bouvin

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by bouvin 2y ago
A far simpler geoengineering approach would be to stop emitting so much CO₂.
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by bouvin 2y ago
Indeed. I regard wind turbines as striking kinetic sculptures in the landscape.
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by bouvin 2y ago
As usual, Zach Weinersmith got it right [1] [1] https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/poetry-2
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by bouvin 2y ago
I have been using MQTT for years in my IoT courses – it has proven to be a very versatile tool, and it is convenient that it is also supported over web sockets.
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by bouvin 2y ago
Earplugs lower the volume, they do not cut the sound completely. Good earplugs (I use Etymotics myself) can do this without affecting the sound quality, making concerts enjoyable and safe.
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by bouvin 2y ago
Ah, the good old days, where hooking up a parallel cable between two PCs and running LapLink was a power move [1]… [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31013707
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by bouvin 2y ago
I use one of the small plug'n'play displays (well, nearly – you run a script) for my Pihole RPi to show stats and state. For mere interactive work, I have found that tablet displays packaged in a case from Aliexpress work nicely.
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by bouvin 2y ago
I think there is a wide consensus that Consider Phlebas, though first, is not the ideal starting point for Banks' Culture series. The plot is meandering, and compared to later books, it is clear that Banks had not yet quite found the f
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by bouvin 2y ago
I was myself taught Computer Architecture in 1991 using the Tanenbaum SCO book, and many years later taught the Computer Architecture course for four years using the SCO book (a later edition, but still!). A true classic, and if anything, i
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by bouvin 2y ago
It was introduced a few years ago in Denmark with good results, too. Companies that lease out cars complained a bit, but I suppose they have since learned to be more careful when issuing vehicles to punters. This, of course, also applies to
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by bouvin 2y ago
Fascinating. Interesting to hear the differentiation in severity in the same class of error. Though a bit disappointing that there is no machine that goes PING! [1] [1] https://youtu.be/VQPIdZvoV4g?si=Ov4AuyKgeKtmYmz9
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by bouvin 2y ago
Indeed, this is a pet peeve of mine as well. If the silly notion of Roko’s Basilisk has any merit, I wouldn’t want to be that guy. Besides, transversing an unstable or uneven surface would seem to be a better test, anyway. I do however find
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by bouvin 2y ago
I quite like it. There was going to be an uncanny valley regardless, and BD clearly decided to lean into it.
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Charging My Phone with a Steam Engine(youtube.com)
2 points by bouvin 3y ago|1 comments
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by bouvin 3y ago
Quin finishes her DC generator and charges her phone with her self built steam engine.
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by bouvin 3y ago
Thirded – it is a stunning, haunting work. The author, Kate Beaton, was previously probably best known for her (also award winning) 'Hark! A Vagrant' web comic [1,2]. [1] http://www.harkavagrant.com [2] https:/&#
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by bouvin 3y ago
Alexander the ok did a fairly detailed video on this a few days ago [1]. [1] https://youtu.be/YpruA5mC7wg?si=nQdHoak_5grmiepg
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by bouvin 3y ago
Looks pretty cool, though it is not quite Slow Glass [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_of_Other_Days
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by bouvin 3y ago
The real beauty is that ants do not have overlords – their intelligent behaviour is emergent, not centrally controlled.
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by bouvin 3y ago
I love the books as well (especially in my very nice Folio Society edition). As for the impossible naval jargon, I found it amusing to see the movie in (Danish) cinema, where the incomprehensible naval terminology was replaced in the subtit
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by bouvin 3y ago
That goes some way to explain how Peter Jackson can have such a significant WWI collection [1]. [1] https://youtu.be/7gmZ9X9Aplk
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by bouvin 3y ago
'Bottom 75 list'? You have not read much SF, have you? Sturgeon's Law [1] was created for a reason. If you think this is as bad as SF gets, I turn your attention to Robert A. Heinlein's "To Sail Beyond the Sunset&qu
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by bouvin 3y ago
Any SF list is incomplete without him! However, he was never New Wave, which this list is.
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Airbus to test sat-stabilizing 'Detumbler' to simplify astro-garbage disposal(theregister.com)
1 points by bouvin 3y ago|0 comments
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by bouvin 3y ago
I am a longtime devotee of Lovecraft. For a deep dive into the man's life, I direct your attention to the Voluminous podcast [1], which covers a bit of H.P. Lovecraft's extensive correspondence. He was a fascinating character, sim
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by bouvin 3y ago
"overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
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by bouvin 3y ago
For ground-based telescopes, I am continually impressed with what amateur astronomers construct in their back gardens, e.g., https://youtu.be/tFZVmVRItbg
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by bouvin 3y ago
Link?
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by bouvin 3y ago
One of my fondest memories as a summer student at CERN in 1993 (in the Electronics and Computing for Physics department) was the visit to the basement beneath the main computing facility, where a colossal tape robot was in operation. Even a
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by bouvin 3y ago
Heaven forbid that all conversations should not be about the USA.

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