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by bdsa 2mo ago
That's the article author Robert Standefer, I don't think he created Comic Chat, that was David Kurlander...
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by bdsa 3mo ago
British influence? I'm not sure the correlation holds up in Japan's case though
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by bdsa 5mo ago
Wikipedia has: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles I think this is just an interface to that.
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by bdsa 5mo ago
Magic Maze Bananagrams probably others from my shelves
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by bdsa 7mo ago
Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta jb? e: oh, Johor Bahru, interesting
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by bdsa 7mo ago
Great article. Nicely didactic without being overly verbose. I wonder what an article on the same/a similar subject written today would look like, and whether I'd still be able to follow it.
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by bdsa 8mo ago
Probably because they find it uncomfortable to be pressed and the net result is a less productive relationship.
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by bdsa 1y ago
My Passport was my favourite phone ever, I think if apps like WhatsApp hadn't stopped supporting it I might still be using it.
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by bdsa 1y ago
I'm going to be that that guy and say "plank length" is probably constant for a given plank. Planck length, on the other hand... :)
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by bdsa 1y ago
My dad (who worked for BT in various positions) claims he was involved with the decision to move the exchange in our/their village from one end to the other. Coincidentally, closer to the end in which we lived, which I gather would hav
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by bdsa 1y ago
I also would have said "Sikh" and "seek" are homonyms until recently when I found out that Sikhs' preferred pronunciation is generally to sound closer to "sick" (aspirate the H if you like)
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by bdsa 2y ago
More people use their phones outside than use their desktop computers outside, though
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by bdsa 2y ago
You could have a look at Harbor: https://goharbor.io/
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by bdsa 2y ago
More common in the UK
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by bdsa 2y ago
They've just released a version as it existed some time in 2005: https://www.habbo.com/community/article/34151/launching-tomo... Like OSRS but for Habbo
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by bdsa 2y ago
Of the Cornish variety, the singular is pasty.
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YAML GitHub org deleted or made private, 404(github.com)
5 points by bdsa 3y ago|2 comments
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by bdsa 3y ago
Isn't the expression usually "blow a gasket"? Meaning to blow a seal in a pressurised system
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by bdsa 3y ago
It's the "HiPhi Z": > Despite having a 74 km less advertised range than the favored Tesla Model 3, The HiPhi Z bested the world’s best-selling electric sedan by a whopping 81 km (50.3 miles) in real-world winter testing.
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by bdsa 3y ago
Specifically, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[0], not just Malta the country. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...
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by bdsa 3y ago
It's French for starter, even
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by bdsa 3y ago
The Reddit link I think you meant to post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GitOps/comments/19f4los/weaveworks_...
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by bdsa 3y ago
The "sidewalks" are towpaths - horses and/or people would walk along those to pull boats along.
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by bdsa 3y ago
I like to put an Aeropress filter between the coffee and the integrated metal filter above, I've found it makes the coffee much smoother.
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by bdsa 3y ago
In my experience the threshold is high enough that it only helps you distinguish between "incredibly sudden but non-emergency stop" and "full-on emergency stop"
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by bdsa 3y ago
Sister
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by bdsa 3y ago
Octopus have a tariff with dynamic electricity pricing: https://octopus.energy/smart/agile/ There's a (third-party?) dashboard of the data here: https://agile.octopushome.net/dashboard
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by bdsa 3y ago
Lock your computer when you go to the bathroom
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by bdsa 3y ago
How many people were involved in engineering in the Apollo program?
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by bdsa 3y ago
It's not humans going extinct

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