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by datasink 11mo ago
Interesting. Can you describe why? I watched it a few times and wasn’t really impacted by it.
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AI in the War Room: How Palantir is helping the military make decisions [video](youtube.com)
2 points by datasink 3y ago|1 comments
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by datasink 3y ago
Palantir has a Youtube demo of their LLM-integrated AIP system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEM5qz__HOU (Palantir AIP | Defense and Military)
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by datasink 3y ago
I briefly worked as a retail pharmacy technician 12 years ago. There were a few pharmacists that I worked with during this time and all of them were aware that phenylephrine essentially did nothing. I hadn't really thought about it unt
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Chinese programmers work like slaves in Cambodia(medium.com)
9 points by datasink 7y ago|0 comments
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by datasink 11y ago
Modafinil is classed as a Schedule 4 narcotic. It's definitely not an OTC medication. Examples of other Schedule 4 medications: Xanax and Valium.
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by datasink 11y ago
Can you elaborate? I worked as a pharmacy tech when I was younger and never saw drugs dispensed without a prescription from a doctor. I also can't find anything on the web about this being possible in the U.S.
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by datasink 11y ago
It looks like the Grindhouse Wetware blog is now private, but while it was still public, many people voiced concerns in blog comments about the safety of the battery and the likelihood of overheating/swelling -- prior to the device bei
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HTML5 Motion Sensing Using the Doppler Effect(danielrapp.github.io)
4 points by datasink 11y ago|0 comments
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by datasink 11y ago
That's bizarre. The standard "Thank You" at Apple is a $500 gift card which can be be used at a number of websites, including Amazon.
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by datasink 12y ago
A mixture of potassium chlorate and aluminum powder is the original composition for M-80 firecrackers. Potassium perchlorate is a modern day swap-in. I imagine the flash bang composition is tweaked to increase the flash.
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by datasink 13y ago
I worked at an NGO in Cambodia at about the time they were considering a country-wide roll-out of OLPC. I believe the OLPC organization initially demanded an all-or-nothing implementation, but later agreed to a pilot program run in just Sie
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by datasink 14y ago
Having switched and then switched back, I will agree with you. If you're inclined to write your own package installers, Homebrew is worlds better than MacPorts. But otherwise, MacPorts has many more packages that-just-work.
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by datasink 14y ago
As mentioned in the article, he was living in an apartment above an expat bar, on the very touristy riverside strip in Phnom Penh. It sounds like he wasn't really trying to hide. Perhaps because he was chronically ill, and needed to make fr
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by datasink 14y ago
I've seen the Google self-driving car navigating within morning traffic in San Jose. There were two men with laptops in the driver and passenger seats, presumably monitoring the car and available to step in if something went wrong. It was a
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by datasink 15y ago
I know a lot of developers that are taking Adderall. Even though they may not have much equity in the venture they're working on, the ability to work faster and longer gives them the opportunity to increase their pay, position, and granted
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by datasink 15y ago
I think the riskier chemicals that might be included in a chemistry kit aren't today because of the potential for lawsuits. It's also probably a lot cheaper to produce a chemistry kit with non-toxic chemicals. The US government doesn't care
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by datasink 15y ago
mplayer works. I'm using the command-line version installed through MacPorts.
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by datasink 15y ago
I had some difficulty getting this to work on the Mac with either VLC or Quicktime/Flip4Mac. I ended up getting it to work using mplayer.
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by datasink 15y ago
My understanding is that the real risk is taken by the buyer. The seller can anonymously receive payment, then drop the drug envelope into a random postbox. On the buying end, regardless of Tor and Bitcoin, they still need to have it shippe
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by datasink 15y ago
http://kottke.org/11/09/zucks-gonna-write-code This excerpted anecdote indicates it was mainly a leadership gesture to rally the troops. Still pretty cool that he'd bother, though.
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by datasink 15y ago
It reads like he was saying cigarettes are not as difficult to quit as crack, cocaine or meth. There are obviously a lot of factors involved, but if you've seen someone get caught up with meth, there's simply no comparison.
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by datasink 15y ago
https://github.com/killsaw/Timeguard A similar script, but with an 'addsite whatever.com' command.
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by datasink 15y ago
Or grab a digital projector off eBay and project a video loop of moving clouds or flowing lava. Less painting, more interesting.
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by datasink 15y ago
Clandestine chemists would prefer not to send their glassware to 15 Methlab Lane, certainly. But most of the clever paranoid tactics are for the acquisition of chemicals, which the DEA has a very tight grip on. In some cases, precursors of
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by datasink 15y ago
If your lab is raided, and they have no other means of tying you to its operation, and they can make the case to a judge that they should be able sequester your credit card history and the order details of scientific-sounding companies with
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by datasink 15y ago
There's nothing suspicious in itself about ordering laboratory glassware, regardless of the type. If your lab is raided, the presence of glassware will be used to build a case against you for manufacturing, whether you bought or stole it. G
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by datasink 15y ago
The author was lucky that he received a bad sample. Generally how this goes is that they'll provide an great sample, wait for the large followup order, then ship you garbage. Many firms don't have the stomach to continue after their first b
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by datasink 15y ago
A number of years ago I was in a job that had me doing weekly press checks for high-run gang print jobs. The press operators were all very professional and well-trained, but it was surprising how many defects would be present after the colo
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by datasink 15y ago
What may have been assumed here is that they could easily get a standard payout on finance-oriented offers through most affiliate networks. No special relationship needed. Scaling up traffic on these offers would enable them to bypass the n

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