nikau

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by nikau 6d ago
Used bicycle tube cut into rings make the best elastic bands, they don't degrade
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by nikau 15d ago
But it doesn't have any fan blades in it! Only an impeller with blades
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by nikau 16d ago
The fixed frequency was a pain as text mode didn't work, i ended up installing a Hercules monitor which Linux would use in text mode until xf86 started
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by nikau 2mo ago
I can't understand the logic behind party A did something, and then blame party B for not undoing it. Not everything is a simple ctrl-z, and the blame lays squarely on who implemented it.
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by nikau 2mo ago
Unfortunately too many Australians are swayed by scare campaigns and vote against their own interest. The mining super profits tax, franking credits, and similar failed reforms benefited only the top 1% of 1% of Australians, yet people vote
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by nikau 2mo ago
So really its all conjecture unless an actual project plan is written up with supply chain sources, and the plan is kept up to date with inventory of items scrapped vs placed in storage and capacity from current importers & manufacturer
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by nikau 2mo ago
I guess that's the question - how fast can you build required plants during war time? How do you get the very bespoke equipment from overseas if supply chains are being attacked? Where do you get the designers and operational staff, be
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by nikau 2mo ago
I wouldn't be so sure about that - as an example, I know at least one Victorian refinery is being torn down and scrapped as seen by my own eyes.
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by nikau 2mo ago
right - but in the context of this thread, manganese is a vital ingredient to smelting iron - so Australia seems it is no longer self sufficient.
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by nikau 2mo ago
Meanwhile Australia's last remaining manganese plant shut down last night...
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by nikau 3mo ago
I've held this stance on agile for a long time - it coincided with mainstream adoption of ssds, windows with memory protection and google search - all of which sped delivery despite agile, not because of agile.
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by nikau 3mo ago
In a touch of irony this blog is throwing some null error
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by nikau 3mo ago
Most were enjoying not having to stop whatever they were doing at whatever time a show was broadcast to watch it live on air - time shifting recorded TV was a game changer.
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by nikau 4mo ago
Bone spur deep
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by nikau 4mo ago
2012 called and asked for their snark back. Samsung software is fine now.
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by nikau 4mo ago
Time will tell if outages and defect resolution sky rocket or if ai can deal with it
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by nikau 5mo ago
That's because windows locks the file name vs inode like Unix, so was really the only way to update any file in use like libraries.
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by nikau 6mo ago
Except you burn a tonne of cash on redundancy payouts
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by nikau 7mo ago
Found secretary of education Linda McMahons account
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by nikau 8mo ago
It's the same as all the Tesla subreddits, they ban and delete anything negative so casual readers don't get anything but a very biased and curated viewpoint. They are propaganda from vested interests.
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by nikau 8mo ago
Is your macbook air running 8 different corporate security products eating CPU? I had a macbook for work previously and it was just as shit as windows due to all the junk running in the background.
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by nikau 8mo ago
Best thing about markdown is the barrier to entry of non technical folks, it stops them shitting over technical documentation and steers them to Confluence or sharepoint for their die on the vine slop.
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by nikau 9mo ago
I find it hard to feel sorry for anyone stupid enough to buy a fridge with a screen
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by nikau 9mo ago
I mean it's better than having wind and background noise because the mics are by your ears...
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by nikau 9mo ago
I saw some buds where the charging case had a microphone which is a clever solution i hope more brands adopt.
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by nikau 10mo ago
Is the eu or apple the toddler here?
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by nikau 1y ago
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by nikau 1y ago
How is \\server\share any harder than finder?
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by nikau 1y ago
Can't wait to start my stolen id as a service for the botnets
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by nikau 1y ago
In scheme of things that get redesigned for no reason other than fashion its negligible.

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