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by smileypete 8y ago
Not the one you're looking for, but 'Brits get rich in China' is in a similar vein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHax1Dic1o Possibly a better quality copy out there in torrentland...
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by smileypete 8y ago
Sorry to say, but I really doubt that more than a small proportion of Amazon customers really think any further than what they want. Something I've noticed is that many of the Amazon deals in the UK are really just price matches to oth
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by smileypete 8y ago
'The Loveable Loo is an eco-toilet that requires no water, plumbing, pipes, vents, drains, electricity, or urine separation. It's a toilet that makes gardens. It's designed to collect toilet material for composting in a sepa
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by smileypete 8y ago
Not sure if a peeler can be world changing, but these articles on Joe Ades are a well worth a read; a true character and gentleman, he sold the Swiss made Zena Rex/Star peelers which are arguably a design classic. https://ww
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by smileypete 8y ago
The guy who wrote the paper is a blind physiotherapist, a google search leads to this documentary on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/108469655 (and that is why time spent trawling the new articles can pay off...)
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by smileypete 8y ago
Debugging isn't too bad if you can put in good trace code that can be switched in or switched out and left in with minimal overhead/risk. Though it may add say 20% time to typing the code in, but it can also serve as a kind of com
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by smileypete 8y ago
Sometimes I think to myself, 'I'll do just 5 or 10 minutes before I start' and that helps to take the pressure off. Or if it's mundane, find and focus on aspects that appeal more; can it be done quicker? is it possible t
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by smileypete 8y ago
Several studies have been made on immigrants net contribution to the public sector. With the low immigrant unemployment rate and a smaller share of the total population, the studies concluded that immigrant net contribution to the public s
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by smileypete 8y ago
On the other hand... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/heart-disease-alco... Regular moderate drinking may lower heart disease risk, study finds - People with unstable drinking patterns more likely to suf
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by smileypete 8y ago
> In the long term however, we have good evidence to support that immigration of all kinds is a net benefit to the economy. How is that working out for Sweden at the moment?
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by smileypete 8y ago
— the kind that quietly chug along decade after decade while needing only minor repairs — really are a thing of the past There's plenty of them out there, they're only a thing of the past for those that must have the typical mas
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Ask HN: Does anyone actually have and use the Surface Go or other Win10 tablet?
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by smileypete 8y ago
I like walking to town though the park and listening to a good podcast (through the phone's speaker, I don't bother with headphones.) Also sometimes when I've spent time indoors on the PC/internet I realize that sitting
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by smileypete 8y ago
Bit of trivia: the monopoly character was said to be based on Samuel Insull who became Edison's private secretary and right hand man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Insull https://www.google.com&#
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by smileypete 8y ago
I just use UBlock to block third party frames which helps block malware: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-Be...
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by smileypete 8y ago
Still on Firefox 55 because I love the LiveClick RSS addon which didn't survive the switch to WebExtensions. More and more I'm using AutoIt to provide extra features instead of a collection of addons, so I'm thinking doing th
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by smileypete 8y ago
Reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1XB0rrYes The cabling looks so perfect it kinda seems a little alien even.
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by smileypete 8y ago
For some reason I find the 'full range' bluetooth speakers (Tronsmart T6) are better for background music while doing stuff than a more immersive 2.1 system, maybe because the sound is from a single point source so less distractin
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by smileypete 8y ago
Well I'd like to complain. It's not that there's no need for improvement, but EU rules often end up imposing poor implementations, consequently with no scope for better solutions.
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by smileypete 8y ago
I'd like to see some sort of browser request header that can set or deny permissions on a global basis, dealt with by an options page in the web browser. Then sites only need to serve up the annoying dialogs if they need a permission y
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by smileypete 8y ago
I'd really like a firefox addon which automatically switches to reader mode if the cruft-o-meter exceeds a given level...
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by smileypete 8y ago
Some indentation can make logs more readable: :71: 04:09:04.26 Added to trace list: All :271: 04:09:04.26 ----v :271: 04:09:04.26 TestProcessTickFiles: :97: 04:09:04.26 ----v :97: 04:09:04.26 SetupTickFi
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by smileypete 8y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Cookie Law It's counter productive in that disabling or regularly clearing cookies to improve privacy can result in annoying popup messages every. single. time. a website is visited. I am
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by smileypete 8y ago
Ugh, sorry but no, the EU can't claim any credit for the success of LED lightbulbs. They can take some credit for the dim and dimmer mercury containing CFLs, and the ludicrously expensive and somewhat unreliable early LEDs, if they lik
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by smileypete 9y ago
For me it's LiveClick. http://projects.protej.com/liveclick/ 'Display preview in live bookmark item tooltip' and 'keep menu open after middle clicking items' are worth me staying on FF 55 for t