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by taffronaut 3y ago
The campaign also coincided with the rise of cassette-based portastudios for musicians. There was concern that any record industry levy on cassettes would unfairly hit (unsigned) musicians recording their own music for demos. I think it was
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by taffronaut 3y ago
I don't think that "Anticommons" is a very good word. "Inclosures" [1] would be more accurate and can be seen as a generalisation of ideas like walled gardens. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by taffronaut 3y ago
Or - also cool - enjoying the solitude whilst driving along the road that the autobahn/motorway/highway replaced because you managed your time so as not to have to hurry to your destination.
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by taffronaut 3y ago
TNR with ear clipping is done in the UK by the Cat Protection League. They loan you a trap and neuter the cat. Our house cat is an ex stray with a clipped ear from CPL.
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by taffronaut 3y ago
>> People will start asking where your funds are coming from. >This is a weird statement. Not in the UK. Here there's a legal obligation on the conveyancing practitioner - which you have to use - to confirm the source of funds
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by taffronaut 3y ago
Here's a list of ULEZ exemptions [1]. I don't see any mention of delivery vehicles or luxury cars. [1] https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/dis...
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by taffronaut 3y ago
32-bit Arm is not being removed. There's the modern 32-bit only Cortex-A32 "AArch32 for full backward compatibility with Arm v7" [1]. Also expect 32-bit code compatibility to exist for a long time on Arm embedded cores for co
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by taffronaut 3y ago
(full citation) Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. A philosphical science fiction book on the theme of aliens visiting earth which also influenced the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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by taffronaut 3y ago
Intel is already an long-term Arm licensee[1], meaning that they can build and optimise Arm designs for their own use. I'd expect the terms of an Arm IP license restricts them from sublicensing any Intel-optimised Arm designs to foundr
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by taffronaut 3y ago
Yes I do. Your door screws are a bad example. My car door hinges are secured with bolts not accessible when the door is closed. I have given some examples of security features which don't impact repairability and you've ignored th
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by taffronaut 3y ago
It's Hyundai's fault that it's trivially easy to steal their cars. Also, you may prevent subsequent thefts by putting a particular thief in jail, but not the first one they commit. Hyundai make the jail route less valuable be
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by taffronaut 3y ago
I don't follow the reasoning that inherently easily repairable cars are easily stolen. Cars have shipped for decades with steering and in some cases transmission locks. These required physical key and programmed fob to be present in or
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by taffronaut 3y ago
For 25 years, Image Line have been shipping the FLStudio DAW as a one-off purchase with free lifetime updates, and since I've been receiving those updates for a significant chunk of those 25 years since I bought the Producer Edition, i
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by taffronaut 3y ago
"Chop Shop" was a follow up to the series "Bangla Bangers" [1]. It was more like a variant of Scrapheap Challenge and nothing to do with organized crime around stolen cars in the UK. [1] https://en.wikipedia.o
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by taffronaut 3y ago
Non-US solution - give emergency services the ability to override self-driving vehicles US solution - equip all emergency services with anti-materiel rifles
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by taffronaut 3y ago
1. 80s computers were basically a mechanical keyboard connected to a low resolution CRT display (typically a TV). Text entry was the default. There was no GUI or pointing device. For smartphones, text entry isn't the default. 2. In the
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by taffronaut 4y ago
I second using ABRSM [1] material, particularly for classical music. It's graded and structured with workbooks (and even online theory exams if you want). ABRSM material and exams are for anyone and recognized for university/conse
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by taffronaut 4y ago
As a kid I was taking a photo in a tourist spot with a film camera and standard 50mm lens. An elderly local guy grabbed me by the shoulder as I framed the photo. We shared no common language and he (not so gently) pulled me over to where I
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by taffronaut 4y ago
I was lucky to attend a series of jazz workshops by Conrad Cork at the start of my playing career. Conrad authored "Harmony with LEGO Bricks"[1] approach to jazz improvisation and used the workshops to test his teaching technique
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by taffronaut 4y ago
I followed the same trajectory. I was managing quite big teams and went to Liaison/Solutions Engineer. I had experience with troubleshooting projects and customer relationships (mainly due to stuff getting escalated to me). A couple of
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by taffronaut 4y ago
Only if the components actually remove themselves from the board. Bonus points if they make it to somewhere else in the room. Consider it like a faulty component quitting before it gets fired. I once had a bus transceiver that unsoldered it
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by taffronaut 4y ago
That STM32 blog about 90nm is from 2018. They are shipping a significant number of STM32 devices on 40nm now.
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by taffronaut 4y ago
I get what you're saying but I'd like to highlight an example of the opposite business model. For 25 years, Image Line have been shipping the FLStudio DAW as a one-off purchase with free lifetime updates, and since I've been
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by taffronaut 4y ago
> ...is that something that European Commissioner tells you to say? I guess we are diametrically opposed. I can equally ask you if Jacob Rees-Mogg writes your posts.
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by taffronaut 4y ago
> because pension and insurance rules (that were largely adopted from Europe) mean that they have to own large amounts of govt bonds Let me help you with the brevity - you mean Solvency II. So you're fine with governments bailing ou
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by taffronaut 4y ago
Thanks for the link. I read that they're using CNC machined pre-stressed stone panels. More details in this link https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/baug/ifb/i...
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by taffronaut 4y ago
"Hello World" should obviously be "This is London calling"
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by taffronaut 4y ago
I would love to see a robust and repairable class D design make it to the market as a kit or module. It's the one disadvantage I see of class D. Most techs can fault-find on non-switching amplifiers, but blown commercial class D module
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by taffronaut 4y ago
Maybe Thiel is playing the 4D chess in the run up to 2024 and Musk is on board as a very effective distraction who thinks he's the central player.
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by taffronaut 4y ago
Unfortunately a lot of custom branded swag is sold B2B by companies who have not much idea about quality and are just branding so-so unbranded junk. Conversely I was happy to receive an iFixit pro toolkit with our company logo embroidered o

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