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by stoneman24 2y ago
I think there are 2 factors which affect my success in finding books in charity shops. what books are sold: I would like to understand the proportion of books sold by genre. Shops have a very high proportion of thrillers and crime novels.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Or chocolate (Terry Pratchett: Thief of time) IIRC
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by stoneman24 2y ago
I think that this is an attempt to stop the “clean key” problem. Security system keypads (especially outdoor ones) tend not to be cleaned, so as time passes, it is easy to spot the dirty keys. Dirty keys are not being pressed and are theref
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by stoneman24 2y ago
While the decline is documented, there is much to be said for the more experienced employee. More knowledge about what is important in the domain rather than what might be the current fad. In a competitive environment, certainly take advant
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by stoneman24 2y ago
To extend D Rumsfeld there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't kn
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Isn’t there a requirement for lots of fibre in the diet as well as vitamins, protein, carbohydrates and fats. As well as the psychological effect of eating good food and not mush.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
How about “next favourite thing”
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by stoneman24 2y ago
I agree that Managers/Directors should have a deep technical experience but having them contribute code to the day to day development is not a good situation for anyone (especially the companay). There are some different aspects to th
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Can’t really see nuclear war. I think that Russia (Putin) thought that ukraine would collapse within days and it would be a walkover. But it wasn’t and Zelensky bound his people together to resist the Russian army. The Russian army showed i
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Not sure how much additional real estate they can capture due to limited resources (especially manpower). But this gives them a better chance of holding what they have and destroying the Russian logistics and infrastructure. Hopefully the E
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Perhaps AI might help us reach a calm consensus [0] But it’s seems to be very difficult to produce a AI without biases. So perhaps I am being very optimistic and we should just provide everybody with a Ground news subscription [1] that star
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by stoneman24 2y ago
While free speech is fundamental right for all. I do wonder if we should question the different sources of our information feeds, more. Are they biased, slanted, too cautious, too reactive? Are they being poisoned by other actors to cause c
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by stoneman24 2y ago
In addition to the interesting work done on heat transfer, i believe an important factor is the vertical height to base ratio. This would be simple proxy for the ease of tipping over. Some of the glasses considered are very tall in relation
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Shhhh! The first rule of cheese-chase is never talk about cheese-chase. British coroners know the signs….
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Not common but I have heard “moving at a fair clip” to describe speed in commentary and conversation. Perhaps the term hasn’t quite died out.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Looking at the utility value for the ceo and the employees. 10M for the ceo may make much difference to his lifestyle (slightly better yacht) but the $1000 for the lowest paid could make a big difference. They just inhabit totally different
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Driving significantly below the pasted speed Without good reason will get you failed in the UK driving test for not making adequate progress. As my office colleague found out recently.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
There is also many places where there are extremely few posted speed signs. The A9 in Scotland from Perth to Inverness is a notoriously dangerous road (it has large sections of single carriageway [60mph] with occasional dual carriage [70mph
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by stoneman24 2y ago
As a bit of a fan of Orkney (a family connection), I will point out that there are many attractions for archaeologists in Orkney. Some sites are dating before Stonehenge circle or at least similar timeframes, I wonder if the central Scottis
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by stoneman24 2y ago
The ‘make thier own mental models’ vs sharing/providing full information is difficult. ‘Make thier own model’ of the domain can lead to deeper understanding but takes time and may lead to different (possibly incorrect) understanding of
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by stoneman24 2y ago
I agree, a blog post or other description would be great and really inspiring for my own projects.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Up in Orkney on vacation, the pretty constant wind all year (according to relatives) with a little solar, battery storage and heat pumps, I reckon off-grid might be possible. Add in starlink for internet and I might just stay here. Not sure
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by stoneman24 2y ago
In a recent episode of Countryfile [1](popular UK BBC1 program on the country and farming) the resident farmer was mentioning both crop rotation and the issue of black grass invading his wheat fields. The black grass was slowly out competin
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Wasn’t that convincing for me. The hard science elements seemed a bit cherry-picked and the later sections on governance and laws seem to want almost a wide spread agreement across multiple countries on every detail before people are allowe
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by stoneman24 2y ago
I would agree and enjoyed reading the book, years ago. If I remember correctly, good chapters on radar and radio navigation systems. There was also details on the Me163 rocket plane which ran on the seemingly suicidal mix of concentrated hy
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by stoneman24 2y ago
The large Asda near me does this, too. Not happy about it but not sure what can be done to stop it. Probably needs either Scottish Parliament or Westminster to enact a privacy law and I can’t see that happening. Perhaps it’s already covered
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by stoneman24 2y ago
We also had the mustard space plane, back in the 60’s. The idea/sketch is one thing but the actual engineering and funding is something else. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAC_Mustard
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by stoneman24 2y ago
Yep, lived for in Scotland over 50 years. The mosquito with its high pitched whine (so far for me) is rare, whereas the silent midge is hard to avoid in the summer/autumn.
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by stoneman24 2y ago
“Scotland, a country whose primary flying irritant has been the humble midge” Speaking as a long term victim, there’s nothing humble about the Scottish Midge. Quite capable of driving its victim back indoors with an extensive set of itchy b
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by stoneman24 2y ago
I didn’t know that my manager had such an extensive resume.

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