johnflan

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by johnflan 1mo ago
I think it’s Bluetooth identifiers they track
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by johnflan 2mo ago
It’s interesting that the DAB rollout completely failed in Ireland and we are back to fully analog FM
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by johnflan 5mo ago
> a really well-crafted ios Native App with extensive attention to detail Which seems to becoming a rare thing
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by johnflan 6mo ago
damn right
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by johnflan 6mo ago
The CPU didn’t but the chonker of a fan in the PSU sure made up for it
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by johnflan 8mo ago
Thats the primary reason I'm interested in it.
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by johnflan 11mo ago
A modern version of a device with one unique feature... missing that unique feature
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by johnflan 1y ago
I didn't follow the byte ordering of the image format at the end. Anyone have an explanation?
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by johnflan 2y ago
I started with an Acorn a3020, those machines were just amazing. I got my first PC shortly after running Windows for workgroups 3.11 jeez it felt like a step backwards. If Acorn started in the Silicon Valley, we'd probably be using th
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by johnflan 2y ago
How do they finance those radio stations?
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by johnflan 2y ago
>Video and pictures will soon have no evidentiary value. Thats a very interesting point
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by johnflan 2y ago
It’s fun
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by johnflan 2y ago
A custom built Debian machine with four HDDs in a ZFS volume backed up using restic
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by johnflan 2y ago
I’d love to know more about its design too
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by johnflan 2y ago
It was very common in Ireland too, hunting for conkers was always fun. However I don't think it is common at all now
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by johnflan 2y ago
Certainly would have helped in the era of embedding AI into the operating system.
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by johnflan 2y ago
Same, its become invaluable for me. + I really enjoy this era of self-hosted tools.
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by johnflan 2y ago
I don’t get how “field sobriety testing” in the sense of observing someone perform some coordinated actions is still a thing. In Ireland if stopped by a member of the police (Gardai) and they have suspicion they can require you to provide a
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by johnflan 2y ago
I’m not sure that would fly in Europe. And I personally don’t want to hand over my id to use a ticket
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by johnflan 3y ago
You gotta wonder how the technician explained away the four leftover bolts after
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by johnflan 3y ago
ED209?
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by johnflan 3y ago
The Acorn was a marvel of its day (to me at least)
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by johnflan 3y ago
I don’t agree that it was eccentric, I used these as my first machine and they felt pretty natural. I would also suggest that these interactions weren’t completely standardised at that point.
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by johnflan 3y ago
In Ireland road tax (paid annually) are based on engine capacity for (pre 2008 cars) and CO2 emissions for everything after that. (Engine size is a ok proxy for vehicle size) https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/41c9c
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by johnflan 3y ago
Who'd have thought
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Using a private 5G network to support coverage of the King's Coronation(bbc.co.uk)
5 points by johnflan 3y ago|0 comments
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by johnflan 3y ago
Well put
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by johnflan 4y ago
Mint has Irish provenance ?
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by johnflan 4y ago
> kamikwasi budget First time I heard that, love it
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by johnflan 4y ago
Alcohol perhaps

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