Lowe's "
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by scrlk 3y ago
Famed analog designers Jim Williams (Linear Technology) and Bob Pease (National Semiconductor) had messy benches/offices: https://youtu.be/1wwZ8eI3jvw?t=227 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t513IZ5V9Nk
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How Britain’s Dream of More High-Speed Rail Came Off the Track(bloomberg.com)
4 points by scrlk 3y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 3y ago
I just hope they come across the 90/90/90 rule first: 90% of new traders lose 90% of their money within 90 days. VTSAX and chill? :^)
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by scrlk 3y ago
From the CTO of the Data Communications Company (the organisation behind smart meter infrastructure in the UK): > Our second-generation meter solution is primarily based on the 3G network which has commitments through to 2033 based on ou
500.
by scrlk 3y ago
I think it matters. W11 OOTB is a horrible ad and telemetry ridden mess. You have to spend ages ripping out/disabling that rubbish, and it can suddenly turn back on after an update. For a work OS, I want sane OOTB defaults, or a "
501.
by scrlk 3y ago
Better off wiping your phone before sending it in for repair - incidents like this are not worth the hassle: > Legal filings, first reported on by the Telegraph, revealed the unnamed woman sent her iPhone for repair on 14 January 2016 to
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by scrlk 3y ago
I assume it's from "Stranded Assets and Subcritical Coal", published in March 2015: https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04... [pdf]
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by scrlk 3y ago
Try using accessing the video via Invidious (FOSS YT frontend): https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TyGhg8BmECw
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by scrlk 3y ago
> Analog is hard, and quite different from digital. In the infamous words of Bob Widlar [0]: "Every idiot can count to one." [0] For those who don't recognise the name, Widlar was a legendary analog designer - along with J
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by scrlk 3y ago
Highly recommend watching Michael Cockerell's documentary series "The Great Offices of State". Episode 1 covers the Home Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGhg8BmECw ~12 minutes in, it covers the Home
506.
by scrlk 3y ago
> Based on stories I've heard from people work in industry, every major ISP in the UK keeps DNS query logs and "internet connection records" and makes these available to authorities (without a warrant) Correct - this is du
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by scrlk 3y ago
Apple was one of the founding investors of ARM back in 1990 - it's likely they have an extremely generous licence and pricing terms as a result.
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by scrlk 3y ago
The 2013 models rotated the logo on the lid. This was the year where they shipped the awful trackpoint with no physical trackpoint buttons, just a big clickpad.
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by scrlk 3y ago
Quickly transferring high resolution ProRes videos?
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by scrlk 3y ago
> How many managers do you know who studied to be managers of people? Isn't this one of the aims of officer training in the armed forces?

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