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The T4 is better than the T3 where you are the crumple zone.
The gradient might have been created using copper palette switching, which would cost no CPU time but only work with horizontal lines.
Re:E-Bikes Overtake Buggies for Some Amish (2021) on Sunday March 10, 2024 @06:04AM (#39657997)
An airbag helmet full of electronics would allow traditional dress, but I don't know enough theology to make the decision.
Statistics -> stats, calculus -> calc, logic -> null
Re:Retiring a Favourite C++ Joke on Friday March 17, 2023 @07:28AM (#35195584)
Sportier drivers may wish to brake and accelerate simultaneously (rev matching, weight transfer tricks). Normal cars just cut fuel when braking to avoid two-foot drivers burning their brakes.
Re:Dropping support for old C++ standards on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @07:47AM (#35068338)
We have used two boost versions built in different namespaces. Most of it works but there can be Fun if two now-independent versions of the same funtion use the same resource.
Must have been before rvalue references.
They use the same drivers that are on standby to escort fuel tankers and hazardous goods through the tunnel.
Re:Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard on Friday August 26, 2022 @08:20AM (#32606408)
Not too much, don't want to overpower the ammonium chloride.
It's full of fructose, which is slightly less viscous than sucrose and therefore healthier for the laptop.
Re:Mechanical Watch on Thursday May 05, 2022 @02:11AM (#31270132)
The end was the best bit. I have seen good explanations of the escapement and timing gears before, but not of the crown adjuster mechanisms.
Re:European wind-energy sector hit in wave of hacks on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:17AM (#31164204)
There seems to be a correlation between the political demographic in Germany that hates wind turbines and the one that supports Putin. Maybe someone thinks creating more wind turbine haters will increase support for Russia.
Re:There’s No Such Thing as Clean Code on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:59AM (#30112679)
That can probably be automated. clang-tidy has some opinionated linting rules that contradict each other, just enabled these and choose to auto-fix.
Re:Museum of Plugs and Sockets on Thursday November 25, 2021 @07:43AM (#29340858)
Similarly you can fit a UK shaver into a Europlug socket, but may not be able to get it out again.
You normally want to use different force front and back. But there are brakes designed for bike polo and the single-handed: https://bikerumor.com/2019/11/15/paul-pulls-both-brakes-with...
Re:AstraZeneca/EU contract on Friday January 29, 2021 @02:11PM (#25961082)
Too late, this affair has already been used as artillery by the pro-brexit press.
Re:EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1B on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:03AM (#25418326)
Aged 17½ * 2
Re:Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:01AM (#24728083)
Is that a euphemism for unemployed?
Re:KDE Slimbook: Linux Laptop with Ryzen 4000 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @03:20AM (#23924956)
That speed is slower than magnetic memory; it could be delay-line memory, which would be even earlier.
Britain's energy mix for 2019 had more wind than nuclear+hydro

56 TWh nuclear, 6 hydro, 132 gas, 64 wind, 12 solar, 36 bio

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

It would be a Doss-house.
Re:WinUI – The modern native UI platform of Windows on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @07:17AM (#23089732)
Situation: There are 15 competing standards and they all have the same name.
Depends on the riding conditions. The pads on my road bike lasted about 10,000km. In 12,000km my mountain bike has needed 6 sets of pads and 1 set of rotors.
Re:Albert Uderzo has died on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @06:22PM (#22679731)
His English name was Ptenisnet.
The weight of a Model X (2.5t) and the Truck's 1.6t payload is easily above the 3.5t gross a European car licence is limited to.
The T5 scored 1 NCAP star for pedestrian safety.
The A350 has two types of AoA sensor - vanes and multifunction probes - which should reduce the chance of everything failing together.
Re:Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 on Friday May 10, 2019 @01:48PM (#19880328)
Modern cars have a wireless pressure sensor failure instead.
Re:What to Expect from Marzipan on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:46AM (#19875898)
To make marzipan structurally sound requires adding too much sugar, which spoils the taste.
Re:UX clichés on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:24AM (#19833243)
I know those books. I think it means fractional distillation where the volume of content remains the same but is categorized differently.

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