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by function_seven 1y ago
VMs are too resource hungry. No, the many-worlds interpretation shows that our universes are merely containers with copy-on-write behavior :)
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by function_seven 2y ago
Wikipedia has good info on how RespOrgs handle this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-free_telephone_numbers_in... .
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by function_seven 2y ago
The fictional block exists, but it's not the entire 555 prefix. It's 555-01xx. It was the entire "Klondike-5" block, but got narrowed.
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by function_seven 2y ago
If you place a device with a high-gain directional receiver pointed toward the fob, and a high-power transmitter pointed toward the car, wouldn’t that work?
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by function_seven 2y ago
You're doing important work throughout this thread. Thanks.
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by function_seven 2y ago
I haven't had a checkbook in 5 years. I did have one for the 25 years before that. But then nobody wanted a check from me anymore, so I decided not to spend the money on a box of checks when I moved. I have one person I need to pay eac
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by function_seven 2y ago
I was told that a long time ago. But it turns out if your routing and account numbers aren't MICR'd, and you in fact hand wrote the entire instrument, it will not work. (We tried it a couple times at two different banks. With n=2,
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by function_seven 2y ago
Same story here. Christmas 1985. I remember distinctly how my dad showed me how to type "DPaint" at the "CLI>" line, and the magic that followed. He made friends with a sales guy at Federated, so we got a bootleg copy
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by function_seven 2y ago
So the article says, “[authorities] have also not confirmed whether any payment was made” and also says they’re looking for the kidnappers. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that ransom was paid and that’s how they were able to locate the
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by function_seven 2y ago
I was clarifying the sense I was using the term "force field". Not a generic field of electromagnetic forces, but the fantastical one that can contain arbitrary matter. Like the one described in the article, that a person was lean
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by function_seven 2y ago
Of metal, yes. That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about force fields in the sci-fi sense. An invisible wall that a person can't pass through.
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by function_seven 2y ago
Not only that, but it’s also warmer! If you take two identical sodas, one in a glass bottle, the other in a plastic bottle, the second one will always seem not-cold-enough. A thermometer might report the same temperature, doesn’t matter. Ki
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by function_seven 2y ago
The other example in the parent comment was about fuel economy and trucks. They're just generalized laws about unintended consequences. I used to walk and ride my bike to school. I was in 4th grade. 9 years old. You show me a 9-year-ol
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by function_seven 2y ago
Yeah, even in 2007 Apple was a huge success already. Worth about $200 billion at the time, was earning about $3.5 billion a year in profit, and had $15 billion cash on hand. https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2007&#
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by function_seven 2y ago
If you don't want to go full-blown Home Assistant or anything "smart", you can still handle this with a self-contained switch. I installed a Honeywell similar to this one [1]. You tell it the date and your lat/long, and
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by function_seven 2y ago
Meh. Years ago I had my bakeries churning out undecillions of units no problem in Cookie Clicker. No big deal!
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by function_seven 2y ago
They're not randomly generated. They're generated using a Feistel cipher. [1] He's ensuring the uniqueness by indexing from 0, and applying the cipher to come up with a more "random" looking UUID. [1] https:/&
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by function_seven 2y ago
Well I thought I was somewhat, but that didn't ring a bell. I take my well-ackshually comment back :)
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by function_seven 2y ago
The moon has two sides from our vantage. The near side is the one you see, the far side is the one you don't. It has nothing to do with our distance from the object, just the orientation of that object.
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by function_seven 2y ago
I always play the (2n+1) game myself. (Or do I??)
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by function_seven 2y ago
I have avoided so many pointless arguments (or "debates") by leading with this question! I ask, "is there something I could say that would make you change your mind?" If the answer is no—if they can't tell me what w
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by function_seven 2y ago
I had a similar experience about a decade ago. Went over to a friend's house for to play some classic board games. He brought out Life [1], and I was immediately angry at what they did to that game. Instead of cash, each player now had
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by function_seven 2y ago
I'm outside coverage areas all the time. I download my music to the phone and it still works.
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by function_seven 2y ago
The genetic version of the Clbuttic Mistake? https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-
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by function_seven 2y ago
So I just read the other thread about the K language[1] and how it's so-very-concise syntax made the author feel certain ways. But that has nothing on this! From page 70 of the International Code of Signals[2], we find that PG 2 mean
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by function_seven 2y ago
I would go so far as to say the un corrected gaze is a lie. When I’m on a videoconference, I am looking directly at whoever is speaking, but the camera’s physical placement tells the “lie” that I’m looking down at something else. This is
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by function_seven 2y ago
I love how he explains that “consideration” was conjured from thin air. I own a car. I want to drive my own car on weekdays. To accomplish this, I give my car to Jimmy, and he promises to let me use it on weekdays? Using the same analogy as
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by function_seven 2y ago
A massive proportion of us didn't request a refund. I don't know the percentage, but I would not be surprised is most users didn't ask for a refund of $10. You're probably right that there was some way for Christian
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by function_seven 2y ago
I guess if you only play one drawing, you’re right. Winning is always better than losing. But if you play the lottery week after week, year after year—and you always play the same numbers—then you’re ensuring a mediocre prize should you act
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by function_seven 2y ago
There’s a balance between jackpot size and a given drawing’s popularity for sure. There are also bad number choices and good number choices. 1,2,3,4,5,6 is a terrible selection, for example. Not because it is somehow “less random”, but be

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