Wildgoose

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   by Wildgoose 2mo ago

   This seems like madness to me. A fully loaded 747 has around 140,000 litres of energy-dense jet fuel containing between 2.2 and 2.9 GWh worth of energy - or around two hours output of a typical power station. This level of profligacy is si
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   by Wildgoose 2mo ago

   Came here to say exactly this. He wrote under so many pseudonyms he appeared to be an entire team of writers on his own.
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   by Wildgoose 9mo ago

   The current minimum EPC rating is D. The legislation to raise it to C hasn't been dropped, they just haven't decided exactly what date it will take place. And it's stupid legislation because many old properties cannot be se
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   by Wildgoose 10mo ago

   I remember that the UK was forced to privatise Rail in the way that it did because of EU competition rules. I was commuting by Rail at the time and the manner in which it was privatised was considered to be barmy by both myself and fellow
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   by Wildgoose 1y ago

   Likewise. I used to possess a hand-written letter from Sophie Wilson (of Acorn/ARM fame) replying to my own hand-written query letter at around 1981 when I was 16 and learning to program my Acorn Atom.
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   by Wildgoose 1y ago

   It really is worth reading. And I say that as a die-hard Tolkien fan. Genuinely highly recommended.
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   by Wildgoose 1y ago

   I know both usages, and as an Englishman I am a native English speaker. However, I would agree that the most common usage would be the non-Red opponents of the communistic takeover of Russia in the early 1920s. Isn't the cocktail nam
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   by Wildgoose 1y ago

   Wow! Blast from the past! (University of Hull, around 1987).
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   by Wildgoose 2y ago

   All the base structure and common words are Germanic/Scandinavian. Yes, "fancier" vocabulary and constructed words like television or telephone are Latin/Greek derived. You could restrict English to its Germanic roots
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    A.E. Van Vogt wrote it. Brilliant author. I am sure one of the tales in "The Voyage of the Space Beagle" was the inspiration for "Alien".
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    Fascinating. I was hoping to see the "zero mile" marker in Alfreton and it was present. The fingerpost in Brownhills (in the West Midlands) is worth knowing as well: https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    to-do-list presumably.
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    My (unsupported) desktop PC is an AMD Ryzen 7 2700 eight-core CPU running at 3.2Ghz with 16GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage. It handles Windows 10 Professional but is apparently incapable of running Windows 11. I don't have a Webcam,
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    So well known that it was even famously used in an advert for a kid's chocolate bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC9BBLSZZdQ
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    My daughter has an auditory impairment which she describes as "brain deaf". Basically, her hearing is perfect but her brain struggles to process sound in a noisy environment; she can't single out what she is listening to. Thi
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    I still run my (Unix) terminals sized to 80x43 by default.
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    Combine these with hydrogen-boron (aneutronic) fusion and we may be able to generate electricity directly without needing a thermal plant. Even though we are years away it still shows a possible path forwards. Here's hoping!
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    I really wish someone would revive mirasol displays. Sunlight-readable fast colour displays for e-readers and everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R352WObkU3Q
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    Agreed. With a 3-3 you are trading away influence in favour of hard territory. AI is happy to do that very early because AI can effectively destroy influence. Human players need to learn to enter 3-3 at "the last possible moment&quo
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    Forward Compatible CPU Instruction Set(forwardcom.info)

    1 points by Wildgoose 2y ago|0 comments
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    by Wildgoose 2y ago

    Thanks for that - fascinating story! http://www.queenoftheisles.com/HTML/Republic%20of%20Minerva....
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    Thanks, I hadn't heard that before.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    Absolutely!
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    I love my Fossil Hybrid smartwatch! This is terrible news for those of us who want a watch that has smart features, as opposed to a miniature wrist phone.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    I really enjoyed travelling between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight by hovercraft and heartily recommend the experience to anyone who hasn't tried it.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    My wife and I each run a joint account. So, we each have our "own" account, (at different banks), but they are shared. That certainly works well for us, and we aren't beholden to a single bank.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    I remember paying for Opera, twice, back in the early days of the Web when it stood head and shoulders above the competition. I am still happy to make a contribution for useful software, e.g. WinSCP.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    Thanks - I was struggling to understand the game explanation on the original site.
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    Lots of outrage, but where is the pragmatic reality? Prohibition didn't eliminate alcohol. The "War on Drugs" has been a spectacular failure. Surely it makes better sense to tax this behaviour and try to mitigate the harm c
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    by Wildgoose 3y ago

    I think it is more likely that average human intellect is going to regress in the next few years.