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Tacit Knowledge and AI(cacm.acm.org)
1 points by 7402 2d ago|0 comments
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by 7402 5d ago
..., a bag of thick SCSI cables, a bag of Firewire 400 cables, a bag of AppleTalk cables, a bag of PS 2 cables, a bag of RS232 cables, a bag of Firewire 800 cables, a bag of ADB cables, ... (Unfortunately, not kidding.)
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The Rhythm of the Rails: Making Music from Data in Real Time(nytimes.com)
1 points by 7402 9d ago|0 comments
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Hamas and the Future of Gaza (With Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)(econtalk.org)
1 points by 7402 16d ago|1 comments
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There's Only One Way to Stop Students from Cheating(nytimes.com)
5 points by 7402 21d ago|2 comments
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What If Your Texts Traveled as Slowly as a Carrier Pigeon?(nytimes.com)
1 points by 7402 23d ago|0 comments
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by 7402 29d ago
Whenever I order anything from Amazon (or anywhere else online), I Print-to-PDF a copy of the order receipt and keep it on my own computer; I've been doing this since 2010. It's especially useful for recovering info about items th
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Ask HN: New Reddit also requiring login?
5 points by 7402 1mo ago|6 comments
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Even Elite Colleges Have Become Trade Schools(nytimes.com)
2 points by 7402 1mo ago|0 comments
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by 7402 1mo ago
children? Showing my age here, I guess. Fifty years ago, 18-year-olds in college were referred to as "men" and "women."
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Students Skinned a Bear in a Dorm. Cornell Realized It Should Ban That(nytimes.com)
3 points by 7402 1mo ago|0 comments
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by 7402 1mo ago
I don't like it when the LLM tries to be my friend. My general prompt (a work in progress) is this. I wonder what other people use. "Answer impersonally, objectively and analytically, without undue friendliness or enthusiasm. Use
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How human hearing is shaping high-end audio(physicstoday.aip.org)
3 points by 7402 1mo ago|0 comments
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by 7402 2mo ago
What? I read all the time for entertainment and to pass the time. And I hate short-form video. Am I the only one?
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by 7402 2mo ago
Yes: Paranoid password printing with a Raspberry Pi https://7402.org/blog/2020/paranoid-password-printing-pi.html
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Reverse Sprinkler Physics Problem(nytimes.com)
4 points by 7402 2mo ago|1 comments
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by 7402 2mo ago
"No loud music between 10pm and 7am." That's on private property when it can be heard by others. Laws have all kind of restrictions on the time/place/manner of self-expression when what is being expressed has a ne
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by 7402 2mo ago
The only bold-faced sentence in the post is this: "Solving problems is the only way to understand physics." This is key! If you have the discipline to follow through on this, then learning via self-study is possible. If you don&#x
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by 7402 2mo ago
I hear relatively long conversations going on at higher speeds, e.g. 25-30 wpm. I think those short exchanges you mentioned only dominate at times when there's a popular contest going on.
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by 7402 2mo ago
With llama.cpp, Intel i9-13900KS CPU, 96 GB RAM, RTX 4070 running locally. The models I'm using right now with that are: gpt-oss-120b-F16.gguf Qwen_Qwen3.5-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q5_K_XL.gguf gemma-4-31B-it-UD-Q6_
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A Great University Undermines Its Mission(nytimes.com)
4 points by 7402 2mo ago|1 comments
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by 7402 3mo ago
Already has been, although just small bits at present: US 2200m band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz US 630m band 472 - 479 kHz These became available in 2017 in US, following the agreement of the International Telecommunication Union's 2007 and 20
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by 7402 3mo ago
In college I used to go out to eat from time to time with a group of friends to a midnight pancake house. This was a very nerdy group! In our "culture," everyone wrote down on their paper placemat the exact cost of each item order
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by 7402 3mo ago
I'm surprised. Consulting an exposure limit calculator ( https://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure-calculator ) suggests a safe distance (FCC controlled exposure limit) for continuous (30 min) exposure from a 100w FM transmitter
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End of CHU: Canada's Official Shortwave Time Signal Goes Silent in 2026(radio-hobbyist.com)
4 points by 7402 3mo ago|0 comments
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When Tornado Weather Hits, These Scientists Break Out the Colored Pencils(nytimes.com)
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A Cattle Ranch Is Doing What the Ivy League Can't(nytimes.com)
3 points by 7402 4mo ago|3 comments
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by 7402 4mo ago
by a former Stanford student
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by 7402 4mo ago
Does that apply to this comment on this page? ToucanLoucan 23 hours ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] ... Americans only give a shit about the price of gas and eggs. Whoever has to die to keep those down is apparently fine with the majo
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by 7402 5mo ago
I don't allege bad intent, but I wish people would stop using "Karen" as an insult, because I know some perfectly nice people with the misfortune to have been given that name.

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