richx

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by richx 10mo ago
I am affacted by this as well: the rear knuckle uniball bearing was broken after 3 years (Achsschenkel). Many MY here in Europe have this issue, due to bad parts or too hard suspension. But there are two other things that make it a bit unfa
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by richx 10mo ago
I like Thunderbird, it’s a great tool for private use. One killer feature I always missed (not sure if it exists today by default in Thunderbird), is the great calendar integration of outlook. I use the calendar a lot, during work but also
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by richx 11mo ago
I can recommend watching the excellent movie War Games, quite entertaining and still relevant. NORAD plays an important role in it.
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by richx 1y ago
I work on business software. I think one very important aspect is requirements collection and definition. This includes communicating with the business users, trying to understand their issues and needs that the software is supposed to addr
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by richx 2y ago
This is what the DOGE guys don’t understand: even if it seems you can easily replace something, you will find out that the devil is in the detail.
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Microsoft to reactivate broken nuclear power plant for AI(constellationenergy.com)
2 points by richx 2y ago|1 comments
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by richx 3y ago
This is a map of the affected area in Germany. It seems to miss Berlin, but many large cities in the Ruhr valley are affected. https://www.bbk.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Krisenmanage...
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by richx 3y ago
I am using X1s since 10 years, different generations. The only one I really disliked was the one with the F1-F12 function keys were no real buttons, more like a touchbar. That was pretty bad as a software developer! I think they introduced
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by richx 3y ago
Seems so, the official owners manual foresees some maintenance, but there is no regular service schedule. https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_us/GUID-E95DAAD... Edit: interestingly, the German link s
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by richx 3y ago
Similar issue, different solution: https://airlive.net/news/2023/09/05/delta-flight-dl194-retur...
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by richx 4y ago
Why didn’t you just ask the kid what it is doing and where it is living?
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by richx 5y ago
My Ampler electric bicycle: https://amplerbikes.com/ It’s such a great vehicle, I smile every time I can ride it. It also helped me to use the car less. Im also pretty happy with my Plumelabs Flow, a small device that const
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by richx 6y ago
I love VBA, it’s so easy and powerful. My first job was being a developer/consultant at a big 4 firm, developing a disclosure management software with VB6. It even had a ORM to map objects from SQL queries. It was lightning fast, Offic
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by richx 6y ago
One of the reasons might be, that the SEC mandated all filers to submit the reports in XBRL Format starting in 2009 (foreign private issuers using IFRS followed 2017). It’s called Interactive Data by SEC and requires to tag each and every v
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Possible Coronavirus enzyme vulnerability discovered(pnas.org)
2 points by richx 6y ago|0 comments
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by richx 6y ago
How bad must their IT system be, when they are not even able to write and publish articles?
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Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 mutation requires stricter measures to avoid large new wave(cmmid.github.io)
2 points by richx 6y ago|0 comments
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After the virus: How to design a post-capitalist world(thesaturdaypaper.com.au)
2 points by richx 6y ago|1 comments
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by richx 6y ago
I don’t agree. Never touch a running system! I think you have no idea in how many software implementations XML plays an important role. Just because it’s not hot and fancy it does not mean it’s bad.
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by richx 6y ago
Is it an attack vector? Can you elaborate further?
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by richx 6y ago
I’m wondering which security risks they mean. I don’t see any security risk in XML itself, maybe it’s related to some XPath or XQuery functions?
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by richx 6y ago
The European Securities and Exchange Commission (ESMA) has just now mandated all listed companies in the EU to publish their annual financial statements in XHTML instead of PDF or paper. Combined with XBRL taxonomies it’s a very powerful st
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Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in Switzerland(swisscom.ch)
420 points by richx 6y ago|349 comments
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by richx 8y ago
I have a completely silent PC from Cirrus7. I'm pretty happy with it. But it does not have dedicated GPU like the one in the article. https://www.cirrus7.com