h2odragon

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by h2odragon 2y ago
2010; i expect some changes have happened even at these layers.
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by h2odragon 2y ago
paper printers only needed such accuracy in one axis of motion, and had gearing to provide it. hard drives use voice coils, a completely different technology. The circuitry that does that evolved and certainly influenced the creation of mic
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Unfortunately, his "Junkyard Wars" episode appears to be unavailable on the net. https://www.facebook.com/RepThomasMassie/posts/1009013893914...
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Micro-stepping controller chips. Before that, the precision available without gearing and feedback wasn't sufficient. There were systems but they were order of magnitude more complicated and several orders more expensive.
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by h2odragon 2y ago
The Harris campaign raised over a Billion and the word this morning is they're now $20 million in debt. Amazing how much more effective the "crypto industry" dollar was than the Democratic Party dollar. Perhaps the Democrats
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by h2odragon 2y ago
breathing
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by h2odragon 2y ago
If you think Apple will obey Trump orders to spy on its users, but that they wouldn't obey Biden/Harris orders to do the same; I think you have an unrealistic view. the corporate stance is irrelevant: all it takes is one low level
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by h2odragon 2y ago
id say 10g/day minimum and you might plan for 20g if anyone wants to wash hands. If you ever need it, you will be very glad for whatever you have. Even a couple one gallon jugs can make a power interruption or whatever much less stress
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by h2odragon 2y ago
pointers to many sources: https://libguides.princeton.edu/elections
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Stored water is hardly ever a bad idea; but you can't feasibly store enough for any long term. Articulate what you're planning for: days of no power or weeks of no services at all? If you're worried now about not being able t
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Even if the Federal "Cognitive Hygiene" efforts continue (mis/disinformation departments), the people running them won't be allowed the free hand they have previously enjoyed in squelching unapproved speech. Publishers w
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by h2odragon 2y ago
The FBI has a long, documented history of manufacturing its headline terrorism cases from whole cloth. Not just the recent cases like the Bundy bullshit; all the way back before the Black Panthers. occam's razor and a complete lack of
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by h2odragon 2y ago
https://abcnews.go.com/US/election-fact-check-noncitizens-vo... https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/nx-s1-5147789/voting-election... https://www.bbc.com/news/article
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Very few people are actually involved in politics on a personal basis. Those few have reason to be more passionate. Everybody else, whose only involvement is to be a victim of politician plans, has no call for the levels of emotion that som
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by h2odragon 2y ago
I don't recall anyone talking about him as a person, in association wit "SCO lawsuits". it was always the "SCO group" company that was reviled in the press. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Trumps "promised" tariffs are always worse than Biden's extant ones. > During his first presidency Trump instituted a limited number of extra tariffs, chiefly against China. Upon taking office, President Joe Biden kept the
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by h2odragon 2y ago
I think Linus is correct, and demonstrating his new abilities with diplomacy with his phrasing. Take a look at what the Metaverse bubble has left us vs what it cost, in direct dollars and in lost opportunities to pursue other goals. this cy
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by h2odragon 2y ago
the opium trade was cleaner
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Will WIRED be advocating the same penalty for everyone who has violated this law? Odd that they've never turned this up before now, in all their previous reporting on Musk and his enterprises.
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Sodium vapor process (film technique)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Intercepted Russian communications, however, suggest otherwise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venona_project
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by h2odragon 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...
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by h2odragon 2y ago
https://archive.ph/wvuMU
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by h2odragon 2y ago
I have Nothing against anyone who does the best they can in a bad situation. Observing Intel, my feeling has been that "best you can" has been "bail out" since just after the PPro. The company has worked hard to waste a
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Just buy the patents and stuff. You wouldn't want to infect a working company with the Intel disease. I wonder how bad "worked as a manager at Intel" poisons a resume.
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Make sure you get the name vanilla enough when setting these up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy
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by h2odragon 2y ago
modern marketing and social trends are the schismatic faith fights without the acknowledgment of the religious basis they used to have. We're not Monophysites and Nestorians now; we're Swifties or Tesla drivers.
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by h2odragon 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41960914
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Is it possible the people administering these tests are less than honest about the outcome? Perhaps they have a vested interest in the results they've shown?
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by h2odragon 2y ago
Because we've seen the hype cycle run before, With AI, with VR, where unrealistic promises are made and widely believed for no real reason, and no one cares when they're never realized. "AI can do X" for all X is an unre

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