danw1979

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by danw1979 5d ago
Good stuff ! When’s it going to prod ?
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by danw1979 9d ago
The recent introduction, in the UK at least, of splash-back reducing urinal … mats (?) has basically solved the problem in my opinion. They’re a disposable (but not single use…) plastic freshening insert with loads of short rubber strands,
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by danw1979 10d ago
Someone needs to start researching and mapping the electrical grid infrastructure feeding the worlds AI datacenters, you know, just in case…
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by danw1979 20d ago
My favourite thing about the command key is the position - it’s way further to the right than ctrl on most keyboards, which means you don’t have to contort your thumb back and apply lateral pressure to your thumb joint when copy-pasting. I’
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by danw1979 21d ago
Ummm if repairability is a concern, I’ve got some news to share about your new Macbook.
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by danw1979 21d ago
This is really cool as a way to determine which directions and how far you can go from a given point. I think a good improvement to this tool would be an optional “number of connections” plus desired maximum walking distance. That’d be rea
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by danw1979 21d ago
The interface is a bit counter intuitive- the search is based on the point at the centre of the current view.
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by danw1979 22d ago
> Why this exists > A fork rots when nobody moves it forward. Does anyone have the right prompt snippet to stop Claude from writing documentation in this style ? “Absolutely no gnomic aphorisms in documentation whatsoever” or suchlik
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by danw1979 23d ago
How is this easier than using lmstudio or omlx or whatever your favourite runtime is ? It’s maybe a bit interesting that Jetbrains are making moves to integrate with local models more closely, but I think claiming this is “easier” is incorr
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by danw1979 1mo ago
At least here in the UK, recent revisions to the default planning rules around heat pumps (“Permitted Development” legislation) removed the restriction that an install be “used solely for heating purposes” and revised this to “not be used s
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by danw1979 1mo ago
Interesting take on things - of course “outside” airside was protected by locked doors, so passengers couldn’t just wander onto the apron… but all you’ve got to do to get outside these days is to book with the sort of airline that’s too ch
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by danw1979 1mo ago
I started my career proper as a junior network engineer for a regional British airline (British Midland, since subsumed by BA) in 2001, just before 9/11 continuing for 3 years until mid 2004. Throughout that time, I held an airside pa
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by danw1979 1mo ago
I always thought Russian motorists were early adopters of dashcams to combat insurance “issues” around the terrible standard of roads and driving there ? My point still stands: dashcams are useful in a country with terrible driving, if the
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by danw1979 1mo ago
I was on foot, in Porto, in the tourist parts of town.
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by danw1979 1mo ago
I’m in Portugal with kids right now and I can not think of a country where dashcams would be more useful. The standard of driving and adherence to the law of the roads is some of the worst I’ve encountered in Europe. I haven’t let go of my
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by danw1979 1mo ago
Putting aside the social and legal implications of this trial, I find it very interesting how projects like this are often trumpeted to be successful and celebrated at launch (rather than when proven to work, or save costs or whatever) as t
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by danw1979 1mo ago
> People who prefer not to enter the recognition zone will have alternative routes available So what is the point ?
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by danw1979 1mo ago
Adjusting for age seems like an indication to me
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by danw1979 1mo ago
Please, just give us this one thing to enjoy, to have after our Roast Bif. We don’t have much. We need this.
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by danw1979 1mo ago
An excellent article which I disagree with on only one point: the Magnum wasn’t really invented in 1990; the brand name might have been, but I was eating substantial, stick-mounted “Choc Ices” thoughout the late 80s. I don’t want to deny W
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by danw1979 2mo ago
I don’t want to split hairs here, but you started it … :) It was 53-byte “cell” switched, but used virtual circuits as a path through the network. The data plane had no globally routable address in the cell header. I don’t think most peop
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by danw1979 2mo ago
I think this is the contentious point in this thread: in the UK you can get actual cash for exporting energy to the grid, at similar rates to import, with no strings attached. Is the model you're describing (usage credits) in the Euro
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by danw1979 2mo ago
That’s a good way to think about it - do you want your expensive laptop grinding away constantly 24/7 consuming $5 of power to generate what amounts to $15 worth of tokens per week ? You can get a frontier model subscription for about
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by danw1979 2mo ago
hey. hey. not everyone’s on board with this packet switching fad, buster. what a man does in his own homelab, even if it does involve ATM, is none of our business.
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by danw1979 2mo ago
Maybe Mexico got it’s shit together and started doing something about the obesity crisis and the food industry is desperately trying to keep the status quo ? Or maybe, to paraphrase the famous tweet, this is actually a plucky band of Mexica
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by danw1979 2mo ago
Now do the rest of the football league !
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by danw1979 2mo ago
There’s applications that we still have no alternative for though - e.g. aviation - so we’ll have to accept the burning of hydrocarbons there. Not fossil hydrocarbons forever, of course, but synthetic kerosene might be a thing soon enough.
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by danw1979 2mo ago
The amount of heat generated directly by all of the energy use by humans - from fossil, nuclear or renewables - is a tiny, miniscule rounding error compared to the excess heat absorbed by the atmosphere and oceans due to CO2 and the greenho
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by danw1979 2mo ago
I had exactly the same thoughts when I had my arm twisted to buy one for my 6 year old son. 10 years later, it’s still out there, netting ripped, legs all rusty, plastic getting brittle. And my 16 year old son still loves to bounce around
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by danw1979 2mo ago
Yes, misinformed and counterproductive action.

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