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Skwid
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Comment #49107509
In the UK there is the not entirely dissimilar KTP. Officially companies apply and are selected on the merit of application, in practice it's dramatically easier for companies alre…
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Comment #49098439
I can't prove anything, but if you're keen here are the breadcrumbs I was was referring to: Author Profile: https://psyll.com/elena Author Image: https://psyll.com/assets/image/qzq…
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Comment #49081193
Curiously, I reverse searched a few of the alleged author's images and did get one exact match. On that site they were an Anonymous beauty blogger in a testimonials banner. That si…
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Comment #49081038
You can tell it's going to be a quality site when the article begins with a selection of PHP warnings. One link gave me a 410 which was a surprise, until I realised it returns 410 …
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Comment #48858890
I've never much luck selling a language on cleat benefits alone, but I guess there's not many climbers in my department.
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Comment #48830243
A little conflicted on this one. I firmly believe there is too much distracted driving going on right now. And yet, I find driving a modern car a hugely distracting experience. On …
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Comment #48816105
You can do something similar in 3D with Luneberg lenses, as used on the AN/SPG-59[1]. A truly wild piece of engineering, as is the following SCANFAR system if you're into that sort…
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Comment #48774450
There's also the upgrade path of 2 dishwashers with a single 'clean' token moved between the two. Cupboards are an legacy product holding back progress.
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Comment #48774406
Those I've used in the UK aren't so bad, they're cold fill only with a heating element in the sump. It takes maybe 15 minutes to fill and get up to temperature at the start of a sh…
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Comment #48731708
Well now I want an interactive LaTex UI framework in the style of NeWS
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Comment #48729917
That's 2.5% more neutrons, surely that must be better!
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Comment #48716901
As others have said, the crap resolution is to mask the crap repeatability. Better processing can help, but good enough processing fits in the cheapest of microcontrollers. ADC qua…
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Comment #48396641
Large pile of waffle incoming: This was the way for me. I spent a good few years trying proper dumbphones, but I always needed an app for something. Carrying two phones didn't work…
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Comment #48205791
pali pona a! ike mi wan li ni: suli pi sitelen lon lipu ni li sama ala e sitelen kama jo. ni li pona tawa sina anu seme? Nice work! My only complaint is that the downloaded picture…
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Comment #48204097
I do this once or twice a year in a borrowed/hired auto car. Usually about 10 minutes into the drive when I've got used to it, and started to drive more naturally. Approach junctio…
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Comment #48094756
If you disable javascript it scrolls normally. There's also no text, or images, but you can scroll past all the pretty background colours
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Comment #47874339
I don't know what everyone's complaining about, it seems perfectly accurate to me: https://flipbook.page/n/8e369afba8ea4563a739b58105c3c3d8
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Comment #47574973
I suspect the more significant difference here is the selection pressures. Take a good look at any part of a bird and you'll see millions of years of selection for reduced weight. …
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Comment #47134795
I have as much respect for Claude as any other LLM product. Which is to say, approximately none. But if I needed a spark plug I'd walk over and buy a spark plug. Perhaps some feath…
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Comment #46957107
When I last had the misfortune of using devops copy and pasting text from a work item would take the background colour with it, though not the text colour. Colleages in dark mode w…
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Comment #46363763
I'm standing my ground on optimal base, but I will absolutely be using those hex pronounciations in future
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Comment #46363702
I'm more of a seximal man myself: https://www.seximal.net/
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Comment #46352467
Perhaps the messaging was different where you lived, but I don't believe any credible professional was suggesting those outside healthcare wear masks for their own protection. Mask…
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Comment #45694382
I see a lot of advice being given in these comments, and I find it a little alarming that my own preference hasn't got a mention. Just leave them be? I've had plenty of wasp nests …