foobar1962

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by foobar1962 4d ago
The fit is (almost) trivial.
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by foobar1962 29d ago
That's confusing copyright with patents. The right to publish Newton's books is separate from being able to apply the knowledge which a patent protects. Note that math equations cannot be patented.
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by foobar1962 1mo ago
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."
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by foobar1962 1mo ago
Make like a tree and leaf?
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by foobar1962 1mo ago
> I liked the film noir voice-over. I remember the voice over the first time I saw the movie, possibly in a cinema. I liked it, and was surprised with the general level of dislike it has received. The film was meant to be a mid-20th-cen
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by foobar1962 2mo ago
> Windows Vista came out and everyone hated it. People had difficultly opening the plastic case it came in. I did. Ms added a red pull tab to indicate an affordance, then later changed the case to a simple clam shell for Windows 7.
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by foobar1962 2mo ago
You're off a generation. The boomer's kids have kids.
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by foobar1962 2mo ago
That's average or mean. Median is the middle value. From the article: > It can lead to some discussion about statistics and why you might prefer a median to a mean in most cases. My best example for median vs mean is property pr
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by foobar1962 3mo ago
So who's on first?
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by foobar1962 3mo ago
Monty Python’s Matching Tie and Handkerchief Executive Version.
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by foobar1962 3mo ago
Perhaps Polo will end up like competitive sailing with one-design classes based on the clone of horse. "Measurement" would be a blood test for drugs and dna.
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by foobar1962 5mo ago
Indeed. I just watched a "leak" video that claimed Apple is already releasing the MacBook Neo 2 with A19 chip because they are running out of A18 chips.
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by foobar1962 5mo ago
A lot of the people that bought iPhones are now buying Macs as well.
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by foobar1962 6mo ago
I worked in a broadcast company archive (doing database work). Tapes were often reused. Fragments of previous recordings -- sometimes just a few frames, occasionally many minutes -- may remain at the beginning or end of the tape. AFAIK tape
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by foobar1962 8mo ago
The gottcha moment in the article was when the questioner's name was revealed as PLAYBOY. Myth Busted: Some people really did only buy it for the articles.
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by foobar1962 9mo ago
Really? Satisfied people lack the ability to dream?
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by foobar1962 9mo ago
> ..the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you... on which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time? 10, I'm
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by foobar1962 10mo ago
Ships were a lot smaller when the bridge was designed and built.
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by foobar1962 11mo ago
A bite requires teeth. Sharks bite. Snakes bite. Bees and wasps sting. Jellyfish and bluebottles sting. Not sure about spiders. Are their fangs considered to be teeth? Platypus have venomous spurs, not sure what that’s called.
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by foobar1962 11mo ago
That or a Windows update.
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by foobar1962 11mo ago
I use the term “unexpected error” because if the code got to this alert it wasn’t caught by any traps I’d made for the “expected” errors.
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by foobar1962 1y ago
Some Australian artist studios open to the public in Sydney: Brett Whitley https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/visit/brett-whiteley-studi... May Gibbs https://www.maygibbs.com.au
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by foobar1962 1y ago
I'm old enough to remember when supermarkets only had brown paper bags. They were weak and the handles tear off easily, and anything cold will make the bag wet and it will fall apart usually from the bottom. Supermarkets must have spen
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by foobar1962 1y ago
Probably a good place to post a 400 year old recipe for pancakes. I've made them, they are very good. Note that what is considered a "pancake" has changed over the years and changes with location. https://rarecooki
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by foobar1962 1y ago
The "old" internet still exists and is alive and well on what I'll call "single issue" web based forums. Photo.net is still here, as are similar groups for cars, bikes, and rabbit holes I have yet to break my ankle
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by foobar1962 1y ago
I picked that up too. Awkward. I think they mean that 80% of all calories are provided by wheat, maize, rice, and potatoes.
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by foobar1962 1y ago
Motor powered ships don't zig zag. Sail powered ships need to tack and gybe to go directly upwind and downwind, but TBH in busy harbours with navigation hazards and a lot of commercial traffic most would furl the sails and use the moto
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by foobar1962 1y ago
To help ships navigate. Being 100 meters tall it would be visible from quite a distance off shore, something like 36km or 22 miles, before land itself could be seen. > The Lighthouse, or Pharos of Alexandria... stood more than 100 meters
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by foobar1962 1y ago
> Despite the fall, the average rice price was still ¥1,772 higher than that of a year earlier. So this price isn't surprising or unusual at all.
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by foobar1962 1y ago
It's been going on forever. "Stop looking at the cave art and take the garbage out."

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