Tatters

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[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I remember The End of Eternity as being quite unlike anything else Asimov wrote, and all the better for it.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It doesn’t have to be separate branches - you can generate different versions of the software from the same code branch, e.g. using compiler/build time switches for those bits of the code that differ between the different target platforms. Then you would have a build pipeline per platform; even here the build pipeline can share a lot of common code, and just be parameterized for the specific platform.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Giving it a fancy name does not hide the fact it would be much better to replace the HDD with an SSD the same size. Typical Apple - marketing over substance.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just as well that I am not in the US then.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Easy. If I was trapped in a recently abandoned pickle factory, then I would survive on the food in the staff canteen, starting with what had just been prepared, such as pizza and sandwiches; after a day or so I would move on to see what was in the refrigerators, and finally work my way up to the frozen food. Oh, by the way, when they abandoned the factory, they forgot to turn off the power, so all the perishables are still nicely preserved.

Also, lots of things can be pickled, not just cucumbers. The word “pickles” makes me immediately think of pickled onions. There is usually quite a bit of sugar in the picking vinegar.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ok, I understand what you are trying to do, but I that is not how I read it at the time. Prefix to me in this context means e.g., “kilo” in “kilobyte”, and not the “k” in “kB”. I am not sure it is helpful to split the unit symbol up like that.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Thanks for this article. Unfortunately, you used the word “prefix” when you really meant “unit symbol”. So, “kilo” and “mega” are prefixes, kB and MB are unit symbols. You repeatedly called the latter “prefixes”.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What do you mean.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I assume no-one, including the feddit uk admins, can access the server to copy anything off it, so it will all be lost.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There is nothing scientific about homeopathy.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (7 children)

He sounds like a very troubled kid: “ The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage.”. He is deemed a danger to himself or others so is being placed is a secure hospital for safety, hopefully he will get treatment there. He will be released if the doctors deem he is no longer a danger.

[–] Tatters@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The official UK Police term is Road Traffic Collision, or RTC, which does not imply fault or otherwise.

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