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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
Only 24GB of RAM? The current Mac Pro officially supports 64GB and 3rd parties offer upgrades to 128GB. Even the 2006 models can be upgraded to 32GB.
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
You build your house in an area that is not governed by a building code. No permits, no inspections, do your own thing at your own risk. This generally means a rural area.
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
In addition to the other replies, Final Draft gives you "industry standard" formatting; and easy file interchange within the industry.
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
It appears Hotz will now deploy his system in China, where the regulations on such devices are surely more lax. Looks like a good move for extended testing without pesky government scrutiny.
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
re: what's the big deal with a DSLR? 1. Full manual control. I can dial in exactly the combination of f-stop and exposure that I want. 2. Manual focus. With a split-ring screen in the viewfinder, focus can be very precise and exactly w
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
You know what word doesn't appear in that story? Spam. Mailchimp is a company that provides lots of unsolicited commercial emails. In other words, spam. You can dress it up and call it "marketing software for small businesses&quot
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
An article from the recording world, with a similar perspective: http://tapeop.com/columns/end-rant/115/
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
I have a Powerbook G3, running Word 5.1 on OS 9. The sole function is "writing machine." It's around 20 years old, and still runs just fine. It's a lot more convenient than an IBM Selectric, although not quite as fast. T
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
re: FreeBSD is Just OS X Without the Good Bits The "good bits" are things like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark. Sure, I'm aware there are alternatives like Gimp and [whatever]. But the alternatives are kludges for edge case
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
We see these stories over and over. The lesson is obvious: host your most important content on your own server that you control; and make backups. Some people will say that self-hosting isn't a practical solution. But when the alternat
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
It seems that the only thing keeping Elsevier and their ilk alive is the built-up reputation of the scientific journals that they have control over. If academics got organized to the point of establishing new journals, with legit peer revie
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
Gold is found on printed circuit boards and components, typically used to electroplate connectors, so that they won't fail due to corrosion.
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by gallerytungsten 10y ago
"The Net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it." Source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore
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by gallerytungsten 11y ago
Shades of the Soviet Union, which required passports for internal travel.
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SF tech bro: ‘I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, despair of homeless’(washingtonpost.com)
305 points by gallerytungsten 11y ago|499 comments
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by gallerytungsten 11y ago
Is it society that would be benefiting from Harsh taking away Keen's domain? Or is it Harsh? By defining the benefit as being to "society" one might sound noble while masking the reality: Harsh is attempting to steal Keen&#x2
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by gallerytungsten 11y ago
I was about to post the exact same thought. Obviously, there is a gem of an idea here. Who will MVP the Startup Pranking website first?
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by gallerytungsten 11y ago
>USA absinthe is nothing like the real thing - it is more like drinking Pernod. In Switzerland, where Absinthe originates, the thujone level is 100x (?) what you get in the u.s. Sorry, but this is not close to being correct. Thujone is l
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
Magic is really just a concierge service via text message. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's not revolutionary. To really make it work and to scale rapidly, they might think about a franchise model, so that franchises can
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
I used to have this great little compact cell phone made by Sony. At some point, it just stopped making calls, and Sprint's explanation was that their network no longer supported this phone.
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
Gomorrah is easily one of the best books I've read (and re-read) in the last ten years. Saviano beautifully sums up why at the end of the article. "This is the power of the non‑fiction novel, the kind of book I’ve tried to write.
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
Have you ever tried to copy a painting? Try it sometime, you'll learn a lot.
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The Digital Hunt for Duqu, a Dangerous and Cunning U.S.-Israeli Spy Virus(firstlook.org)
1 points by gallerytungsten 12y ago|0 comments
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
It appears that there is a huge business opportunity for someone to find a way to defeat this type of tracking. Of course, it would probably need to be a subscription type of service, which bodes well for steady recurring revenue.
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
This used to be published as "Survival, Evasion, and Escape" with the same field manual number. I have an old printed copy dated 1969 which includes the missing Evasion and Escape sections.
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
For far more than a hint, I recommend reading all four of James Bamford's books.
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
If you want to distill fuel alcohol, you do need a permit. Without a permit, it's illegal. I mentioned fire in relation to a "problem" with home distilling, not as a legal issue, although fire codes related to distilling are
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
In the case of freeze distillation, the punishment would be for evasion of (Federal and state) excise taxes, along with distillation without the proper permits. If some law enforcement agency busted your freezer, they'd probably come u
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
I mentioned fires as a point I would be concerned about. While distilling is heavily regulated at the Federal, state, and local levels, the Feds did not ban it due to concerns over fire safety. Rather, a chief reason is "to protect the
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by gallerytungsten 12y ago
Among other reasons, it's relatively easily to have a catastrophic fire. Unlike winemaking and brewing, where your end product will be in the range of 4% to 13% ABV, which generally won't burn, you can easily distill to 150 proof

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