As something of a history buff I’ve read about a fair few Kings and Queens through history. There are many of them, most mediocre, a lot of them objectively bad, however, now and again one stands out from the masses as a good one....
I’m still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don’t trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What’s the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?...
GnuCash. I’m with Starling Bank. I transfer about £550 to my credit card pot to spend for the month and do my very best not to exceed it. I have an Amex (default) and MasterCard credit cards on which all my day-to-day spending occurs. American Express gives me a balance text every Sunday, but entering purchases in GnuCash makes sure I know what it is roughly.
Just looked it up on Amazon. Thank-you. Hopefully I can get a tester from nuud themselves rather than the £25 there!
Burnt myself recently on a traditional deo having tried to stay away from Aluminium based one; I think it held it too close on this occasion. I’m old and it shouldn’t have happened. Had many small blood blisters under my arms but internally. Horrible. Anyway, it seems to have changed me. Since then I’ve been sensitive to many deodorants.
Currently looking for something else that works, hopefully Nuud is it. Thank-you.
I’ve been using lemmy for a while still i dont know all of its nook and corner or even how to properly use markdown in lemmy. I’m using voyager now and I dont know the major improvements of other apps....
That’s rather beautifully put and extra marks for p-h-t! 😁😜
I learned low level stuff to give prices to traders before the trading interval ended. I’m serious. Our four man hedge fund was under the wing of huge French bank. Pricing in the era was painful.
Asked for a price in the era used to take minutes for derivatives; I was told much faster wasn’t possible; that’s a red rag to me. I had no choice but to get dirty and go low level again.
The traders were old style barrow-boys, their like disappeared maybe a year or so after. Derivatives have a load of parameters that go with the actual price, “the Greeks”, and market traders easily remember sets of shopping lists and prices and quantities at the same time. They were a shoe-in before computers were actually useful on a trading floor.
I learned to program on a 6502 RISC chip in Acorn Assembler. I liked it because BASIC was shit in the era (GOTO Fcuk My Life), like it got much better … 🤣😂 Knowing how programs work allows me to try to make it faster. These days I think know compilers are smarter than me.
Rust appeals too for the time-travel aspect. I’d like to learn to write a threaded program. I would have loved to do that when back in the day, I always regretted the way it worked, but it was way beyond me 😭 .
I wouldn’t mind looking at my old original killer pricing program, I knew it could be optimised then, but I just didn’t have the time or the skills to go that extra mile. I regret that bitterly. 😡
If you get time, let me know of your (t)rust travels. Bon voyage.
just need something to do light development (docker, python, rust, with an ide). something i can upgrade (ram, ssd minimum). laptop would best, but desktop works too...
If it runs Windows it’ll run Linux almost certainly. The cheaper you go, the more likely you’ll have lower priced or older components for WiFi, Bluetooth etc which may mean that you have to dig some firmware binaries out to get the whole thing running.
If you can take a USB stick with you of a typical Rescue distribution, and can boot it up, you’ll know what will and won’t work easily. The bits that don’t work may need some minor fiddling. As I said, there are usually walkthrough blogs etc around.
[Reddit] avoiding Reddit links in Lemmy.
Hi all...
What's your favorite instrument that really gets through to you?
Mine’s a bit of a strange one…...
How do you think social media platforms should work?
What hobby do you have that no one else in your family shares?
What makes a (good) monarch?
As something of a history buff I’ve read about a fair few Kings and Queens through history. There are many of them, most mediocre, a lot of them objectively bad, however, now and again one stands out from the masses as a good one....
What search engine do you recommend that isn't Google or Bing?
I’m still trying to de-Google my life, little by little. I don’t trust Bing for similar reasons. DDG is feeling shady of late. What’s the search engine you all recommend that I can inject into my daily life? Is there perhaps a search engine that is focused on code, or have we just all moved on to AI for searching?...
Feddit.UK has finally kicked the bucket- and what happens next. (lemmy.world)
TL;DR, Feddit.UK is down, we’re working on making a fun replacement!...
What system or method do you use for your monthly budget or personal finance?
What budgeting advice do you recommend? Money management method?
Who is a fictional character you most identified with?
From TV, movie, book, fanfic, audio drama, cuneiform tablet, or whatever.
You might be able to control Reddit's Android app font size, finally (www.androidauthority.com)
A reminder that this still isn’t a feature.
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I'm looking at buying a sodastream - where can I find good syrups?
I live in the US, and can only seem to find a variety of soda syrups that ship to Canada here....
What are you looking forward to in 2024?
Japan is on its own wavelength. (lemmy.world)
Android 14 QPR2 beta 1 feature drop (www.androidauthority.com)
The beta update is available to Pixel phones starting from the 5a and the full release notes are here: developer.android.com/about/…/release-notes...
People that don’t wear antiperspirant…
do you not smell body odor or do you just get used to it?...
How to find and use markdown in lemmy
I’ve been using lemmy for a while still i dont know all of its nook and corner or even how to properly use markdown in lemmy. I’m using voyager now and I dont know the major improvements of other apps....
If you had to choose one programming language that you had to use for the rest of your life, what would it be?
cheapest new computer running linux <$500
just need something to do light development (docker, python, rust, with an ide). something i can upgrade (ram, ssd minimum). laptop would best, but desktop works too...