robk

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by robk 12d ago
If you have the budget the Hakko desoldering gun is a huge huge improvement over desoldering by hand w copper. I've gone from hating it to desoldering junk to harvest parts because it's so easy.
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by robk 22d ago
are you claiming that people who have a smelly asshole are spreading it that way? I think it’s more around if there’s feces on the hands, but wiping your ass and washing your hands afterwards shouldn’t be a problem.
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by robk 2mo ago
Cusp AI is doing interesting things in this space
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by robk 3mo ago
Yep but they live with you for life on a DBS check, and you know that we brought up in a court of law if anything else happens to be against your favor
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I Did My Taxes with Claude(doempke.com)
8 points by robk 5mo ago|0 comments
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by robk 7mo ago
I live in a civilized European country and gravely miss the freedom of speech I had in the USA that I don't here. I'm terrified one tweet will get me jailed for 30 months.
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by robk 11mo ago
After college I got a Pyrex 5L erlenmeyer flask as a wine decanter and it's served me well two and a half decades later. Always a fun topic when people see it for the first time.
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by robk 11mo ago
Wow that's a sublime example of weapons grade autism on display with full self awareness.
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by robk 11mo ago
Yep that sums it up. Scary.
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by robk 1y ago
I never understood why this is such a deal breaker. I just export The stl from Openscad then do fillets in Fusion. It's another step but usually only a few mins of clicking.
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by robk 1y ago
Bacteriophages are the answer.
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by robk 1y ago
Just rent one from the master services agreement with Accenture or Tata haha
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by robk 1y ago
I don't know I'm the same and find being in the valley more stressful than the drive to wembley from central London. More taxing mentally to have insane people passing you at 100mph. The licensing is harder but still was a one sho
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by robk 1y ago
Can you share what that means? To a non German speaker this is of no significance
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by robk 1y ago
the drug dealer analogy hits so hard. Bravo.
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by robk 1y ago
How is that xenophobic? Poor form for you.
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by robk 1y ago
Why is Diego Garcia to Mauritius good for the USA?
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by robk 1y ago
Yeah except that's the 300 richest which changes the math of the tax take.
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by robk 1y ago
I think they did though. I remember several buddies from UIUC when I was in Folsom working solely on compilers
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by robk 1y ago
Why does anyone bother to respond to a throwaway?
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by robk 1y ago
It doesn't reflect their existing views so many will pile on with glee sadly.
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by robk 1y ago
She was clearly an intelligence officer not a low level diplomat or staffer
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by robk 2y ago
Do yourself a favor and move from nginx to caddy
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by robk 2y ago
I thought this meant JavaScript promises and was worried Promise.all() was turning into some meta database for badly architected applications :)
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by robk 2y ago
I think it's nick fox now and he's old school and as competent as they come
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by robk 2y ago
This seems cool but what's the intention with the USD/2 notation? Is that for fractional sub-cent precision in rounding situations?
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Chase Bank glitch releases thousands in cash over Labor Day weekend(forbes.com)
30 points by robk 2y ago|22 comments
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by robk 2y ago
I remember religiously checking the hot deals forum then for insane dot com boom pricing choices (and errors). Fun times. A bunch of us moved to IRC but then Fatwallet sort of ruined things w their volume of users.
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by robk 2y ago
At least in the UK some enterprising soul has faikins on Amazon selling quite well. I got a couple just to stash if ever needed but for now daikins app is okay and works w home assistant. For now.
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by robk 2y ago
Yet I can't ever think of a Ryanair flight I've seen go out with a single spare seat. There are plenty enough people who don't mind abuse of the save a few cents. Good luck to them. Keeps them off my flights.

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