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by flybrand 1mo ago
When the West was settled it was widely believed that the act of building a town attracted rain. The 'atmosphere' of human buildings in an area would naturally attract and collect rain from the heavens. Many of the original metho
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by flybrand 2mo ago
It begs for a video too!
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by flybrand 3mo ago
because the fibers are denser than wood and hydrophilic - so the pockets between the fibers fill with water that displaces the air. Air pockets become water pockets = neutral. Fibers denser than water = sink.
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by flybrand 3mo ago
How would we represent this as a sticker on a vehicle? White outline around the clear field w blue dot?
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by flybrand 5mo ago
> Which in turn means, in their mind, every part of the system needs to be firing at 100% all the time This is a classic Goldratt / Theory of Constraints mistake.
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by flybrand 5mo ago
Several months ago, ChatGPT swore to me it had interoperability with both excel and Google Sheets. I spent 90 minutes thinking I was an idiot, trying to follow its guidance before asking the internet.
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by flybrand 7mo ago
I had a similar experience with the US EPA while in undergrad. It was a shorter experience, but it really changed my view of the organization.
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by flybrand 11mo ago
It's common. People would rather work in a Wal-Mart as it is more social and less demanding. The physical space is nicer.
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by flybrand 1y ago
> 8) Abuse is abuse, and people negligent in doing anything about it are participating in it. Get toxicity out of your life. This needs to be taught more actively in school. Negligence in stopping abuse, or fostering abuse = just as immo
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AI in SMB Manufacturing: What Worked and What Did Not(fredlybrand.com)
3 points by flybrand 1y ago|0 comments
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Beyond Bottlenecks: Using Goldratt's the Goal to Guide AI in Manufacturing(fredlybrand.com)
1 points by flybrand 1y ago|0 comments
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by flybrand 2y ago
we moved into a home that had wired speakers installed in every room all to a central Sonos enabled device - it is all old. It worked perfectly until this. Funny thing is, we thought it was silly when we moved in - then we grew to love it.
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by flybrand 2y ago
thank you
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by flybrand 2y ago
View it as a separation process wherein both products can be sold; the caffeine extract is also profitable.
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by flybrand 2y ago
There’s a saying I’ve heard, can’t fully recall, “why go to the doctor - I either get a cut, an injection, or nothing.”
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by flybrand 2y ago
The kid can see the marshmallow. I can’t see the payoff from this article. The kid knows what the payoff is. The payoff here is unknown.
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by flybrand 2y ago
Agreed - we’ve got a lot of ‘forever materials’ out on the beach and converted into glass windows.
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by flybrand 2y ago
And that becomes a common constraint in commercializing new antimicrobial and antiviral products.
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by flybrand 2y ago
> the spike design to be extremely effective at damaging the virus’ external structure and piercing its membranes It’s always great to see more methods of microorganism control - but the challenge here is that the same mechanism likely k
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by flybrand 2y ago
> could it mean that the massive covid infection in the gut didn’t show up on a nasal swab? Shouldn’t they have known that beforehand? Isn’t that a big red flag in this entire endeavor?
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by flybrand 2y ago
The dog that’s not barking is state by state data from the US, or from within parts of other large nations.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Gov’t rollout of IT - just like any large roll out of IT - remains a mess. The recent work w FAFSA is a good example. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/03/11/how-new-...
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by flybrand 3y ago
> What kind of guidance can you give me? What would you suggest? It's really about matching our obligations (family, kids, rent, etc.) against your runway (sales, funding, being able to pay yourself). If those two things work - then
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by flybrand 3y ago
This to me feels like most of his plots.
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by flybrand 3y ago
#itm
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by flybrand 3y ago
Have they been under the bulbs at the dentist?
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by flybrand 3y ago
How is that different then their oppositions ‘inner’ court?
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by flybrand 3y ago
The Boeing Max is safe and effective.
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by flybrand 3y ago
Running an industrial machine installation and my Eastern European colleagues looped a 200 meter tape measure around the line 4 times to get a more accurate measure.
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by flybrand 3y ago
How dare they do their own research.

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