HenrikB

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by HenrikB 2mo ago
I don't recall 2s latency, but do remember 0.25-0.3s latency one way for transatlantic phone calls in the 90s, which happens when the call got related over geostationary satellites rather than over Atlantic cables. It was basically a 0
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by HenrikB 5mo ago
Agree - I read this as it will be easy to replace the battery when it reaches its end of life and no longer can hold my charge. It will still take time to replace it, but that's okay since it'll only be done once every few years.
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by HenrikB 7mo ago
... or Baccaruda or Baba-rara-cucu-dada ( https://youtu.be/2tvIVvwXieo )
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by HenrikB 8mo ago
The copyright holder can set whatever license they want, including writing their own. In this case, I'd interpret it as they made up a new licence based on MIT, but their addendum makes it non-MIT, but something else. I agree with what
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by HenrikB 9mo ago
It's humbling to know that the RAM of computers like ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 would fit in a single IP packet. It took minutes to load that "paket" from cassette tape.
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by HenrikB 10mo ago
OpenStreetMap supports annotating poles and theirs cables. It's common for power lines (local and long distance). There are also annotations for communication lines ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:communic
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by HenrikB 10mo ago
Another way to donate is to proof read documentation and report on typos, spelling errors, etc. Some projects have documentation in multiple languages - helping out in a language you know is another excellent way to contribute. Many project
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by HenrikB 2y ago
Seems like a technical problem that could be solved, if they want to
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by HenrikB 2y ago
FOIA = Freedom of Information Act (United States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(...
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by HenrikB 3y ago
WISH: Don't pad the hours with zero when using the 12-hour time format, e.g. '7:15:03 AM' instead of '07:15:03 AM'. The padding with zero is used in the 24-hour format, e.g. '07:15:03'.
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by HenrikB 3y ago
I remember connecting a VHS video camera directly to a cathode-ray tube (CRT) teve to produce funky patterns back in the 80's. You did it in a pitch dark room, aimed the camera towards the teve, and have someone briefly light a lighter
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by HenrikB 3y ago
That type of synesthesia is referred to as Number Forms ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_form ). I read a long time ago that it's quite common, like 1 in 7 people got it. Some people don't even know they
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by HenrikB 3y ago
"shh"? (to calm, to silence) with spelling variations
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by HenrikB 3y ago
FWIW, the 'AVX' CPU feature is part of the x86-64-v3 level of the x86-64 microarchitecture standard [0]. There are chips produced in 2015 that are only supporting x86-64-v2 [0]. Also, according to [1], "The new server-class C
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by HenrikB 3y ago
In the video on https://vimeo.com/818040730?embedded=true&source=video_title... , it appears around the 1m29s for a few seconds corresponding to 08:46:54 - 09:57:09 UTC in real time.
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by HenrikB 3y ago
In the same situation here. Yes, it looks like traveling outbound from some major hubs is more expensive than from other places. A round trip SFO-XYZ two week ticket can be substantially more expensive than XYZ-SFO round trip for the same p
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by HenrikB 3y ago
I'm pretty sure Google Drive Desktop software by Google doesn't restrict the syncing to these basic for formats. I certainly joined GDrive believing it is designed as a cloud drive where I put whatever I'd like.
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by HenrikB 4y ago
In curious, what makes "DanTaxi" funny? Is it the sound, similarly to another word, does it mean something, ...? I'm assuming you're Dan-ish :p (I'm Swedish, if that helps the explanation)
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by HenrikB 4y ago
Mate, please be more constructive, especially since "FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software." UPDATE: I see you did so independently just moments after I su
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by HenrikB 4y ago
Yes, the amount of CO2 each person produces is noticable, especially in such a small room. If possible, keeping a bedroom window a bit open makes a noticable difference. Avoid closing bedroom door too. Similarly, if you work from home, make
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by HenrikB 4y ago
It's been many months since I tried, but I think you have to redo that each time you restart Firefox , i.e. contrary to Chrome, you cannot make it persistent.
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by HenrikB 4y ago
The asymmetry stems from the days where we connected through the phone lines, which was not designed for data. There it was possible to have a higher bandwidth out from the phone switches than in. That is, dial-up modems and DSL modems cou
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by HenrikB 4y ago
Prime members get an additional 11% off, which probably explains the difference
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by HenrikB 4y ago
> "15. Use shellcheck. Heed its warnings." (Disclaimer: I'm one of the authors) After falling in love with ShellCheck several years ago, with the help of another person, I made the ShellCheck REPL tool for Bash: https:
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by HenrikB 4y ago
I think this was well prioritized; they struggled with the issue at times, found a temporary workaround, but when that workaround stöd being efficient and the bug hit them everyday, they decided to track down the source. Then they reported
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by HenrikB 4y ago
> ... can submit patches to address accessibility later. I'm not experienced with accessibility, but I pay attention to it whenever I can to increase my own awareness. A very common feedback when it fails (e.g. in software, online c
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by HenrikB 4y ago
There are working groups under the R Consortium umbrella that work on FDA-related tasks with a focus on R [0]. Folks from the pharma industry and FDA are involved. One of the working groups is dedicated toward submissions: R Submissions Wo
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by HenrikB 4y ago
This is true also for fiber. Depending on the ISP fiber setup, the fiber can run for many 10's of km without a power relay. I can run 1 Gbps symmetric for ~48h without power by running my optical network terminal (ONT) and a teeny trav
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by HenrikB 4y ago
"AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format initially designed for video transmissions over the Internet." [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1
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by HenrikB 4y ago
https://www.brow.sh/

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