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I'm guessing this doesn't capture manual restarts? I have the same experience as the commenter below: Plasma requires a restart a few times per day for me, as the panels disappear …

Let's not forget this gem in a memo from Summers: >Dirty' Industries: Just between you and me, shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the…

>Try it today in the Gemini app. Available globally on desktop and mobile Not quite. Gemini isn't available in Hong Kong. Unfortunately instead of telling Pixel users that, they up…

I wrote a cat-themed web version a little while ago for fun. It's not overly configurable, but there are zero ads, trackers etc. and it's very lightweight with hopefully no (signif…

The government currently tendering for providers of different systems. See here [1] and here [2]: Tender documents released on Monday show the technical trial is slated to begin “o…

Less than low energy antitachycardia pacing (LEAP), which is itself a lower-energy alternative to the typical 1-shock defibrillation. Their "1000 times less" means three orders of …

It depends, but it's not uncommon to completely forget the entire character. If you sort of remember it, then the muscle memory in your hands often helps to finish the character co…

It may be contrived, but it still highlights the key difference. Even if sneeze was a word that you were taught once in school and hadn't used for 30 years, you would still likely …

Sure, but noone is forcing you to use Firefox. Getting a barcode from GS1 is mandatory if you want your product to exist in the modern retail world.

It does, but the only real requirement is to prevent duplicates. It's not a limited resource like domains or IP4 addresses. There's no justification for the subscription model asid…

> An estimated 10 billion barcodes are scanned globally, every day, according to GS1, the organisation that oversees UPC and QR code standards. GS1 are the ultimate gate keeping mo…

For anyone interested in the the details, China Talk released a podcast last week on the updated export controls, which discussed the enormous quantity of ASML machinery purchased …

Having lived in Taiwan both before and after China's crackdown in Hong Kong, I can say that post crackdown, I haven't encountered a single Taiwanese that wants any integration with…

NSFW warning: The current home page has porn hub as a bookmark, which displays a bookmarked image that is likely not SFW (depending on your workplace).

>At least you’re not in Macau, which is 30 sq km? Macau has quarantine free travel with the Mainland, so that's >9 million sq km ;)

>I wish I was living under (3). Sure it's painful in the short term, but compared to rolling lock-downs for over 12 months? Having spent the last year under (3), I dream of 1 or 2.…

Similarly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXfyZc_Gvg