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  1. tl8

    News Raspberry Pi computer, is it rational?

    This is all a bit weird. The foundation is definitely supporting this and have said so publicly, but most people would be struggling to recommend using Linux as an OS for this. I am interested how they are managing that.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    ABC which is modeled on the BBC. Look up Planet America for a detailed program into your politics. They are also doing educational things and are trying to provide clarity to the ever changing rules. ---------- Post added at 08:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 AM ----------...
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    There seems to be some progress here on both the economic and health fronts. Still early days, but the news is not horrible.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    We have just hit lockdown in all but name. Early results are promising though due to our island status.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    Aus Government is basically suspending business tax income. Social security is also a lot easier to get. But no $900 per person like last time. The company is ok for a few months and we have some big ag clients, but things will get hairy end of April.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    The messaging here has been horrific. Not 1 week before, the PM announced that we was going to the football. He decided not to because "the media might misconstrue it". That said, the right things are happening, but not as efficiently as they could have been. Full disclosure, I did in-fact...
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    Those tube stations are only accessible via lifts, so actually makes sense.
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    It is not easy to have a 100 tonne metal press in your backyard...
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    It was one crazy morning that is for sure. And it looks like we slept through a bit as well. The promoter, which is a company that only runs the GP. Our Home Affairs minister has it now, and it is the first week of Rugby League football. Going ahead with crowds for now, but that might...
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    News COVID-19 pandemic

    You have this problem too. We are in a feedback loop at the moment with a lot of people stocking up. The factory has even ramped up production.
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    Updates ESA Solar Orbiter News and Updates

    https://www.reddit.com/r/rocketry/comments/edgqv6/atlas_v_delayed_booster_separation/ "dynamic pressure constraints"
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    Wasn't too far from the touch down point. Did plant it too. Centreline didn't look that bad. Maybe the reverse's didn't deploy?
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    News Air Canada Flight AC837 incident over Madrid

    Incident https://avherald.com/h?article=4d2d213f&opt=0 Boring I know, but a lot of aviation is that.
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    News Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor

    Most of the RAN fleet are named after Cities and Towns (The landlocked ones being the best ones of all). The exception at the moment is HMAS Choules who was the last WWI solider in Australia to pass away. Oh, there is also an Oberon class submarine in Holbrook in regional NSW.
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    Science Y-chromosomal Adam.

    This video explains the maths behind it:
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    OHM does not work

    Xyon and IronRain are madly trying to get the new OHM and Orbiter Forum up and running. I think it is at a stage where it is better to push forward rather than fix the issues.
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    News London Bridge incident.

    I keep hearing that one of the people (on the good guys side) involved was also out on day release. If true, a really interesting set up.
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    Supersonic car targets 1,000mph

    There are multiple land speed records for various classes of 'car'. The outright record haven't been set by a combustion engine driven car since 1963.
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    So a good landing, not a great one :P They sound quite lucky.
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    F1 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps, 30 August-1 September

    Qually is like the quiz show Pointless with the timing loops. First is the lap legal, then how good is the time. We use them a lot for the local race series, at least 1 driver in the top 10 will hit the loop. ---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 AM...
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