teh_klev

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by teh_klev 4y ago
I recognise the sarcasm, but this is MS's internal dev teams, and you know you kinda expect that wouldn't pass a code review. What Java devs get up to then that's their problem.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Parent should have been more specific then. Also do you realise that sadly the UK (where the you can actually purchase a Framework) is no longer a member state of the EU due to the moronic Brexit disaster. So is that five or four? I guess (
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by teh_klev 4y ago
You can already buy them in Europe.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Maybe you could link to it? From my understanding this was a marketing ploy to distance the next version of Windows from Windows 8. If it's the comedy post on reddit[0] then that's not how you determine which version of windows yo
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by teh_klev 4y ago
> in that you can always download an old version of Linux and run your old software stack. That's not really what's meant by backwards compatibility. Backwards compatibility generally means your current OS can run your old soft
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by teh_klev 4y ago
I'm based in the UK and it's more often than not fairly standard to not compensate for overtime.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Sure but folks quickly adopted "RT" as an informal means to re-tweet, then Twitter formalised the idea as a feature.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Many of the roles folks are discussing here don't offer overtime payments. We're expected to comply with a wee line in our contracts that goes along the lines of "from time to time you may be required to work additional hours
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Just on the wrong side of my mid-50's here. The previous company I worked for completely burned me out when was 50-51 after they were bought out. I'd been with them for a long time (double figures). I was then made redundant and t
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Perle is a name I've not heard of in a while. In another lifetime during the mid 90's I was a field engineer and I used to look after Perle remote access controllers for IBM mainframe/mini customers.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
You could of course offer the site's author some friendly advice on how to fix this rather than throwing a tantrum and making accusations about sloppy work and user hostility. Your comments aren't a great look.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33406027
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by teh_klev 4y ago
> the larger portion of the people that started coding on a light text on dark background had already retired. We're not that old!
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by teh_klev 4y ago
There was a technique that used a thing called overlays[0]. You could write a program that is much larger than the available address space (64k on MS/PCDOS) but you split it up into functional areas or modules that are loaded on demand
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by teh_klev 4y ago
> And we definitely won't be getting flying cars Seems I'm going to have to downgrade my New Year disappointment about "still no flying cars" to "still no self driving cars" (for the general public).
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Elon Musk completes $44B Twitter takeover(bbc.co.uk)
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Anonymised reports from the confessional?
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by teh_klev 4y ago
> I recommend listening to This Week in Virology: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ I agree, Vincent and his regulars are fantastic science communicators. I started listening to TWiV just before the Coronavirus kicked of
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by teh_klev 4y ago
uBlock Origin is useful for snipping out these visual turds. But I agree, it's hugely irritating and the GIF's aren't even funny nor add any value.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
He's using that to represent a space character. I guess it forces you to pay more attention to the examples rather than copy-pasting.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Someone did actually print out and bind Wikipedia in 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_Wikipedia
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Checking to see if supported on HN [^1] Edit: nope :) [^1]: https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-suppo...
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by teh_klev 4y ago
It's a bit non-standard, and if it's trying to follow the wikipedia citation style then it's the wrong way round.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Sure and if you own a BBC Micro/Master you could do the same via something like the Torch Z80 second processor. The whole point of this project was to build CP/M for the 6502, most likely to scratch an itch which many of these com
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by teh_klev 4y ago
I use it and it works surprisingly well even on UK DSL (80/20). I found it useful to play games that insist on anti-cheat systems that deeply embed themselves into your machine. Also my PC is a bit ancient, built in 2015 and running a
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by teh_klev 4y ago
Many reasons including: the tweet author closes their account, or deletes the tweet, or locks down their account or the tweet gets reported, etc etc.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
We don't have to live there. If there is a sentient industrial space faring equivalent of our species then trade, cultural exchanges etc can be performed off-planet. There are ways around these problems.
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by teh_klev 4y ago
> which is really a mediocre Chinese take on the Hollywood blockbuster. I quite enjoyed the film. It was interesting to see a different cultural take on how to solve "future problems" in a different cultural SciFi. Would I watc
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by teh_klev 4y ago
I also don't want to be recommended videos I've already watched. If it's something I might want to see again then I save it in a playlist, I don't need YouTube pestering me to re-watch old stuff.
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How gas pumps know when to turn themselves off(youtube.com)
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