edlinfan

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by edlinfan 3y ago
> Javascript A quick note: your spreadsheet had better support arbitrary-precision currency math, if it doesn't already. That's table stakes for a spreadsheet. To answer your real question, I'd suggest doubling down on th
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by edlinfan 3y ago
In this case, web search with site:XX.name worked better than the LLM. Breakpoint synthesis https://nathan.ho.name/posts/nonstandard-oscillators/ Box tone isn't a term I'm familiar with, but from context
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by edlinfan 3y ago
Should you be interested in doing so, my suggestion would be to offer an "offline" version. It could be feature-limited as follows: 1. Do not include the planned online collaboration features. 2. Support only Excel, Access, CSV&#
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by edlinfan 3y ago
Eirik, in case you're still watching this thread: I would pay you $400 for this tool without hesitation. I would also pay for upgrades. However, the $400/yr subscription model is a deal killer. This is fine if you're targe
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by edlinfan 4y ago
> Important for these COVID-19-related findings was the lack of informal communication that the project team suffered in the absence of face-to-face interactions. In the past, JPL's success typically relied on senior members of pro
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by edlinfan 5y ago
https://archive.is/mrpNt
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by edlinfan 5y ago
Was this inspired by the classic 1970s Lisp demonstration SHRDLU? https://hci.stanford.edu/winograd/shrdlu/
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by edlinfan 6y ago
This is a wonderful tool and goes a long way to scratch the "library itch" I've felt since the start of the pandemic. Projects like this make me very happy that I donated to IA this year, and I'd encourage anyone else w
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by edlinfan 7y ago
I use Orgzly and find it quite nice. The main difference seems to be that Orgzly is a native Android app, while Organice is a (self-hosted) web service that happens to render nicely in a mobile browser. I didn't to run a a whole separa
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by edlinfan 8y ago
Came here to say this! This program would be even cooler if it supported the dict protocol in addition to scraping OED. The dict protocol and CLI tool [1] were invented to solve the exact problem of browsing dictionaries without a bloaty w
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by edlinfan 9y ago
IMO the article overstates the danger of cubesats. If deployed to a low orbit (~ISS height) they deorbit in months due to atmospheric drag. You don't really run into the problems described in the WaPo article until you start putting
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by edlinfan 11y ago
The simplest way to deploy your homebrew ROMs to a real NES is to use something called a "flash cartridge"[1]. This is equivalent to a real NES cartridge except it is backed by rewritable flash memory instead of a permanent ROM.
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by edlinfan 11y ago
The C64 has at least one web browser as part of Contiki OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiki#Features I couldn't find any screenshots of the C64 version of Contiki, but here is the Apple ][ version browsing t
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by edlinfan 11y ago
The booster couldn't make a soft landing due to a failure in the hydraulics system. > “Of course one of our goals is reusability, and unfortunately we didn’t get to recover the propulsion module because we lost pressure in our hydra
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by edlinfan 12y ago
Many credit-card POS terminals still use dial-up. Ever wonder why they take so long to authenticate? Moreover, about 3% of Americans still use dial-up as their primary Internet connection.[1] [1] - http://www.pewresearch.org&#x2
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by edlinfan 12y ago
Sure, if you use a space elevator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator This won't get you out of Earth orbit, though. If you want to go to other planets, you have no choice other than reaching escape velo
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by edlinfan 12y ago
Ever read the study of atmospheric flight on Venus? It focuses more on sustained flight than gliding to a landing, but it's still the first thing I thought of. http://media.cleveland.com/science_impact/other/
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by edlinfan 12y ago
No problems with FF29 on Win7.
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by edlinfan 12y ago
Because televisions aren't square.
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by edlinfan 13y ago
You can always switch to Basic HTML view. It's dated, but it stays out of the way.
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by edlinfan 13y ago
I have copied mspaint.exe from a WinXP machine. It doesn't seem to have any prerequisites, and still works fine!
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by edlinfan 13y ago
I don't know how much Devi has revealed about the superhuman feats mentioned in the article, but she did write a book on how to do basic math very quickly. It's a good read. http://books.google.com/books/about/Joy_of_Numbers_the.html?...
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by edlinfan 13y ago
I had the same reaction to Philips' blog post. I agree with his main argument, but not how he supports it. Basically, Philips dismisses a broad range of 8-bit media without knowing how it is made. He says all you do is run some existing art
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by edlinfan 13y ago
Eterm does this. It does help, but it is kind of ugly.
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by edlinfan 14y ago
Here's what I got from the article. - Island style backlit keyboard - No more physical buttons for the touchpad or pointing stick - Function keys now default to Media keys - "Thinner and sleeker" is more important than anything else. In oth
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by edlinfan 14y ago
A great reminder that code is data, and data code. Now I want to see how all my programs look as bitmapped images... brb.
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by edlinfan 14y ago
> the filling of the pixels with carefully chosen colors See, to me this means "reading the colors from the printout". It's ridiculous that anyone could get the least significant bits of the color right by just eyeballing it, and I don'
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by edlinfan 14y ago
Warning: While this story is interesting, it also launches a full-screen Javascript popup that autoplays a Youtube video. Seriously?
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by edlinfan 14y ago
True, space junk is an issue, and I don't know what Planetary is doing to mitigate that. But, bear in mind that only the Arkyd 100 is supposed to stay in Earth orbit. The planned 200, 300, etc. all boost off in various directions (investiga
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by edlinfan 14y ago
Planetary's approach to microsatellites is VERY daring. Instead of flying bulletproof, radiation-hardened single vehicles (like NASA or JPL), they plan to put up scads of cheap, disposable spacecraft using off-the-shelf hardware. This is an

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