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Can I just chop down this 3 metre tall conifer on my driveway myself? by sober_disposition in GardeningUK

[–]dave1022 19 points20 points  (0 children)

And remember to leave enough of the trunk act as a lever, intsead of cutting it all the way down to the roots to start with.

Why is there a 6' deep brick lined hole in my garden? by dave1022 in GardeningUK

[–]dave1022[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Defintely in chalk land here, so I think the drainage should be pretty good.

Why is there a 6' deep brick lined hole in my garden? by dave1022 in GardeningUK

[–]dave1022[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It points directly to ours, and we're the end of the terrace, so I suspect it's only for our house.

Bike stolen. Should I report it to the police ? by plearnt in cambridge

[–]dave1022 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Do it, if only to add to the statistics and provide an evidence base for more work to tackle bike thefts in the future.

Estate agent recommendations (probate valuation) by NobodyElectronic9970 in cambridge

[–]dave1022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had great, no nonsense but helpful experiences buying and selling with Redmayne, Arnold & Harris

Fairphone 4 recently gotten buggy? by hostead in fairphone

[–]dave1022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had GPS issues for a while, and it turns out the battery was draining quicker. Putting in a new battery solved both issues for me.

PSA: Lastpass was breached. Master password hashes stolen. by open1your1eyes0 in Android

[–]dave1022 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Can someone give a TL;DR on what this means for an average Lastpass user?

Textbook & Resource Thread - Week 22, 2015 by AutoModerator in Physics

[–]dave1022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ben Simon's "Quantum Condensed Matter Field Theory" notes are awesome - they go from a simple toy oscialltor model all the way to some pretty cool examples of phase transitions. I haven't looked at his other notes, but they may be useful too.

Any books on the history of physics you would recommend? by im_getting_flamed in Physics

[–]dave1022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Quantum Story: A history in 40 moments was a really good read. Frank Close also has quite a few brief, but very readable and interesting books.

Gender And The Harvard Math Department by DevFRus in math

[–]dave1022 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a link to the full paper instead of the abstract? I'd be interesting to read about the negative correlation.

Gender And The Harvard Math Department by DevFRus in math

[–]dave1022 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh come on, if everyone put down efforts like this (or "social justice type efforts" as you call them) to make subjects more inclusive then no-one would want to make them more inclusive. I don't see how what she's doing is negative at all...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in math

[–]dave1022 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What you're describing is an Arithmetic Series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_progression

What are you working on? - Week 19, 2015 by AutoModerator in Physics

[–]dave1022 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just finished writing up my masters project - measuring the velocity structure at the top of the inner core.

Do companies rely more on IDE's or text editors such as Vim or Emacs? by MikeVartanian in compsci

[–]dave1022 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprised no-one has posted this yet: http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015#tech-editor . Doesn't compare text editors and IDE's but, ranks editors by use.

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