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by scrlk 4y ago
Redacted is probably the easiest "quality" private tracker to get in to - just take the interview: https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html
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by scrlk 4y ago
Caroline Ellison - CEO of Alameda Research.
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by scrlk 4y ago
Just a PSA for any FTX users out there: please make sure you get details of your balances, deposits, withdrawals and trade history whilst the site is still up. You can download it as a CSV - I'd also take screenshots to be on the safe
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by scrlk 4y ago
IIRC the current VP of Core OS at Apple is ex-Manchester/Transitive.
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International Prototype of the Kilogram(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
It's down for me as of 2022-10-30T09:38:21Z
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by scrlk 4y ago
> I suspect when this current system we've created blows up, it's going to make 1929 look like a bull market. I don't think it will completely blow up, but there will be enough economic pain inflicted such that the ordinar
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by scrlk 4y ago
Apple hardware design has become incredibly stale and iterative over the last decade. Most of their products are either white injection moulded plastic, or a CNC machined metal enclosure with rounded corners and glass. I suspect this is due
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An Introduction to Asynchronous Design(apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk)
1 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
You might enjoy looking through the Windows interface guidelines from 1995 [PDF]: https://www.ics.uci.edu/~kobsa/courses/ICS104/course-notes/M...
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by scrlk 4y ago
> I understand the grey area of some asshat coming in with $300 of pennies In the UK, coins are only considered to be legal tender up to a certain amount. This amount varies depending upon the value of the coin. See: https://w
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Building a container from scratch in Go (2016) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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Korn Shell Story(wiki.c2.com)
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by scrlk 4y ago
> The most recent laptops with an actual nice Thinkpad keyboard were X220 or T420, everything after that is chiclets. I agree that the Sandy Bridge era (2011) ThinkPads were the last to have a proper 7 row keyboard layout, but there&#x27
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by scrlk 4y ago
Sadly they don't make them like they used to. Keyboards and repairability comes to mind. I don't mind the chiclet keycaps, but Lenovo really ruined the keyboard when they went from the 7 row layout [0] to the current 6 row layout
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by scrlk 4y ago
At one point, Intel stated that they retained their ARM architectural licence even after they sold their XScale line to Marvell. https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-we-have-arm-license-no-p...
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by scrlk 4y ago
"...and that's the new iPhone. It's our best iPhone ever, and we think you're going to love it! Now, back to Tim"
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by scrlk 4y ago
USB-C for laptop chargers isn't a fantastic idea IMO. The majority of laptop manufacturers solder USB-C ports to the motherboard, so when the port inevitably wears out/becomes loose, you need to have micro soldering skills to repl
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by scrlk 4y ago
> "Warning: Your exo-skeleton waste container is full." > "Warning: You have ran out of your free waste container quota for this shift. If you require a new waste container, it will be deducted from your pay" >
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by scrlk 4y ago
I assume it's this video ("Terry Davis Demos SimStructure (2016-08-25)"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25hLohVZdME He starts talking about PID controllers at around 3:40.
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by scrlk 4y ago
> "Alexa, open the exo-skeleton, I need to go to the bathroom" > "I'm sorry, your exo-skeleton has already been opened for the allotted 15 minute break, it will not open again until the end of your shift"
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IBM industrial robots – keyboard assembly (1983/4) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by scrlk 4y ago|0 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
The Bank of England's announcement that they will restart QE (a.k.a. money printer goes brrr) on a "temporary basis" was driven off the back of UK pension funds facing massive margin calls due to the spike in gilt yields. Th
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by scrlk 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Automotive#Vehicles_wi... Seems like there's quite a few cars out there with Android Automotive?
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Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 75 basis points for the third time(federalreserve.gov)
153 points by scrlk 4y ago|228 comments
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by scrlk 4y ago
IMO AMD and Nvidia have abandoned the sub-$200/budget GPU market, Intel can certainly carve out a price/performance niche here.
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by scrlk 4y ago
Are there any reliability issues with used mining cards? AFAIK most miners undervolted their cards to maximise profitability vs. power/cooling requirements. Would applying new thermal paste + replacing fans on the cooler be enough?
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by scrlk 4y ago
Would be a good application for the folding RJ45 port as previously seen on Fujitsu Lifebooks: https://youtu.be/M7fcJM6iunA?t=125
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by scrlk 4y ago
I assume it might be a reference to this: > In 2012 it was reported that one Bulgarian contracting firm is owned by the mafia, and that Bulgarian workers have been required to pay weekly protection fees to the mafia, wages have been unpa
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by scrlk 4y ago
I'm surprised that they seem to be using a custom app just for Coutts and not a rebranded NatWest app (Coutts is the HNW division inside the NatWest Group). FWIW Royal Bank of Scotland (another brand inside the NatWest Group) shares th

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