chkaloon

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by chkaloon 1mo ago
I did that a few years ago when my wife lost her fitbit in the woods. She knew the approximate area, +/- 50ft. Thick brush. Using a BT meter on the phone led me right to it like a metal detector
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by chkaloon 2mo ago
I use AI all the time, but I avoid the sparkle icons like the plague. Nothing good comes from accidentally hitting one of those.
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by chkaloon 4mo ago
Cool! I was at least hoping for an op amp or two for the circuit however ;)
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by chkaloon 5mo ago
Glad to see the special mention of the Mat Su Valley in Alaska. Lived there for 10 years, originally from Wisconsin. And yes, the two are VERY similar. Not the exactly the same, I did notice a difference when I moved back to WI, more nasal.
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
Massimo Pigliucci's favorite phrase. Used to drive me insane listening to Rationally Speaking
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
Glad for the Disney reference. Before it became a marketing arm for Pixar movies it was an awesome venue for an optimistic future in Tomorrowland and then Epcot. It's a shadow of that former glory unfortunately.
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
Awesome. I think I'll put in an open records request for the cameras down the street in my little Wisconsin town. See what happens
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
Too late
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
They know Sam has few scruples and will go for the money if the DoW says jump. These clauses mean zilch if Sam is involved
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by chkaloon 7mo ago
Depends on the project. For web based functionality it seems great, because of all the prior work that is out there. For more obscure things like Obsidian Note extentions or Home Assistant help it's more hit and miss
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by chkaloon 8mo ago
Years and years away unfortunately. Many trials and chances for failure on the human side. It's discouraging to see these on HN and then realize that most never go anywhere, or are so far out you may not see it in your lifetime. Maybe
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by chkaloon 9mo ago
Useful tho
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by chkaloon 9mo ago
I'm always suspicious of articles like this. Having been part of a company that was the target of a few NYT articles, there is always more to the story. And parts that are just flat out wrong, but not being an expert or in the industry
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by chkaloon 10mo ago
Thanks for this. Brings back so many memories of the long hours spent in computer rooms with HP 9000s and RS/6000s back in the 90s. Seeing that SAM interface made me shiver :) It's great that there are folks like you preserving th
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by chkaloon 11mo ago
LAN Manager legacy still hanging around after 40+(?) years
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by chkaloon 1y ago
I would extend Yankeedom to the Mat-Su Valley of Alaska. Wisconsin, Minnesota colonists in the 1930s and more recent western Michigan transplants.
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by chkaloon 1y ago
So cool that the are people attempting to preserve this amazing, sometimes lost, history. I hope they are considering how to preserve their own work as they do this.
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by chkaloon 1y ago
Here I thought ST Discovery had jumped the shark with its whole mycelium navigation plot device.
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by chkaloon 1y ago
The article mentions alcohol consumption by kids, but I think it doesn't emphasize enough the effect of efforts like Mothers Against Drunk Driving and strict DUI laws. Back in the 70s and 80s having a few drinks at a party, bar or frie
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by chkaloon 1y ago
Can we just keep taking courses of scorched earth antibiotics until we come up with a microbiome combo that feels good?
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by chkaloon 1y ago
Some legislators probably have constituents that just won't shut up about it, so they figure let's pass this since it doesn't actually ban anything that actually exists and get these crazies off my back.
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by chkaloon 1y ago
I'm thinking "effectuate" could be interpreted as requiring force if necessary. Since this is another country, that would be outside the purview of a court to mandate a military action. They can require that the govt "fa
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by chkaloon 2y ago
Screen time.
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by chkaloon 2y ago
I also thought it was interesting when basketball essentially added 1 second to each game by including tenths on the game clock
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by chkaloon 2y ago
This doesn't address the screenshot of Elon's X admin page in the background of one of Adrian's posts
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by chkaloon 2y ago
Since this group probably has a high propensity to consider all taxation as theft, I think it applies better here.
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by chkaloon 2y ago
So if they are going to do this, can we get a signed affidavit from then that they will not call 911 and use taxpayer funds for a transport to the local ER when things go south? If so, then I'm all for it.
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by chkaloon 2y ago
Good code review method, but that doesn't address the anxiety aspect, which is real. I always tried to treat and see it as a teaching and learning exercise and not make it accusatory or negative. As a reviewer, see it as an opportunity
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by chkaloon 2y ago
ChatGPT to the rescue: Here is a rewritten version of the passage at a 10th-grade reading level: Most proteins begin to fold into their proper shapes while they are being made on the ribosome. Studies have shown that the way proteins fold d
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by chkaloon 2y ago
"Hear from I". Man that grates every time I hear it

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