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Is TLS Fast Yet?(istlsfastyet.com)
1 points by sooper 9y ago|0 comments
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by sooper 9y ago
I think the poster is refering to Chatham Islands timezone[1]. [1] https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/new-zealand/chatham-is...
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by sooper 9y ago
I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
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by sooper 9y ago
All the recent Kia models I have driven and a recent model Toyota Corolla.
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by sooper 9y ago
Something which is already being seen in the farming market: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xykkkd/why-americ...
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Pandas and Rabbits: Xen Meets American Fuzzy Lop(youtube.com)
2 points by sooper 9y ago|1 comments
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by sooper 9y ago
It's possible that Japan are providing other aid[1] (which they don't seek repayment for), but this was under different terms. [1] I'm trying to find their foreign aid info, but not having much luck on finding figures...
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by sooper 9y ago
True, but ablative tips would likely mean engine overhauls at increased frequency, significantly increasing cost. At that cost vs benefit, likely better to just go back to piston and prop.
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by sooper 9y ago
As mentioned by another poster, try watching Primitive Technology[1] on Youtube. Very similar feel. [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
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by sooper 9y ago
New Zealand has RealMe ( https://www.realme.govt.nz/ ) which is an opt-in system you can use to identify yourself when interacting with various government departments and other entities.
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by sooper 9y ago
ICE = Internal combustion engine Off the top of my head: - At certain temperatures and pressures you have to consider icing in the carburettor, which will block air flow into the engine. - You have to tune (lean) the fuel input to reduce fu
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by sooper 9y ago
Markup Language, I'd guess.
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by sooper 9y ago
"The full dataset after compression is 365 GB, 1535 million frames, and 496 million player actions." - Yes
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by sooper 9y ago
"The largest notable exceptions seem to be internal file shares, and remote connections to machines that need to be behind a firewall." Office 365 / OneDrive and Google Drive are even doing away with the requirement for inter
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by sooper 10y ago
To watch consumer available bikes racing, there is also World Super Bikes (WSBK). "The motorcycles that race in the championship are tuned versions of motorcycles available for sale to the public"
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by sooper 10y ago
"we see less and less 'real racing' which is a shame." - I've given up on F1 for that very reason but haven't missed it since I started watching MotoGP (F1 of motorbikes). New season has just started.
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by sooper 10y ago
It looks like they're water storage ponds. Cut from the Wiki[1] article "Water consumption for the Ouarzazate Noor complex is estimated at 2.5 to 3 million m3 per year for one wet- cooling project (Noor I) and two dry – cooling pr
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by sooper 10y ago
How much of this book applies in a non-US context? Is it worth reading anyway?
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by sooper 10y ago
It seems not any more?: "Resolution. In order to prevent a man in the middle from making KeePass display incorrect version information (even though this does not imply a successful attack, see above), the version information file is n
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by sooper 10y ago
I still enforce this. I would much rather that my users utilise encrypted password databases than write down their passwords. It is significantly easier for them to use (try typing a decently long password without errors), easier to change
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by sooper 11y ago
In New Zealand the Government has started to arrest defaulters at the border[1]. This may not work as well for US as I am not sure of the percentage who travel outside the country versus NZ. [1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz&
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by sooper 11y ago
"is that the only way to socialize is to move into a big city where there's a bunch of other ~35-45+yo people with no kids" - or you could find / join a group with similar interests. A local LUG, sports group, music... w
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by sooper 11y ago
Tangential question: How much of what we learn about fusion in reactors can we apply to understanding the sun/stars or vice versa?
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by sooper 11y ago
Not exactly "free", you have to do something for it and there are strings attached.
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by sooper 11y ago
Now we just have to worry about the formaldehyde and VOCs that modern products emit...
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by sooper 11y ago
Still high on the Peak of Inflated Expectations: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918
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by sooper 11y ago
I imagine it be easier to fake earth-like gravity on a station above a planet (say a rotating wheel space station) than on the planet. Would a space elevator be possible somewhere like Ceres with lower gravity / atmosphere? If so, it w
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by sooper 11y ago
Truely. Self taught and brilliant at what he did. Though I know the ending, I still get nervous watching him on the top of dodgy smokestacks with no safety equipment!
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by sooper 11y ago
I agree. He comments that "but things have mostly come in a fortunate order. It’s got nothing to do with skill, it’s simply luck." To me this is completely wrong. He had the thought to go to the Ministry and he made the best of a
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by sooper 11y ago
What about something unexpected like superconducting transmission lines between temporal energy producing / consuming zones?

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