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Comment Re:Behind the sofa (Score 2) 53

I wish I could remember, but my memories of 1963 are very dim. I must, however be one of the few Slashdotters who where alive in the UK then. I definitely remember later episodes. It was neither the Daleks nor the Cybermen, but the Cybermats (1967) that had me hiding behind the sofa.

I was 11 in April 1963 and I remember the early Hartnell Doctor very well. I had a pal who was into drama and we used to 'do' the Doctor, gripping the lapels of our jackets and exclaiming 'The Daleks!'

Comment Re:Free up pharmacists??? (Score 1) 79

My wife supervises training of pharmacy technicians in a UK hospital pharmacy. The 'short class' is two years of on-the-job and classroom training. There is a very high standard and students can and do flunk the course. At the end they get an accreditation qualification. They need good marks in high school in mathematics, English language, science, and one other subject.

Comment Re:I'm surprised to see ... (Score 1) 98

SNCF use separate power cars at the ends of double-deck ('Duplex') TGVs, because the passenger cars have, necessarily, lower floors than single-deck ones, and that means there's no room for the traction equipment (transformers, inverters, etc) to be placed under the floor, as is now common in single-deck designs.

Comment Re:Cooling Fan (Score 1) 71

I have a Pi4 8gb that is a Tor proxy, torrent box, dlna server, NAS, nzb downloader, and it is in an aluminum Flirc case. No fan. Normal temp around 48 C. Sometimes goes to 58-60. Also a Pi4 4GB that I bought when they were released in 2019. Because of what I read about heat, I bought a Pimoroni Fan Shim. The controlling software triggers at 65 C and the fan cuts out when the CPU is down to 55. Since the Pi4 firmware updates a couple of years ago it never runs. I see around 45 to 50 normally. As thermal throttling happens at 80 I am not worried.

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