philf

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by philf 8y ago
Depending on where in the EU you are, it's already off.
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by philf 9y ago
Here's an IC used in some alarm clocks that uses the power grid's frequency, along with a list of products that use it: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_lm8560.html
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by philf 9y ago
We do revive the (recently) dead using electricity.
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by philf 11y ago
I am European. I'm not doubting the number the op stated regarding Berlin, I was just curious where other people look up salary information.
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by philf 11y ago
Out of curiosity, what's your source for that?
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by philf 11y ago
I get your point but I think a lot of people overestimate the amount of special gear they need to pursue certain activities. Sure, if you're going to be in the wilderness for days, hiking boots and outdoor clothing are a good idea. A f
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by philf 12y ago
Maybe it's this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8469478
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by philf 12y ago
previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4561787
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Drone delivery: DHL 'parcelcopter' flies to German isle(reuters.com)
5 points by philf 12y ago|0 comments
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by philf 13y ago
I don't know a Github competitor, but Fossil is a DVCS that also stores issue and a wiki in the repository.
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by philf 13y ago
Unfortunately I installed Hangout on my phone this morning and basically destroyed most of the utility GTalk had. None of my Google Talk contacts can send messages to my mobile, I can't see them in my contact list (not even people with Goog
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by philf 14y ago
Exactly, in fact I haven't seen any ads since I installed AdBlock 6 years ago.
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by philf 14y ago
I have a daily commute time of 1h each direction but I travel by train. I've been doing this for 2 years now and intent to keep it this way because I find it a lot easier to focus on reading than when I am at home. When I don't feel like re
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The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance(jsomers.net)
1 points by philf 14y ago|0 comments
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Lessons We Can Learn from Jiro Ono(lifehacker.com)
2 points by philf 14y ago|0 comments
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by philf 14y ago
For me, the difference is only visible using Firefox. Chromium even renders the inefficient original version smoothly.
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A highly scalable Wordpress self-hosting that is not a burden on your wallet(united-coders.com)
2 points by philf 14y ago|0 comments
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Unsucking Your Team's Development Environment, by Zach Holman(youtube.com)
3 points by philf 14y ago|0 comments
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by philf 14y ago
First I thought that, too, but he mentions explicitly that tea alone doesn't work for him. So I tend to agree with what someone else on this thread said, that he might need to simply up his intake of nutrients in his diet. Especially protei
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Sweet.js: Hygienic Macros for JavaScript(github.com)
84 points by philf 14y ago|19 comments
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by philf 14y ago
It's available for the Kindle or as a hardcover in the German Amazon store if that helps.
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by philf 14y ago
What's the point of this adjustment? Currently there is an offset of -34 seconds between TAI and UTC and aftwards it will be -35. Seems pretty random to me...
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by philf 14y ago
You can work with it or route around it when it doesn't make sense for you or the particular context i.e. it gives you choice. Additionally, I regard checked exceptions as automatic documentation.
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by philf 14y ago
> You end up having to declare 40 exceptions that you might throw. And once you aggregate that with another subsystem you've got 80 exceptions in your throws clause. It just balloons out of control. What he completely ignores is the pos
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Practical Compiler Construction (Book)(t3x.org)
1 points by philf 14y ago|0 comments
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by philf 14y ago
Calling them imbecile is a bit drastic but I've also seen ordinary people call any kind of smartphone an iPhone because they have no clue about this stuff. Same for MP3 players, which they call iPods. May be like calling any kind of vacuum
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by philf 15y ago
The Wikipedia description of Geohashes is a bit odd in that its base32 decoding uses the alphabet with some letters (a, i...) left out instead of simply using [0-9a-v]. Anyone know why that would make sense?
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by philf 15y ago
There's another interesting article in the same spirit: http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2006/11/how_to_be_... HN discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3279190
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by philf 15y ago
I packaged this stuff into a small shell script: https://gist.github.com/1594482
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What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics?(quora.com)
8 points by philf 15y ago|0 comments

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