someone_welsh

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by someone_welsh 8y ago
"embodied energy" means the energy needed to create the material. So that involved in mining aluminium, refining ore etc, moving it around the world until it's built into a building. Carelessly specified new carpets will off-
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by someone_welsh 10y ago
To an extent, and seemingly always with frames. But pro riders often use parts that aren't "sponsership approved" - they just make them all black or similar (rather than have another manfacturer's logo on them)
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by someone_welsh 11y ago
NB: The bus station in Vauxhall (linked) wasn't designed by Zaha, but by Arup's architecture dept
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by someone_welsh 11y ago
Sorry, I felt the need to respond to this. Why are shorts juvenile? They are a perfectly rational and sane climatic adaptation of clothing, allowing decent airflow over a human body. To decry shorts as juvenile is sympotmatic of simple mind
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by someone_welsh 14y ago
I generally recommend watching "black mirror" - a funny 3 episode satirical tv thing which is about this very topic. it's worth people's time
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by someone_welsh 14y ago
relevant and funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
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by someone_welsh 14y ago
I apologise for my immense lack of knowledge of current password storage applications (i'm not a programmer and come here for the other stuff), but what is the benefit of these services (lastpass etc)? This is a genuine question. It seems t
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by someone_welsh 14y ago
YMMV; Annecdotes != data; correlation != causation etc. but I've known a lot of modest, moderate and heavy recreational ket users - It's been quite a popular recreational drug in the UK for about 15 years. I would perceive (being not a doct
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
credentials.... "If you like this post, please upvote it on hacker news"
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
First of all, I should probably disclose that I am a construction industry professional of some sort (architectural training, science training, currently an MEP engineer). Several problems with the article. The "poor guys in the field". Who
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
Good points. I generally agree. But I don't think your second reference is really a fair criticism, and I think this was blown completely out of proportion in the UK. I certainly didn't feel that the series was "tarnished". After all, getti
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
For a few seconds at a time, during transitions between scenes or in the lead up to advert breaks. Synchronicity of relevant actions is minimum - ie a car driving, while someone sits in a room. the other two may be 2 sides of the same phone
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
My experience of Autodesk is that customer services don't exist in order to maintain a healthy cottage industry of books and training courses.
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
At the distance from the screen which people generally watch TV, better resolution than HD makes no perceptible difference - it would be pointless and wasteful. At closer distances, such as those involved in using computers, higher resoluti
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
i think you just made his point for him
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by someone_welsh 15y ago
"I think most people are thoroughly bored of this 'scandal' about a bit of corruption that happened 10 years ago. There's more important news out there." Nope. It's more to do with the fact that it's a scandal exposing just how corrupt and