jadavies

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by jadavies 2y ago
Beware trying to make linguistic jokes in another language. It's "popty-ping" which is slang for a microwave oven.
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by jadavies 5y ago
Seriously? I have to provide my personal details before I can find out what it costs to subscribe? WTF.
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by jadavies 5y ago
Looks good. However the sign up process takes far too many clicks to eventually get to "Select your subscription level" then I get: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft A
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by jadavies 5y ago
Oddly enough I was just thinking the same thing. From what I can remember every ( Android) app that I've ever installed has come from a recommendation from somewhere else. I can't see how you'd ever get any traction if you ma
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by jadavies 5y ago
There are apparently a couple of rail gauges changes necessary at the moment - https://www.railfreight.com/beltandroad/2020/01/30/four-ways...
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by jadavies 5y ago
I suggest that you don't read up on how penicillin was discovered then!
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by jadavies 5y ago
The BBC is reporting that both UK and Italian governments say that the doses were destined for Belgium. I haven't got a direct link, it's in the BBC's rolling updates.
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by jadavies 5y ago
That's an excellent channel for train ride videos. Mind you I would love it even more if they did one with a 360 degree camera at the front of the train!
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by jadavies 6y ago
> You cannot sell GPL licensed software Wrong
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by jadavies 6y ago
A desktop tool to assist with planning a piece of writing using the book architecture method ( https://thefriendlyeditor.com/tag/the-book-architecture-meth... ) Uses GTK and is released under a GPL licence - https:&#x
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by jadavies 6y ago
This absolutely.The good stuff is still out there but it's been diluted to homeopathic levels by the infestation of the "look at me" marketing crud.
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by jadavies 7y ago
... and that Mr Assange is how you skip bail with style.
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by jadavies 8y ago
Agreed although there are probably easier ways to achieve stable temperatures, e.g. a cellar. The rest is definitely marketing hype. For remuage the sparkling wine bottles are slowly tipped from horizontal to vertical so that the sediment g
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by jadavies 8y ago
Depending on your use cases OpenStreetMap may be suitable. For commercial use you probably need to set up your own servers but that can work to your advantage in that you're better insulated from random price hikes.
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by jadavies 8y ago
He's not detained and he's perfectly free to leave the embassy. When he does he'll be charged with jumping bail, something the UK court system takes a dim view of. After that who knows.
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by jadavies 8y ago
You make a good point about the ego thing. We had several enquiries from customers who would prefer custom development rather than make small changes to their business processes so as to be able to use off the shelf products.
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by jadavies 8y ago
+1 for the Lilypond documentation. It's very informative. I use Frescobaldi ( http://frescobaldi.org ) for my Lilypond editing and find it pretty good.
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by jadavies 8y ago
Also FTA ... "We should note that BMW still leads if you include SUV sales"
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by jadavies 8y ago
Agree 100% and that was my philosophy as well. They key phrase in your comment is "when it doesn't appear to be necessary" In my experience long hours are rarely necessary and certainly not on a continuous basis. Simply measu
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by jadavies 8y ago
Life imitating art once again - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clochemerle ( The BBC adaptation, available on DVD, is also excellent IMHO )
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by jadavies 8y ago
FTA: "I work on Chrome, on Windows, focused on performance. Investigating this hang was actually my job."
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Recycled Islands: Floating Dutch Park Constructed from Waterway Waste(weburbanist.com)
1 points by jadavies 8y ago|0 comments
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Great Talks Most People Have Never Heard ( Including Transcripts )(jamesclear.com)
1 points by jadavies 8y ago|0 comments
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by jadavies 8y ago
+1 for text only information. I investigated this a few years ago with the intention of auto-generating a news podcast for my train commute. The audio part never happened but I auto-created a text document and synced that to my phone every
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by jadavies 8y ago
It was, as well as the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO) systems. I worked on part of the track to train comms system of the subsequent Victoria Line upgrade which was also written in Ada. I forget which c
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by jadavies 8y ago
Agreed, if I needed an alternative to Google Maps then OpenStreetMap would be my first stop even if it meant some work setting up my own server. That way you largely insulate yourself from random price hikes like this. My recent experience
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by jadavies 8y ago
All good points. I would also comment that hobbies can be seasonal. My musical / coding hobbies tend to get more attention during the winter months when the weather is not so good. In the summer outdoor activities like gardening take m
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by jadavies 8y ago
We haven't had a hosepipe ban around here yet so it's not a proper heatwave :)
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by jadavies 8y ago
>> - To provide mentorship to junior staff. > There's this thing called documentation ;) Mentoring is somewhat more than telling someone to RTFM. A smart engineer who's willing to teach less experienced team
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by jadavies 8y ago
See also the story about the Zimmermann Telegram for more cable tapping shenanigans. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram )

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