DrStalker

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by DrStalker 6y ago
That was a really great piece of game design that grew out of a problem picked up in playtesting where some players didn't realize they were meant to keep the cube with them to solve multiple puzzles; they'd leave it behind and th
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Someone told Trump they left the EU so in his mind they aren't part of Europe anymore.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Surely the rules in the US would have to be the same; you can't enter the intersection on a red, but if you're already in there you can exit. Yellow is meant to be "only enter if you can't stop safely" not "if
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Why pay people to do this when you can make a CAPTCHA that requires them to do it for free? Google must have a really good data set from all those "click the boxes containing X" tests they make people do.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Prevent you from playing the game.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
At this point it would be easier to start a new company and import the positive things from Boeing. They've lost their "engineering first" mentality and that's not something that is easy to get back, and they may not be
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by DrStalker 7y ago
I can remember it, I think in setups where the TV signal was passed through a VCR (so it could be recorded) and then into the TV. If the VCR detected there was no useful signal it would output a blue image instead of static. Just showing r
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by DrStalker 7y ago
I imagine such a weapon would be more of a suppressing fire tool than something intended to shoot accurately.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
There are also coil guns, which present a different set of benefits and challenges than railguns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilgun
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Was your character an orc?
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by DrStalker 7y ago
As someone who used the ability to setup custom piece arrangements in Battlechess to see all the animations: Place the enemy king in middle. Use four rooks at the edges of the board (two on the left, two on the top) to ensure the king can&#
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by DrStalker 7y ago
If he can get DOS installed and CDROM drivers working he should be able to install at least windows 95a. Windows 95b preferred to use its own drivers (or drivers loaded from a floppy disk) for such things, but the early versions felt more
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by DrStalker 7y ago
They also mention reduces ventilation needs; if mines don't have to handle diesel exhaust in confined underground spaces that's another win.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
From memory setting a UID to 0 was a way to effectively have multiple root accounts on a system. sudo is a much better solution to the same problem so using uid 0 in this manner is not something I expect to see on any modern unix/linu
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by DrStalker 7y ago
I buy glasses online from Zenni optical, who make them in China. (there are other companies that do this, but Zenni is the one Iv'e used) They start at $6 for frames and prescription lenses, and they have multiple styles under $20 th
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by DrStalker 7y ago
You also become responsible for any unpaid property taxes, because they are attached to the property rather than to the person who owned it when the debt was incurred.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
3D-printing ranges from fragile resin pieces to metal durable enough to use as rocket nozzles. This article was about 3D printed titanium, so the resulting piece is likely stronger than bone but weaker than machined titanium would be.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
If the victim doesn't laugh with you afterwards then it's not a prank, it's just being an asshole.
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by DrStalker 7y ago
Some storage systems work by holding a charge, and electrons have mass. In practical terms it night as well be 0 but in silly discussions on the internet terms it's a very small non-zero value.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
Some weather maps added purple to Australian heat maps a few years ago to fix that lack of range.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
> Quartz crystals used to be hermetically sealed. Are they sealed against helium though? It can get through a lot of materials that more common gases can't.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
My family's first Pc has an LED to show turbo mode was on, and the second had a big green LED display that changed from 16 to 33. Even without that the difference was very obvious, especially when playing games.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
Tanks are called tanks instead of "Caterpillar Machine Gun Destroyers" so the initial design could pretend to be a project related to mobile water tanks which gave an excuse for needing lots of steel plates and engine components.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
States have the right to make laws that agree with the ruling party.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
I'd be much happier with 5 high quality megapixels instead of pushing megapixel count as an indicator of camera quality.
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by DrStalker 8y ago
There are exceptions like the Foveon sensor where the red, green and blue sensors are stacked behind each other or monochrome sensors with interchangeable filters used in scientific applications, but those are not found in common consumer l
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by DrStalker 8y ago
Does this mean The Last Dangerous Visions will finally be released? Harlan sat on this since the 70s, holding rights to all the stories to be included but never actually publishing it.
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by DrStalker 9y ago
They still need to take off from somewhere and land for refueling, though I expect they can have a much shorter take off and landing than a manned fighter even if they are not true VTOL.
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by DrStalker 10y ago
The nature of Second Life makes optimization a challenge. The geometry is fully dynamic so you can't pre-compute line of sight or use a lot of other performance saving tricks. The people making things are not skilled with efficient 3
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by DrStalker 10y ago
That doesn't stop law makers from trying. Like the mess over small-breasted porn being banned in Australia in 2010: > While the ACB claims that there is no blanket ban on small breasts as such, women over the age of 18 with small b

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