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by vizzier 5y ago
Just note that Flouride and Flourine are very different things. Chlorine is also very highly reactive and dangerous but you think nothing of eating table salt.
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by vizzier 5y ago
I believe it is a portmanteau of "F#" and "Babel" the latter being a common framework for es6+ javascript compilation [1]. [1] https://babeljs.io/
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by vizzier 5y ago
Indeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_gambling from a couple of years back was morally dubious to say the least.
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by vizzier 5y ago
As I understand it their downsides come in a few forms - They are heavier than a derailleur system, which probably matters less with electric assist - They generate slightly more friction in the mechanism particularly before being "bro
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by vizzier 5y ago
Not to get too deep into a bikeshed conversation but I'm pretty sure thats is normal c# convention [1]. [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guid...
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by vizzier 5y ago
If you take it as a piece of entertainment, more of a historical clip show with some connected narrative they can be enjoyable to watch even without trusting the information entirely. Curtis has a gift of picking out obscure and interesting
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by vizzier 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI This was fun from a while back. Love some charlie brooker
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by vizzier 5y ago
Linus Tech Tips recently did a video on this practice[1]. Almost every major component was changed but still sold as the same drive. In summary, performance was different though not necessarily in a major negative way. In this case it was a
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by vizzier 5y ago
Gigabyte's latest OLED monitor looks appealing. LG OLED without the smart features. Recently featured in a LTT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBE9DL7MlG0
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by vizzier 5y ago
If you like this sort of thing. Bright Sun Films[1] on youtube does a lot of the same abandoned investigation content. Often digging a bit into the history of why something was abandoned in the first place. [1] https://www.youtub
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by vizzier 5y ago
I'm not sure that UK prisons are a huge amount higher in quality having read news reports about them. Though state controlled they're far from being the nordic model of rehabilitation. That said, a similar argument does prevent th
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by vizzier 5y ago
And in turn, watts are joules per second. Resolve Hours to 3600 seconds means 1 Wh = 3600 Joules. Which is the unit we should be using.
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by vizzier 5y ago
I think the idea is that watt-hours (Wh) serves the same purpose and doesn't miss information about capacity if voltage is omitted. Technically though the units in watt hours should cancel out to be Joules which may be the best unit. A
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by vizzier 5y ago
Visual Studio Code + Ionide extension is much lighter weight than visual studio proper. FSX (fsharp script files) can then be written and executed directly and will cover this gap. Technically you don't need the former, you can pipe th
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by vizzier 5y ago
Interesting thoughts. Some back for you from an ex smoker: I'm not entirely sure that the feeling would be described as amazing. When smoking Cigarettes I'd get a mild "buzz" nothing so strong as cannabis or alcohol in i
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by vizzier 5y ago
I remember growing up in the UK having a few similar to this: https://www.wayfair.ca/Nostalgic-Warehouse--Clear-Crystal-Wa... if thats what you mean?
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by vizzier 6y ago
Video from Veritasium about the helicopter that talk with the team about this. He mentions that 2/3rds of the daily energy gathered is used for the purpose[1] Other information about the tech; camera & landing, energy use for heati
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by vizzier 6y ago
If you pop down to the Tswassen ferry from vanouver you might get to see something along the lines of this too: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/worlds-lar...
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by vizzier 6y ago
Not sure any base cards draw this much. But might be doable via modding: https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3090-ma...
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by vizzier 6y ago
Probably informal usage of insane. i.e. astonishingly good or impressive; amazing. "those burritos are insane with the lime sauce"
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by vizzier 6y ago
I'm reminded of https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost... when these discussions come up.
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by vizzier 6y ago
Documentation and software support often seems to be Raspberry's major advantage. While more niche but powerful hardware existed for a long time in between generations of the Pi the lack of software support/community around it lef
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by vizzier 6y ago
Might not be all bad if we get CANZUK out of it. Here's hoping.
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by vizzier 6y ago
Some extra interesting stuff: [Pie Barm] One of the things I miss most about living in the UK is its breakfast sandwiches from manchester. Usually some mix of sausage, egg, bacon, beans on a big white barm/bap. Can't seem to get a
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by vizzier 6y ago
The stuff is what the stuff is brother. [1] [1] https://youtu.be/ajGX7odA87k?t=945
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by vizzier 6y ago
This comment is a great summary. For expanded information Ars technica did a great write up of the marketing spiel a few years back [1]. Remains an interesting read and few of the issues raised have been fixed, especially if using common 2.
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by vizzier 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=244937 As per the rule against this, somethings in 12 years truly never change.
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by vizzier 6y ago
I'm not sure that this is exclusive to those on the spectrum. It is common enough to have a name; The curse of knowledge [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge
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by vizzier 6y ago
I believe this is the only consumer 5nm chip currently available as well. Ryzen gen 3 is still on 7nm. I'd be interested to see how well general purpose compute on the m1 vs ryzen gen 3 mobile will be.
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by vizzier 6y ago
It has been starkly noticeable since my company has moved from doing phone-in conference calls to using Teams just how compressed normal phone line conversations are. Combined with a couple of our members having piss poor mobile coverage wh

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