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by scrlk 4y ago
Agreed, though I think the dev tied their hands by only accepting donations via Bitcoin. Thankfully, they have received a number of donations in the last week: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc&#x2F
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MPC-HC v2.00(github.com)
4 points by scrlk 4y ago|2 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
I find that trackpoints tend to have low default sensitivities, which require a lot of force to use. At least for me, maxing out the trackpoint sensitivity on my X1 Yoga results a noticeable decrease in the amount of force required & di
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by scrlk 4y ago
Rufus 3.17 (released Oct 2021) onwards is secure boot signed. See: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/tag/v3.17
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by scrlk 4y ago
> Watch until the end for the AA man’s brilliant anecdote… Re: fog on early motorways - there's an interesting article on roads.org about the development of modern British road signs. A section of that article talks about the early
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British Motorway Database(roads.org.uk)
72 points by scrlk 4y ago|38 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
Tell that to Ofgem. The latest price settlement for electricity transmission and distribution networks (RIIO-T2 and RIIO-ED2) has cut the amount of investment the networks are allowed to carry out.
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by scrlk 4y ago
National Grid ESO are the system operator for the GB grid. National Grid Electricity Transmission operate the transmission network in England and Wales. The transmission network in the south of Scotland is operated by SP Transmission; in th
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by scrlk 4y ago
The university halls that I lived in had those RCD sockets installed. The halls dated back to the early 60s - the sockets + Ethernet were installed in perimeter trunking. I suspect it was the cheapest option available to the university to m
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by scrlk 4y ago
> that place was 38°C in my living room with all windows and doors open in the summer You want to leave your windows open at night when it's cooler. Close the windows and curtains in the morning before it starts heating up. Managed
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by scrlk 4y ago
Your experience sounds a lot like mine - I first cut my teeth on the Linux desktop when I was a kid, using Ubuntu 7.10. As I had an Athlon 64 at the time I thought it'd be cool to run the amd64 build, only to find out that there were n
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by scrlk 4y ago
GTK recently added thumbnails to the file picker, so maybe 2023 will be the Year of the Linux desktop? /s
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What is CRI? The ultimate guide to the Color Rendering Index(waveformlighting.com)
1 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
Conics.net is importing the SV2: https://conics.net/laptops/11-13-inch-screen.html Panasonic also sell the SV2 in some markets under the Toughbook line, but the spec seems to be more limited: https://busines
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Panasonic Let's Note SV2: 12.1“ ultraportable with removable battery and ODD(panasonic.jp)
7 points by scrlk 4y ago|3 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
The talent exodus from Apple and its subsequent effects on their ability to keep delivering have been suggested for a while now: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/apple-cpu-gains-grind-to-a-ha... https://www.se
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How We Get Down to 0.2 nm CPUs and GPUs [video](youtube.com)
1 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
I don't think we are out of the woods yet. China reopening could put upwards pressure on energy markets that are already supply constrained.
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Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 50 basis points(federalreserve.gov)
122 points by scrlk 4y ago|190 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRDzWoNG0jo https://pedroc.co.uk/content/vodafone-o2-beacon-1-and-2 In London, the network sharing agreement was unwound due to capacity issues.
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by scrlk 4y ago
IMO it's dependent on your location as network performance can vary wildly. Might be worth getting a PAYG SIM from EE and Vodafone/O2 (they share networks) to test speed, signal strength etc. If you are on a contract I would wait
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by scrlk 4y ago
I'm surprised they don't have the option to verify age via credit card (usually a 1p transaction that gets reversed).
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by scrlk 4y ago
Wikipedia has a surprisingly detailed article about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_telephone_code_misconceptio...
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SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in FTX [pdf](sec.gov)
439 points by scrlk 4y ago|225 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
Was it this incident? https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/18/5224130/fbi-agents-track...
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by scrlk 4y ago
> This is some other mechanism going on under the hood. Could be this if you are on Windows: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-mozilla-maintenanc...
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by scrlk 4y ago
>The medical results are absolutely hopeless. I recommend skipping Google and going straight to: https://www.nhs.uk/ https://www.msdmanuals.com/home
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by scrlk 4y ago
VMware laid off their US based Workstation/Fusion team a few years back and moved development over to China. The China based team was then laid off in 2021 with development moving to India.
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by scrlk 4y ago
It's likely that market makers are holding the ~$15k floor to prevent a liquidation cascade.
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FTX’s Assets Frozen by Bahamas Securities Regulator(bloomberg.com)
3 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments

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