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Open and save dialogs are insane. Let's make a whole other finder that's completely different to the main one we use to navigate files. The RISC OS approach is like a million times…

> solar does not need artificial subsidies, and can pay for itself That's true now, but wasn't true when those panels were installed. There were subsidies available to get the mark…

It may also be worth spraying them with water when they are too hot. As they get hotter the efficiency drops a little. It's only a few percent, and usually it happens at the time y…

So do insurance based ones. And if you aren't 100% insured, that limit depends on how rich you and your parents are, and the balancing is often between health and other things.

The NHS is known for being pretty efficient when compared to other healthcare systems, especially the US. The problem is that there is no money and healthcare is getting more expen…

Is there any material difference between a non-profit asking and people who work for the non-profit asking? Is the maker of the request made public or something? It sounds like the…

Location: Oxford area, UK Remote: Yes (happy with hybrid — 2–3 office visits/month to London, Reading, Bristol, Birmingham, or similar) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeSc…

> Google has been nuking accounts since their inception Google has been dealing with accounts opened for fraud, spam and other evil bots since their inception. They should be nukin…

I tried the web henge near me feature ( https://hengefinder.rcdis.co/henge_near_me ) It doesn't work if the road is not straight for it's entire length. It takes the start point of…

I agree it's absurd and I'm in favour of some kind of wealth tax, but I don't get the connection here. This feels like a failure of infrastructure planning laws and things like noi…

It's been going for centuries in the UK. There have been murders: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/father-jailed-fo... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gambler-murd…

I'm not sure the da Vinci Surgical System is a good example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4941968/

I'd be 100% happy to block those carriers from calling me. Their users should just get a message that calling my number is not supported and they should try calling me from another…

They 100% did not let the power users and DIY scene exist. It only existed by exploiting OS security vulnerabilities. Every new iOS release required finding a new way to crack it. …

Surely military drones will use OpenStreetMap data? Even the Russians and Iranians can use it for whatever purpose they like.

Last entry is at 3pm in winter because it takes a while to queue then catch the shuttle bus etc. and it gets dark, so closes at 5pm. But if there were actual Police, not just Engli…

While the article only talks about using this as a USB HID keyboard to send attacks, surely if you spent more time creating an evil firmware from scratch you could do much more tha…

Could you use a prediction market (or Spread Betting in the UK) to hedge against your ETF loosing money during the period? If the ETF lost value, the hedge would gain it back and v…

According to Gemini, index funds in total own about 20% of the value on the Nasdaq 100 index. So if you list a new company in Nasdaq, typically they have to buy 20% of it. But only…

I'd like to be able to invest in an "index minus certain companies which I choose" fund so that people can exclude companies that they don't like for whatever reason.

Some people would tell me that they do, but only for training their internal self-driving AI. I'm not sure about the privacy implications. You say "all its cars" but you actually m…

Sometimes AV is supposed to mean Anti Virus or Alternative Vote and that's really confusing because it really means Audio Visual. Anything else, no. I saw the title and thought it …

It might be the opposite - they logged into their work gmail account on their home machine to check their email.

In which country?

I think thats a really wrong definition of spam. Spam is untargeted junk from people you don't know, who are probably hiding there real identity using fake email headers etc. If it…