teh_klev

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by teh_klev 5y ago
Don't assume we're all girdled by (presumably) US building codes.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Bikeshedding is arguing about stuff that doesn't matter Well in many jurisdictions the size of this thing (a shed) wouldn't matter, so yes it is bikeshedding. And this thing looks like it's built well enough to be a shed
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Also in the UK Each member country of the UK have their own different planning regulations - Scotland, England, Wales and NI. Also please cite where having a shed next to your property is illegal in any one of these jurisdictions.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
There is no gas or heating oil running to this shed .
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Seriously people, it's a glorified crate with some openings, in the UK you wouldn't even need planning permission for something like this. I think a bunch of folks need to get off their high horses about "building codes"
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Do people learn nothing from their past mistakes? I kinda feel you've never worked with a large code base or database that has a legacy going back 25+ years...older than many of the commentators on this thread. Not all of the data
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Most video search results were basically "Youtube SEO" again And the removal of the "Dislike" count so that you too can avoid non-informative content i.e. unbox spam, just furthers how shit this situation is getting
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I had my patio doors open at midnight last night in rural Perthshire and was just wearing a t-shirt (and jeans). I thought I had "the fever", but upon checking the met forecast I was gobsmacked to see the temperature at around 1
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by teh_klev 5y ago
You can configure ASP.NET to load HTTP Handlers and Modules for use in the request/response pipeline via the web.config file (from the file system, not over HTTP). But if your attacker has gotten so far as to be able to tamper with the
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by teh_klev 5y ago
That wasn't the point I was making.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> For people without mentors or exposure to the craft, they often have no idea why or where to start. I think you missed my point. My point was that it doesn't take being a "special" person to get started. These days all y
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> I use Firefox as my daily driver primarily for privacy concerns and control I'd switch to Firefox in an instant if they would just make the multi-profile functionality a first class citizen instead of hiding it behind about:profi
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Can you provide a source for this claim?
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Obviously this individual was special and most people wouldnt be able to teach themselves how to code entirely on their own I'd disagree. Sure online learning tools such as CodeAcademy and free videos on YouTube are useful and can
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> That's right - I don't. I don't understand how an egg can remain unfossilised yet intact with liquid in for 10,000 years. You do apparently. There's these things called books, there's even a thing called Wikipe
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Would you like to challenge the British Geological Survey on their definition of a fossil? "Fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments, such as sand and mud, under ancient seas, lake
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> You didn't, but millions of people when they see the headline on social media. Then we have a much bigger problem than the headline.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
If you read ever so slightly past the headline it says: "At least 66m-year-old fossil discovered in southern China reveals posture previously unseen in dinosaurs" Most people know what a fossil is and that it's rock (though
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Banks ban you for joke comments in bank transfers or anything that alludes to drugs, sex work or gambling Surely it must be possible to exercise a wee bit of self control and not be an edgelord in every aspect of one's life?
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> America is one of the last countries with a liberal mindset (in the true definition) Honestly, please explain what the true definition of a liberal mindset is?
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Even with Badger and uBlock Origin they're particularly persistent. Also the subscribe nag on the lower left I gave up trying to lose. And decided I'd had enough and left the site.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
I think it was variances that tipped me over the edge. However what little latent knowledge I managed to stash away in my brain seemed to stand me in good stead later on. I guess another thing that stuck and thought was actually useful as
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Frank Wood's book "Business Accounting 1" Pretty sure that was the book I grudged most having to pay for when I was at college in 1986. I truly despised accounting ;) Three years later and I end up writing code to extend
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Your car will just be gone If the loan is secured on the car then it's not "your car" until the loan is paid. But sure you're right, mistakes can be made and being able to switch off your car remotely is somewhat dy
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by teh_klev 5y ago
In the UK there's a couple of ways this works: 1. Unsecured loan - if you have the credit facility available then you can borrow an unsecured amount of money and purchase a car. Neither the seller nor the bank have any ownership intere
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IKEA Ruined the Map of Sweden(bigthink.com)
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by teh_klev 5y ago
Once upon a time in a former life I had an industrial customer that used 10BASE5 and it ran all around their factory. One of the many jobs I did for these folks was installing vampire taps and AUI drop cables. As you mention the optimal pla
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by teh_klev 5y ago
_vti_ is a SharePoint thing. It does have its origins in FrontPage but the folder naming carried over into SharePoint and the functionality has morphed somewhat.
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by teh_klev 5y ago
From the article: It helped that there was a personal connection: Bill’s mother, Mary, had served on the board of directors of charity United Way, as had incoming IBM chairman John Opel. “Oh, is that Mary Gates’ boy’s company?” Opel report
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by teh_klev 5y ago
> Though, when I read answers that I wrote years ago, I think my past self was a lot smarter than my present self. I was trawling back through my Stack Overflow answers which go all the way back to the closed beta. Some of them I looked

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