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by hbrav 10d ago
The discussions section describes a solution to the opposite problem, where you optimise a surface for high splashback to deter people from peeing on it. Whether this makes the authors Lawful Evil or Chaotic Good is a matter of personal opi
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by hbrav 3mo ago
I think I'd appreciate a compilation of such surprising facts, if anyone has a list. I feel like the "falsehoods programmers believe about [thing]" is a little similar, but about correctness and never about performance.
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by hbrav 6mo ago
Tech divers are also probably gonna be having a Bad Time. Helium mixes are already pretty expensive, I assume this will make it far worse.
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by hbrav 6mo ago
This generates a really annoying features with some browsers. Suppose I want to select "United Kingdom". I open the drop-down and there are all the countries in alphabetical order, plus "United States" at the top of the
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by hbrav 7mo ago
This is extremely disappointing. The insurer in question has a very good reputation within the dive community for acting in good faith and for providing medical information free of charge to non-members. This sounds like a cultural mismatch
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by hbrav 10mo ago
Well how confident would you be that this part isn't exposed to temperatures above that glass transition temperature? It is installed near the engine.
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by hbrav 10mo ago
Well they'll end up with higher prices at night. I wonder if we'll see a shift to energy-intensive processes being run during the daytime.
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by hbrav 10mo ago
And before that with gears! (With limited success.)
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by hbrav 10mo ago
This article is quite frustrating, since all that it really tells me is that their system "generates thrust without using any propellant and without expelling reaction mass, by directly converting electrical energy into thrust through
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by hbrav 10mo ago
> But if you offer paid servies, collect money from UK citizens, you must have a business representation in the UK I don't think that's true at all. You be taking payment by credit card, which doesn't require you to have a
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by hbrav 10mo ago
How, if at all, would you fund the federal government? Are you suggesting you don't think the current way taxpayers interact with the IRS is very functional, or you'd like to actually get rid of having any agency responsible for f
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by hbrav 1y ago
Mazdas do lock the screen when in motion. Actions can be accomplished using a 'big knob' button that can be turned or pressed. The driver can still distract themselves, but I believe it's to a lesser extent that the touch scr
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by hbrav 1y ago
This is one of my pet peeves: people saying they accept risk/responsibility that they don't have the ability to accept. It's like co-signing a $1M loan when you only have $100 to your name.
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by hbrav 1y ago
I also did my first one out of cardboard!
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by hbrav 1y ago
Mighty bold of them to assume that most of engineering would be above most of legal.
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by hbrav 1y ago
> about a decade later Practically the blink of an eye to a cosmologist!
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by hbrav 1y ago
That second idea (cosmic primordial soup causing universal similarity / compatibility of life) could be a great component of a sci-fi story.
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by hbrav 1y ago
This article is a little bizarre, in that it leaves a lot unsaid. On reading it my first thought is "the government could simply forbid its department from considering bids from Fujitsu". This seems like a perfectly reasonable res
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by hbrav 1y ago
That seems like it would be very difficult. For a telescope mirror you want a very good surface finish, and that's one thing that 3D printing does very poorly.
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by hbrav 1y ago
Or in natural units: three very tall men stood on top of one another, wearing a top hat.
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by hbrav 1y ago
I've sent you a message.
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by hbrav 1y ago
I have a background in fluid dynamics and may be interested in helping with this. Is there a way for me to contact you?
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by hbrav 1y ago
> with the same engine and code Presumably they would be selling the IP rights, so at least some kind of rewrite would be required, possibly without utilizing staff who worked on Chrome.
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by hbrav 1y ago
Great lecturer - when I took Part III he stepped in for a few sessions when the regular lecturer for QFT broke her arm. His notes are always pretty clearly explained. Equally importantly, I've found he's always really responsive i
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by hbrav 1y ago
Yeh, the quoted commentary is hyperbole. My homeland (the UK) has such a law. I do think that law isn't great. But my country isn't shitty, and it's certainly a democracy. If we start being perfectionist, we pretend there&#x2
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by hbrav 1y ago
An article about Admiral Rickover appeared here a few days ago, and I think it's apt to quote him in this context: "Complex jobs cannot be accomplished effectively with transients."
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by hbrav 2y ago
Wait, I'm curious about why you think it's "grotesque"? Do you think it's just not useful as a consumer product for enjoying nature, and that they're conning their potential customers? Or are you thinking somet
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by hbrav 2y ago
I don't believe this is creating £14B of value. It's transferring £14B from people (I suspect largely poor people) to those firms. We should crack down on these firms. They're a net negative for Britain.
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by hbrav 2y ago
So if I understand this correctly, this company gets certain information about 911 calls, and then sells it to third parties? I wonder how much information they get, because this could get a lot darker. Imagine if calls to the police report
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by hbrav 2y ago
I bet you're right about there being value to the spirit. But if I understand correctly escape was also regarded as a matter of duty. By escaping you would not only stand a chance of making it back to Allied lines, but you would also t

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