dandelany

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by dandelany 2mo ago
People used to do a lot of stupid stuff. If you live alone and are conscious of the risk, sure, this is not a terribly dangerous item if you're safe about it. If you live with pets or children, it's entirely sensible to be concern
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by dandelany 3mo ago
If you break the game in such a way that no one wants to play with you anymore, then you have in fact lost the metagame
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by dandelany 6mo ago
Maybe in a pinch, doesn't seem very sustainable. A single decent 400 watt solar panel produces about the same continuous power as a horse, and doesn't consume 20 lbs of hay per day, or pee on your generator.
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by dandelany 6mo ago
Sure, plenty of people also wear a 14 oz hard hat strapped to their head all day with no negative health impacts. Doesn't mean it's enjoyable or comfortable for everyone.
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by dandelany 8mo ago
This was once common but is exceedingly rare these days. I'm sure exceptions exist, but nearly all Americans now treat this as a Very Secret Number.
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by dandelany 8mo ago
The property you are talking about is generally called "deniability" in the literature, whereas the GP is talking "verifiability" ie. being able to verify your own vote is cast correctly. They are both valuable, someti
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by dandelany 8mo ago
Like most things, guessing and proving require vastly different efforts. In aviation, a few more orders of magnitude than most.
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by dandelany 11mo ago
You’re overthinking it. “Country” is simply more ambiguous when used as an adjective. “F5 announces attack from country hackers” sounds silly and confusing.
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by dandelany 1y ago
I suspect they also empirically have less price-sensitivity on average, for a variety of reasons
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by dandelany 1y ago
As opposed to what we have now?
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by dandelany 1y ago
"Simple stochastic blob detection" is an abstraction. You write (or import) a function where the the gnarly logic lives and call `detectBlobs()`. "Use an abstraction" doesn't mean you should use the same abstrac
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by dandelany 1y ago
He didn't "do it", he was one voice among many astronomers who have been calling for a reclassification for years, the IAU voted and made the decision. It's a little silly calling him out for "doing it" for ego
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by dandelany 1y ago
…you realize this happened nine years ago, right?
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by dandelany 1y ago
Is it still trespassing if the door was unlocked? Yes. Not sure why so many people have trouble applying the same principles of unauthorized access to computers.
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by dandelany 2y ago
Perhaps they are optimizing for having plausible deniability/a fully fleshed out backstory in case they are questioned by eg. local cops or a security guard, moreso than inconspicuousness to a random passerby who is unlikely to pose an
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by dandelany 2y ago
Please be complete if you’re gonna translate to American units. That’s 117,000 football fields per football game, or 325 per commercial.
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by dandelany 2y ago
Guessing these are the folks that can’t get work done because GPT is down…
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by dandelany 2y ago
Could definitely be a Monty Python sketch. "I looked inside the TV, there were NO quantum dots." "Well there's your problem right there - you've gone and collapsed the wave function by looking!"
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by dandelany 2y ago
There is at least one area where ATtiny still outcompetes RP2040: low power consumption. Even in its lowest-power dormant state, 2040 still burns around 200uA, whereas the ATTiny can sleep on only a handful of uA or less. Even during activ
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by dandelany 3y ago
Also not that long ago electricity and clean drinking water weren't a thing. The fact that people can make a career as an artist now, and couldn't before, is something I'd consider an advancement! "Nothing wrong with tha
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by dandelany 3y ago
Excitingly, the next version of Minecraft will have a single block (Copper Bulb) that effectively works as a redstone T-flip-flop! Previously it has always required a handful of other blocks to implement one.
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by dandelany 3y ago
Imagine scientists discovered colonies of ants that compose elaborate symphonies of music that they perform for each other. Two problems: they’re small, so the music is quiet. And for the same reason, it’s extremely high-pitched and just so
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by dandelany 3y ago
Wow, Nuts and Volts Magazine! I’m impressed they’re still around. When I was a teenager I won a subscription at a combat robotics event and it was my favorite thing to read every month. Highly recommend checking out their back issues for so
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by dandelany 3y ago
Unsurprisingly, the first 90% is a lot more fun than the "second 90%" (polishing)...
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by dandelany 3y ago
The “embodied energy” of a new tablet like a Steam Deck is estimated at roughly 1 GJ, which is ~275 kWh. Original Xbox draws around 100W, so you’d need to play for more than 2000 hours to get anywhere close to the energy cost of creating a
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by dandelany 3y ago
Sure, lower Manhattan lost power & cell service during Hurricane Sandy back in 2012. People were split between lining up around the block for one of the few remaining payphones, and trying to find a spot with line of sight to Brooklyn
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by dandelany 3y ago
From experience, it may be minor or it may be quite major depending on the shape of your data. If you have a whole bunch of small items that, combined, only account for say 1% of the total, then adding borders and labels to all of them may
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by dandelany 3y ago
If I may take a layman stab: Spin period: how long does it take the pulsar to fully rotate once, ie. how often does it “flash”? Dispersion measure: from our perspective, how much is the flash “smeared” across time and frequency vs. just bei
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by dandelany 3y ago
Fighting linguistic trends, insisting on tradition. Drake pushing aside, pain in his face. Embracing and extending, finding the new path forward. Drake with a knowing smile, pointing a finger in admiration.
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by dandelany 3y ago
So, what, if you make a bunch of money selling stolen goods you should be able to keep the proceeds? Surely there are plenty of cases where assets directly involved in the commission of a convicted crime may be justifiably confiscated? Seem

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