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1. 121.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   Isn't this subject to GDPR (which is still UK law as far as I know), thus requiring explicit consent?
2. 122.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   Similar to https://openinframap.org/ .
3. 123.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   If you enjoy Swartz's writing you might also enjoy his other blog posts. My favourite is a game theory analysis of The Dark Knight [1] (which incidentally turned out to be his last). [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog&#x
4. 124.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   Ok now I'm kinda relieved that I still see reCAPTCHA so much... Locked down Firefox user here.
5. 125.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   Is the map loading initially ok then suddenly distorting to become unreadable after a second or two for anyone else? I'm on Firefox, with lots of about:config hacking, particularly preventing canvas being used for fingerprinting, so th
6. 126.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   It's good to keep an open mind, but just look at the sheer number of different metrics on that website that show some kind of change at or soon after 1971. With enough correlation you can make a hypothesis, hopefully a testable one. Un
7. 127.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   > The petro dollar is enforced by might and invasions. Nixon created it when he decided to leave the gold standard after France demanded physical gold as payments. This aspect was not clear to me until I read The Bitcoin Standard by Saif
8. 128.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   I think in principle reducing the barriers to trading on stock markets is a good thing, but gamifying it is not. How much Robinhood are guilty of the latter, I don't know.
9. 129.▲
   by sleavey 5y ago

   First thing I do when I install Thunderbird on a new computer: disable HTML, enable monospace font.
10. 130.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Interesting. I figured they would continue not to engage with any governments. Do you know why they chose to take part in this court case?
11. 131.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Why does Sci-Hub care about the Indian High court?
12. 132.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    You can bake onions. Quite nice.
13. 133.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Even works on the Raspberry Pi, apparently. This would be nice in combination with a Pi-Hole.
14. 134.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Should it then be added to block lists in various tracker-removal browser addons?
15. 135.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Has anyone tried to calculate the energy expenditure of the fiat currency system as a comparison, ideally per "unit worth" (whatever that might be) since fiat still vastly outcapitalises cryptocurrency?
16. 136.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    The FBI did once own a significant amount of Bitcoin after busting the Silk Road, but auctioned most of it off.
17. 137.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    And the Tory government in the UK just announced a plan to build more. Smacks of irony.
18. 138.▲
    by sleavey 5y ago

    Just goes to show that copyright laws are incompatible with reality.
19. 139.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    I'm afraid this is an urban legend [1] (the painting, not the long bridge). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge#Maintenance
20. 140.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    It perpetuates the idea that you cannot rise beyond the class you're born into; indeed also that class still exists and still commands respect.
21. 141.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    I solved it by buying a UK layout keyboard for home. At work I confuse the hell out of people by using a German keyboard but UK layout.
22. 142.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    Incidentally all of the techniques listed there are used for suspensions in LIGO, Virgo and other ground-based gravitational wave detectors, where the problem is the same: stop seismic noise from moving the object under test.
23. 143.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    > For example, on my German layout, / is produced via Shift+7. This is my #1 annoyance with German keyboards as someone who learned a UK layout and who needs to do lots of programming and terminal hacking (#2 is the swapping of Y an
24. 144.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    You're in for a treat then, he's made lots of documentaries about the subjects in the interview, easily found online. They're permanently available on BBC iPlayer if you're in the UK too.
25. 145.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    Same, for a contact's number (I'm checking on their behalf). It shows up in the raw dump [1] but not this site. [1] https://archive.is/MZqak
26. 146.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    Out of curiosity, what do Americans mean when they say "sub-zero"? 0°C or 0°F?
27. 147.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    I use this with .bashrc aliases to quickly fire up the proxy: # Temporary Firefox session commands. alias socks-proxy="ssh -D 50000 -N me@some-server" alias firefox-proxy="firefox -P \"Proxy\"" Then
28. 148.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    This is what's called left-recursion, and there's indeed a way to deal with it in PEG parsers: https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/Pegged/wiki/Left-Recursion .
29. 149.▲
    by sleavey 6y ago

    I don't tend to dig down into equations and just use the simple heuristics I've built up from examining other designs. I guess with a bit of practice I could do it though. Thanks for the info!
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    by sleavey 6y ago

    Thanks for the reply! Happy to hear they might consider my physics background. Stability is another thing I have to deal with a lot.