The TL;DR on this is that, yes, helium filled HDDs are “real” – it’s just the latest in the long line of tricks used to keep spinning rust a mainstream storage medium.

Buy an SSD as a boot device, though, you’ll not regret it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-10-battlefield-1-interview-dice

The way the Dutch build everything water related is genius.

Field, ditch, elevated bank, line of trees, road, ditch, field = continual drainage, strong containment, trees dry the ditch and road, roads almost always passable.

Fields below town level, possible to controlled flood huge areas, but to a shallow depth – town stays dry

Roads and most towns paved/metalled with interlocking brickwork – maximum local drainage. Bricks delivered on pallets, and placed by a giant grabbing arm, 100 at a time.

That’s before even mentioning the rivers, the cleaning/cutting-back of the plant growth, the big sea dijks etc etc…

No idea what you’re talking about. Try googling it, perhaps include your location, and fetishes (if any).

😉

Last time I tried to have a picnik in a field, I ended up bringing two disposable BBQs back, and ALL their rubbish including poundland tongs that the previous twerps had abandoned.

So, seconded, total PITA.

Avid levers are ace. I had SDs, but I have to say the the old basics are pretty much fine. Do you really have an issue with brake leverage being akward for you? I’d guess most people just adapt in one or two minutes…

From a design PoV, most adjustment allows only for people to improperly adjust something. VBrakes have been around a while, the leverage is kinda sorted. Also, they’re even the same brand, so it really should work fine.

I’m up for the revolution, if you promise not to eat all* the veggie sausages on the plentiful BBQs that follow.

*Ask a veggie, this** always happens.
**”…aaand I’ll have a veggie one to try as well.” When there’s already only a smattering of veggie food.

The issue here is a sense of responsibility and societal cohesion.

Seeing as in my experience you can actually get a smack in the chops for challenging anyone over anything these days (litter, abusing a homeless guy), and that people actually can’t actually see how “well it gives the litterpicker a job” is utterly stupid…. I dispair. Perhaps we should just instaprint a 2D bar code on all purchased items that are commonly turned into litter and tracable to the card that purchased them….

Because there’s a lot of very very optimistic hippies.

Speaking as a (now shorn) hippy, it’s guff… But then I never really liked it with long hair on, either. Sorry.

Baaamp for fixing

Hahaha alpin ya Willy/Wally 😉

Weekend mistakes: thought that pesky bolt on my rack would stay tight this time…. Queue a DIY restraint made from rubber bands. Thought that the Giro would interest MissStripes….queue buggeration with the parasol, wind, sun etc, all for a “meh”. Thought it was too early for mossies here, too, also a mistake.

Next weekend’s accident waiting to happen: Defeating the speed limiter on the ebike.

https://games.slashdot.org/story/16/05/09/2148258/battlefield-1-trailer-most-liked-in-youtube-history-infinite-warfare-trailer-most-disliked

Cougar’s ahead of the curve, again 😛

Awww 🙂 I Just wanted to say “Hi Guys!”.

MissStripes was perplexed that they were drafting cars! I figured if it’s not a team car it’s fair game?

Today, keep your eyes out for a spectating dude in a ludicrous blue Pisces-print batik shirt and green shorts, perhaps astride a mostly-debaged Mk 1 Blue Pig… it’s meeeee 🙂

Oooh!

Betty’s? The queues can be legendary, maybe scope out off-peak times.

Pretty sure there’s a few nice things in the HGate area, and if you’re spotty a couple of litres of the Sulphur Spring will sort you right out.

Pop over to Bradford for a mugging and a curry.

You pays your money, you makes your choice. They are indeed different beasts.

Has it ever been any different?

Dunno, but the OP was referring to the game engine, so I thought the fact that the new GTX 1080 has much, much much more horsepower than the AMD APUs in any console was kinda relevent to whether you’ll see the graphics in question 🙂

Looks like it’s rendered on SLI 1080’s.
Consoles are going to be well behind the curve, again.

Probably dual ones and certainly not a ‘standard’ run of the mill one setup.

PC games are starting to catch up.[/quote]

I think you misunderstand.

If you want to see what is in that trailer, you’ll need hardware that is not, and won’t be for a long time[/url], in a Console.

This isn’t an attempt to troll you…. though I think I succeeded nonetheless.

Looks like it’s rendered on SLI 1080’s.

Consoles are going to be well behind the curve, again.

Apparently my personal failing is putting chewing gum back in the packet after I’ve chewed it [used gobs in the blister pack with the foil stuck to it].

😀

Yep 🙂

It’s starting just up the road from me. I will put people up, for a reasonable price 😉

It’s metal sculpture. Aerodynamic performance is very limiting on the overall form, so it’s just really a case of “where would you like your character lines?”.

I wanna travel in tubes.

Measure twice, cut once.

And, always know where your towel is.

Most Chinese knock-offs are hilarious 😀

That’s what I said!

WANT.

Also, to continue my theme:

Feeding the cooker.

One for you, one for me, one spilled on the gas hob.

Well, this is eye-opening.

Tips have been noted, some in use already 🙂 Looks like my throughput is up!

Love STW

Oi! Cornwall ain’t going nowhere. If your arse is dangerous, you deal with it offshore. Or perhaps in remote Wales.

5S looks brilliant advice (though I would add most of the workbenches are very tidy).

@epi I *use* a foot-long digital tool, with a display, multiple settings and flashing light/beeping sounds.

@geoff et al – I will remember all factory throughput tips 😀

I have an interchangeable air driver, but there’s no release button and I find with greasy hands it’s slow to pull the bits off, so I’ve only been using it for the Maguras and kickstands.

Apron is a good call too, and also I should come in early and overhaul my workstation, it’s not quite set up for the builds I’ve been doing.

Some good advice, that thanks.

The bike stand I use is upside down, it’s confusing me!

I’ll try the above, and 6 Sigma will be implemented in the routine, I’ll try to focus on “Right first time”.

TBH working in Dutch is also making me forget some of the instructions :/

Riding along next to a cliff? Maybe/yes.

Step ups, over cracks, towards the cliff ? NOPE NOPE NOPE.

Where’s the badgerNOPE gif when I need it?

Turn it into an ebike 😛