was_a_dev

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Was a physicist.

Was a dev.

Now a physicist.

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Comment · 2 months ago
Do that many restaurants not have salt/pepper already on the table? Yes, I may ask for ketchup separately but salt is always provided.
Comment · 3 months ago
Biometric data in UK passports is nothing more than the digital storage of the information in your passport (name, age, passport number, facial photo). The UK government does not collect any additional data
Comment · 3 months ago
As an aside, I always find it amusing that as a British person that have visited both the US and the Schengen area since the new entry/exit system. Both the US and EU have taken my biometric information (i.e fingerprints) but the UK government has not.
Comment · 3 months ago
What a brilliantly depressing graphic
Comment · 3 months ago
> freedom of movement to the EU (that the British hated so much)

A generalisation that only applied to, at most, 52% of the voting British public

Comment · 1 year ago
I played the Map mode and got the same page several times, and then the game ended with half my "life" left. It was really fun but I passed a lot of rounds just on memory
Comment · 1 year ago
There were reasons, they just weren't good ones
Comment · 1 year ago
Interestingly I just got what seems to be a complete and coherent answer from GPT-5 mini. No refusal, many steps given
Comment · 1 year ago
Free to US citizens would be a better policy, the state investing in its own people.
Comment · 1 year ago
The idea (in theory being the key word) is by injecting into the stratosphere minimises acid rain production and maximises cooling requiring less SO2
Comment · 1 year ago
In this context, its not so much the prejudice but the exploitation of such students and the devaluation of the degree as a result.
Comment · 2 years ago
The most challenging axis in my opinion is the roll axis of Super Heavy, if there is a roll angle error, the pins could not sit properly on the chopsticks and the whole booster slides off.
Comment · 2 years ago
We're not good at building nuclear power stations, partly because we haven't the skilled workforce to do so.

A lot of the (finanical and time) investment for Hinkley Point C has been certifying and upskilling the workforce.

Sizewell C is projected to be a much smoother and 'cheaper' operation, as it is a near clone of HPC. And the timing means the workforce will just transfer over to the new site.

Comment · 2 years ago
In the North East of England, theres a point where these houses aren't even worthwhile purchasing to rennovate. Houses can be purchases easily for £60k but require at least that to modernize. But while you've done well to purchase a house for £120k, it doesn't reflect in the local market.

The solution would be to knock the house down and build a modern one on the reclaimed land. But you've just bought a mid-terrace, so that's out of the question.

Comment · 2 years ago
I'd say 1/3rd is a rather large chunk of an SSDs TBW if its just for hibernating. In practice, for reasons you outlined, it would be a smaller amount but I would only find 1-2% tolerable.

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