Swannie

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by Swannie 2mo ago
Except agriculture and almost all logistics, rely heavily on imported liquid fuel. And whilst EV's or Hybrds are about 50% of new vehicles, there are a lot of existing ICE domestic vehicles. So, yeah, we actually care.
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by Swannie 2mo ago
Down to 15 minutes, yes, retailers exist, if you have a smart meter (which are 4G connected for near-real time data back to the grid and retailer).
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by Swannie 7mo ago
Digital conservation type work?
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by Swannie 8mo ago
Surprised it is so little!
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by Swannie 9mo ago
I am in Sydney, Australia. It was a nice surprise to see teenagers working in my local brewery this past weekend, collecting glasses, clearing and cleaning tables, etc. They were probably between 13 and 16. Not allowed to serve alcohol unti
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by Swannie 9mo ago
Posted down thread, but worth posting as a comment too. I know Simon follows this "Issue First" style of work in his projects, with a strong requirement for passing tests to be included. It's been a best practice for a long t
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by Swannie 9mo ago
If only there were community standards for this... Oh, there are, for years :D This has really stood the test of time: https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/42/#24-development-process And its rationale is well explained too
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by Swannie 10mo ago
I was thinking "how much smaller than the cheap 30mm x 25mm boards on AliE can you go?" ... much smaller! Very nice.
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by Swannie 10mo ago
Agreed. Most people are not self reflective reflective enough to notice. Need to trust the studies. Far more plausible than the AI ideas. I find it far more likely these are smart people running without oversight for years pre-COVID, relyin
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by Swannie 1y ago
From Meathead's posts, he talks about the smoke only being absorbed in the first part of the cooking. I had assumed that correlated to the temperature... I would be smoking first, then sous vide if I was going for smoke and internal te
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by Swannie 1y ago
Oh yeah... he "found it"... How would a buildings and pest inspection have missed it? Or, maybe he found it during inspections, knew he would never convince his wife to buy the house on the strength of the train set alone, but did
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by Swannie 1y ago
Thank you, this is a very clear explanation for me. It filled the critical gaps in my intuition that I didn't have the brain cycles to formulate hypotheses against.
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by Swannie 1y ago
It's not succinct. It's repetitive. I was hoping it would give more insights, but instead it repeated the same ideas. This is one of PG's worse essays.
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by Swannie 1y ago
Yeah, nah. I worked on telco grade systems running on Rhino, in interpreted mode, in 2006. Leveraging Java to JS bindings. Responding to HTTP/JMS/etc.
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by Swannie 1y ago
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/china-allegedly-has-two-...
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by Swannie 1y ago
I find more hallucination - like when you're taught as a child to reflect back the question at the start of your answer. If I am not careful, and "asking the question" in a way that assumes X, often X is assumed by the LLM to
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by Swannie 2y ago
What you describe sounds a bit like Graphistry: https://pygraphistry.readthedocs.io/en/latest/performance.ht...
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by Swannie 2y ago
I assumed it was their target, and indeed a semi-private joke... but you make the case for coincidental. I prefer to believe it was by design :D
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by Swannie 2y ago
Yes, have you watched The Wheel of Time? Better to read the books... the characters bound to tell the truth are experts in double meanings. Successful politicans and sociopaths are experts in double meanings. "I will not drop bombs on
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by Swannie 2y ago
Did you get the Duolingo renewal email? :D
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by Swannie 2y ago
> Which is a reference to the "two hard problems" jokes, the most used is "There are two hard problems in Computer Science: Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors" It's just as funny today as wh
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by Swannie 2y ago
I have a feeling this would work well with MadMen. There were always a few "filler" episodes that didn't move the story forward much, if at all. But sometimes those filler's are just good tropey fun! :-)
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by Swannie 3y ago
Oh man, I loved that show "Bad Influence" - I'm amazed looking back at the level of discourse vs. what is now generally the state of tech reporting/shows... got to go to a YouTuber for anything close.
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by Swannie 3y ago
In the UK, police don't generally carry guns. Of those that do, firearms officers - why would they carry a handgun? And you are right - there is of course an element of security theatre!
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by Swannie 3y ago
American Hustle Culture. Infected the world.
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by Swannie 3y ago
The Qantas 16h 45m flight from Dallas to Sydney aims for Brisbane, and then turns to Sydney as the plane approaches Australia. (10th longest commercial route in the world). This allows the plane to land at Brisbane and refuel if the calcula
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by Swannie 4y ago
However, in larger doses it also contributes towards feelings of anxiety, which is counter productive. Proceed with caution.
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by Swannie 4y ago
https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg24332470-900-does-a-... Responses are by readers, so take with a pinch of salt
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by Swannie 4y ago
There's your answer: mashed potato. Not only did you boil the potato, but you pre-chewed it too. Mashed potato is about as close as you can get to refined potato (potato flour). What you've created is easily digestable amylopectin
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by Swannie 4y ago
"Because our users are irresponsible, and will order 1000's of dollars of externally signed certificates..." shock horror maybe they might actually ... get more done and therefore need more stuff :D

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