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teh_klev
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teh_klev
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> Because it has a 90hp motor. That just exists to crank the _actual_ main motor at 1000hp+ Also known as a "Pony" motor. Other heavy equipment such as large Caterpillar D series bulldozers often have these just to start the pr
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5y ago
This might seem like an old school idea, but may work if all forms of "modern" communication are out of reach. As in you have no access to cellular at all. Trusted ham radio operators with one time code books, but with some kind o
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5y ago
Thanks for the info. What full frame camera did you use?
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5y ago
That's pretty nice. Was that a single exposure, or multiple? Did you need to use a motorised tracker?
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5y ago
I'm not signed in and this certainly isn't the case for me (desktop Chrome on Windows 10).
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> insulting to the Navy. You do realise these "naval terms" aren't exclusive to the military? I'm deliberately throwing quotes around that phrase for good reason; Zuckerberg, and/or his marketing clowns clearly h
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5y ago
Thank you Brad, a former tech who a long time ago managed a previous employer's (ISP) DNS infrastructure for about 16 years (BIND and djbDNS [yes]), thank you for this post. Trying to explain these points to other staff members over, a
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5y ago
There is no privacy issue here, there aren't source IP addresses attached, you can't tell who's looking these up. It's up there with Amazon's (for example) "other people bought" recommendations, you can&#x
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5y ago
Apparently they have (had) 123 showrooms (and perhaps concessions). So imagine if you need to keep these open 7 days a week, maybe 10 hours a day and staff them to cover holidays then you're probably looking at ~6-10 staff per site whi
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5y ago
I think you're interpreting that 20% from the article incorrectly. It actually says: "cutting 2,800 jobs, including approximately 20 per cent of corporate jobs at the New York City company." The headcount figures for Januar
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5y ago
Slackware 2.2 was my first encounter with Linux in 1995. I was already fairly comfortable with Unix having to support a bunch of SCO Unix systems for our customer base. I gave up a weekend of beer to get it up and running on some random mot
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5y ago
I don't normally do this but...it's "toe the line". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line
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5y ago
> You really don't have to run interference for Microsoft I beg your pardon? I think you need to re-acquaint yourself with the HN Guidelines: "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading,
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5y ago
> In contrast on Windows most games run as Admin That's not true. > or at some point ask for admin privileges. Usually this is a UAC prompt so that the installer can deploy the game/app into Program Files. This isn't th
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5y ago
I don't think requiring but at least allow the option to explain why you posted the link. I sometimes do that with a first comment just in case it's not obvious, and maybe that's enough.
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5y ago
I run both and it worked for me (Chrome 97 on Windows).
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Parent said "TypeScript being a notable exception "
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> Like McCarthyism it’s a noble cause I'm unsure if this is sarcasm or not.
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5y ago
https://archive.is/Z2sgI
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> were the affiliations unremarkable and not reportable but prosecutors screwed up? Yes, the prosecutors royally screwed up. From the article: "Prosecutors had floated the idea of a deferred prosecution agreement, which would have a
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teh_klev
5y ago
I bought my copy of RegexBuddy in 2008. I should probably upgrade as well, if only to support the developer. For me it's definitely been one of those "best money spent ever" tools as well.
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> Ultimately, 'jetpacks' will probably never exist So no Aeroball and Harlem Heroes any time soon :( https://talkingcomicssite.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/the-compl...
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They're not services any old business can apply for, the service is aimed at other government/public sector organisation.
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For the UK, try listing on Indeed. When I was looking for a position back in 2020 it was the only job site that listed jobs where the companies looking to recruit actually got back to me. I used to use JobServe and S1 but sadly they're
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> I posted an answer to a question like 10 years ago before dynamic or anonymous types existed in .NET. It was valid and I later prefixed it to say another answer is now correct but mine was correct for the version of .NET in question. &
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teh_klev
5y ago
You could learn how to write a better question. I've got ~140 questions on SO and none of them ever had hostile responses. Usually questions are downvoted because they're: * vague * no code example * pretty basic that a google sea
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There was a discussion a couple of months ago about Bar-tailed Godwits which perform similarly impressive feats of flight: https://www.audubon.org/news/these-mighty-shorebirds-keep-br... https://news.ycombin
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> Go export the ONS data yourself and analyse it unless your[sic] too lazy to see what I mean If you're going to make such claims then the onus is you to provide the evidence.
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Visually it's close, but not 100%. The audio is 100% as per the original though. You can grab the original SWF from the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20030827114936/http://www.zombo...
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teh_klev
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https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.
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