NickRandom

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by NickRandom 4y ago
Although it might sound like I'm shilling, HN's 'Who Is Hiring' and 'Who Wants to Hired' has to rate amongst the top 10. The reason? Absolutely zero commercial reasons for anyone to post to it in terms of agenc
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Huh... A quick search brought up more than a few Tesla patents so as per normal Elon's mouth spouts his usual crap [0] [0] https://patents.justia.com/company/tesla
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by NickRandom 4y ago
No need to imagine, have a look at https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1... and https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_6... I would have linked
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Robobug: A rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach(riken.jp)
1 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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Crime-scene technique identifies asteroid sites(exeter.ac.uk)
1 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It.
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I'm sorry but I'm flagging this as Off Topic. No matter what my own feelings and opinions are on this it definitely is not a suitable topic or theme for posting on Hacker News. YMMV and I'll leave it up to the HN mods to deci
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I was going to downvote your low effort comment but instead did a quick search and turned up the following (there are probably more) Deutsche Bank fined nearly $10m over rate setting failures https://www.fnlondon.com/article
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Vegetation around playgrounds can reduce traffic derived air pollution(lancaster.ac.uk)
3 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I've tried that in the past only to be told ' We've tried them and they are even worse than you lot are! They are rude, their stuff is full of bugs and their support staff are unhelpful.. ' Whelp!
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by NickRandom 4y ago
A slightly better submission title would be - "New study suggests that a common infection may be responsible for certain colorectal cancers" (Just to be clear - Poster submitted the article's header as is i.e. 'Did the r
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Sleepless and selfish: Lack of sleep makes us less generous(news.berkeley.edu)
1 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I wonder if it is something similar to this? - Spotify games its own royalty system by creating and promoting in-house, or “fake” artists. https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15961416/spotify-fake-art...
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Author’s Note (Aug 19, 2022) My September Perspectives on History column has generated anger and dismay among many of our colleagues and members. I take full responsibility that it did not convey what I intended and for the harm that it has
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Ah, but what many might not grasp about (British) politics is that when the S.H.T.F it is traditional for the UK to vote in the 'other lot' (be that Labour or Conservatives) since the current lot 'are a useless bunch of twats
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by NickRandom 4y ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/citi-projects-uk-inflation-t... (alternate link)
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by NickRandom 4y ago
You are not all that far off in some respects - take a look at the link on their page called - "What is smart dust and how is it used?" https://www.nanowerk.com/smartdust.php
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Selected Reddit Comments (to save the clicks) You're a security researcher and your proof is a Windows Defender screenshot? & Posting Windows Defender screenshot seems very solid proof yeah, congrats for your advanced analysing and
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I would require that all employees from the CEO down spend at least one week per year working in a customer support role although I'm not sure how to prevent them from blowing their top and going balistic at a customer given the amount
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Microbatteries much smaller than a grain of rice(nanowerk.com)
84 points by NickRandom 4y ago|28 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I.m.o this should be deleted and reposted as a "Show HN". Further details available at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . Also worthwhile taking a look at some tips dang (the main HN mod) provides about Sh
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How the brain gathers threat cues and turns them into fear(salk.edu)
5 points by NickRandom 4y ago|1 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Why not use the rigs for SETI, Folding@Home or something similar? I mean sure - not flaring waste gas is a net win (in a weird sort of way) but what happens to any profits made from this? Are they donated to charity or other green projects?
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I think one aspect that you have overlooked is that there is a reason why companies are paying that amount for that role and that reason is - they (the employee) are expected to produce x amount of 'stuff' at a certain level becau
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I search for (and watch) adverts with AutoPlay set to 'On'. So far this tactic has worked very well at avoiding all those annoying adverts that the other sorts of content on YT seems to have. BTW, I'm thinking of adding &#x27
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by NickRandom 4y ago
I agree, this should be a "Show HN"
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Nigeria will be a testing ground for Microsoft’s digital ID tech(reclaimthenet.org)
1 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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Researchers have new evidence to explain why thinking hard makes you tired(sciencedaily.com)
2 points by NickRandom 4y ago|0 comments
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Heretics, Heretics I cry!!! Don't those Fools know that the the Earth is the very centre of the Universe and that all things (including the sun) revolve around it ? 'Tis Madness I tell thee... Prepare the Dipping chairs and Pitch
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by NickRandom 4y ago
Yes and Yes to both your questions. Well.. except for HN of course but even here I sometimes 'rage quit' (which is a good thing obviously). My reasons for quiting Facebook etc were two fold - firstly it was a constant stream of ch

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