simonsquiff

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by simonsquiff 9y ago
I'm the same - Phenom II, upgraded to SSD and new graphics but that's it. When you say this has your name written on it, are they socket compatible? The idea of changing motherboards/ memory etc isn't compelling - I&#x2
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by simonsquiff 10y ago
Mozilla says 'Enabled multi-process Firefox for Windows users with touch screens', however on my Dell XPS 13 it still says multiprocess windows are 'Disabled by accessibility tools' in about:support, which was the touch
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by simonsquiff 10y ago
Oh you are in for a treat! Cat's Cradle is a great one to start with, easy to get into and an excellent balance of clever and funny. Mother Night is superb, gripping and profound.
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by simonsquiff 10y ago
I posted this due to the interestingly worded 'honest disclaimer'. The software licence is pretty good too. Sorry for the confusion - the link was originally to the disclaimer, but that and the post title were changed.
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Interactive EasyFlow(en.wikipedia.org)
34 points by simonsquiff 10y ago|6 comments
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by simonsquiff 10y ago
I'd certainly say there is a spectrum of varying human consciousness from fetus>baby>young child>child
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
Oh yes - I'm one of those people. Sticking a q-tip in your ear feels soooo good. It's ticklishly, itch scratchingly good. It also feels better the longer you leave it - if I've not used one for a few weeks it's a genuine
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
PNG is an extraordinary place. My father spent a year in the highlands in 1960, in a missionary outpost in a part of the highlands tha only had contact with the outside world about 5 years earlier. He fell in love with the place and the peo
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Social status: down the rabbit hole(meltingasphalt.com)
3 points by simonsquiff 11y ago|0 comments
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
The original supposition was that electric planes are the future - albeit a future very far way - because electric means no oxygen concerns, which means higher altitude, which increases efficiency and / or speed. Now, electric doesn&#x
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
I'm not sure it's ignoring everything - as this article states, electric planes exist today, and are improving at a fast rate. Batteries are also improving (thanks to Musk and others), not that electric planes needs to be battery
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
I read a piece by Elon Musk, who was saying that electric planes - whilst very far away - are the future of air travel. Why? Because they will allow planes to fly higher - increasing efficiency and speed. Apparently the normal 30,000 fee
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
It does, it's the vestigial remnants of whatever makes the baby sleep...
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
This is my issue with the theory - it's very euro centric. Somewhere like Papua New Guinea where the millions of highlanders had no contact with the rest of the world until the 1930s just don't fit the theory. Presumably they&#x27
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by simonsquiff 11y ago
There is a must read series on Julian Jaynes's ideas here, the concept of the 'selfish neuron' in particular is fascinating http://www.meltingasphalt.com/series/
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How Things Break(iowareview.org)
1 points by simonsquiff 11y ago|0 comments
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Why is the domestic battery so important?(llewblog.squarespace.com)
1 points by simonsquiff 11y ago|0 comments
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by simonsquiff 12y ago
There was a similar story, that I can't now find a source for, of an advertising company that regularly added a 'helicopter' into their customer quotes for video shots. As well as being superfluous it was massively expensive
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by simonsquiff 12y ago
Can anyone explain why dogs (amongst others) age so much faster than humans? A 10 year old dog will be grey and have other visible aging signs, whilst we're still youthful. What is the difference? Are dogs cells dividing at a faster
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Humans need not apply(kottke.org)
4 points by simonsquiff 12y ago|1 comments
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by simonsquiff 12y ago
Any plans for other instruments? Would be really interested in a piano version
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by simonsquiff 12y ago
If you want to know more about Harry Eng, the creator of these, there is a fascinating post here http://www.everything2.com/title/Harry+Eng Incredible man.
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Harry Eng – Master Bottle Filler(puzzlemuseum.com)
264 points by simonsquiff 12y ago|48 comments
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by simonsquiff 12y ago
CityMapper has the most hilarious release notes I've ever read. I love getting an app updated - not because of the (awesome) new stuff they keep adding - but because I'm guaranteed a cracking read. It's interesting how writ
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by simonsquiff 13y ago
The environmental stuff is actually just the icing on the cake - EVs have a number of advantages over internal combustion and the disadvantages keep getting smaller. -awesome acceleration due to instant torque and no gearbox -amazing handli
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by simonsquiff 13y ago
Thanks - germ cells was the key term I was missing, this section on the germline on Wikipedia answers my original question: Germline cells are immortal, in the sense that they have reproduced indefinitely since the beginning of life. This i
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by simonsquiff 13y ago
One thing I'd really like to understand re: ageing is why a newborn is essentially 'reset' from an ageing perspective. I appreciate that egg cells aren't constantly dividing during a mothers life but they are still a pro
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by simonsquiff 13y ago
I'm a massive fan of Tesla and Musk, a Tesla shareholder from the IPO and definitely support the gigafactory but this is a surprisingly poor presentation. It doesn't layout the need for it, nor what advantage it will give Telsa (o
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Money for Nothing(dansdata.com)
202 points by simonsquiff 13y ago|77 comments
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by simonsquiff 13y ago
I don't know if this is the case for this book, but really interesting article about how some items on Amazon can get outrageous prices http://www.dansdata.com/gz146.htm

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