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by xd 6y ago
I've repaired all my appliances myself over the last 20+ years, to say it's cheaper to replace is just plain false, even today. Most faults are easy fixes like sensors or motors and even the higher end PCB replacements work out c
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How the Chemical Brothers turned answering-machine poetry into dance-floor epics(latimes.com)
1 points by xd 6y ago|0 comments
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A simple straight-to-the-point PHP profiling extension with its built-in web UI(github.com)
2 points by xd 6y ago|0 comments
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Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'(newscientist.com)
7 points by xd 6y ago|0 comments
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by xd 6y ago
In MySQL/MariaDB this is what's known as non-deterministic behaviour so row or mixed replication is used to mitigate. Statement based (high level) replication is very useful for i.e. "insert into tbl0 select col0 from tbl1 or
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by xd 6y ago
There's a good writeup that looks at a range of other languages implementation of enum, linked at the end of the RFC: https://github.com/Crell/enum-comparison
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by xd 6y ago
I remember a good 20years ago a friend teaching me: !!
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Poll: Has HN Become Ideological?
3 points by xd 6y ago|1 comments
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by xd 6y ago
Yes
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by xd 6y ago
No
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by xd 6y ago
It's always been this way!
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by xd 6y ago
Not an argument, just a point of view for which I'm open to any and all. edit: but the cost of rare earth mining is huge and if you don't want to do your own research... that's your call.
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by xd 6y ago
What about EV trucks?
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by xd 6y ago
And axle weight comes from the weight of the cargo be it human or goods... edit: just looked up what you said, really interesting, but makes me wonder if the transport of goods in smaller lorries for instance would ultimately be beneficial
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by xd 6y ago
I never said anything that implied gas wasn't an issue .. simply stating a truth bomb about EV's environmental and human costs; lithium mining being the biggest one.
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by xd 6y ago
Probably because they transport 1,400x more economic goods?
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by xd 6y ago
What's the cost of mining lithium for starters.. before talking about fair. edit: down voted for stating facts.. I've noticed this place is becoming very ideological.. or maybe I'm getting old.
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by xd 6y ago
"[a] person is privileged to use such force as reasonably appears necessary to defend him or herself against an apparent threat of unlawful and immediate violence from another."[1]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by xd 6y ago
Yeap, there are bad actors in the police just like in all other walks of life. Do we demonise doctors because of the likes of Harold Shipman?
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by xd 6y ago
The majority of people do not care because the police can legally blow your door of its hinges, kick the shit out of you, drag you into a van, and stuff you in a cell all before you get to the due process part of the justice system. No, t
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by xd 6y ago
DV is generally a pattern of varied abusive behaviour ranging from physical, physiological, controlling, coercion etc.. not a one off bar fight.
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by xd 6y ago
Sounds like they were bullying the other kids. I've never been a fan of violence but as a kid I loved playing rough, especially wrestling and these days enjoy a bit of a judo; but have zero desire to get into a pub brawl. When it come
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by xd 6y ago
As yes, the 2012 fractal of bad design, being peddled out yet again - your post is just pure hate, it adds no valid argument whatsoever.
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by xd 6y ago
But it's still an effect of the treatment. If you perform a study on people whom have been ill you're going to get results that show all the symptoms of illness.. the study could have been done with any illness and likely show co
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by xd 6y ago
Also, I had a brief look over the paper but couldn't find anything to control for isolation since lockdown .. surely this would of had an effect on peoples cognition. On a side note, maybe it's just me but I keep seeing comments t
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by xd 6y ago
My house.
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by xd 6y ago
The official package manager is called pacman. AUR is user contributed PKGBUILDs for building packages.
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by xd 6y ago
I remember one of my friends would make us wait outside his bedroom whilst loading "Daley Thompson's Supertest" .. if his picture on the loading screen was to see us the load would fail. Good times.
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by xd 6y ago
I've only done a quick bit of research but can't seem to find a clear list of protected characteristics in Oz like we have in the UK, age being one of them.. I don't use tinder but just looking up their pricing model it'
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Why are we 'milking' crabs for a coronavirus vaccine?(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by xd 6y ago|1 comments

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