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by tjmc 4y ago
Wasn't Alameda the entity responsible for losing most of the money? Seems wrong that you could get less than a double digit sentance for that - even if you roll over for the prosecution.
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by tjmc 4y ago
Since 2011, up to half of Perth's drinking water in Western Australia has come from desalination ( https://www.watercorporation.com.au/Our-water/Desalination ). They setup solar and wind farms at the time to offset
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by tjmc 4y ago
The OP didn't claim that red cars were the most expensive, just that there was a surcharge for red which is true. I've worked for insurance companies here in Australia and the UK. Not all insurance companies ask about car colour b
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by tjmc 4y ago
No it's not: https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/blog/car/does-the-colour... .
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by tjmc 4y ago
I remember considering the 128D when we were buying a computer in 1985 but we opted for the new Amiga 1000 instead. Never regretted it!
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by tjmc 4y ago
So with forwarding on, if you receive a garden variety SMS (green in iMessage) it will forward on as a normal (blue) iMessage over IP to other iOS devices on the same account?
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by tjmc 4y ago
Agreed. I've lived in WA for most of my life and never knew this either. It's a bit strange that they made it +45 minutes from AWST. Every 15° of longitude east of GMT should be +1 hour and the WA/SA border is 14° east of Per
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by tjmc 4y ago
Tangential question. Why don't Americans pronounce the "l" in "solder"?
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by tjmc 4y ago
There's another factor here and it's large animal collisions. You're safer in a high driving position with a heavier vehicle. Here in Australia SUVs with "roo bars" are popular with people who do a lot of bush drivi
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by tjmc 4y ago
Seems that way with Citi. They've been getting out of retail banking in several countries lately. I have an account with them in Australia - but it's operated by an Australian Bank.
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by tjmc 4y ago
If this prevents spark plug fowling as claimed it will be great and brings back a fond memory. During the Sydney Olympics in 2000 I flew a Piper Warrier over the Hawksbury River north of Sydney and the engine started missing - quite possibl
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by tjmc 4y ago
MH370 disappeared more recently than that. Hard to believe it could happen again though - particularly with the forthcoming phone to sat services from SpaceX and Apple.
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by tjmc 4y ago
Your point about needing to glide all night is interesting. Is this true for Zephyr as well?
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by tjmc 4y ago
Thanks for the link. Pretty impressive mission despite the unfortunate ending! Edit: Did it actually crash? The article says it was “brought down” but that could have still been a glide and regular landing if it lost power.
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by tjmc 4y ago
How do you tether a balloon at 30,000ft? Perhaps a happy medium would be a solar airship with a rotor for maneuvering during the day.
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by tjmc 4y ago
I've never understood why they opted for balloons over high altitude solar drones like Zephyr (1) which are much more maneuverable and can stay over a particular area. 1. https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services
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by tjmc 4y ago
What's wrong with (4) - report all CSAM positives to the relevent authorities and then abide by their decision? They don't need any of the "tools of a court of law" you mentioned in (2) if they defer to the authorities a
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by tjmc 4y ago
My house is about that size with air conditioning and we consume less than half the solar energy we produce with a 6.6kW system on the roof - a pretty typical size for Australia. I'm lucky to live in one of the sunnier places in the wo
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by tjmc 4y ago
Good insurance. Paying a fair amount of money to hedge against rare but potentially ruinous events - like your house burning down - is obviously a good strategy. The trick with insurance is finding the sweet spot between paying too much for
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by tjmc 4y ago
It tells the developer what went wrong. It tells the customer nothing.
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by tjmc 4y ago
> 2. A nuclear reactor cannot be shipped, it has to be build on site. Does it? This is the premise behind NuScale's modular SMRs. https://www.nuscalepower.com/technology/fabrication-and-asse...
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by tjmc 4y ago
That’s right. However these estimates are now being regularly exceeded. Going forward, it would probably be wiser to do what the mining industry does here in Australia - still design to a reasonable extreme temp, but also specify that the e
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by tjmc 4y ago
> Separately the HVAC systems for the DCs will have been designed for a specific climate, with margins. Exactly right. For a Tier IV data centre that margin is ASHRAE N=20. For London City until recently that was only 34.5C (dry bulb).
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by tjmc 4y ago
HVAC engineer here. At the residential level this is already achievable with hot water storage from either solar thermal and/or heat pumps. Plus you get to use the hot water (assuming you've sized the tank correctly!) Storing heat
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by tjmc 4y ago
Oh please. Are any of these billion-dollar companies going to deliberately issue malware that allows them to record my passwords and empty my bank account? Side-loading will be a huge gift for scammers.
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by tjmc 4y ago
Maybe the culture is different in tech. In my game - engineering within the construction industry, failure to disclose a conflict of interest in any kind of procurement over a few $100 is cause for instant dismissal and potentially criminal
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by tjmc 4y ago
VB6?
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by tjmc 5y ago
In Australia, airports are federal land. Controlled substances are under state jurisdiction. So this raises a fecetious question - if you smoked a joint under the lights would you be immune to state prosecution?
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by tjmc 5y ago
I don't have much sympathy for greedy people who are scammed. I do have sympathy for elderly people who are scammed. Mental acuity can diminish significantly with age. My Dad used to be a very sharp corporate lawyer. He's now over
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by tjmc 5y ago
Building services engineer here. I think AR could be useful for "x-ray" views of services above ceilings and in risers where you're trying to locate concealed equipment. When it's sitting in front of you in a plantroom y

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