sdfjkl

21 ms·

181.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
From what I've seen, winter is surfing season and they're on the Portuguese west coast, especially in Nazare. This is why: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nazare+surfing&tbm=isch
182.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
We get this a lot. We're sailing cruisers - similar to the van thing, except on water and you use wind and pull on bits of string for propulsion, with the diesel engine only a secondary (but important) means. Especially from the mate&#
183.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
Cool, didn't know that. No excuses not to test properly then! :)
184.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
I'm guessing nobody tests for this, because everyone develops on fast, reliable internet connections and it's not super easy to simulate, although there are tools, dummynet probably being one of the oldest: https://game
185.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
The original HN is one of the fastest loading sites I regularly visit. You fixed that pretty good. Disclaimer: I'm on terrible internet connections most of the time and it really makes you hate all this modern web crud. Often "dyn
186.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
My Nikon AW1 can't even charge its own battery. I have to take it out of the camera and put it in a (huge, blocky, AC powered) charger.
187.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
Hmm, I haven't done much with Django in a while, but for a major version this seems a bit... underwhelming.
188.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
7 days. I'm not in the money lending business. If you're late, I'll send you an angry owl picture (cute and worked well so far), or if I think you'll get it, a video clip of Malcolm Reynolds saying "I do the job, an
189.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
Many moons ago, when I was young and working as a lowly IT service monkey, the client (a huge corporation) decided to migrate from their prehistoric, image-deployed Win95 setup to a centrally managed WinXP setup. This went about as terribly
190.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
Jam Koum already cashed out in 2016: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Koum
191.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
> He credits Axe body spray with getting him out of the “friend zone.” This makes money? It can't die fast enough.
192.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
We've been sailing Europe, so had plenty of opportunity to compare maps in different locations. Google maps is great for navigating cities you're unfamiliar with. It gives you public transport information (not complete, missing bu
193.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
My solution was to not use cookies. For a static (generated) blog, that's very viable.
194.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
The ocean is a fantastic place. We've recently crossed the Bay of Biscay under sail and have seen many pods of dolphins, bio-luminescence in our wake at night and the stars in a way you can only see far away from any source of light. H
195.
by sdfjkl 9y ago
From what I've seen (and I haven't really been following this), they're rather using old electric car batteries to do that. Electric cars have been around long enough for there to be old/broken ones available now and mos
196.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
Looks like actual Quake. Well done on that. Not sure why it needed a re-release?
197.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
I quite like the badge: https://www.bresink.com/osx/FullSoftware.html
198.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
The removal of corporate bullshit signatures and legal disclaimers that are 10x the size of the actual email content. Oh, and secure end-to-end encryption that is simple to set up and use safely.
199.
DirectX Is Terrifying(blackhole12.blogspot.com)
14 points by sdfjkl 10y ago|1 comments
200.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
I don't really follow anyone, but here's a few whose work I've admired and learnt from (not just their code): D. Richard Hipp (SQLite, Fossil) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp Guido van Ross
201.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
You're lucky all he wanted was to eat a flounder and then return peacefully to his tank instead of going full Dawn of the Planet of the Octopuses on you.
202.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
That is certainly true for boat ownership (although you can save and learn a lot by doing everything yourself). But you don't have to buy a boat just to sail. Plenty around already!
203.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
Nope. I do watch a few sailing vlogs though: DrakeParagon, Untie the Lines, La Vagabonde and Sail Life. Each have a very different approach to the subject, ranging from extensive preparation and fitting redundant systems (Drake), to buying
204.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
In the English channel, off the coast of Sussex. I learnt programming by doing it and then reading about it. I learnt sailing by reading about it and then doing it. This is because when programming it hurts less when you screw up, when sail
205.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
After about 20 years of computer stuff, I've found a new interest - sailing. I spent most of the money gained from computer stuff on a boat, learnt how to repair it and sail it (repairing being the far more extensive subject), and am a
206.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
To turn it off in Firefox' about:config, switch both to False: dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled dom.webnotifications.enabled
207.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
That's what RSS is for, no? Keeps the subscription under your control, you don't have to share anything with anyone, you can unsubscribe easily and it's trivial to anonymize through a reader that caches/proxies the reque
208.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
Related reading: Misspent Youth and the Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton. A series of sci-fi books where "rejuvenation" technology plays a significant role, its impact on society and human risk taking.
209.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
Took me a moment to parse the name correctly. Perhaps GoDB would've been a better choice, although I assume naming conventions prevented that and so the second letter of the alphabet was declared a deity instead.
210.
by sdfjkl 10y ago
It is if you like to blog anyways.

More ›