wankeler

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by wankeler 5y ago
Well if the Brits are making racist comments about the Irish it rather suggests they are a different race or prone to putting themselves down. Ah, hold on a moment …
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by wankeler 5y ago
Still in current usage and almost entirely disconnected from historical context. And while we are being so critical of evil Brits I’m sure the phrase has never been uttered by native Dubliners giving their own view of the largely rural regi
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by wankeler 5y ago
Can you phase synchronise magnetrons? I thought they are a free running oscillator. Also circa 1kW not a safe thing to be spraying around, I think fleshy things might well be damaged.
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by wankeler 5y ago
More that UK govt anticipated US first position and didn’t want to be beholden to it.
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by wankeler 6y ago
Yes. The 27th, or the 27th of February. To us, US English seems to skip a lot of the small joining words of various flavours.
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by wankeler 6y ago
26 II 2021 Job done
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by wankeler 6y ago
Looks awfully close-coupled
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by wankeler 6y ago
>In Europe all new training aircraft are using diesel(-like) engines now which run on jet fuel or even straight diesel. It's not exactly hard to make the switch. No they aren’t and yes it is.
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by wankeler 6y ago
3 minute walk to ferry pier 5 minute ferry ride across Sydney harbour to circular quay 6 minute walk to office Excellent 4g so able to hold video conference all the way That was my favourite commute.
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by wankeler 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throckmorton_baronets
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by wankeler 6y ago
Standard approach in UK too, though power to switch us increasingly common to support smart switches that need a neutral.
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by wankeler 6y ago
It’s the general vs a specific instance. He’s gone to hospital. (Hospital is abstract, we don’t necessarily know which one) He’s gone to the hospital. (A specific hospital, either inferring which one by context or prior knowledge)
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by wankeler 6y ago
Exactly, all you really need is a fresh cup of really hot tea
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by wankeler 6y ago
Different factions in DEC, particularly east vs west coast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Systems_Research_Center
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by wankeler 6y ago
It was a bit late to de-escalate after the islands had been invaded. Do you really think Galtieri would have gone for any kind of political settlement that would have seen troops withdrawn or islands returned? The whole thing was his Ha
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by wankeler 6y ago
You’re coding safety critical systems and depending on severely non-deterministic tweaks to GC to get it to run right?! Where is this for? (Just so I can avoid it)
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MRNA mediated CRISPR-Cas9 cancer therapy in vivo(advances.sciencemag.org)
2 points by wankeler 6y ago|0 comments
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Dr claims Mars land with laser(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by wankeler 6y ago|0 comments
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Firefighters rescue three men from tumble dryer(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by wankeler 6y ago|0 comments
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by wankeler 6y ago
I thought the really interesting part was the vertical integration from “ore “ through production to recycle plus the manufacturing streamlining / integration of the cells. If they pull this off and eliminate all the margins otherwise
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by wankeler 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightcraft
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by wankeler 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_(spacecraft)
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by wankeler 6y ago
Transmitter is a cw maser?
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by wankeler 6y ago
First, to nitpick, comparative and superlative forms of unique are nonsense, something is either unique or it isn’t. It might be pretty rare though, like rear engines cars: hillman imp, Fiat 500, etc and of course vw microbus and beetle whi
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by wankeler 6y ago
How far back do you want to unwind? Should all non-aboriginals be disenfranchised or removed from Australia? At some point you have to work with things as they are and move forward.
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by wankeler 6y ago
I’m not necessarily disagreeing with your characterisation of different outcomes based on size / density and sophistication of pre-colonial populations, but you are factually wrong on commonwealth membership: Africa Botswana Cameroon G
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Hydrogen Storage Breakthrough in Australia(smh.com.au)
2 points by wankeler 6y ago|0 comments
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by wankeler 7y ago
640k more than enough for anyone Multiple overlapping windows not useful
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by wankeler 7y ago
https://bela.io
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Driver 'blows up' car with 'excessive' use of air freshener(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by wankeler 7y ago|0 comments

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